Wow! I've just realised this here is going to be my 40th post ...
Yes, I just took a moment to "take that in".
Who would have thought that when I started this blog on 20 April 2009 that I would be here today blogging about my upcoming wedding! Back then things were different .... you'll have to go read it all from the beginning to catch up ... and hey, its only 40 posts (including this one) so its shorter than a magazine! LOL!
Anyway, back to the news ...
Friday evening the head of the Wonder Women Squad came to sleep over and we spent some time going through some ideas that I have and some that she found whilst browsing. OMG you've got to love these Wonder Women of mine! They are so amazing and I'm extremely happy I chose them ... and EVEN happier they said "OH HELL YEAH"!!! I love that they're keeping an eye out for little ideas and things that will really help a lot!!! You have NO idea how much that means to me...
Anyhoo, so we got up the next morning and went to one of the other Wonder Women's dedication of her child (almost like a christening ... but not, for those of you who don't know what that is). After this, we dropped the Groom at home and then dashed off to three different material shops to see if we could find exactly what we're looking for .... we didn't, but we has some options. I was then dropped back at home and then the Groom and I went to view a possible chariot ... no no no, not for the wedding ... but that's a different tale all together. We then went to meet the HWW (Head Wonder Woman) at Canal Walk with her Prince and we went to browse an store called Bride & Co. ... this was interesting indeed. Who knew wedding gowns could be THAT heavy!!! Thank god HWW was there! I would possibly have broken something ... either in the shop or on my body. Now the only drawback of this place is that all their sizes are American. And with all the big arsed people you see in that country, you'd expect them to have human sizes available in their store, but apparently there is some sort of starvation plan for brides over there that we have yet to discover. Needless to say, I will hopefully be at least half a Backstreet Boy lighter by the time I get to the Big Day.
I did see some stunning things there though and as we crammed ourselves into a spaciously small dressing room (spot the sarcasm?) with a few poofy, heavy dresses and no aircon, the reality of the fact that I'm actually trying on wedding dresses hit me. I'm getting married .... again .... (another "take it in" moment) ... and no, that's not a "omg" moment in a bad way ... that's a "sigh and smile in happiness" moment. Anyway, the dresses. Wow, who makes these things!!! As HWW held the dress open, many poofy skirts cascading over the minimal floor space, I struggled to see the carpet. Lifting my chubby thighs over the waist area of the dress while trying to get into them - all this whilst contending with the hysterical laughter from HWW - it was pointed out that once you manage to loose all the weight you want to before your Big Day, you put it all on again once you put the dress on ... yip ... they're THAT heavy! God willing I don't loose my boobs through the "minus-half-a-backstreet-boy" process, because that may be the only thing that will keep a dress like that hitched up on my body. That and perhaps some strategically placed superglue. But hey, it was a total hoot and loads of fun.
After that we toddled off to the main mall and HWW took me to a delightful material shop. And there it was. The materials. The colours. It was perfect! Some of the stuff they had in there was insanely expensive, but the material we looked at was not too bad at all! Now its just a matter of taking it with me when we go see the dress designer we have an appointment with at the end of Feb. I hope he's the one ... I just want to get it sorted out.
As for photographers, we're still having to make a final decision. One more person to see and then hopefully at the end of the week we can say "we choose you!" ... It will be a relief because I just want to get as much organized as soon as possible so that I can enjoy the smaller things like the decor and spending more time with my WW.
Anyway, the Klingon's have arrived, so I'm going to let you get back to your normality too ...
Ciao for now :)
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
......and the list goes on ....
So the engagement party is over and it was fun and relaxed. It was great to have our friends and family there - thank you so much to all of you who came and celebrated with us. Thanks to those who had the decency to pitch up after RSVPing ... and to the rest who didn't pitch after saying they were coming - at least we know who to invite to the wedding and who not! LOL!
I haven't had time to download the photo's of the evening yet. Danielle and Raechel played the roll of official photographers. Danielle used my camera and Raechel hijacked her ouma's camera. They seemed to have a ball with it all. As soon as I've done the download I'll probably load the pics onto Facebook and maybe put a few on here too :)
My Wonder Women were fabulous once again. The took lolly-pops and put little tags on that said something along the lines of "Thanks for being here...." etc. It was so thoughtful and very unexpected. They're setting the bar so that if I'm ever asked I'll have to out do them! So word to the wise my dearest Wonder Women ... be careful what you dish out ;)
Things are moving along slowly where plans are concerned. I've ordered a key accessory for my outfit and it is gorgeous! I found it on a website called Pretty Cute Things. Take a look and see if you can guess what I chose ;) ... that excludes The Wonder Women and The Groom as they already know. I should have this key piece by the end of this week :) ... *excited grin*!
