An Afternoon of Wedding Preps

Last Wednesday, my coordinator-friend (CF) Kat and I met at Starbucks Metrowalk to talk about wedding preps, and of course kuwentuhan na rin. :)

Some of the things we finalized:

1. Rent out the whole 2nd floor of Balay Kalinaw

CF Kat wanted to have a receiving area for the guests while they waited for us (me and Dar and the rest of the entourage) to arrive from church. Cocktails-cocktails ganyan. And para na rin siguro talaga ma-implement yung seating arrangement.

I told Kat this might prove to be a problem because MIL2B might become ma-PR and just ask everybody to go inside and seat themselves, just like what she did nung wedding ni SIL2B.

Ang taray ni CF: "Ay, ayoko ng pinapakialaman ha!"

Hahhaha... All in good fun syempre when she said that. She's met MIL2B naman eh, and she knows what I'm talking about. I assured her that Dar will let her mom be *steady lang* hehehe.

Problem: I knew Dar wouldn't like it that the reception would take place at the 2nd floor of Balay because of Des (who's in wheelchair). CF Kat assured me that it was not that many steps. But we still thought it best to consult Dar.

2. CF liked my Save-the-Date corkboards idea!

So much so na pang-souvenir na talaga sya at di na pang-save-the-date. She also agreed with using the old jeans, para nga mas tipid and mas personalized :) So, might give her a sample soon and syempre will post pics here na rin.

3. Game na kami with Ignacio's as caterer.

Ignacio's kasi is the caterer-suki of MIL2B. I've tasted the food na many of times (during MIL2B's and SIL2B's birthdays) and okay naman talaga. Mejo ambivalent lang ako dun sa "elegant buffet setup" na sinasabi dun sa brochure nila kasi baka naman di bumagay dun sa theme or motif ko :( Pero magagawan naman yan ng paraan ng creativity namin ni CF :)

Yung kukunin namin yung 200-250 per head, and sobrang okay na yung menu non. Kasi since suki si MIL2B, we can exchange viands na from different set menus. Also the payment is not due on the day of the event mismo. Since MIL2B is the one paying for the wedding, good ito para sa kanya para naman di masyadong bigatin ang bayaran on the day itself.

4. Mejo sure na ang Sugarbox cakes.

Eto, based on the prices lang na I get from emails from the W@W yahoogroups. For a 3-layer mini-cake, it's 1.8K lang, base's diameter is around 4 inches and all edible pa! CF said we get 3 mini-cakes para 3 x 3 = 9 ==> our anniv month and day :)

5. Gusto ko talaga ng digital storybook!

As in. So kelangan i-overhaul ang budget dahil sa luho kong ito :P Well di naman, kasi nga yung sinabi naming budget kay CF before eh laging nadadagdagan kasi nagiging mas generous (or malabo!) 'tong si MIL2B. I'm really willing to scrimp and save for good photos (and lay-outs!) of our wedding. Ayan, so budget for this luho just upped our expected expenses by 32K (from a 10K budget for photos to around 42K para we can have that storybook + freebies). Pero syempre will still consider budget first and foremost when we scout for photographers.


6. We'll be getting Hourglass!

Ang galing talaga gumawa ng connections ni CF! Naging friendly friends sya with somebody from NU107 and it turned out na this guy was Hourglass' manager! He's going to give us a HUGE discount, as in around 25%-30% discount! Woohoo!

Eto talaga natutuwa ako kasi Hourglass pa lang talaga ang pinaka-input ni Dar sa wedding. Nagustuhan kasi nya yung Hourglass when we got to watch them last year sa UP Fair. When we finally finalized (ang panget :P) to have our wedding this year, he said he wanted a band, instead of a DJ, and that he wanted Hourglass. O diba, may input ang baby ko hehehe :P When I asked CF kung how much ang Hourglass, nahimatay ako sa taas ng presyo nila. Scrapped na talaga ang Hourglass from our plans, kasi di talaga kaya ng budget. Pero yun nga, super duper discounted na sila so game na uli ang Hourglass! :D

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Ayan, one afternoon with my CF and andami na naming na-plano! Super excited na naman ako after leaving Starbucks. Haaay. Ang sarap lang meeting up with her because she gets all excited rin eh. Pag si Dar kasi kinausap mo about the preps he'd just say "Okay", "Nice", "Sure", and the phrase I hate the most: "Ikaw bahala". Hmp :P

Wedding Expo na sa weekend! Shempre punta kami ni Dar ^_^

Toodles!

obssessed over wedding preps @ 10:12 PM

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...back to the seventh year hitch...