This time next week I'll be packing things into my Wonder Women's cars to go to the venue and book into the rooms. It will be time to start getting prepared for later that afternoon.
I'm thinking pink bubbles (rose sparkling wine) and chocolate might just be the breakfast of champions. Although it might be a better option to just go have a nice big breakfast at the venue instead. Don't want to be floating around in a daze all day due to having a "champagne breakfast".
So what's been happening since I last blogged? Quite a bit.
Firstly, I think Father Time has been using speed or something because the last two weeks have flown by. I'm hoping that this last week will fly by too and then slow down to a snails pace so I can enjoy the two weeks I'll be off with my husband.
It has been a busy time as you can imagine. I've been trying to get the final loose ends tied up so that I can start to relax. Wishful thinking.
I went to fetch my jewelry on Thursday from Kathleen. It looks amazing! I can't wait to give my Wonder Women their gifts today when I see them for our hair trial. Oh and YAY for finally going to get my hair done! I feel like bursting into song ... "I'm gonna wash that grey right outta myyyyyyyy hairrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr". I feel like a twilight vampire as the sun reflects off of the grey streaks on my head. Ok, it's not that bad actually. Anyway. I'm dying to see what my hairdresser comes up with for my hair (no pun intended) and how it will all look when my tiara is on. Told you I was going all princess style for this day.
And talking about princess style, we had our first dress fitting last Saturday. Which was postponed from the Saturday before that. Oh my shattered nerves! Anyway, we tried on the linings of our dresses - me with a large poofy petticoat thingi too - and so far so good. We were meant to go back again this Thursday past, but when I called to confirm I was told the dress maker wouldn't be ready for us, so we'll have to come on Tuesday next week.
... Tuesday next week.
4 days before the wedding.
*&^%$#$%^&*&^%$#%^&*
*runs around screaming in panic*
Needless to say, I'm feeling a little let down by the dress maker at this moment. But I know he's good at what he does. I just wish the dress was done already! Would be one less thing to worry about. He better not mess it up ... or he'll definitely be missing a testicle or two by the time I'm done with him.
My BBF organised a kitchen tea for me two Sundays ago, which was hosted at my parents place. It was lovely! They've stocked up my pantry with all sorts of baking goodies and yummy things that I wouldn't usually buy myself because they fall into the "luxuries" category. Yay yay yay!!! For those of you that were there, thank you so much for all the goodies and all the love! Mwah!
What else ...
Oh yes! I took my mother and my three klingons shopping for the wedding. Finding a suit for my son has been an interesting endeavor to say the least. I was hoping to get him a set at Edgars, but then its a case of the jacket fits beautifully but the pants don't. Eventually found him a jacket at Woolworths which looks great - just want to see about changing the buttons now. The pants were a nightmare. Eventually I was told that I'd have to drive to Paarl Mall to get them as they have stock. I was even in JHB on business this week and kept an eye out when we happened to go past a shop. But alas ... nada, zilch, niks! So last night after work we met up with the minister to discuss final plans, etc, and I popped into the Woolies there (Tygervalley Mall). They had the pants in a variety of sizes! Yay! So I've now had to buy them in two sizes and will have to return which ever one doesn't fit. OMG I hope one of them fits! I'm going to have to take them up anyway though because the legs are going to be waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long for the kid! And if it's one thing he's sticky about, it's the length of his pants! *sigh*
Anyway, we found a beautiful outfit for my mom - she's going to look so pretty. Then it was us off to find my two girls shoes for the occasion. Managed to find Raechel a very cute pair of shoes to go with her dress. Had to make it very clear to her that they were not to be worn before the wedding though! She wanted to run around in them immediately. Eventually found Danielle a pair of heels to wear. That was amusing. She had some on and was walking around the shop. Thing is, those legs and ankles were wobbling about like a new born bambi! Had to tell her she won't be able to dance in those and that we had to take it down a notch. Found her a gorgeous pair of heels that work beautifully. She's stoked of course to officially have her first pair. Which by the way, fit me too! Maybe she'll stay away from mine now! LOL!
Talking about dancing ... we decided to take the kids with us last week to dance class and we were all taught to do the "Boogie". What fun! The kids had a ball and have been practicing ever since. Very cool.
Ok, I have to go fetch my little one so that she can have her hair done too.
xxx
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Three weeks to go ...
So I didn't win that competition - missed it by 7 votes. Not the end of the world though because I have the most brilliant woman doing my make-up for me :)
Yes people of blog world, I'm now going to punt my make up artist (that means I'm going to ADVERTISE her, not kick her).
