Well there is just over 2 months to the wedding. The invites are already out and waiting for the response cards to return. Our head count is a bit over so the sooner they come back the faster we can determine the true head count. We have about 70 confirmed going while we are waiting on responses of about the same. We planned for 100 so depending on what comes back determines if we have to increase the package to 125.
So we went home with the intension of getting the marriage license all taken care of as well as meet up with the ministry and coordinator. Well the last two items happened but the main object didn’t. When we booked the tickets to go home it was 3months exactly to the wedding which according to Access PEI was the earliest we could go get it. Well when we went to make the appointment they said it was 90 days not 3 months and we were 2 days early!!!! No I am not kidding!!! So we have an appointment on the Tuesday before the wedding to get the license. The lady said as long as you have all the necessary information/documentation it will only take 20ish minutes to obtain.
The girls dresses are in, Tena is going to pick them up in a couple of weeks in Delueth, MN. I really hope these dresses are going to work for they are non refundable. The girls didn’t get a chance to try them on and are working form the website. We don’t even know if they will look good on them. We can only hope!!
I go in for my first fitting here on the 22nd. In order to do so I need to have all my undergarments and shoes ready. My dress is a corset back with gives some wiggle room should my weight fluctuate. Since I bought the dress last year the dress is a bit loose on me regardless how tight I tie it, so hopefully they can bring it in correctly so I have the nice looking back!!!
Kevin and the boys still have to go in and pick out they tuxes. This isn’t a big issues since they are only renting from Moores.
We have finalized our wedding ceremony and it has been mother approved. We didn’t want a long wedding so looking at it how all done we believe it will be around 30-40mins which isn’t too bad.
While we were home we stopped in at the photographers to do our test shots. I must say I REALLY had my smile but we managed to get a nice one of the two of us for the engagement announcement for the paper. We have been dragging our feet on this matter. That is on the list of items to be done this coming week.
We have been slowly picking up items, cake cutter, jewelry, some of the gifts. Hopefully get all the gifts purchase and in so we do not need to worry about that part any longer.
We have just finalized the mandatory dance songs. It took us a long time for the cake cutting one. We just could fine the right one, but after a couple nights sitting playing youtube videos they are all done.
With time fastly approaching we wanted to ensure all our out of town guest has their accommodation. On the invites we mentioned Stanley Bridge, however when it came time to book they only had 3 rooms. Well that is not going to work when there is 5 families come from Toronto alone. So started looking around and found two places in the area of the wedding. Since most of the people just need a place to lay their heads they decided to go with the cheapest and closest. They decided on the New London Motel. I first called to see if they had any rooms and they didn’t believe they had any books so that was great. I explained the wedding and needing out of town housing. So within a 3 day span all the Toronto crew and my family were all booked into the motel. The motel has 10 units in total…well was have booked 9 of them. Either way, that was great in getting everyone set except we didn’t find a place for ourselves. After talking to a couple people we managed to rent a summer home for 3 nights a couple minutes from the wedding. It is a three bedroom house which is great so that provides accommodations for us as well as Mike and Karla’s family.
So that is how things are going here. It won’t be long and we will be on the island for this big event.
So we are now at the point that we are waiting for our contact from the wedding coordinator. We decided to use Caseley’s to take care of our joyous day. From what we can tell they seem to be very flexible with stuff which is good since we don’t necessary want they default package.
So the date of September 11, 2010 is reserved for us at the Park Corner location. We not going to use their minister, we initially wanted Grammy Millman Minister to do the service since we already met him and he was really cool. We don’t want a stuffy ceremony more a relaxed one. Unfortunatly, he will be out of the country so he gave us the contact information for his replacement. We are going to see what Aunt Viv thinks of him.
I have been continuing to email Caseley’s and PeiWeddings.com and haven’t made any decision as of yet. Dad and Mom were down taking pictures at Argle Twin Cottages yesterday. The location is not open yet so still needs to be cleaned up but doesn’t look like a bad place. I did notice however that there is more cottages next to them which I didn’t expect. That opens up the noise situation of the dance. We have already received the permission from the Two Cottages but not sure if we need to get the permission of the next door neighbours. That is if they are still there after labour day.
I inquired with PeiWeddings about their caterer referrals. She referred me to Sizzler’s which I already was in communications with. I was glad to hear that that means PeiWeddings must have worked with them before. Sizzler’s has more of the food we want. We want a more casual wedding and don’t really want the three course meal.
While out taking pictures yesterday for us, mom and dad came across another location in Stan Hope. It was just a really pretty location so checked out there site and sent them an email. One of their managers forwarded it on to their Director of Sales. I sent this on Saturday so will like get something back beginning of next week.
Well we have been website searching for possible wedding packages and locations. Two we came across that are similar in price is caseleys.com and peiweddings.com. Each has plus/minuses. Caseley’s appears to have the act together more but peiweddings breaks everything down so you pick what options you want and only what you want. Caseley’s is can be customized, Anything we want to do our self they will just take that out of the quote.
Also inquired into the Argyle Shore Twin Cottages rentargyle.com. Their site says Saturday to Saturday however since we getting married after labour day they are willing to do a Wednesday to Wednesday or Saturday. Now we are just waiting on if they will permit the wedding on the lot.
So it’s now been three months since the bride to be said yes, in that three months what have we accomplished? Well she has found and purchased her wedding dress from David’s Bridal. We decided to have a small wedding party which is made up both of our sisters and two friends that I consider brothers. The MC for the reception has been chosen. We have decided the wedding will take place on P.E.I (our home province), and we are strongly considering the date 09/11/2010 depending on what actual locations we can secure.
When we look ahead we realize how much work is really left, guestlists, locations, photographers, music, food, and countless other things – this blog is where we hope to bounce idea’s off everyone involved.
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