Tomorrow evening I've made an appointment to go see a photographer friend of mine who gave me a quotation to do the wedding. She was one of the few that actually got back to me too! I find that hard to deal with ... you know ... the "we're-friends-so-she-won't-mind-if-I-just-take-my-time-to-get-back-to-her" thing that most people you associate with do to you. What the heck is that about anyway?! As long as the others don't go all postal on me when they find out they've lost an opportunity, so be it. I know this friend would do a sensational job of capturing my special day ... and she's available too ... which, lets face it, is a major point to take into consideration.
I've also managed to book the make-up artist who will be making us all look drop-dead gorgeous on The Big Day. I have heard great things about her work and she comes highly recommended. So all hopes of making me look decent on the day will rest on her shoulders!
My guru of a beautician (who is also at times uber sadistic depending on what tools she has at her disposal at the time ... and yet I always go back for more ... *shakes head*) has given me the number of the dress maker she used for her wedding last year. Hopefully when I get around to speaking to him ...... hang on ......
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technology ... man you've got to love it!
Just spoke to the dress maker's assistant and now have an appointment for 27 February at 9:30am .... now to send a quick mail out to The Wonder Women to book them. Hope they're all available, but if not I'll go anyway and take them later when they're all able to go!
Ok, the list .... what's next .... oh yes! Next on the list is the "Save The Date" goodies ... but before we can send those out we have to finalize the guest list .... I say "we", but I actually mean The Groom and the Future Mother-in-law need to finalize their side of the guest list. We have a certain amount of people we can invite and no more than that or the venue won't hold us ... so we have to try stick to that. It does mean we'll end up not being able to invite a few people we'd like to have there. Hope they understand.
Once the guest list is sorted out, then we're going to send out the "Save The Date" goodies ... which will give the guests time to sort out whatever transport and accommodation needs they may have to be sorted out before they even get the invitation :) ... clever hey :) (she says as if she's the first to come up with this concept! Pfffttt!)
Oh yes, and the other thing I managed to do was speak to my hairdresser about doing the hair for the wedding. She is an absolute goddess when it comes to doing hair and has won an award for her up styles. She's also giving me a good group price, which is very helpful. I've also booked the superwoman who will be doing my "cake" ... and no, I'm not going traditional with that either!
I'm getting excited!!!!! Could you tell?
I haven't had time to download the photo's of the evening yet. Danielle and Raechel played the roll of official photographers. Danielle used my camera and Raechel hijacked her ouma's camera. They seemed to have a ball with it all. As soon as I've done the download I'll probably load the pics onto Facebook and maybe put a few on here too :)
My Wonder Women were fabulous once again. The took lolly-pops and put little tags on that said something along the lines of "Thanks for being here...." etc. It was so thoughtful and very unexpected. They're setting the bar so that if I'm ever asked I'll have to out do them! So word to the wise my dearest Wonder Women ... be careful what you dish out ;)
Things are moving along slowly where plans are concerned. I've ordered a key accessory for my outfit and it is gorgeous! I found it on a website called Pretty Cute Things. Take a look and see if you can guess what I chose ;) ... that excludes The Wonder Women and The Groom as they already know. I should have this key piece by the end of this week :) ... *excited grin*!
Tomorrow evening I've made an appointment to go see a photographer friend of mine who gave me a quotation to do the wedding. She was one of the few that actually got back to me too! I find that hard to deal with ... you know ... the "we're-friends-so-she-won't-mind-if-I-just-take-my-time-to-get-back-to-her" thing that most people you associate with do to you. What the heck is that about anyway?! As long as the others don't go all postal on me when they find out they've lost an opportunity, so be it. I know this friend would do a sensational job of capturing my special day ... and she's available too ... which, lets face it, is a major point to take into consideration.
I've also managed to book the make-up artist who will be making us all look drop-dead gorgeous on The Big Day. I have heard great things about her work and she comes highly recommended. So all hopes of making me look decent on the day will rest on her shoulders!
My guru of a beautician (who is also at times uber sadistic depending on what tools she has at her disposal at the time ... and yet I always go back for more ... *shakes head*) has given me the number of the dress maker she used for her wedding last year. Hopefully when I get around to speaking to him ...... hang on ......