We did a trial on 4 September and she did such a brilliant job. So it is with much relief that after the last nightmare I had I know I can rest assured that I have got a fantastic make up artist to make me look like a model. I can't wait to be all dressed up with the hair all fancy and the face all done up. Not done up to the point where I'd look like a drag queen mind you. No no. Done up to look like a princess.
Now I don't think she has a web page up yet, but you can contact her on her email address: ulrikebester@telkomsa.net or via her Facebook page. Trust me, she is very good at what she does and worth every penny.
Ok, so now an update on other wedding info.
I woke up on Thursday morning in one of those "OMG I need to make a list" moments. And since I didn't have pen and paper next to the bed, I grabbed my Blackberry and started making a list of things I need to do. Needless to say, this list is as long as my arm! Thank the heavens above I wasn't "blessed" with arms like an orangutan! So I have now started working on that list and many things have now been marked as "in progress" ... lets just hope I can move them on soon to "completed"!
You know something though? I don't remember there being so many legalities the first time I did this. You have to have fingerprints taken these days. Fingerprints! WTF! I'm so glad our marriage official told us to come see him a few days before the big day to get that messy business out the way. Can you imagine that crap getting on my dress!!! The horror! And and and! That's not all. You need three ID pics ... each. Whoever is signing as witnesses (that will be my dad and H2B's mother - a.k.a MOG [mother of groom ... keep up people!]), we have to have a copy of their ID's as well as ours. That's just to name a few things that our marriage official needs for all the paperwork to be processed.
So today I met with the head of the Wonder Woman squad and we had breakfast - so nice to be able to spend time with my BFF and catch up! (Love you hunny!) After that we went off to Candles 2 Hire here in Somerset West to go figure out what we need to hire for decor purposes. No, don't panic! I've got it all together! Just had to get this final detail done! Anyway, we met with Barnie van Vuuren, owner of Candles 2 Hire. He was very helpful and will be sending me a quotation in the next day or so - hopefully with a rather grand discount too. No pun intended there by the way. If this all pans out the way I'm seeing it in my head then its going to look amazing. Definitely going to need to get together with my MC who will be handling arrangements for me on the day and get the details sorted.
After that my H2B and I went off to Cape Garden Centre and Atlantic Pebbles in Joostenburgvlakte to get a few things that we needed for the decor, etc. What a lovely place! The kids would so love it! Can't afford to take them there at the moment ... and might not for some time while I pay back the debt I'm incurring! LOL! I'm so glad we went there today - we got things done and it was a good relaxing time.
Next on the orangutan list of things to do .... well, lets see .... *grabs Blackberry* ... sorting out shoes for my daughters (1 x flower girl; 1 x bridesmaid) and my son (1 x bear ringer - I'll explain that one in a bit). Get my son his suit "a-la-bond style" (he also asked for a water pistol that looks like a "real gun" so he can really look like Bond and maybe shoot some people .... SO not going to happen). I need to go to the venue and sort out the food and drink story - I think this will probably be done a week before though just to make sure the numbers are final. We need to finalize music choices for certain times during the evening. We need to see the marriage official. I need to go fetch the jewelry before 16th. I need to go fetch the flowers for the bouquets and those little lapel thingies that the groom and other bridal party/family have to wear ... never know what to call those ... because, YES! I'm doing the bouquets and lapel thingies myself. Not a damn am I paying over R400 for a bunch of flowers that I could put together myself for about R200! Daylight robbery I tell you! I have to find a small blackboard with a nice frame around it - about A4 size (if anyone knows where I'll find that let me know PLEASE). And then there's a few other things too which by mentioning would make this post as long as a full grown orangutan's arms.
So, lots to do, lots to do.
Thank GOD I've got people who are making an effort to help :)
My head Wonder Woman is going to be taking off the day before the wedding to help me fetch things and get things in order. The rest of the Wonder Woman team will be coming to join us later on and staying over. The night before is going to be great.
