I love you more than... cheat days!!!
Okay, so I hit the blogging road hard and fast with consistent posts right out of the gate. And then I got caught up cause not much was happening on the wedding front. I pulled an Aaron and I got side tracked by life; and really that's how it should be. It would be silly to sit behind a computer talking about all the things you want to do instead of out there living life.
Most everyone knows I am dieting/changing my nutrition habits for the wedding (and hopefully for life) because it's all I ever talk about. So to say I love Aaron more than cheat days is HUGE for me because there are days I would trade my right arm or my first born for poutine. There are actually truly, no word of a lie days where I would throw Aaron in front of a train if he jeopardized my cheat day. And I think only people who have actually changed their eating habits drastically and resist the hourly temptations that come at you from every direction can really understand when I say that. I went from eating fast food every other day to eating almost completely clean. For me, who literally used to eat whatever I wanted and followed every culinary whim this has been a challenge (UNDERSTATEMENT).
Okay, Wedding News:
1) We have booked our marriage commissioner! This is both wonderful and not so much. Why? you ask is it not so much? Well I will tell you. She is based in Maple Ridge. We are getting married in Port Moody. We pay $84 for an hour. This includes planning, travel and performing the ceremony. Has the math hit you yet? Yup that's right! Between driving to Port Moody from Maple Ridge that's 40minutes, the ceremony is 20minutes... wait, that's the hour. SHIT! Okay don't stress, it's still going to be cheaper to pay the travel cost (which will be $26) and if we go over a bit of time than if we booked a private officiant (the cheapest I was recommended started at $275). The woman we booked sounds lovely and she is very cute so hopefully she gets our names right and is on time!
2) The area we plan on having our ceremony is going through a new booking process. Originally because the area is part of Rocky Point Park, operated by the city of Port Moody we would have only been permitted 5 chairs, no decorations and a 20 min ceremony. Now they are changing the booking process so the good news is we might be able to have chairs for everyone and flowers at the ceremony, the bad news is we will probably have to pay to book it.
3) We are still researching caterers so hopefully we will have one chosen by the end of the week. Almost all of the caterers we looked at include staff, linens, cutlery and flatware! That will save us about $400. Hurray. That's money in the bank thank you very much!
4) Received a pretty amazing quote for our cake. A few different options at different costs. We are still waiting to hear back from a friend of my cousins. Hopefully she can beat the $250 I was quoted by Pink Ribbon in New Westminster to feed 100 people.
Making progress though it still feels like there is too much to do. I think I will feel better once we know for sure what is going on with the ceremony venue and we book our caterer. Everything else is the extras.
Oh and for everyone who keeps asking me if I have started looking for dresses, the answer is no!! I am waiting until the end of November when the Spring dresses are on sale and the Summer styles come into stock. 8 months is plenty of time to buy a dress, and no I'm not worried :) I have a list and I refuse to get side tracked and miss out on a really great vendor at the ideal price because I got caught up fixating on one aspect of the whole wedding. All the details will get ironed out, they just have to be done one at a time, not all at once. I'm only one person!
