Happy Leap Day

                                      
So wedding lore says that on Leap Day, it is acceptable for women to propose to their boyfriends. They even made a whole movie about this. I think it is an Irish custom or something but, anyway it could be something fun to try if your man is procrastinating on popping the question. Well, it would be fun if he said yes. Well anyway, I would love to hear any stories of women who have actually proposed to their men on Leap Day.

Well, on to wedding discussions. There is a lot to do as our wedding day comes closer and closer. We have finally started really nailing down this guest list. By guest list, I am pretty much referring to the reception guest list. It is by far the hardest thing to do when you are planning a wedding. If you have ever planned one, you know what I am talking about, if you have not planned one, you will find out what I am talking about. It seems like when everyone hears that you are getting married, the next question is am I invited to the wedding. It's hard to say yes or no to that because neither answer would be good. If you say yes, then you kinda have to pay for them to be there, if you say no, they go into this long story about how long they have known you. Just a sticky situation. But if you want to save money, the fastest way it to cut down the guest list. But the fastest way to get in an argument with someone about your wedding is to...you guessed it cut down the guest list. But anyway, things are going pretty well. We still have to trim the guest list a little more, but we are getting there.

We did make an Access database to keep track of all the addresses and from there it will be pretty painless to print labels off. Nope, I am not going to be taking anything to a calligrapher, nor am I going to be writing out anything, takes too long. Does anyone still do that anyway?

Next thing that I got done was to have my first wedding dress fitting. I didn't really have to do too much to my dress. Just get the bustle put in and take in the top slightly. I saved $175.00 by buying 4 inch heels. Yup, I will be wearing 4 inch heels on my wedding day LOL. I know that was a hot question earlier last year. Well, it was either pay $175 to get the dress shortened or pay $40.00 for some heels. Well, actually I was going to wear heels regardless LOL.  I was afraid of the bow and was prepared to do some DIY on them, but when I tried them on with my dress, they looked really cute. Thanks to my fiance for convincing me to actually try them on. We looked at them together online. I have my dress, shoes and the next thing is to work on jewelry. One of my bridesmaids makes jewelry, so the plan is to take my grandma's earrings as inspiration to make a necklace. Something dainty and complimentary to my "something old".

Bridesmaids are on schedule with ordering dresses, groomsmen need to get on it LOL. We are still looking for a DJ to play for our reception. So if anyone has any referrals, let me know.

Like I said, we are making headway. With all the weddings going on and people posting pictures of their big days, I am getting more and more excited about that special day. I will not have my intimate, small wedding, but hey that's what I get for having so much family. I will not complain. Well, make someone smile and save those pennies.

Knocking out Wedding Tasks Like A Pro

Happy Valentine's Day everyone. I hope you all remember that love is something that can be shared with anyone year around and doesn't have to wait for Valentine's Day. But, its also a great day to use to show someone you love that they are special to you today and everyday.

I am very happy wedding plans are moving right along. My future hubby is really helping me get things done and I can't ask for anything more. I was really nervous about this limo dilemma because when me and John originally talked, he wanted a Bentley. I was looking at a $1500.00 price tag. That was not in my budget plan. So we kept looking and God sent us a blessing. My future Mother in law sent us a contact and he hooked us up for 4 hours of limo use and a town car to take us to our hotel room after the reception. The limo is really nice too and it will fit the whole wedding party. Super happy. Just as a tip, you don't need the limo for the whole time of your wedding. All you need is the limo to bring the bridal party to the church (if you want to cut this out just arrange for cars to take everyone to the site. Just make sure everyone is there on time.). And you need to get everyone to get to the reception site. If you just do a limo for reception transfer and pictures you may be able to get away with the lowest package. Just beware, most limos require you to at least rent the car for 4 hours. This is what we are doing. 

Speaking of transportation, I need to sit down one of these days and take a look at who may need rides from the airport, possible rides too and from the reception hall since its kind of far away. Family and friends I'm probably going to ask you for some help with this. One that I know I will need are our photographers. One of my friends is coming from Atlanta with one of her employees and they will need rides too and from the airport and any transportation around the city for the wedding weekend. Also, I'm gonna need some help getting gifts and stuff like that too our house after the reception is over. Just a few things off the top of my head. I want to get everything down and planned so that I don't have to stress out figuring this stuff out the weekend of our wedding.

So, we also got a block of rooms reserved in Oakland. Apparently, June 30 is a super popular day to get married because the prices just keep going up. But if anyone needs a room for our wedding, there are 15 available there, and I am going to go look at the Quality Inn to see if I can get some rooms there too. Trying to get things done before I send out invitations.

I keep updating our registry list as well. There is a compiled list of the places we are registered on our wedding website gobbleandlarkins.ourwedding.com. I am really happy that is working because it can be a little confusing since we are registered a several places.

Well, things are moving along pretty nicely. And, surprisingly we are pretty good about being in budget. My next big project is to finish up the wedding invitations and to start addressing them and sending them out. I am really trying to stay stress free, since I have been through a lot because of this wedding already. But, I am thanking God that things are getting better. Welp everyone, save those pennies.