August 2009
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re: the importance of a nice song for the first...
me: it matters...
brian: to who??
me: *dirty look*
brian: oh right, i should've said "whom"
June 2009
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ok
i realize i haven’t been updating this thing to often, but i assure you the wedding is still on.
my biggest concern at this point is the guest list. we invited a little over 200 people. the magic number is some where between 150 - 175. at this point with the rsvps, we potentially have a guest list of 209. obviously some people will decline… but… will enough people decline?!...
May 2009
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April 2009
14 posts
jezebel article showing "off beat" brides aren't... →
im on board with this. it basically says that “off beat” is just another way to embrace the ridiculous wedding industry without looking lame for doing so only because some aspects of the wedding aren’t “traditional”.
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more music
tainted love by soft cell
we belong together by mariah carey
what songs would you like to dance to?
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reception music
so i went to a wedding this weekend (see below for the only photo taken at said wedding). pretty good music… things get a little fuzzy for me right after the ceremony (when we started drinking), but from what i can remember, there was a lot of michael buble and classics. good times. and a sweedish polka… yep.
i also remember going to the bride’s shower a few weeks beforehand...
how do we feel about no hard liquor at the...
maybe i’ll just hand you a handle of jack at the door instead.
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list of things to do: (what i can think of off...
- look in to rental equipment pricing
- look at DJs
- pricing for bar
- find officiant
March 2009
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oh no! i’m addicted to adding things to the registries!!!!!!!!!
guess i got over it.
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catering!
so let’s talk food. this is definitely a large piece of any wedding. yes, we are serving food. the menu? hawaiian barbeque. why? because it’s brian’s favorite and i’m not all too particular on what we eat.
the ‘preferred’ list
we haven’t made a lot of progress in this area, which makes me nervous, but i’ll tell you what i’ve learned...
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registries
i’ve been gone for awhile, but that’s not because we haven’t been planning. mostly it’s been little things here and there and small blips of drama (nothing near what i just watched on bridezillas, but interesting and a little too personal to be blog worthy), so nothing much to report. sorry. BUT, i did start registries and here’s what i’ve learned.
an odd...
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the taste test!
this afternoon brian and i went to check out a bakery in search of a cake. for those of you who’ve never shopped for a cake before, here’s how it works (usually and this time around).
when we got there, we were given two large binders with photos of about 500 cakes. yeah, i know, a lot of cake. the cakes had notes with them, describing the insides, the outsides, how many servings,...
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buying wedding cakes
Let’s talk about cakes and what i’ve learned about them so far…
wedding cakes are fucking expensive
so i’ve started the process of looking for a baker. it’s kinda fun because cakes are inherently a good time. but, breaking it down seems like a lot. typical pricing starts at $5 per slice. obvi the baker doesn’t cut the cake and count the slices, then...
February 2009
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wedding agenda
3:00-3:30pm – arrive, cocktails
3:30pm-3:45pm– ceremony
3:45pm-4:45pm – wedding party/family photos, cocktail hour with hours dourves
4:45pm – Wedding party introduced
5pm – toasts
5:15pm – dinner
6:30pm – dancing: first dance, father/daughter dance, money dance, dancing
7:45pm – cake, bride/groom remarks
8pm – toss bouquet
yup, that’s right, drinks before the wedding. so…...
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invitations poll 2
wording:
Frank and Diana Madolora
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Leslie Patricia Madolora
to
Brian Craig Gilmore
son of
Bruce and Ellen Gilmore
on Saturday, August 15, 2009
at 3 o’clock in the afternoon
-OR-
Frank and Diana Madolora
and
Bruce and Ellen Gilmore
request the honor of your presences
at the marriage of their children...
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invitations poll
how early is too early to send them out? like…. March is too early for an August wedding? discuss.
is it bad if i watch platinum weddings to get...
January 2009
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sister beats up bride at reception →
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
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forever by ben harper
always been a fan of this...
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memo!
i added tags!!!!!!!
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so much for a small affair.
this weekend, my father’s “uncle” benny and his wife aida came out of nowhere to visit my grandmother. have i ever met these people? probably not. am i even related to them? nope. are they invited? at this point, yes.
add my aunt’s recent list of family members, my mom’s mention of miscellaneous friends and distant cousins, and brian’s mom’s...
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couple weds at taco bell →
first mentioned by extrapickles, then found on msnbc.com. i know we keep joking about mcdonalds weddings… but… c’mon now.
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sage advice from soo
i got this email shortly after i tumbl-ed about dress shopping. it’s from soo and was titled “dude”:
you cannot put your wedding dress on tumblr! your wedding is the big
unveiling! don’t be stupid! everyone will be in suspense.
as such, no dress pics for you! but that won’t stop me from posting every other dress i tried on. hehe.
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etiquette lesson!
from the wealth of knowledge that is the gilmore family, here’s a little tidbit for yall. when congratulating a newly engaged couple, you should say congrats to the man and best wishes to the lady. congrats for the dude because, hey, she said yes. and best wishes for the lady bec you hope it goes well… congrats is sort of like saying congrats on landing a husband. bit of a faux...