.......
.....
.
technology ... man you've got to love it!
Just spoke to the dress maker's assistant and now have an appointment for 27 February at 9:30am .... now to send a quick mail out to The Wonder Women to book them. Hope they're all available, but if not I'll go anyway and take them later when they're all able to go!
Ok, the list .... what's next .... oh yes! Next on the list is the "Save The Date" goodies ... but before we can send those out we have to finalize the guest list .... I say "we", but I actually mean The Groom and the Future Mother-in-law need to finalize their side of the guest list. We have a certain amount of people we can invite and no more than that or the venue won't hold us ... so we have to try stick to that. It does mean we'll end up not being able to invite a few people we'd like to have there. Hope they understand.
Once the guest list is sorted out, then we're going to send out the "Save The Date" goodies ... which will give the guests time to sort out whatever transport and accommodation needs they may have to be sorted out before they even get the invitation :) ... clever hey :) (she says as if she's the first to come up with this concept! Pfffttt!)
Oh yes, and the other thing I managed to do was speak to my hairdresser about doing the hair for the wedding. She is an absolute goddess when it comes to doing hair and has won an award for her up styles. She's also giving me a good group price, which is very helpful. I've also booked the superwoman who will be doing my "cake" ... and no, I'm not going traditional with that either!
I'm getting excited!!!!! Could you tell?
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Bridezilla & The Wonder Women: Mission 001
Mission Log 23 January 2010
Our first mission was today.
We all converged at Head Quarters. All except one who was almost taken down earlier this morning by the evils of General Migraine. As Lady K's luck would have it, Captain Myprodol was at her side and her recovery was swift.
While she was recovering, Lady A and Lady J accompanied me to a potential maker of suitable robes. Needless to say we shall keep looking.
Once done there the two Wonder Women were dropped off at HQ to meet with Lady K while I travelled swiftly to my torture session. It would seem that the trio had much to discuss in my absence. I dare not ask as I fear it may be too much to even consider what plans they may have!
We met up again at the future Hall of Celebrations hoping to eat and be merry while planning the final mission which is only nine months away. Unfortunately we are unable to feast there as the Hall was being prepared for another team's celebration. We did some reconnaissance so that our plans could be put into action more effectively. And then we were off to find sustenance to regain our strength.
It has been a very successful day with many an interesting word spoken. Our team is a strong one. A team to be reckoned with. Already the friendships are strongly forged.
I shall report again soon. For now, I must attend to more planning.
M.
Our first mission was today.
We all converged at Head Quarters. All except one who was almost taken down earlier this morning by the evils of General Migraine. As Lady K's luck would have it, Captain Myprodol was at her side and her recovery was swift.
While she was recovering, Lady A and Lady J accompanied me to a potential maker of suitable robes. Needless to say we shall keep looking.
Once done there the two Wonder Women were dropped off at HQ to meet with Lady K while I travelled swiftly to my torture session. It would seem that the trio had much to discuss in my absence. I dare not ask as I fear it may be too much to even consider what plans they may have!
We met up again at the future Hall of Celebrations hoping to eat and be merry while planning the final mission which is only nine months away. Unfortunately we are unable to feast there as the Hall was being prepared for another team's celebration. We did some reconnaissance so that our plans could be put into action more effectively. And then we were off to find sustenance to regain our strength.
It has been a very successful day with many an interesting word spoken. Our team is a strong one. A team to be reckoned with. Already the friendships are strongly forged.
I shall report again soon. For now, I must attend to more planning.
M.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
The Wonder Women
I wonder if it's too early to actually start planning so intensely for the wedding. Not that I have much time to do too much at the moment. There should be some sort of list of "things to do", but I haven't actually set one up yet. Kinda taking it moment for moment.
This Saturday I'm going to take my Wonder Women to see a dress maker. After that I'm going to have myself tortured at my beautician while my Wonder Women will start getting to know each other better and perhaps st
art plotting some weird and wonderful things. See, the leader of my Wonder Women trio has constant moments of weird and wonderful ideas and will undoubtedly put them into full use given the opportunity. That's why she is the best friend in the whole world and why I love her so much.
