- Reserved Church (done)
- Reserved Reception Site (done)
- Reserved Photographer (done)
- Booked a Preacher (done)
- Booked DJ (in the works)
....Now back to the seat cover issue....still thinking about how I can make them myself :) Just kidding....
Thursday, October 2, 2008
The Groom's To Do List
So you know how stressful it can be to give the groom a to do list? Well if I am being honest when Karl and I decided to approach the wedding duties in a divide and conquer type manner I was a little afraid that well how can I say this nicely..."some of Karl's stuff wouldn't get done"....BOY was I wrong. He has approached the wedding with such a calmness I mean sometimes it leaves me speechless. For instance, today I sent him an e-mail and asked nicely to call our "prospective" DJ and he did and now a contract is in the mail to us. I was shocked...wow I asked and he got it taken care of....TYPICAL Karl he always come through....so here are the things we can check off our to do list:
Less than 8 months to go...where do things stand?
So in less than 8 months I will be known as Kimberly Anne Burgess. I will taken on a new name and become a wife...I am beginning to believe that I have to go crazy before this can happen...the stress of planning this wedding is driving me nuts. Here's why:
It is a universal rule that "weddings have to be perfect"...whether people want to admit it or not everything about the most important day of a person's life is that everything is the way they want it to be on that day...so with that said how does someone go about planning something that is suppose to be perfect if they have never done it before??? This question leads me to my first shared story of searching for new chairs for my reception or chair covers for the ugly ones we have been given.
So yesterday was an interesting day and was devoted to venturing out in Brunswick to find party rental stores. I left work at noon and took my lunch break (an hour) to find two party rental stores that had ads in the Coastal Island Living magazine "Bridal Edition"...boy was I in for a treat. I showed up at the first place (with the help of map quest-that's right I don't know my way around Brunswick yet) and it was a spooky dump (to put it nicely). I felt weirded out by the whole atmosphere...I was there long enough to get prices and the leave...not a good experience...so then I head to the next store (again with the help of mapquest) just to find that the entire store closes at noon for lunch...so no luck with that store....
What's a girl to do...well I headed to Michael's' Arts and Crafts store (my home away from home) to go looking around...and needless to say I wasn't in the right mindset to be in Michael's (having just been disappointed by the only two party stores that I knew of in Brunswick) so I left came back to work and vented to my maid of honor Summer and I put her to work to find me deals on chair covers for the wedding reception....and guess what she is the BEST...she found some information in like a matter of minutes and didn't even complain!
I then enlisted the help of a former bride, my best friend Chase's wife Amanda...I sent her an e-mail and within like 10 mins I got a response with information that I believe is going to work out great....so with all this said...I didn't find chairs or actual seat covers...but I have a sense of direction...thanks Amanda and Summer...you're the BEST!
...next blog will include information on the DJ....but I have to wait on Karl to call him...it's on his to do list :)
~Kimberly
It is a universal rule that "weddings have to be perfect"...whether people want to admit it or not everything about the most important day of a person's life is that everything is the way they want it to be on that day...so with that said how does someone go about planning something that is suppose to be perfect if they have never done it before??? This question leads me to my first shared story of searching for new chairs for my reception or chair covers for the ugly ones we have been given.
So yesterday was an interesting day and was devoted to venturing out in Brunswick to find party rental stores. I left work at noon and took my lunch break (an hour) to find two party rental stores that had ads in the Coastal Island Living magazine "Bridal Edition"...boy was I in for a treat. I showed up at the first place (with the help of map quest-that's right I don't know my way around Brunswick yet) and it was a spooky dump (to put it nicely). I felt weirded out by the whole atmosphere...I was there long enough to get prices and the leave...not a good experience...so then I head to the next store (again with the help of mapquest) just to find that the entire store closes at noon for lunch...so no luck with that store....
What's a girl to do...well I headed to Michael's' Arts and Crafts store (my home away from home) to go looking around...and needless to say I wasn't in the right mindset to be in Michael's (having just been disappointed by the only two party stores that I knew of in Brunswick) so I left came back to work and vented to my maid of honor Summer and I put her to work to find me deals on chair covers for the wedding reception....and guess what she is the BEST...she found some information in like a matter of minutes and didn't even complain!
I then enlisted the help of a former bride, my best friend Chase's wife Amanda...I sent her an e-mail and within like 10 mins I got a response with information that I believe is going to work out great....so with all this said...I didn't find chairs or actual seat covers...but I have a sense of direction...thanks Amanda and Summer...you're the BEST!
...next blog will include information on the DJ....but I have to wait on Karl to call him...it's on his to do list :)
~Kimberly
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Hello From the Bride to Be-Kimberly
Hello Everyone!
So I decided to start blogging as of like 5 mins ago...I have never done it before (go figure), but was inspired by both my maid of honor Summer & my matron of honor Thea (both of whom are constantly updating their blogs and sometimes even using Karl and I as topics of them).
So with that out of the way, I want everyone to know that from this point forward I will be using this blog space to update everyone on the constant every changing wedding planning that Karl and I have found ourselves in since the day we became engaged. I am excited and hope that everyone who reads the updates feel like they are apart of all of the preparation and maybe even gets a chuckle out of my crazy ventures every now and then.
This blog will be posted on my personal myspace page: www.myspace.com/gatorbabe813
and the wedding website: www.weddingwire.com/kimberlykarlwedding
So I decided to start blogging as of like 5 mins ago...I have never done it before (go figure), but was inspired by both my maid of honor Summer & my matron of honor Thea (both of whom are constantly updating their blogs and sometimes even using Karl and I as topics of them).
So with that out of the way, I want everyone to know that from this point forward I will be using this blog space to update everyone on the constant every changing wedding planning that Karl and I have found ourselves in since the day we became engaged. I am excited and hope that everyone who reads the updates feel like they are apart of all of the preparation and maybe even gets a chuckle out of my crazy ventures every now and then.
This blog will be posted on my personal myspace page: www.myspace.com/gatorbabe813
and the wedding website: www.weddingwire.com/kimberlykarlwedding
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