I don’t believe in the Weather Network (no offense, guys). They can’t get their weather predictions right until two days before the actual day. Now that we’re three weeks til the wedding, next week the Weather Network will be giving out their two week forecast and it will include our wedding day. And I can tell you right now: I won’t be checking. What’s the point? For my shower two weeks ago, at the 14-day forecast, it was supposed to be sunny and warm. The day of, it was thunderstorms, pouring rain, and cool.
My father has been suggesting I check the Farmers Almanac for the past few months. Finally, this morning, I decided, what the heck… I’ll check it. It can’t be any less accurate than the Weather Network.
Mr. Magnolia and I don’t have a song. We have many songs we like, but we never actually chose a love song for the two of us.
And since we’re having a live orchestra, we figured it would be a shame to play a current song via MP3 instead of having the orchestra play it for us… since they play so amazingly well. But our band is a wedding band… they don’t play the current stuff, and they obviously have a playlist of songs they play. For extra money, I could have had them learn a song and play it at our wedding for us. But that still doesn’t solve my “no song” problem.
So, we’ve decided to pick a song from their list. Is that unromantic? I hope not… and I like to think that dancing to this song on our wedding day while our 10 piece orchestra plays it live for us will make it romantic.
So I have a few contenders…
Sinatra’s The Way You Look Tonight. A true classic, and so beautiful. Maybe a little overdone? But it’s such a lovely song and would really showcase the orchestra.
In April, the Magnolias and my family went to a Menu Tasting. All the engaged couples getting married at the Chateau and their families were invited to taste a selection of the 2011 wedding menu. This was just a sample… but we loved it so much we decided to go with exactly what was served. So here is what we will serve on our wedding day!
It’s getting close to that time to pick out our wedding bands! Lovebug and I have decided on bands I think we both will love…finally. I don’t know if other brides feel this way, but picking the band was pretty difficult! Here’s a bit of a back story: Lovebug got my engagement ring from my favorite jewelry store, Joson’s, close to my hometown in the Southern Maryland area. It’s this great little jewelry and home boutique and the owner is mucho knowledgeable about his things. It’s an absolutely perfect ring for me: it’s vintage looking with some filigree on it AND the center stone is green – a tsavorite to be exact. I am utterly OBSESSED with the color green and love that I am now wearing it every day.
My engagement ring
So my ring actually came with a “matching” wedding band. Now I say “matching” because I don’t feel like it matches. I trust the designer of my ring and know that he had an artistic vision when he created the band, but I came to the realization that it wasn’t going to work for me. This ring is similar to the band I have:
We found our Music Man through our photographers who are friends with him. So often now, DJs play from an iTunes-esque setup with computers and preset playlists. While there is nothing wrong with this, technology has, after all, made things easier, we were super excited to hear about our DJ. He actually spins vinyl!! He was the only DJ in OBX we could find who still spins.
Moon Blossom let me know that she used the same DJ and that he was awesome. It was so nice getting a confirmation from someone who has used him. The next task became choosing what music for which occasion.
Little did I know that you have to choose more songs than 1st dance, last dance and mother/father-son/daughter dances. Entrance music for the bridal party, bride/groom, garter removal, garter toss, bouquet toss, and cake cutting. Having recently finished choosing our songs, I would like to offer a few tips/options. For the entrance music, each member or couple (bridesmaid-groomsman) can have their own song or the entire party can have the same song. The bride/groom should have a different song to alert guests that the “main attraction” is coming up.
In 2.5 weeks, I will be Mrs. Cymbie Dude. Now is the time for the finalizing the final details. We decided not to do escort cards, despite the really cute alternatives that are out there.
Next on the list is whether to do a receiving line? TheKnot.com did a good article on receiving lines. Now, my issue is this: how to balance everyone’s desire for “their” time with the newly wedded and the NEED for pictures with our photographer?
I admit it. I peek at my registry online to see what’s been bought. I can’t help myself. I figure, what’s the harm in knowing if the items have been bought? It’s not like I know who they’re from. So it’ll still be a surprise!!
Today, I found out that my two favorite items from the registry have been purchased.
1 – the Kitchenaid Slow Cooker.
Actually the most expensive item on my list at $200. I really didn’t think I’d get it. I’m so thrilled!!
Time to start looking for wrist pretties for the moms: my mother, my future mother-in-law, and the two grandmas. We’re going to wrist corsages because they don’t need to be pinned and they’re more convenient than hand-held mini bouquets.
Criteria:
1- Real flowers. I love how creative the options are in terms of silk or handmade (seriously, gorgeous options on Etsy), but there’s nothing like classic, real flowers to go with our chic wedding.
I’ve just been a little bit busy. And kind of feeling like this:
Is it our honeymoon yet?
I’m finishing up the end of the school year with my students, working on my Masters (and the class this session is super intense), still renovating our new house, and uh… not wedding planning.
We’ve had the house for five weeks now and I just realized that I haven’t done anything in terms of decisions since. Okay, that’s not quite true. We’ve ordered Mr. Magnolia’s wedding band! More on that later. But, I still haven’t talked to my florist. I still need to order ceremony programs. I still have a bunch of DIY stuff to do. And we still haven’t chosen a song. Or made a playlist for dance music. 45 days to go… but somehow none of this is stressing me out… I figure, it’ll get done. Right?
Time sure does fly when you’re NOT planning your very-soon-to-be wedding!
Anyone else fall off the planning boat, only to wake up and realize it’s time to sink or swim?
When I first became engaged, a recently married friend offered me one piece of advice. To paraphrase, she said: During the wedding, one major thing will go horribly, horribly wrong. As it happens, realize that it’s the one thing that’s going to go wrong. Deal with it, relax and move on because the one thing that was going to go wrong has and now it’s done.
Her major snag ended up being when her mother tore the crumbcatcher off the front of her gown moments before she was to walk down the aisle.
Well, our major snag has already happened four months outside of our wedding date. My dress is still in tact, but everything else has been ripped to shreds.
Actually the most expensive item on my list at $200. I really didn’t think I’d get it. I’m so thrilled!!
to avoid.