OH LORD! I still have to go buy some sexy undies for later on the big day .... because what I AM wearing under the dress is not going to inspire greatness in my H2B at all. And no, you will not be seeing a photo of THAT! Getting into a stomach-tucking-bum-lifting-thigh-smoothing undergarment is a laugh to say the least. I can't do it on my own either. No. I need help pulling it over my ass cheeks. And yes. It's hysterical and bound to bring forth great mirth to my ladies in waiting. Oh and by the way - any woman who is not a stick insect and about to fall through her own ass, who tells you that what they have on under their wedding dress is "sexy" is LYING to you! Trust me. She will be wearing something very unflattering to the "naked" eye to make the final picture look dreamy. And then, when the time comes for the newly weds to leave and go show each other their freak flags (you know you have one ... you may not know how to fly it yet ... but you have one), the bride will slip away and strip off the false advertising she has adorned and slip on something gorgeous and ready to be torn off. Ah the joys of being newly wed. Can't wait! ........ Thank GOD he knows what he's in for!
I did promise earlier to explain the "bear ringer" statement. When the kids found out that we were going to be tying the knot, they got all excited and through the bouncing up and down in the kitchen were shouting out what they wanted to be for the day.
The other day my little flower girl asked me very seriously if I was going to be wearing heels under my dress. Bless her soul, to her I'm not a short pygmy. When I confirmed that I was the answer was something along the lines of: "But you'll mess up the petals I need to throw" ....
.... crap .... one more thing to add to the list .... *hauls out Blackberry* ... get petals for flower girl to "sprinkle on the floor as I walk in front of you mommy" (said with dreamy grin).
OK ... I'm off to bed ... don't wake me early ... I'll be very displeased with your actions which will bring about great pain and discomfort to you.
xxx
Yes people of blog world, I'm now going to punt my make up artist (that means I'm going to ADVERTISE her, not kick her).
We did a trial on 4 September and she did such a brilliant job. So it is with much relief that after the last nightmare I had I know I can rest assured that I have got a fantastic make up artist to make me look like a model. I can't wait to be all dressed up with the hair all fancy and the face all done up. Not done up to the point where I'd look like a drag queen mind you. No no. Done up to look like a princess.
Now I don't think she has a web page up yet, but you can contact her on her email address: ulrikebester@telkomsa.net or via her Facebook page. Trust me, she is very good at what she does and worth every penny.
Ok, so now an update on other wedding info.
I woke up on Thursday morning in one of those "OMG I need to make a list" moments. And since I didn't have pen and paper next to the bed, I grabbed my Blackberry and started making a list of things I need to do. Needless to say, this list is as long as my arm! Thank the heavens above I wasn't "blessed" with arms like an orangutan! So I have now started working on that list and many things have now been marked as "in progress" ... lets just hope I can move them on soon to "completed"!
You know something though? I don't remember there being so many legalities the first time I did this. You have to have fingerprints taken these days. Fingerprints! WTF! I'm so glad our marriage official told us to come see him a few days before the big day to get that messy business out the way. Can you imagine that crap getting on my dress!!! The horror! And and and! That's not all. You need three ID pics ... each. Whoever is signing as witnesses (that will be my dad and H2B's mother - a.k.a MOG [mother of groom ... keep up people!]), we have to have a copy of their ID's as well as ours. That's just to name a few things that our marriage official needs for all the paperwork to be processed.
So today I met with the head of the Wonder Woman squad and we had breakfast - so nice to be able to spend time with my BFF and catch up! (Love you hunny!) After that we went off to Candles 2 Hire here in Somerset West to go figure out what we need to hire for decor purposes. No, don't panic! I've got it all together! Just had to get this final detail done! Anyway, we met with Barnie van Vuuren, owner of Candles 2 Hire. He was very helpful and will be sending me a quotation in the next day or so - hopefully with a rather grand discount too. No pun intended there by the way. If this all pans out the way I'm seeing it in my head then its going to look amazing. Definitely going to need to get together with my MC who will be handling arrangements for me on the day and get the details sorted.
After that my H2B and I went off to Cape Garden Centre and Atlantic Pebbles in Joostenburgvlakte to get a few things that we needed for the decor, etc. What a lovely place! The kids would so love it! Can't afford to take them there at the moment ... and might not for some time while I pay back the debt I'm incurring! LOL! I'm so glad we went there today - we got things done and it was a good relaxing time.
