Keri sent me a very funny video as to why she is very glad that I'm doing my own hair. Jay told me after seeing this he doesn't want to get married anymore (just kidding, of course). All I could do was laugh at this psycho bride-to-be and it makes me realize that I will never be as crazy as that, and like Keri said: I'm glad I'm doing my own hair!
Hope you enjoy!
Sarah
Well, after a busy and somewhat stressul week at work, I was able to relax this weekend and get back to my favorite passtime: planning the wedding! Jay said we could go register this weekend so before we head out to Mom & Dad's for Ben's 20th birthday (Happy Birthday, Ben!), we're going to go to Home Outfitters and register a bit! I'm so excited! We also went to Spence today to look at wedding bands. Jay picked out his, I think it suits him really well, it's very nice and classy. Mine, however......not exactly what I was hoping it'd be. There is actually one that matches my engagement ring, but both Jay and I weren't too excited about it. We're going to go and talk to some goldsmiths and see if we can get one custom made if it's not too expensive.
I made an appointment with the florist for the end of next month...and that's all for now! Our invitations are ordered and being printed. I found a better font so that the word "God" doesn't look like "Cod" anymore. I'd rather have the blessing of the Lord, and not some smelly fish! Hehe....!
Cheers,
Sarah
Woohoo! The last of our 6 month checklist can officially be checked off. We hired our DJ...a little more than I had anticipated paying for a DJ, but we literally tried all the local people that were recommended to us from Joy and Robyn, and we had no luck. I emailed this DJ company a few times, told him his prices were quite a ways out of our budget, wrote him a week later after he encouraged me to do some research and he offered us a discount! I'm quite sure it will be worth it.
Katie and I went invitation shopping last week and I already got my proof back! Mom and Dad absolutely love them and Jay said "everyone will know that you picked them out!" but he really liked them too, he said they're "very Sarah"...which I hope is a good thing. I've also picked out one of our wedding favors, and they get made right in Calgary so I can save on shipping costs if one of my lovely Calgarian friends would be able to pick them up for us! *hint*hint* Things are rolling along really smoothly.
Jamie, Robyn, and Katie came up to see us this weekend and we all went out for a really nice dinner with Adam to Earl's in the mall on Saturday night and then the boys went to see Hinder. Robyn and I took Katie back to my place and we chatted about wedding stuff all night. Next morning Rob and I went to Bridal Fantasy...it was okay, but since I have all the big stuff done, we mainly went to get decorating ideas and ideas for flowers...it was fun.
I have managed to get all my bridesmaids and even my mom together the weekend of February 10th so we can go to the florist, meet the photographer, and have an appointment with Pat, our caterer. It should be fun and I'm so glad that we can all make it!
I suppose that should be all for now.
Bride to be,
Sarah
Hey everyone. I kindly asked my new roomie Adam to help me out to try to take a decent picture of my ring. It's so hard! This is the best one that we could get...but it still looks much better in person! Hope you enjoy!
The bling!
Hello, everyone! In spite of a little frustration in finding a DJ, wedding planning is going very well. I've had so much help (THANKS SO MUCH!) from Robyn and Laura getting me numbers of people to call, Joy was a huge help in calling around people and has been kind enough to let us borrow the mirrors she used as part of her centre pieces! We also got a photographer booked and I've heard absolutely wonderful things from both Robyn and Joy about this lady and I can't wait to go and see some of her work.
So as I mentioned in the first part of this message, 2 of the DJ's that came highly recommended are already booked...and the one "big" name in DJ's that I had in mind is also already booked. I got ahold of another larger company and they can do it..for the low low price of $1000-ish!! Jay called Robyn tonight and we're going to try to find more local people first. So that's pretty much the last big thing we have to do this month and then we can take it easy. We'll go shopping for wedding bands next month right before we take off for Fernie because I'll hae to give up my ring :( to get it resized and the wedding band will probably have to be custom made to fit my engagement ring anyway.
Katie and I might go invitation shopping tomorrow if all goes well and that should be really fun. I'm looking forward to buying the supplies and doing it with Mom and the girls.
