Snatches-of-Bliss-and-Are-You-Freaking-Out-Yet?

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* Welcome *

Changed da house,
Changed da look.

BTW, my bathrobe's usually pink
and we don't have a fireplace.
Other than that,
it's pretty accurate...

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Tuesday, November 16, 2004

~ Much ado about nothing much ~

The pace is definitely picking up with the wedding planning.

But first up, a warm congratulations to Tony's sister, as she just got engaged! I haven't met her yet, and already there's so much to talk about when she finally makes her way to Canberra next month. After meeting Tony this afternoon to recce the reception venue one more time (but this time with Kerry), I had an hour free in Civic before my next appointment, which I spent walking around bookshops looking for the ideal Engagement card and a wedding planning journal. Finally got the former, but the latter made a very expensive gift. The one I was absolutely drooling over cost AUD$39.95. It was gorgeous and I really wish I had found it way back (no use getting it now, since it's only a month - A MONTH! - away) but since I didn't, I'm hoping at least to give it to someone else.

I comfort myself by the fact that such a journal is more ideal for weddings with a 6 month - 1 year engagement. A short engagement such as ours would not justify the cost of the planning journal. Or so I tell myself repeatedly.

I'm SUCH a sucker for pretty stationery.

I also met up with Liam, my colleague from the Centre where I work in Uni. He's doing the filming of the entire wedding, and after today's meeting, we're both brimming with possibilities. I'm practically bursting at the seams to write all about it here - but I won't. What I absolutely love about this wedding is that Tony is in total agreement about making this a wedding that really suits our personalities - and once I pitched the ideas Liam and I came up with, he fell hook line and sinker, and is all up for it. GOSH, I love that man!

It seems almost scandalous to say this, but I'm FINALLY feeling really, really hyper about the wedding after the meeting with Liam. I suspect it has a lot more to do with the creative element. I do so love a project within a project, and aside from the design of the wedding invitations, RSVP reminders and the wedding programme, this is another one of the little details that really get my adenaline going because it's so US. I'm also over the moon that Tony's as revved about it as I am. We're quite, quite stoked. This is major fun.

I'm so sorry you guys have to read these never-ending hyperboles about nothing in great detail, and have me go on and on about wedding frou-frous... I just read Celina's blog about her trip to the Maldives and man, that's just more interesting because it's varied, you know? But yah... I'm mildly aware that I'm in great danger of turning into One Of Those Brides, with the obsession about the flowers, and the ribbons, and the champagne flutes, and the ivory white swans that will swim about in the water recess in the garden, and the doves that will be released into the sky after we've exchanged our vows, and the horse and carriage that will carry us off into the sunset ala Pride and Prejudice, and the dry ice so that it looks like we're having a wedding in heaven. But gimme a break. It's 1 month, 2 days to my wedding day and I've finally cottoned on that I'm an excited bride. It's news for me, man! I'm a slow learner.

# posted by Velle | 11:16 pm

1 Comments:

trust me, marital bliss is far more fun than being dragged around some stinky fishing boat by some 50-pound fishing and having some little maldivian guy cheer you on while you try not to fall overboard.

By Slinky, at 3:17 am