- paid almost 95% of our fees for the flowers and gowns
- paid our cake supplier in full
- fitted our barongs and bridal gown, respectively
- asked the entourage to also fit their gowns
- finished meeting with our officiating pastor
- started distributing the invitations
- filmed our pre-wedding video
At 32 days to go before the big day, here are my realizations...
- Communicate, communicate and did I say communicate? I had a slight miscommunication with my invites printer, but because we had our invites printed earlier, we had elbow room for delays. Thank God! Don't get me wrong. My invitation designer, Joy Rosales-Tifles of The Monogram Hub and my invitation printer, Print Divas, did an amazing job with our cherry blossom / Japanese-themed invi. I think I just assumed my printer understood me when in fact my instructions were not that clear.
- Always allocate for a miscellaneous fund. I think we went a little over the budget even if we allocated some slight increases in some of our wedding expenses. Plus, we didn't foresee that we'll be spending some extra amounts (ie, additional fees for bringing the designer over to our home instead of us bringing the entire entourage to her shop). I just thank God for His provisions because we are far from being negative, financially-speaking.
- As fellow W@Wie Ivy Mae Vitanzos-Cervantes perfectly puts it, "There's a perfect wedding for every budget and style." So true. I was just so tempted to grab every item on my "want list". It helps when you have a budget and stick to it. Just stick to it. Spend money wisely because there'll be more expenses after the wedding.
And now, for the wonderful news...
- My generous sister and brother-in-law gifted us with a ref, gas range and LED TV! As early as January, I knew they'll be giving us a ref and a range, but I didn't know they're adding a TV!!!!! Thank God, and thank you to my sis and brother-in-law!
- We're done fitting our respective wedding attires, entourage included. We are just soooooo happy with the outcome. Excerpt for very minor glitches with the flower girls' gowns, everything, including my own gown, was perfect!!!!! Thank you to Ate Vangie Suva who did an amazing job with our gowns!
