One Lucky B
"IF WOMEN REALLY WANTED TO CHANGE SOCIETY, THEY COULD DO IT. I PLAN TO CHANGE IT. I JUST WANT TO GET MARRIED FIRST.” - Ally Mcbeal, my original paragon of neurosis and never-ending hope.
** This page is Blanche's. For the thoughts you never thought she'd think. Welcome to the behind-the-scenes of our wedding planning.
I get by with (not just) a little help...
... from everyone. Yes I get by with not just a little help and not just from my friends but from my, uh, entire clan? You see, there are people like me who are just not gifted in the area of arts and crafts (I got by Home Ec in grade school and high school by forging ex-deals: a hand-sewn skirt for an ode composition, etc. LOL). But I do have skilled friends and family who would do most anything for love and a free Frappuccino. In fact, I am sitting here, looking at the pile of neatly...
M comes after W
The thing with weddings is that the closer it gets, the farther your mind gets from it. You somehow jump to what comes after -- the major M. Once you realize the enormity of what you will actually be doing on your wedding day, everything that you thought was important the past months suddenly becomes trivial. I mean, who cares about centerpieces and flowers when the rest of your life is on the table? What's bride for a day compared to wife for, like, ever? You glance at the Excel file of...
Where were we?
So, going back to the wedding, OUR wedding in particular... This website says we have 37 days left til the big day and my sister/maid of honor says we have 10 million things left to do. I'm breathing in and out. We (though mostly I, you know how grooms are) started preparing for this wedding in February 2009, two months after we got engaged and 16 months before the actual date (we had to move it from May 7 to June 19 because media friends -- who are about half the guest list --...
Pink lace and flowers
I have been looking forever for the perfect pale pink lace – Understand that when you’re planning a wedding, you will be looking for just about the perfect everything: lace, table runners, flower boxes, pens, and whatever other minute detail no one else will probably notice. Anyway, I have scoured the fabric shops of North Point, Hong Kong and a few in Divisoria, Manila without any success.
Well, yesterday (March 2), my sister Len, friend/OTD Reian and I...
Casino Royale
We got US$120 on the first night! 8 ) Manang Tina and Manong Domeng are sponsoring three casino nights for their staff at the four care homes, with a pot for our wedding. Folks will put in a percentage of their winnings (I suppose according to their generosity? Or affection for Rhoel? LOL), and the pot will be turned over to Rhoel before he leaves. I am so thankful for the gesture of these guys. I know every penny in that pot would come from the bottom of their hearts -- and pockets. And...
THE gift
God is the master of shock-and-awe but mostly awe. http://etreblanche.multiply.com/journal/item/58/OH._MY._GOSH . As for the airfare... Hmm... Well, what's a registry for? Wink, wink. LOL.
An unbeachy beach wedding
So finally it hit me. I don't want a beachy wedding, I want a beach wedding. Is that even understandable? What I am trying to say here is that I do not want our wedding to be all filled with shells and starfish designs and what-not. I simply want to get married on the beach, and I want it to be a cozy, romantic affair. Like the kind of date you never want to end. I was forced to redefine our wedding style when my BFF/OTD coordinator sent me a wedding checklist early this week and it...
Hello 2010!
And
so here it is, 2010. Not too long ago I was longing for it, thinking it might
never really come, considering how it seemed to be dragging its feet. But now
it's here. And I'm sort of trying to make it relax a little, no need to rush,
2010.
We have quite a number of things to do for the big day still. There've been
changes along the way, and I have personally had quite a tough last quarter of
2009 that I had to set aside wedding...
Happy thoughts
First happy thought of the day : My cousin Archie got married!!! It's sad that I couldn't be there but I got the lowdown from my sisters and cousin so I know it was FUN (name that tune and limbo rock? hello, Riveras rule. LOL). They all raved about the wedding photos, which were already shown during the reception at Sonya's Garden in Tagaytay, and raved even more about the uberbeeyutiful bride, Claudine (I swear my cousin hit the jackpot here!). The food, being vegetarian fare and delayed,...
Irita
For months I've tried hard not to be upset about anything during the wedding preps -- a childish (ex) supplier, a gown that seems impossible to alter without forking enough money to buy a new one, a bridesmaid who did not know the concept or ethics of communication (this REALLY riled me up), the absence of any voluntary assistance from whatever, and generally the mere fact that I have to do everything on my own from where I am with the budget that we have, etc etc... At this point in the...