Next on the orangutan list of things to do .... well, lets see .... *grabs Blackberry* ... sorting out shoes for my daughters (1 x flower girl; 1 x bridesmaid) and my son (1 x bear ringer - I'll explain that one in a bit). Get my son his suit "a-la-bond style" (he also asked for a water pistol that looks like a "real gun" so he can really look like Bond and maybe shoot some people .... SO not going to happen). I need to go to the venue and sort out the food and drink story - I think this will probably be done a week before though just to make sure the numbers are final. We need to finalize music choices for certain times during the evening. We need to see the marriage official. I need to go fetch the jewelry before 16th. I need to go fetch the flowers for the bouquets and those little lapel thingies that the groom and other bridal party/family have to wear ... never know what to call those ... because, YES! I'm doing the bouquets and lapel thingies myself. Not a damn am I paying over R400 for a bunch of flowers that I could put together myself for about R200! Daylight robbery I tell you! I have to find a small blackboard with a nice frame around it - about A4 size (if anyone knows where I'll find that let me know PLEASE). And then there's a few other things too which by mentioning would make this post as long as a full grown orangutan's arms.
So, lots to do, lots to do.
Thank GOD I've got people who are making an effort to help :)
My head Wonder Woman is going to be taking off the day before the wedding to help me fetch things and get things in order. The rest of the Wonder Woman team will be coming to join us later on and staying over. The night before is going to be great.
OH LORD! I still have to go buy some sexy undies for later on the big day .... because what I AM wearing under the dress is not going to inspire greatness in my H2B at all. And no, you will not be seeing a photo of THAT! Getting into a stomach-tucking-bum-lifting-thigh-smoothing undergarment is a laugh to say the least. I can't do it on my own either. No. I need help pulling it over my ass cheeks. And yes. It's hysterical and bound to bring forth great mirth to my ladies in waiting. Oh and by the way - any woman who is not a stick insect and about to fall through her own ass, who tells you that what they have on under their wedding dress is "sexy" is LYING to you! Trust me. She will be wearing something very unflattering to the "naked" eye to make the final picture look dreamy. And then, when the time comes for the newly weds to leave and go show each other their freak flags (you know you have one ... you may not know how to fly it yet ... but you have one), the bride will slip away and strip off the false advertising she has adorned and slip on something gorgeous and ready to be torn off. Ah the joys of being newly wed. Can't wait! ........ Thank GOD he knows what he's in for!
I did promise earlier to explain the "bear ringer" statement. When the kids found out that we were going to be tying the knot, they got all excited and through the bouncing up and down in the kitchen were shouting out what they wanted to be for the day.
- Danielle: "Mommy mommy! Can I be a bridesmaid?!"
- Raechel: "I want to be the flower girl! I want to be the flower girl! Can I? Can I can I ????"
- Ethan: "I can be the BEAR RINGER!!!!!!
The other day my little flower girl asked me very seriously if I was going to be wearing heels under my dress. Bless her soul, to her I'm not a short pygmy. When I confirmed that I was the answer was something along the lines of: "But you'll mess up the petals I need to throw" ....
.... crap .... one more thing to add to the list .... *hauls out Blackberry* ... get petals for flower girl to "sprinkle on the floor as I walk in front of you mommy" (said with dreamy grin).
OK ... I'm off to bed ... don't wake me early ... I'll be very displeased with your actions which will bring about great pain and discomfort to you.
xxx
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Nice surprise
This week hasn't been a good one so far ... I've been rather snowed under at work trying to get a whole host of things done. It gets a little stressful to say the least.
Something did however make my day today.
I received an email from Wedding Connexions to say that I was a finalist in their Cape Town Bride Make Up Competition. I entered this on Facebook on the Wedding Planning group page. Basically I'm one of five finalists and I stand the chance of winning my wedding day make up for free from Powder Puff Make Up! What a great surprise!
So now, its time to vote for me. You have to become a fan of their group on Facebook to be able to vote. Once you're a fan, you can click here and then click on my picture and click on "like" to vote. If you're not of Facebook and would still like to vote, leave me a message and I'll send you the email address to mail your vote to.
The voting closes tomorrow evening at 10pm.
I'll let you all know how it goes ...
xxx
Something did however make my day today.
I received an email from Wedding Connexions to say that I was a finalist in their Cape Town Bride Make Up Competition. I entered this on Facebook on the Wedding Planning group page. Basically I'm one of five finalists and I stand the chance of winning my wedding day make up for free from Powder Puff Make Up! What a great surprise!
So now, its time to vote for me. You have to become a fan of their group on Facebook to be able to vote. Once you're a fan, you can click here and then click on my picture and click on "like" to vote. If you're not of Facebook and would still like to vote, leave me a message and I'll send you the email address to mail your vote to.
The voting closes tomorrow evening at 10pm.
I'll let you all know how it goes ...
xxx
Saturday, September 25, 2010
ooooooooooooooo SHINY!!!
