Yes, I know it's been awhile. Wedding planning and Christmas planning and everything else has really got me tied down right now. I have a few extra minutes, so I decided to do this holiday survey thing that I found on YouTube.
Questions:
1) Which holiday do you celebrate in December?
Christmas of course!
2) What are you doing for the holidays this year?
We're going home to Ontario to spend the holidays with our family.
3) What's your favorite holiday drink?
Hot apple cider.
4) Candy cane or Gingerbread men?
Yikes, BOTH! I can't choose, they both taste so yummy!
5) What's your favorite holiday/Christmas song?
The Christmas Song - but ONLY if it's sung by Nat King Cole
6) What's the weirdest gift you've ever received?
Some art that my youngest sister made in kindergarten. I don't even know what it was supposed to be lol.
7) Have you ever made a snowman?
Yes and I used to love making snowmen, but I can't anymore because of my cold allergy :(
8) What is your favorite winter fragrance?
Cinnamon!
9) What is at the top of your list this Christmas? (or whichever holiday you celebrate!)
Just to go home and see my family, which we are doing. I don't need anything else.
10) What is most important to you about the holidays?
Spending time with family.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Wedding Planning Madness!
I have been going non-stop for about 4 days doing wedding stuff. Usually I pick something to do and then I slowly get around to finishing it. However, since we decided when we are going home for Christmas, I decided to kick things into high gear because the time we are home during the holidays is basically the only time we will have before the actual wedding.
We decided to go home from December 22nd to January 9th. That is hopefully a good amount of time to get everything done. I know our wedding is 9 months away but since we are planning it out of province, it's a little bit more trickier than the average wedding. My 2 sisters are planning the engagement party and that has been on my mind a lot this past week. We decided to just have it at my sisters house because booking a hall would be $500 for the cheapest and that is just way too expensive for just an afternoon (says the bride with the $16,000 reception hall booking lol!). Anyways, it should be okay, it's really only a drop in thing to see us and congratulate us or whatever.
I also ordered all my flowers. My Aunt in a florist and she is doing them at a super family discounted price and that is extremely awesome! Even more awesome considering I picked the most expensive flowers out there: red roses and white calla lilies. My wedding colours are red and white and the flowers are going to look so beautiful! I ordered my bouquet, 3 maid of Honor/bridesmaid bouquets, 5 corsages (moms and grandmothers) and 8 boutonnieres (groom/best man/groomsmen/ushers/ring bearer/fathers). Plus my Aunt told me that she has some sparkle spray to add to the bouquets and some fake diamonds to add as well. It's going to be so beautiful!
I've also had one of my sisters tracking down a hair and makeup artist who is willing to come out to the hotel we are staying at the morning of the wedding. I think we found a good one, we just had to see if she is available for my date. My sister emailed her, so hopefully she's available because that will be one more thing I can check off my list!
So, I don't know what I'll do next. Tomorrow I think I'll just take a day off from wedding planning and maybe sleep in. That probably won't happen though lol. Oh well, it's all going to be worth it because I know my wedding is going to turn out amazing. For the price of everything, it better!
-Ashley
We decided to go home from December 22nd to January 9th. That is hopefully a good amount of time to get everything done. I know our wedding is 9 months away but since we are planning it out of province, it's a little bit more trickier than the average wedding. My 2 sisters are planning the engagement party and that has been on my mind a lot this past week. We decided to just have it at my sisters house because booking a hall would be $500 for the cheapest and that is just way too expensive for just an afternoon (says the bride with the $16,000 reception hall booking lol!). Anyways, it should be okay, it's really only a drop in thing to see us and congratulate us or whatever.
I also ordered all my flowers. My Aunt in a florist and she is doing them at a super family discounted price and that is extremely awesome! Even more awesome considering I picked the most expensive flowers out there: red roses and white calla lilies. My wedding colours are red and white and the flowers are going to look so beautiful! I ordered my bouquet, 3 maid of Honor/bridesmaid bouquets, 5 corsages (moms and grandmothers) and 8 boutonnieres (groom/best man/groomsmen/ushers/ring bearer/fathers). Plus my Aunt told me that she has some sparkle spray to add to the bouquets and some fake diamonds to add as well. It's going to be so beautiful!
I've also had one of my sisters tracking down a hair and makeup artist who is willing to come out to the hotel we are staying at the morning of the wedding. I think we found a good one, we just had to see if she is available for my date. My sister emailed her, so hopefully she's available because that will be one more thing I can check off my list!
