Planning
Thinking about having your wedding in the beautiful gold country? Check out the Gold Country Bridal Fair this Sunday, Aug. 22. The event takes place at Sequoia, which is located at 643 Bee St. in Placerville from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. While at the fair, enjoy a fashion show, meet more than 40 wedding-related vendors and—possibly—win some great prizes. Tickets are $10, but bring friend and you’ll get two-for-one admission by pre-registering here. You’ll also get a free copy of Our Wedding magazine (while supplies last). Maybe I’m biased, but with the cost of the magazine at $5.95 an issue, that alone is worth the cost of admission!
Posted By Elena M. Macaluso on Thursday, August 19, 2010 in Sacramento Wedding Blog Planning | Permalink | Comments (0)
I feel good—calm and ready. All of the rentals are now sitting at my mom’s house. The yard is ready, except for some last minute things that can’t be done until tomorrow.
All of my organization paid off and fortunately I’m not stressing about anything.
That’s not to say everything has gone as planned. I got word yesterday that the transmission in my father’s Suburban decided to stop working . . . roughly halfway through his trek from Missouri. The GM dealer in the area was able to order one and have it sent overnight. It is due to arrive this morning and they are hoping to get my family back on the road by early afternoon . . . if everything goes well.
There is now no way that he will be here in time for rehearsal, or the dinner following it. If everything goes as planned, they will roll into town about 1 a.m. the morning of my wedding. I’m bummed because that was the only time I’d get to really catch up with my dad, step mom and brothers.
I can’t control the situation, and have to believe they will be on the road soon. He does have an important duty, after all . . . I’m not walking myself down the aisle!
Posted by Becki Philpott on Friday, July 9, 2010 in Sacramento Wedding Blog Planning | Permalink | Comments (0)
Ten days to go and I am forced to admit that I haven’t even started on the vows. Neither has Joe. I know what I want to convey to him, but can’t seem to find time to put those words on paper. Between a few unplanned trips to Oregon and running errands, we have been busier than ever.
We plan to use a few of the traditional items—Joe still has to love me if I’m sick. I’ll promise to love Joe even if we win the lottery and suddenly find ourselves rich. I’m sure it’ll be a struggle, but . . . we’ll manage. I plan to work a bit of my personality into the vows and hope that he still says, “I do.”
I vow to write the vows . . . just not today.
Posted by Becki Philpott on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 in Sacramento Wedding Blog Planning | Permalink | Comments (0)
We’ve finalized the guest count and are now working on the seating assignments. For a couple of weeks I’ve been thinking about which guests we’ll seat together and the ones that should be seated far, far away from each other. I had the perfect eight to sit at my friend Red’s table until he threw in a plus one at the last minute.
In May, a stroke left Joe’s father unable to use his right side. Weeks of therapy have helped him transfer to and from a wheelchair, and take small steps when holding onto something with his left hand. Joe’s step mom will be bringing a friend to the wedding who can help assist Joe’s dad if needed. We’re happy she’s able to help, but do we seat the friend at the same table as parents, bumping a family member off the table or force her to sit with people she’s never met?
There is a couple that was married long, long ago and now can’t stand each other. How do we accommodate them when they’d both like to sit next to the same guest—their son? Do we put stanchions up around the dance floor, give them boxing gloves and start taking bets? (My money’s on her!)
I know it will all get ironed out. In the meantime, I will take joy knowing that at least the groom plans on attending the wedding—even if his response card did miss the cutoff date by nearly two weeks.
Posted by Becki Philpott on Monday, June 28, 2010 in Sacramento Wedding Blog Planning | Permalink | Comments (0)
On my way home from work yesterday, I finally stopped by the dry cleaner. I’d been meaning to bring Joe’s shirt in to be laundered and pressed for a couple of weeks. Yes, I could have washed and ironed it myself to save the whopping $1.95. My time is worth far more than that.
I’ve used the same cleaners for a long time. They are close to work, really friendly and they’ve never messed up or misplaced a single thing I’ve dropped off. Over the years, I’ve brought in everything from down comforters to cocktail dresses and one time, even a handbag. A waitress knocked some sort of berry margarita off her serving tray and into my purse, a brand new Michael Kors, out for its first spin on the town. The leather on the outside cleaned up well, but the tan fabric inside looked hopeless. I brought in the purse as my last resort and they managed to get most of it out. Bless them.
I decided since I was going, I should also bring my wedding dress to get steamed, pressed or whatever it is they do to get the wrinkles out. Since it didn’t need to be dry cleaned first, I didn’t think it would cost very much. As I stuffed the receipt into my wallet, I noticed the total for Joe’s shirt and my dress was $27.45. The receipt reads: 1 Dress. Fancy. Long. Lining. Apparently that equates to $25.50. I could have gone to Target, bought a hand-held steamer for $19.99 and done it myself. At this point in the game, my time is still worth more than that.
Besides, if they ruin it, I get a new dress. If I ruin it, I’m out far more than $25.50.
Posted by Becki Philpott on Thursday, June 24, 2010 in Sacramento Wedding Blog Planning | Permalink | Comments (0)
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