Step 1 (check!!)

Okay. So it's official now - September 1, 2003 - 10am.


*grins* I booked it Frday. I'm sooo excited!!!!! As soon as I get the magnet backings I'm going to start putting together the STD's. Corey actually got ALL but ONE of his addresses in a record 5 days, and we've decided to justgo with whoever we get for a officiant, so he doesn't have to ask his 'home' pastor to fly out to Vegas.

My mother changed her mind about getting us our rings (And I didn't dare to ask why because no matter how I would have said it I would have sounded like a spoiled brat)so I'm now on the hunt for this style of ring that we loved for a reasonable price. *sigh* So far the cheapest I've seen has been 1500 for the set. GAH!

We're trying to be sure that everything is covered. The main things that I DIDN'T include in our budget were the rings and the outfits. So...we are going to work that out somehow.

We are going to register over Christmas. Can I be MILDLY disgusted by the fact that there is NO Crate&Barrel in this area? NONE!!! So - we will most likely register there while I'm down there with him, and maybe we'll come back up here for New Years.

jasmyn

Back In the Groooooveee

Okay. I've been a mildly busy bunny lately. Ever since I made our little magnet (go look at the entry before this one if you missed it!!) I've been on a vertable whirlwind of wedding work.

I finally called the Flamingo, and asked a crapload of questions. Most of them were answered to my satisfaction, even though it seems like they charge a fee for EVERY-FREAKING-THING. I'm going to activate the card tonight, and book the wedding tommorow. *gulp*

I found out through talking to them that the site holds 100 people - not the 40 that we thought they held. So, the guest list is slowly swelling once again. Right now we are at 47 people, and I have yet to talk to my mom to see who ELSE she wants to add.

Me and the Boy *dreamysigh* have (we think) picked out our wedding bands. I need to chitchat with my mom and find out what her planned budget was. We know (more or less) what we want the bands to look like, and we are going to get identical bands.

What else? I've been dress 'shopping' online. It kinda sucks that I haven't made any good girlfriends here - I have no one to go gown shopping with. So.... I have to grind up the balls to go shopping by myself. I'm going to go once I hit my next weight goal. :) The dress that I most likely will end up with is much more 'bridal' looking than what I thought I would end up with.

I just brought part of the supplies for the STD's - the magnet backing bit which I found on e-bay for SUPER cheap. I was able to get enough sheets to make 50 magnets (and I'm only going to need 30 as of right now) for 8 bucks - shipping and handling included. I will most likely come to work realllly late one day or on the weekend *hangs head in shame* to use our absolutely WONDERFUL color printer to whip them out.

The next thing (which I'm DREADING doing) is getting addresses for everyone. Actually - to be more accurate - it's going to be more of a pain getting Corey to get his addresses, because I think I have most of mine already, and the ones I don't have, I can get with a couple of e-mails or phone calls.

What else? The website is almost done - I just need to add Corey's perspective of the proposal, and change the main menu because I have no clue what I'm going to put in one section - and I think we will be set.

I'm REALLY getting married. Is it scary that I'm STILL (well over a year since I

*grins*
said yes) coming to that realization??

jasmyn

DIYBride

Okay - I've been showing this off to everyone jsut cuz I'm so stinking proud of myself I could SPIT. And so naturally - I had to show it to my loverly OD folx too.

I'm split between making this into a magnet or a postcard (simply because I like spending money and I think magnets are cool and it's harder to lose a magnet -it will most likely end up being a magnet) but finally - here are our STDs:

Ain't they cute?? If I do use them as magnets - I'm still trying to figure out what card of car to send them in/on.

What else?? We looked at the guest list and our newly fluid financial state and decided that we would up the guest list. The chapel only holds 40 folx (YAAAYYY!!) and so we are inviting exactly forty people....and they are all people that I TRULY hope will come. :) We might add another 10 or so on the thought that maybe everyone won't come, but it's Vegas so that might be a dangerous assumption.

We also added Corey's home pastor to the list - he REALLY wants to be married by this man - so we will foot the flight out and his room for one night. I'm proud of my baby - he's admitted he's been being himself and procrastinating and he has PROMISED to talk to the Rev. by the end of the month.

*grins* See? I'm back in the flow - I plan on calling the Flamingo tonight (for real this time) and checking on the room rates, the chapel rates, whether that day is booked ( I would be SOOO crushed) and all that kinda jazz.

If anyone wants to take a gander at our website feel free - we need to add some pictures of ourselves to it...hmmm I might do that and scan them in and that will be what's the the First Year bit. Let me know what ya'll think.

*grins*


Have a good weekend all....esp YOU!!!! *giggles*


Jasmyn

Bad Girl...bad bad girl.

Okay - I've got a confesion to make.

Me and Corey were supposed to be saving for the wedding right - 'x' amount of money in the bank every month for 19 months. I even got a second job to facilitate that process.

We have MAYBE 500.00 bucks in the bank account. I haven't looked at it in ages because I would be crushed.
And we were doing so good until he moved - paying for two households is a hell of a lot more expensive than just one.

So - I regularly (since I paid off most of the college credit cards) get these juicy offers in the mail. I filled one of them out, and HELLO - about 5 weeks later got a shiny silver card in the mail. Citibank. Very Nice.

It's currently sitting in my file box, unactivated.

We have every single intention of maxing that sucker out for the wedding (interestingly enough, it has a 7,200 limit - just what our budget is).
And for some reason I feel kinda bad. Yeah - doing this will increase the likelihood of me being mostly debt free by the wedding. It will help him feel less guilty about having to use some of the wedding money to move, and he will hopefully be able to get a nicer car.

So - all in all it's a good thing.

I just would rather that it wasn't.

any other wedding news?

Nope. I still haven't called the Flamingo, mainly because I keep forgetting with the time zone bit and I don't WANT to call from work, but I've gotten my nails painted a 'colorchange' Flamingo Pink last night. No, I did not know that it was a color change when I got it. The warmer my hands are, the paler the pink is. Right now, both me and my hands are freezing, so it's dark Barbie pink.

So - hopefully I will call the Flamingo this weekend (Friday) and get rates and get some stuff booked, as well as get clarity on some extra fees.

I've learned more about Vegas Weddings from UW than I ever could on the Knot. In fact lately, I don't even GO to the Knot anymore. I go in cycles with them, and lately the so-called 'women' on there have been much more like bitches than brides.

So.

Oh yeah - we changed the date (AGAIN) to Septemer 1, 2003.

I just relized that drops us right under 300 days.

*gulp*

Maybe I really SHOULD get on the ball, eh?

:)

Jasmyn.