Registries!

Bed, Bath, & Beyond Registry

Macy's Registry

Sears Registry

We registered at Bed, Bath, & Beyond like a month ago or so. And then yesterday on a whim we decided to register at Macy's & Sears, too.

Soon we will also have a Honeymoon Registry. So there should be a lot of options. Hehe

HOUSE!

Jon and I have been looking at houses for a long time...But we really cracked down and started taking it more seriously the past few weeks. We finally fell in love with one on Wednesday and that had only been on the market for two days. Three other couples put an offer on it as well, but we got it! :)

So now with paying for a house and a wedding all by ourselves, we really have to try to stick to our budget as closely as possible.

Which means no frivolous spending.

Like on chocolate and peanut butter fountains, ice sculptures, dessert and candy tables, and ice cream stations. :)

Hehe Our wedding and house are going to be awesome anyway...We are just going to be totally broke...But it will be worth it, right?

We are at the 5 1/2 Month Mark!

We booked our Honeymoon to Riviera Maya, Mexico Friday Night! I am very excited! I will post pictures I have found online and more information about the hotel and the trip later.

So since Friday I have been thinking that we are done booking everything we need. And I thought I can relax for a little while. Lately my fiance and I have been focusing on looking for houses. We would like to buy a house ASAP. So we have a nice house to live in after we get married...And then we will no longer have to live in our current crappy apartment. :)

So it just hit me that we are 173 days from the wedding...That is 5 Months, 2 Weeks, & 6 Days away! There is not that much that I can do for the wedding right this second, until it gets closer.

But it just started hitting me just how much there will be to do. And now I am starting to stress.

Here are some of the things I can think of off of the top of my head (in no particular order):

• Help my girls pick out & book my Bridal Shower Location...And anything else that I am supposed to help out with for the Bridal Shower. Also help give the girls ideas to make it Caribbean themed...Which is more of a tropical beach theme then just Mexico theme.
• Pick out & book Rehearsal Dinner Location
• Let the Limo Company know the times/locations to pick everyone up...And give him the girl's dress colors to match the cocktail napkins to...And whatever else the Limo guy asked me to give him.
• Tell my florist the colors the Grandmother's are wearing...Once they all get their outfits...
• Get all of my centerpieces and candles to the florist so he can set them up and bring them to the reception hall.
• Make a list of songs I want and do not want the DJ to play.
• Tell the DJ what time the Reception starts...And give the DJ said song list.
• Tell my Cake Baker what kind of flowers he should make out of sugar for my wedding cake...And give him a color swatch to match the sugared cake jewels to.
• Figure out what I want to do for Table Numbers and Holders for each table at the reception. (Considering you all know how much I hate Table Numbers...I have yet to figure out exactly what to do.)
• Meet with the owner of the banquet hall for food tastings...And finalize our menu for the reception.
• Finalize linen decisions for the reception.
• Finalize the wording for the wedding invitations so I can finally get back to my invitation lady so she can finish making them.
• Pick out and buy my shoes.
• Pick out what shoes my girls should buy.
• Pick out how I want my hair (that includes color and style), makeup and nails and do some trial runs.
• Pick out how I want my girls' hair and makeup and maybe have them do some trial runs too.
• Maybe FINALLY mail out our Engagement Announcement to the newspapers. (We have only been engaged for 4 1/2 months already!! LOL)
• Pick out and buy (once we know how many people are coming to the wedding) guest favors.
• Pick out and purchase Escort Cards and Holders.
• Buy a garter for me.
• Buy a toss away garter.
• Figure out what dress I want the Flower Girl to wear.
• Make basket for Flower Girl.
• Make pillow for Ring Bearer.
• Ask the Church if they allow rose petals thrown down the aisle...If so is there a cleanup fee?
• Ask the Church if they provide an aisle runner...If not, am I allowed to bring one?
• Ask the Church what can be thrown outside of the Church...Otherwise I will need to go buy bubbles to hand out to the guests.
• I need to see how much my Invitation Lady will charge to make me some Ceremony Programs...Or I need to make my own.
• I need to decide on music for the Ceremony...As well as who is going to play the songs.
• I need to pick out the readings, the readers, and the songs and singers for the Ceremony.
• We need to pick out and buy each other's wedding bands...In enough time to have them sent out to get engraved.
• We need to finish getting all of the wedding party's gifts. (I'll give you a hint...The Bridesmaid's gifts have been bought for months already but the groomsmen's gifts still haven't been ordered!) Also need gifts for the Flower Girl & Ring Bearer...And for our parents. I am pretty sure we will skip giving gifts to each other, the rings and honeymoon will be enough.
• Need to tell the photographer and videographer the time and location to show up at...And all subsequent times and locations to appear at.
• Need to finish getting prices from different hotels for all of the out-of-town guests (which is pretty much every guest.)
• Make sure all of the guys have been going to their tuxedo fittings.
• Check on my girls' dress alterations...Whenever they go get them altered. (Obviously after I pick out their shoes.)
• I need to find a seamstress that I trust enough to alter my wedding dress for me...And then eventually make appointments for said alterations.
• Let the Photo booth company know the time to be at the reception.
• Decide if we want to register anywhere else. (So far we only registered at Bed, Bath, & Beyond.)
• Pick out and buy a dress for my Bridal Shower
• Pick out and buy a dress for my Rehearsal Dinner
• Pick out and buy a dress for my Bachelorette Party
• Do anything I'm supposed to do to plan for my Bachelorette Party
• Decide if we are having a Day-After-The-Wedding Brunch. If so, figure out the time, location (at either my parent's house or our possible new house), food, etc. (And what I'll wear to it!)
• Decide if I want to have Menus made up at each place setting at the reception...If so, then I need to make them or have them made up.
• Do I need to figure out what the guests can do to entertain themselves for the 3 hours in between the ceremony ending and the cocktail hour starting? If so, then that is something else I need to figure out...
• I don't know if I need to figure out any transportation of guests from hotels to the Church to the Reception Hall or anything...
• Oh and of course figure out when every vendor needs their final payments by...And start paying every vendor the millions of dollars we owe them! (OK not really millions...But it sure feels like it!)

I know there are a billion more things I am forgetting about!

I actually like having that list...It makes me feel more organized. Yes, seeing the huge list also stresses me out...But I would much rather have a big to-do list then forget to do something!

I will, however, definitely need to organize that list by due-dates or vendor or location or something!

P.S. A lot of the times in that list where I said "I"...I realize that sounds really Bridezilla...So obviously Jon can help in any of those decision making processes...He just usually doesn't want to. LOL