budgeting

budgeting has to be one of the most annoying parts of wedding planning. i think it's just because i'm not disciplined in my money habits. i am not necessarily bad with money; i just don't put in as much effort to be on top of it, i.e. balance my checkbook. but budgeting is key to a successful and recession-proof wedding!

so the two budget helpers i recommend are marthastewart.com and theknot.com. seems pretty i know, but they are pretty similar in their breakdowns of how much money should be rationed out per category for the wedding, and then they will calculate for you how much money you have left to spend everytime you make a purchase. it is great. it ALMOST makes budgeting a wedding fun...NOT.

on my way

hello all. my title for today is "on my way" because I guess I am more "on my way" than I realized. Or maybe I am just not as obsessive about this whole wedding thing now that school has started and I am just wanting to get married for the real meaning of it all than for the superficiality of it all. don't get me wrong, i still want a nice wedding and i will still toil over details, but maybe not as much now. since my wedding will be in april, i have to simplify, and i just can't be so annoying about this all.

anyway, i went home last weekend to surprise my family, and i had a pleasant surprise come my way! my mom found her veil for me, and i will be using it in my own wedding, which is so very exciting! the only thing was that her veil was pure white, whereas my dress has a tint of ivory in it, so we had to figure out how to change its color! so my mom and i had some fun dying the veil with tea, and TADA it worked! it is the perfect shade of ivory to match my dress. YAY!!! now I will be using my mom's veil in my wedding, and hopefully I will be able to give it to my daughter when she marries. =) PLUS, i have my "something old" and i get to save some money. YAYYYY!!! =)

more posts to come, hopefully sooner than this one came. i still need to post pictures of venues, potential bridesmaid dresses, and some other things. but in the meantime, i am watching my big fat greek wedding now. =)

april it is! =)

A OR A?

April or August is what those two A's stand for! And both of them are grade-A! HA!

Mr. Zok and I have been going back and forth about this now for about a week. It is so interesting, because on the way back from a friend's wedding this past weekend, I was thinking in my head that I didn't want to wait until August to get married. I don't want to be another wedding among the many so that people can become bitter about buying gifts and having their weekends monopolized. I don't want to be compared to last week's wedding or next week's wedding. I don't want a long engagement but figured I couldn't complain because scheduling just didn't work in our favor and so I submitted to the plan. August is nice because the weather is nice and people are less tense in summer months, plus I have time to plan over the summer. But is it worth it?

Then Mr. Zok miraculously mentioned getting married sooner! He said that he would be very stressed with the bar exam in July and isn't sure if he wants to plan a wedding during that time. Plus, two of his other closest friends are getting married in the summer, which makes him all the more busy. So we thought about what months before August we could get married. July-bar exam. June-DNA wedding. May-finals/graduation. April-? So April became the newest option! This means outdoor wedding may be hard, less time to plan, maybe postponing our honeymoon. Is it worth it?

Feedback please!

change of date?

mr. zok and i might change our wedding date to many months before our original plan! stay tuned for definite plans. =)

OMG what now?!

i just got an email from where i was hoping to have my wedding reception, and i am NOT thrilled!

"I sent you an email to update you on your request to have your wedding
ceremony and reception at our property. I mentioned you during our first
meeting that I will need to request for the space for your wedding and
reception on Saturday, August 8th, 2009. I have processed all the
documents and submitted to our Directors. Unfortunately, our Directors
cannot make any decision for the approval of your request due to another
large group that is now tentatively booked on the same day of your
event. This transpired between the first we met and the time you emailed
me with your desire of having your event here. I just checked with the
Sales Manager who is assisting the other group about the status of that
event and she told me that her client will need at least two weeks
before she can give their final decision whether they are moving forward
with their event or not.

If you would like to wait for another two weeks, I can certainly check
again. However, if you have another dates in minds, I will be happy to
check for availability for you. I apologize for the inconvenience."

:X

my apologies!!!

hi people! i'm so sorry i haven't updated this in so long! it's not that it isn't important to me i promise! it is actually frustrating that i don't have enough time to wedding plan at ALL, and thus don't have time to write on this fun blog here. since school has started, my wedding planning brain switch has turned off and my lesson planning brain switch has turned on, so i have barely had any time! i will hopefully be back on here soon! so sorry again for the hiatus!!!