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I know I’ve been slacking a bit with the postings, but I promise I’m soon going to be getting back to some of the write-ups I’ve been promising. I still enjoy all the couples I get to chat with and know of a few who’s weddings are now just weeks away! Its amazing how time [...]

I have finally arrived home from a phenomenal week in Aruba. Each day was really a blur but I’ll have a lot to tell you about once I recover! Luckily I’ll have mostly wonderful news to report! I’ll also be sharing detailed reviews of our venue and vendors as well as tell you about other [...]

After a few set-backs and misunderstandings over the last couple of days, I think I’m moving forward again. At the moment its 2am and I have only one day left! In this day I’m hoping to get salon treatments done (acrylic nails, pedicure, wax), get the fudge I plan to bring as favors (40 minutes [...]

As always too many things have been saved for the last minute. Not the least of those is my groom’s outfit! He’ll be wearing a shorten Indian sherwani that is a creamy color with embroidery. The problem? Finding pants to go with it! Try to find lightweight cream slacks right now! The hunt did not [...]

This is a test to see if I can post from my iPhone. Could allow for some quick and easy short posts while we are in Aruba! Less than a week to go! (Looks like iPhone posting is working but not photo upload.)

I have to say that I never imagine I would be someone to run a blog. I was really ‘anti-blog’ for so long. As you probably know, this started with us wanting to share our thoughts on our site visit with others. We had a big stack of notes and a bunch of photos and [...]

Somehow I managed to get myself all worked up again yesterday. There is now pressure to make final decisions yet I don’t feel like I have all the information I need to make them so I start to panic. Luckily this is where my groom and I work well together. As I become this crumpled [...]

After what we thought was great progress last week with flowers and lighting, little more progress has been made. Last night I finally received a quote on how much different individual flower arrangements would cost, however absolutely no suggestions as to how many arrangments it might take to create the effect. We were hoping they [...]

We did it! I am now legally entwined with this man of mine, laughing as he is trying to open our cheap bottle of bubbly and pour it into our cheaper plastic flutes. On one hand we have this weekend long celebration of our marriage that we are planning in Aruba, full of romance, family, [...]