Monday Check-In

mgoss228

Good morning!  I hope you all had a fabulous weekend

MrsAshleyP

Good morning!!

I had a really nice weekend. Took our dogs to Marymoor Park yesterday and our boxer was in the water quite a bit (proud parent moment, that was his frist real swim!)

I am going ot meet my bridesmaids at David's Bridal today so they can pick out dresses and get them ordered. Will be glad to have that done. Just working a few days this week and then off to my friend's wedding. It's going to be an interesting one, she's done a lot of things very different from tradition/ettiquette. She told me on Friday she still didn't have a photographer OR officiant. The OCD in me was screaming at her (in my mind) but I have my own wedding to worry about. 

Have a great day ladies!!

dawnp917

Busy weekend for me.  FBIL, FSIL and nephews were in town visiting for the weekend so we played tour guide - Pike Place Market, monorail, EMP.  I'm exhausted.  

Wow Ashley I couldn't imagine not having an officiant at this point.  We are doing a lot of non-traditional things but that is more around things like the readings we have selected Shel Silverstein and Hunter S Thomson, the songs for the ceremony Neil Diamond and Jimmy Buffet, and having donuts instead of cake for desert.  Will be curious to hear about your friend's wedding afterwards. 

MrsAshleyP

Haha yes I am planning my own wedding slightly less traditional, and this particular friend had wanted an emerald green dress and an aqua mariner e-ring. She bashed me for me white dress back at the Seattle Wedding show, and she is now wearing a whire dress!!

I have mixed emotions on it. Her stand in MoH (she doesnt have any official attendants) threw her a bachelorette party and literally all we did was eat sushi and then ask the bride what she wanted to do. Then we all went home when we couldn't decide. 

She had also asked for only omnetary donations to their honeymoon fund. FI is really good friends with her so I gave her our card at the bachelorette/shower party dinner thing. Then when I saw her on Friday she was still telling me about how they only have gas money to get to Vegas and no money for their entertainment. I felt really awkward at that point about the gift. She had made a comment previously that she was hoping to get x.xx amount from each person. That only really pissed our group of friend off, and most bailed on her bachelorette party thing, and if they did go they only donated $5 (she was hoping 30-40 from each). 

I want to help her, but at the same time she keeps throwing my ideas/advice in my face saying she doesn't want her wedding to be like everyone else's so Im just going to sit back and watch the wedding unfold. All I know is that it will be VERY different from any that I've been to, or how my own will be. 

Ok, end rant. lol

ladyscronin77

Well, our wedding is just over a month away and we have been frantically trying to figure out how to pay off our remaining vendors after finding out that only 1 will accept a credit card!  We originally had no intention of paying by CC, but both lost our jobs and were unemployed at the same time for nearly 4 months (this meant any savings went to keeping our home!)  We had paid off a larger limit credit card last year to ensure that if anything were to happen we would have it to fall back on and that doesnt even help us now...  We are happily both re employed now but there is not nearly enough time to come up with the money we need to finish paying it all off.  Asked each side of the family what they ultimately can/would do and cant get a solid answer from either side.  Very frustrated and stressed.  I know it will come together but I hate not having a solid plan.  Wish we could cut some of the things but they are all the essentials - photographer - DJ - Caterer... and its remaining balances so even if we tried to find cheaper we would lose our deposits... 

Rock, hard place - nice to see you again...

Feeling bummed right now.

kcbee

I had a great weekend! Saturday was spent baking all day for a baby shower I co-hosted on Sunday, and Saturday night we went out on a double date to a Greek restaurant and frozen yogurt. Sunday was the baby shower and it went really well.

Didn't do anything wedding related this weekend. Oh wait...I did start up a registry at Sur La Table! That was pretty exciting. 

sparent2010

Wow Ash, she sounds, special

Lady- It will work out. That sucks hard core but I am sure you will be able to find a solution in the near future.

This weekend was nice FI and I went to see Greenlake jeweler about a custome wedding band. My e-ring swirls so it is hard to find something to match it. They want 1350 + for it. I was like uuhhh no. And yea nothing to exciting.