i need to know:

fantastic excerpt from one of my fav blogs to read:

Get high tech. Spend the forty bucks to splurge on wedding planning software like Smart Wedding 4.0
that keeps track of things like spending, guests, seating,
appointments, vendors, and gifts. It’s like having your very own
wedding planner…except this one won’t push you into buying nasty little
packets of stale Jordan Almonds.

Go to the library. Or better
yet, to one of those bookstores that have a little cafe and will let
you read books like Denise and Alan Fields’ Bridal Bargains: Secrets to Throwing a Fantastic Wedding on a Realistic Budget while drinking a latte.

Be
confident in your ability to find the perfect dress for less. Don’t
feel you have to settle for retail prices. Surf the Internet
classfieds, check EBAY, visit sample sales, consider checking your
local Salvation Army or Goodwill outlet, and look for knockoffs.
Sometimes having an original dress handmade by a tailor can be less
expensive than buying it off the rack. Making your own dress with help
from books like Susan E. Andriks’ Bridal Gowns: How to Make the Wedding Dress of Your Dreams is also an option.

Instead of booking an expensive hall, consider letting mother nature host your wedding. She has wonderful taste in colors!

Finally, use any resource you can. Plenty of Web sites, such as Brilliant Wedding Pages,
have oddles of money-saving tips and tricks that will help you choose
favors that are so fantastic, a dress that is so divine, and a setting
that is so sublime that no one will ever know you’re a budget queen.

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i have many more links for you brides to be to look at:

• weddingbee.com - i can't begin to explain how much this site has helped me
• DIY flowers - haven't tried it out yet but they have wonderful centerpiece/bouquet instructions that look very easy and elegant
• DIY network - they have tons of ideas
• paper-source.com - DIY invites. cute selections
• cheap - chic weddings - very informative site
• about.com - exactly what it says... about!

i have no more links. just lazy and tired. i can't sleep tonight. meh.

i was so set on this dress but i'm debating especially since the price is way over my budget.

so there are a couple dresses:

• simple dress
• picked up skirt dress
• simple dress w/beading
• another dress w/beading
• sweetheart dress
• sash dress

i'm not really that picky but it is a wedding dress. the good part is all these dresses are pretty on me. (thank goodness) so i guess it all depends how dressed up i want to be. i really do love the original dress that i was going to get but it's $1000..... so the other dresses are a lot more appealing. *sigh* but whatever. it's all good.

which ones do you guys like?

bridesmaid dresses i'll try another time. the original one that i had was very similar to my original dress. so i guess i'll have to figure out what i want to wear first then their dress.

kind of going through some hard times right now but this stuff is making me happy. plus i'm generally a positive person so i'm alright -

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this friday is our anniversary. ALREADY.
couldn't be anymore happier, or anymore in love.
he keeps me sane.... and happy

"My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep; the more I give
to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite."
William Shakespeare

any suggestion people?
i was thinking little boxed candies with pretty ribbon stacked in the center of the table.

another are pretty cookies wrapped indiv with ribbons stacked in the center of the table.

i want something that isn't too expensive since the cost of the wedding is already high!!! oyyyyy........

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veronica did say she'll help me look for bowls for floating candles or possibly flowers!

do flowers float? roses? hehe

hello our names are annie & wilbur and we had our first registry experience at macy*s and he got trigger happy and annie got appliance happy.

we got things mainly for our new apartment. to actually start a collection of things we want for the start of our marriage. we got everything from silverware, glasses to whatever else there is..... and we got a great print out. a good start!

we came home to check online.

no record.

*gasp*

we were thinking maybe if we sign up online and it'll show our registry.

*gasp*

nope.

so we added more things... and had fun looking online....

but.....

it only recorded half of it.

meh. oh well. we'll call and ask them about it some other time. at least we have a print out.

we also went to search for wedding bands. fun

power's back now! and i can finally update!

i met with darlene in whole foods/flower dep. she gave me a pretty reasonable quote. but i don't know what is better, pay a bit more for flowers that are made for you... or make them myself? i'm thinking that i might make them myself. the only thing i need to worry about is making the pew decoration that i'm hoping to double as center pieces.

also the kind of flowers. i really like this flower that is called stock:

my area doesn't have power. it hasn't had power in 5 days.
no hot water, no cable/internet... i'm in the city now to check.

i hate it. meh.

but thank you to roger who let us shower at his place everyday! haha you're the best!!

meli too! thank you for offering!

ps: met with the florist today... it was good - but i think i can make the stuff i like myself. we'll see.

we put in a deposit for a dj + mc today. it's a refundable deposit for 2 weeks and after that we gotta keep them.

so for those of you in the nyc area and our wedding party... if you can think of some awesome djs that happen to be reasonably priced please let us know! (pref before 2 weeks from now)

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thanks to josiah we might have found ourselves a photographer. i can't stress enough how much he's been helping us with planning the wedding and really stepping it up as a groomsmen. thanks big bro - you have no idea how thankful we are to have you.

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meli's been helping me in particular so much. everything from looking at samples of invites to dress hunting, figuring out flower arrangements, going to with me to look at places for the wedding.... looking for decoration for the ceremony & reception.  gosh she's really helped a great deal. she's also one of those that are really keeping us together and contributing so much.

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veronica is a doll since she's accepting all of my huge music score files so that she can print it and have it for those times that i call and change my mind about what she'll be playing. since she's playing the music during the ceremony not only does it make it easier on me.... but she's also one of the best pianist i have ever heard. without her our wedding wouldn't be complete and for that.....

thank you!

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we have an awesome wedding party and we know it's hard to involve yourselves when you're far (esp in cali and austria) but we appreciate all of your guys' help. we always have things that you guys can look up or help us with something... mostly research so if you guys want to help, just let us know. i just don't want to constantly nag you guys... esp cuz yous are busy. but we appreciate it nonetheless.

g'nite