Once I get back from my torture session, I will fetch the Wonder Women and off we shall go in my sexy beast of a car to the venue for lunch. This is going to be an opportunity for us to really get a feel for the place and see what we can do to make the Big Day totally gorgeous! So I'll be throwing out the few ideas I have and seeing if they've got some to share too :)
I really want the four of us to be able to sit down together on the evening and feel like something has been cemented between us. That our friendships have been taken to another level. I have this vision in my head of the four of us dancing and singing to loud music on the dance floor that night, with tears of laughter falling down our immaculately made up faces (one way to test the quality of the make up used).
I also have other visions in my head of that evening, but I'll tell you about those later ;)
xxx
This Saturday I'm going to take my Wonder Women to see a dress maker. After that I'm going to have myself tortured at my beautician while my Wonder Women will start getting to know each other better and perhaps st
art plotting some weird and wonderful things. See, the leader of my Wonder Women trio has constant moments of weird and wonderful ideas and will undoubtedly put them into full use given the opportunity. That's why she is the best friend in the whole world and why I love her so much.Once I get back from my torture session, I will fetch the Wonder Women and off we shall go in my sexy beast of a car to the venue for lunch. This is going to be an opportunity for us to really get a feel for the place and see what we can do to make the Big Day totally gorgeous! So I'll be throwing out the few ideas I have and seeing if they've got some to share too :)
I really want the four of us to be able to sit down together on the evening and feel like something has been cemented between us. That our friendships have been taken to another level. I have this vision in my head of the four of us dancing and singing to loud music on the dance floor that night, with tears of laughter falling down our immaculately made up faces (one way to test the quality of the make up used).
I also have other visions in my head of that evening, but I'll tell you about those later ;)
xxx
Sunday, January 3, 2010
A New Year Begins...
Well, 2010 is in full swing and the journey into this new decade has begun. But before I get onto what I'm getting up to this year, I need to tell you what happened in December...
It must have been at about 3am on 12 December 2009 and I just couldn't sleep ... frustrating as hell! So I finished the book I had been reading. I forget which one now since there have been a few over the last few weeks. Eventually it was a decent enough hour and I called my friends Colleen (in Madagascar) and Megan to say happy birthday. Finally my delight woke up and we got ready for a nice day out. We took a leisurely drive over the Helshoogte pass and decided to make a stop at the crocodile farm. Went on a little tour of the premises with a guide - very interesting, definitely want to take the kids there. After that we made our way over to Boschendal for a very romantic picnic lunch. We found our table and took in the beauty around us. Once we ordered our drinks, Gareth toddled off to fetch my camera from the car. Once he got back he sat down and said something that made my heart leap!
... "I want to ask you a question...."
Yip! He popped the question right there as we sat under the shade of the trees on the lawn surrounding Boschendal. I was totally GOBSMACKED! We had spoken about it before, so I knew it would happen one day. Just didn't know when. ...And there it was!!! He chose the most beautiful ring for me! And no, I didn't have anything to do with the choice at all - this just shows how well he knows me!
Oh, and I said yes, just in case you were still wondering :)
So, now we were officially engaged and we started looking for a wedding venue...
OMG what a shock! The prices are HORRIFIC!!! Its almost as if most of these venues are charging rates for those lucky few who fly in from overseas and can afford it. The one place we went to was charging an entry price of R65000 for an evening wedding! Its sad and somewhat insane.
Well anyway, after a few weeks of searching we found the spot. And that led to getting the date set :) :) :)
We've now paid the deposit and the date is set. We're trying to keep the wedding small and rather spend the money we would have on a big wedding on the honeymoon instead! Of course that means a lot of people won't be able to join us on the actual day, but we'll make a plan to celebrate with them when we get back from honeymoon :D
Right now I'm getting my bridesmaids organised to go show them the venue so that they can help me with some of the details ... heaven knows I could use the help. We've just organised an engagement get together to celebrate.
Someday soon I'll put a pic of the ring on here and some pics of the engagement gathering.
Keep you posted!
xxx
It must have been at about 3am on 12 December 2009 and I just couldn't sleep ... frustrating as hell! So I finished the book I had been reading. I forget which one now since there have been a few over the last few weeks. Eventually it was a decent enough hour and I called my friends Colleen (in Madagascar) and Megan to say happy birthday. Finally my delight woke up and we got ready for a nice day out. We took a leisurely drive over the Helshoogte pass and decided to make a stop at the crocodile farm. Went on a little tour of the premises with a guide - very interesting, definitely want to take the kids there. After that we made our way over to Boschendal for a very romantic picnic lunch. We found our table and took in the beauty around us. Once we ordered our drinks, Gareth toddled off to fetch my camera from the car. Once he got back he sat down and said something that made my heart leap!