I went to spend some time with the lady who is going to be making my tiara (yes I'm going all princess for the big day), earrings and bracelet. Her name is Kathleen Barry and she owns Kathleen's Bead Studio in Claremont (check out her website, blog and Facebook page).
If you're planning an outfit for any occasion and need some appropriate jewelry to go with it, Kathleen is the perfect person to go see for something unique. I took swatches of the material that is being used to make my dress, the bridesmaids dresses and the flower girl dress. We matched up the right colour Swarovski crystals to the material and decided on which design for earrings etc would work. It's going to look amazing!!! Can't wait to see the final product and then enjoy wearing it on the day.
Now I'll probably only ever wear that tiara once, but its not a waste of money because Kathleen (in her brilliance) has suggested that when I'm ready to do it I should bring the tiara in to her and we'll use the crystals to make other jewelry that I'll be able to wear more often. Clever. Very clever.
I'll post a picture of what it looks like when I get it from her. I should be picking up all the goodies by 15 October. Just in time for our hair trial with Rachel at Carlton Hair on 16 October :)
Everything is coming together and I'm literally counting down the days to walking down the aisle and becoming Mrs H2B!
What I will be doing shortly is putting a list together of all the service providers I'm going to be using to make this day exceptional. I'm sure this may come in handy for anyone else there who may be thinking along the same lines as I am :)
Chat soon!
xxx
If you're planning an outfit for any occasion and need some appropriate jewelry to go with it, Kathleen is the perfect person to go see for something unique. I took swatches of the material that is being used to make my dress, the bridesmaids dresses and the flower girl dress. We matched up the right colour Swarovski crystals to the material and decided on which design for earrings etc would work. It's going to look amazing!!! Can't wait to see the final product and then enjoy wearing it on the day.
Now I'll probably only ever wear that tiara once, but its not a waste of money because Kathleen (in her brilliance) has suggested that when I'm ready to do it I should bring the tiara in to her and we'll use the crystals to make other jewelry that I'll be able to wear more often. Clever. Very clever.
I'll post a picture of what it looks like when I get it from her. I should be picking up all the goodies by 15 October. Just in time for our hair trial with Rachel at Carlton Hair on 16 October :)
Everything is coming together and I'm literally counting down the days to walking down the aisle and becoming Mrs H2B!
What I will be doing shortly is putting a list together of all the service providers I'm going to be using to make this day exceptional. I'm sure this may come in handy for anyone else there who may be thinking along the same lines as I am :)
Chat soon!
xxx
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
Changes again....
So apparently a change is as good as a holiday ... so I'm going to see if the change to this blog will grow on me or not ...
Sunday, September 19, 2010
So much to do, so little time....
It's the final count down! Today in five weeks time my H2B and I will officially be Mr and Mrs Allen. We'll be on the road trip made in heaven ... off on our honeymoon .... so exciting ... 34 days too far away right now! I am desperate for a holiday! Need some time out away from reality and the busyness of my life.
I get this panicky feeling when I start thinking how little time I have left to sort things out. I know I had another dream the other night too ... but for the life of me can't remember what that one was all about. I do know it was wedding day related. I had another dream after that which was work related and that's the one I do remember. It has been rather hectic at work, so I don't get much sleep when I am perplexed about things.
But enough bitching and whining .... look at this:
hahahahahaha! I've been browsing through these online comics and this one is called "Get Fuzzy". You'd have to go read it from the first one because some of them follow on from the last ones. Funny funny funny! I've been loving it. Laughing so much the tears where flowing and my H2B was getting slightly irritated. Nah, he wasn't actually, but I'm sure if I had carried on it would have ended badly! LOL!
Go check it out and let me know what you think!
xxx
I get this panicky feeling when I start thinking how little time I have left to sort things out. I know I had another dream the other night too ... but for the life of me can't remember what that one was all about. I do know it was wedding day related. I had another dream after that which was work related and that's the one I do remember. It has been rather hectic at work, so I don't get much sleep when I am perplexed about things.
But enough bitching and whining .... look at this:
hahahahahaha! I've been browsing through these online comics and this one is called "Get Fuzzy". You'd have to go read it from the first one because some of them follow on from the last ones. Funny funny funny! I've been loving it. Laughing so much the tears where flowing and my H2B was getting slightly irritated. Nah, he wasn't actually, but I'm sure if I had carried on it would have ended badly! LOL!Go check it out and let me know what you think!
xxx
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