My wedding is officially 96 days, 7 hours and 20 minutes away and there is much to be done! First and foremost I want to drop 25 pounds before the wedding. Not only do I have a goal of 25 pounds but I'd like to beat that goal and surpass it. Twenty-five pounds over 13.72 weeks is only 1.86 pounds per week. One can safely lose 2 pounds per week while dieting, and that would put me at a total loss of 27.44 pounds by the wedding. How cool would that be?! I look at the engagement photos Tom and I had done a few weeks ago and while some of them are amazing - others I am...well..less than thrilled with. Especially the ones that show the chunky-monkey-vagina-arms. You women know what I'm talking about! So I want to do this. I have to do this. I am considering joining up at the 24-hour fitness thats near my house. I enjoy running outdoors - but even taking 5 classes a week and the monthly fee is worth it! Not to mention all of the equipment. I want to look into how much a personal trainer would be...
Next is sticking to my proposed budget every month, which I have actually been really successful at for the past few months. With Bella in school now I have to be extra careful cause that jazz is EXPENSIVE.
The last thing I really want to take hold of is organizing my DIY list for the wedding. I am crazy, psychotic, uber-controlling, whatever you want to call it - but I really do enjoy doing this stuff myself (and with the help of my sister anyways). Here is a partial list:
- Invitations (175 of them...)
- Ring bearer pillow
- Flower girl baskets (2)
- Table runners for the 60" rounds (14)
- Table runners for the head table, cake table and registration tables
- Wedding card box
- Parasol (for photos)
- Red Carnation Pomanders (12)
- Red Rhinestone Hair pieces for flower girls
- Black satin belts for flower girl dresses
- Guest book - with pictures
- Seating cards in miniature frames
- Table numbers
- Wedding Programs
- Menus for each seat
- Wedding camera cards (2 per table)
- "Reserved" signs (i.e. "Mother of the Bride", "Best Man", "Bride", "Groom", etc)
- Damask wraps for bridesmaids bouquets (4)
- Damask wraps for arbor (2)
- Assembly for 150 cake favors: box assembly, 150 satin ribbons cut to length, 150 2" circular monogram stickers, 150 gold cake bottoms covered with silver origami paper (gold doesn't match ;) )
- Cake table letters (a surprise for Tom)
Off the top of my head thats all I can think of right now. But I will show pictures updating my progress as we go along. Its slightly intimidating but with diligence, patience and lots of prayer I know it will all get done! Hehehe and lots of visits from my sister (Dave's off for summer break - yay!!!) Here are some pictures relating to the wedding:
We are doing a damask design theme in black and ivory, with different shades of red, both shown above. I do have one project from the list above completed and it is the ring bearer pillow:
All that needs to be added is the satin ribbon and fake rings!