... "I want to ask you a question...."
Yip! He popped the question right there as we sat under the shade of the trees on the lawn surrounding Boschendal. I was totally GOBSMACKED! We had spoken about it before, so I knew it would happen one day. Just didn't know when. ...And there it was!!! He chose the most beautiful ring for me! And no, I didn't have anything to do with the choice at all - this just shows how well he knows me!
Oh, and I said yes, just in case you were still wondering :)
So, now we were officially engaged and we started looking for a wedding venue...
OMG what a shock! The prices are HORRIFIC!!! Its almost as if most of these venues are charging rates for those lucky few who fly in from overseas and can afford it. The one place we went to was charging an entry price of R65000 for an evening wedding! Its sad and somewhat insane.
Well anyway, after a few weeks of searching we found the spot. And that led to getting the date set :) :) :)
We've now paid the deposit and the date is set. We're trying to keep the wedding small and rather spend the money we would have on a big wedding on the honeymoon instead! Of course that means a lot of people won't be able to join us on the actual day, but we'll make a plan to celebrate with them when we get back from honeymoon :D
Right now I'm getting my bridesmaids organised to go show them the venue so that they can help me with some of the details ... heaven knows I could use the help. We've just organised an engagement get together to celebrate.
Someday soon I'll put a pic of the ring on here and some pics of the engagement gathering.
Keep you posted!
xxx
Friday, November 13, 2009
A delightful "almost" end to 2009
Meegs:
WOW! I'm having SUCH a great day today ... really ... its just ... unbelievable ... I'm wondering how else it can be improved (dripping with sarcasm)
Gareth:
why, whats wrong?
Meegs:
Ihave a pair of jeans on right ... so they felt a little "funny" when I got into the car ... turns out they ripped on my fat ass and I now have a gaping hole on my ass!
LOL
something to blog about again i'm guessing
...
stop laughing
Gareth:
lol
so, now what?
Meegs:
now I pull down my top and sit here all day hoping nobody sees my lily white ass
Gareth:
lol
time to start carrying a spare pair of pants around? :P
Meegs:
no ... time to start loosing some serious weight ... if this isn't a sign then i don't know
... And thats how the year almost ended ;)
WOW! I'm having SUCH a great day today ... really ... its just ... unbelievable ... I'm wondering how else it can be improved (dripping with sarcasm)
Gareth:
why, whats wrong?
Meegs:
Ihave a pair of jeans on right ... so they felt a little "funny" when I got into the car ... turns out they ripped on my fat ass and I now have a gaping hole on my ass!
LOL
something to blog about again i'm guessing
...
stop laughing
Gareth:
lol
so, now what?
Meegs:
now I pull down my top and sit here all day hoping nobody sees my lily white ass
Gareth:
lol
time to start carrying a spare pair of pants around? :P
Meegs:
no ... time to start loosing some serious weight ... if this isn't a sign then i don't know
... And thats how the year almost ended ;)
Monday, November 2, 2009
Jimmy The Fish
Ok, so I haven't done a review in a while ... thought I'd do some catching up :)
Gareth and I recently decided that we needed to go out for an early dinner (5pm on a Sunday!) and so we hopped in the car and drove through to Jimmy The Fish in Stellenbosch.
They've got insane specials on a Sunday from 5pm onwards. About 40% off of pizzas and a large percentage off of their sushi too. I'm not a sushi fan (oh stop booing me - I did try, but that damn gag reflex of mine isn't helping when the fish hits my pallet!), but Gareth is ... so he had fun :)
Gareth and I recently decided that we needed to go out for an early dinner (5pm on a Sunday!) and so we hopped in the car and drove through to Jimmy The Fish in Stellenbosch.
They've got insane specials on a Sunday from 5pm onwards. About 40% off of pizzas and a large percentage off of their sushi too. I'm not a sushi fan (oh stop booing me - I did try, but that damn gag reflex of mine isn't helping when the fish hits my pallet!), but Gareth is ... so he had fun :)
I had a Thai noodle dish which was heavenly and some veggie sushi ... which somehow still tasted like fish in some weird and warped way ... yes I know ... its probably all in my head.
All in all the food was divine! The service was brilliant! It was a great evening spent with great food and awesome company :)
Ok - so that's the food part done .... next time I'll tell you all about Whipstock ... and no ... that's not where some of you deviants will find crops and the like ;)
Laters!
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