My Aunt Celing (Cecilia Blahut), one of my principal sponsors, has finally arrived today from Vancouver, Canada. WELCOME HOME, AUNTIE!!!
I made quite an accomplishment today on the website with the addition of the Offerers and Readers page under wedding ceremony section but still have to work on the write-up and do some proofreading of other pages.
Wendell went out today to buy the printer ink cartridge. We ran out of ink yesterday and other supplies while printing the invitations. We will resume the printing tomorrow and will hopefully be distributing them this weekend.
We incorporated our photos in our invitation card layout today and it came out really nice. Too bad, those who already got their invitations won't be able to see it.
Auntie Sarah and I were discussing about adding a bible bearer and another flower girl. We have Vance as our prospect for the ring bearer role and probably one of the daughters of Wendell's cousin for the flower girl.
Auntie also told me that many have already seen our website and James will also be showing it soon to his folks in Indiana. The site is more or less finish but not completely done. Well, I guess this gives me reason enough to work harder on it.
I had to go over the guest list today because we will be printing more invitations. The list will also be needed for plotting the seating arrangements in the reception. I have no problem on my side so far. Four people have already confirmed that they won't be able to make it. My list is more or less final and only needs confirmation. I was even able to finalize Table 1 for that matter even if I have not sent them invitations yet since they are my immediate family and I'm 100% sure of their attendance. The frustration came when I went over Wendell's side. The list is still not organized. I've told Wendell long before to finalize his list but it seems that it takes forever for him to sort things out. I wish I could do it myself to get this done once and for all.
I've been working very hard these past few days making the Emcee script, revising the reception programme, making the giveaways and trying to learn the waltz. Among all others, I still have to finalize the misalet and look for songs for the choir to sing and go over the first and second readings. Lots of work to do but trying as much as I can to stay focused. I'm making a lot of progress though. This is really stressful and I would sometimes sleep in the wee hours of the morning. Now I know why some people would hire a wedding coordinator but then again, that would be an added expense. Besides, I want to be in full control of everything.
Only a month to go before the Big Day. We have more or less put things up together but have not finalized other details like the choir, flowers, bridal car, video and photo, transportation for our other guests and we still need to rehearse our waltz for the first dance. These are a lot of things, and for some, this might be reason enough to start panicking. But we already have our list of prospects and we know who and where to go to since we have already been canvassing and searching months ago. The only thing left to do is decide which is provider to choose.
Wendell and I went out today to buy other things like the sticker and golden decorative flowers for the giveaways. Our original agenda for the day was to go to La Mode Boutique to pay the remaining balance and to submit the barong measurements, then buy the needed things for the giveaways, go to Hyle Boutique to check on Wendell's suit prospect and then go to PC Express to have his memory card replaced. Unfortunately, I forgot to ask Auntie Sarah for York's and K's barong measurements so we decided to just go there next time.
At Hyle Boutique, the suit he had been eyeing a week ago was not there anymore on the rack. We asked the attendant and he said it wax out, being rented off for the week. We are to go back there again next week to check on it again.
From Hyle we went to PC Express and then we decided to go to SM to get our discount coupons for our guests. We asked the lady in the bridal registry table if it would be possible to just leave the coupons to them so that in case some of our guests would purchase the gifts, they won't have to ask from us and we won't have to distribute it to them. The thing is, we are shy about this matter and I guess just leaving the coupons there at the store would be much easier and practical for both parties. Fortunately, the lady agreed and we are quite happy about it.