So, I don't know what I'll do next. Tomorrow I think I'll just take a day off from wedding planning and maybe sleep in. That probably won't happen though lol. Oh well, it's all going to be worth it because I know my wedding is going to turn out amazing. For the price of everything, it better!
-Ashley
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Trying Hard To Cheer Up
Hey guys.
I've been having a really depressing fall. As I mentioned in my last post, our family dog had to be put down. His names was Casper and he was a Lhasa Apso and he was 15 or 16 years old. That's pretty old for a dog, and I guess it was just his time. It hurt even more for me because he lives in Ontario with my family and I couldn't be there for his last years. I cried so hard when it was done, it was so upsetting. Even writing this now, I feel like crying. I know he's in a better place now with our other dog Barney, but I am still going to miss him.
Another thing making me upset is this crazy woman who moved into the apartment below us. Let me just start off by saying that they walls and floors in this place are basically paper thin, the building was built in the 60's. There are lots of regular living noises that can be heard here, you just learn to tune them out. Well this woman has been here MAYBE a month, and it's been hell. She's not even old, she maybe around 30. Every single little noise that I make in my own apartment, she bangs like a maniac on the ceiling. I mean seriously, she sounds like an insane woman who should be put into SEVERE anger management classes. As I mentioned above, I cried when Casper was put down. She banged on the ceiling when I cried. I had my hair dryer on, she banged on the ceiling. Electric mixer while baking cookies? Ceiling banging. It's getting worse though. I raised my voice once when Jeff was annoying me, and she not only banged on the ceiling, but she called the landlord. The worse part is, I have only seen her once when I was doing my laundry, she never even spoke to me and just gave me a dirty look. She has never come up stairs and knocked on my door to see if there is a real problem, she just bangs on the ceiling. It gets even more insane because she is a single mother to little boy who is about 6-7. Yeah, she is banging on the ceiling and acting like an out of control lunatic in front of her young child. Well after the landlord call, I've had it. If she bangs one more time for me making a small noise, I'm emailing my landlord and then going down there and asking her what the hell her problem is. I can't move here, it's like I'm a prisoner in my own home! If she wants to start paying my rent, she can tell me how to live. Until then, kiss my ass lady!
It's mid October and in Manitoba that means cold weather. It's supposed to snow before Halloween! Jeff and I went to a Haunted Forest and Corn Maze last weekend with our friends and I almost died I swear. After 15 minutes my legs were covered in hives and I nearly passed out. Jeff had to tie his sweater around my knees, but that didn't help and I even had long johns on under my jeans AND I had taken 4 allergy pills. Nothing works anymore. I told everyone that I was fine, but I was far from it. I passed out in the car on the way home. It seems my cold allergy is getting worse and worse each year and there is no cure and I have tried just about every allergy pill out there and nothing works. This is going to be one long winter.
I guess the only good news I have right now is I've lost about 19 pounds since we've been engaged. I hope to lose about 20 more, but I'm not going to the extreme. Just eating healthier and working out on my elliptical. It really does work if you put some effort into it. Diet pills and all the crap are just that, crap. The old fashioned way is really the best way.
So as you can see, I've been having a bit of a depressing time. I hope it doesn't get worse, but I feel it will due to the cold weather. Sigh...
-Ashley
I've been having a really depressing fall. As I mentioned in my last post, our family dog had to be put down. His names was Casper and he was a Lhasa Apso and he was 15 or 16 years old. That's pretty old for a dog, and I guess it was just his time. It hurt even more for me because he lives in Ontario with my family and I couldn't be there for his last years. I cried so hard when it was done, it was so upsetting. Even writing this now, I feel like crying. I know he's in a better place now with our other dog Barney, but I am still going to miss him.
Another thing making me upset is this crazy woman who moved into the apartment below us. Let me just start off by saying that they walls and floors in this place are basically paper thin, the building was built in the 60's. There are lots of regular living noises that can be heard here, you just learn to tune them out. Well this woman has been here MAYBE a month, and it's been hell. She's not even old, she maybe around 30. Every single little noise that I make in my own apartment, she bangs like a maniac on the ceiling. I mean seriously, she sounds like an insane woman who should be put into SEVERE anger management classes. As I mentioned above, I cried when Casper was put down. She banged on the ceiling when I cried. I had my hair dryer on, she banged on the ceiling. Electric mixer while baking cookies? Ceiling banging. It's getting worse though. I raised my voice once when Jeff was annoying me, and she not only banged on the ceiling, but she called the landlord. The worse part is, I have only seen her once when I was doing my laundry, she never even spoke to me and just gave me a dirty look. She has never come up stairs and knocked on my door to see if there is a real problem, she just bangs on the ceiling. It gets even more insane because she is a single mother to little boy who is about 6-7. Yeah, she is banging on the ceiling and acting like an out of control lunatic in front of her young child. Well after the landlord call, I've had it. If she bangs one more time for me making a small noise, I'm emailing my landlord and then going down there and asking her what the hell her problem is. I can't move here, it's like I'm a prisoner in my own home! If she wants to start paying my rent, she can tell me how to live. Until then, kiss my ass lady!