Luv,
Sarah
I'm pretty impressed at all that we've been able to get done in such a short amount of time! Yesterday we officially booked the caterer, Jay asked Snowy to marry us, and Mom and I went shopping and bought my wedding dress! This is where the title of this entry comes into play: please keep your fingers crossed for me as they say my wedding dress will probably come in 4-5 months...but I'm hoping it comes sooner and definitely not later than that. I absolutely love it, it's pretty much exactly what I wanted. I also ordered the bridesmaids dresses and I hope we like them as much in person as we do online.
I finally got to talk to Lisa today! She's been in Venezuela for almost three weeks now and it's been very hard for us to get ahold of each other. There's still so much to do! We've tried one DJ and he's already booked and we've had no luck getting ahold of a number to call the guy we want to do our photography. Lisi is going to be a photographer too...but we want her to do more candid shots and I love her black and whites. I'm trying to get together with my girls one weekend in Calgary area to go to the florist and to discuss other things...but good luck having 3 nurses (including me) and a nursing student and a full-time mommy getting together!
Next up on the slate is registering for gifts (woohoo!!!) and I think we'll go to The Bay and Home Outfitters - two of my favorites! And we'll probably go shopping for wedding bands in the next month or so...and Jay is going to plan our honeymoon! Laura and Cat (and hopefully Robyn) are coming up next weekend to go to Bridal Fantasy so that should be lots of fun.
I'm so exhausted. I've gotten so excited about all this wedding stuff that I stay up so late and have to get up so early for work...not a good combination!
Cheers,
Sarah
Hello all! Well this first week of engagement has been a busy one already. I've loved showing off my ring and am glad to hear that everyone thinks it's as gorgeous as I do! Jay sure did well, he picked it out all by himself and completely stunned me. I was on call for seven days in a row and worked my buns off. But all that OT that I ended up getting will work well with the wedding coming up.
Speaking of the wedding we've had really great luck booking the hall and the church and we even got the exact date that we wanted - July 7th, 2007! It works out perfectly for us because my position ends July 1st and then we can have the week after to honeymoon and I can come back to work. I would like, at this time, to introduce to you my bridal party:
Keri
Maid of Honour - Friend of the Bride
Lisa
Bridesmaid - Friend of the Bride
Laura
Bridesmaid - Sister of the Groom (& Friend of the Bride!)
Robyn
Bridesmaid - Friend of the Bride & Groom
Katie
Flower Girl - God-daughter of the Groom
I'm so thankful and honoured that they've all agreed to be such an important part of our special day. I look forward to going dress shopping with Keri and Mom this week and then next on our list is booking the caterer, DJ, photographer and getting to go to stores and register for gifts!
I could go on and on...but I better get going because I'd be here forever.
Bride to be,
Sarah
P.S. I get to pick the pictures so too bad! ;) You're all pretty goofy girls like me, that's why you said yes!
Happy New Years!!! Jay and I definitely started off the new year the best way I could ever imagine it! He asked me to marry him and I, of course, said yes! He completely shocked me and I couldn't be happier! We're getting married near Jay's hometown in Rosebud, Alberta and pending that we can book the reception, we are getting married on July 7, 2007. Thanks so much to Mom for this new layout! I'm 99.9% sure that Keith Urban song will be our wedding song! More details to come!
Love,
Sarah & Jay
P.S. You'll have to excuse the picture below, it was a late night, we were excited to leave this morning to spread the news and I cried off my makeup because I was so happy...we promise we'll look better for the wedding!
And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust making memories of us
I wanna honor your mother
I wanna learn from your pa
I wanna steal your attention like a bad outlaw
I wanna stand out in a crowd for you
A man among men
I wanna make your world better than it's ever been
And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust making memories of us
We'll follow the rainbow
Wherever the four winds blow
And there'll be a new day
Comin' your way
I'm gonna be here for you from now on
This you know somehow
You've been stretched to the limits but it's alright now
And I'm gonna make you this promise
If there's life after this
I'm gonna be there to meet you with a warm, wet kiss, Mhmmm.
(Yes I am.)
And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust making memories of us,
I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you baby,
And I'll win your trust making memories of us