It's mid October and in Manitoba that means cold weather. It's supposed to snow before Halloween! Jeff and I went to a Haunted Forest and Corn Maze last weekend with our friends and I almost died I swear. After 15 minutes my legs were covered in hives and I nearly passed out. Jeff had to tie his sweater around my knees, but that didn't help and I even had long johns on under my jeans AND I had taken 4 allergy pills. Nothing works anymore. I told everyone that I was fine, but I was far from it. I passed out in the car on the way home. It seems my cold allergy is getting worse and worse each year and there is no cure and I have tried just about every allergy pill out there and nothing works. This is going to be one long winter.
I guess the only good news I have right now is I've lost about 19 pounds since we've been engaged. I hope to lose about 20 more, but I'm not going to the extreme. Just eating healthier and working out on my elliptical. It really does work if you put some effort into it. Diet pills and all the crap are just that, crap. The old fashioned way is really the best way.
So as you can see, I've been having a bit of a depressing time. I hope it doesn't get worse, but I feel it will due to the cold weather. Sigh...
-Ashley
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
This or That Survey
I've had a pretty stressful few weeks, reaching the breaking point with our family dog having to be put down at the age of 16. To get back into the swing of things here on my blog, I decided to just do this survey that has been circulating YouTube. Enjoy!
This Or That?!
MAKEUP:
blush or bronzer - Blush because I can never find a bronzer that fits my skin tone
lip gloss or lipstick - Gloss, it's easier to put on doesn't melt in your purse
eye liner or mascara - Mascara, can't leave the house without it!
foundation or concealer - Concealer because it hides all the imperfections
neutral or color eye shadow - Neutral, it's more classy
pressed or loose eye shadows - Pressed, less messy
brushes or sponges - Brushes, I just through the sponges that come with the makeup in the trash
NAILS:
OPI or china glaze - I've never used either brand
Long or short - Long, but I unfortunately bite my nails
Acrylic or natural - Acrylic, but they cost a lot
Brights or darks - Brights
Flower or no flower - Flower
BODY:
perfume or body splash - Perfume, lasts longer
lotion or body butter - Lotion, it soaks into your skin faster
body wash or soap - Body wash, it lathers a lot easier
lush or other bath company - Never tried Lush... I use Dove a lot
FASHION:
jeans or sweat pants - Sweat pants, more comfortable
long sleeve of short - Short, I feel suffocated in long sleeves
dresses or skirts - Dresses
stripes or plaid - Stripes
flip flops or sandals - Flip flops, easier to just throw on and go out
scarves or hats - Scarves
studs or dangly earrings - Dangly
necklaces or bracelets - Necklaces
heels or flats - Flats, heels kill me
cowboy boots or riding boots - Neither
jacket or hoodie - Jacket, I don't like putting things over my head once my hair and makeup are done
forever 21 or charlotte russe - Haven't shopped at either
abercombie or Hollister - Neither
saks 5th or nordstrom - Neither
HAIR:
curly or straight - Straight
bun or ponytail - Ponytail
bobby pins or butterfly clips - Bobby Pins
hair spray or gel - Spray
long or short - Long
light or dark - Dark
side sweep bangs or full bangs - Side Sweep
up or down - Both
RANDOM:
Rain or shine - Shine, since rain gives me hives
Summer or winter - Summer, since I'm allergic to cold
Fall or spring - Spring because Summer is on the way!
Chocolate or vanilla - Vanilla
East coast or west coast - East Coast... NOVA SCOTIA!
This Or That?!
MAKEUP:
blush or bronzer - Blush because I can never find a bronzer that fits my skin tone
lip gloss or lipstick - Gloss, it's easier to put on doesn't melt in your purse
eye liner or mascara - Mascara, can't leave the house without it!
foundation or concealer - Concealer because it hides all the imperfections
neutral or color eye shadow - Neutral, it's more classy
pressed or loose eye shadows - Pressed, less messy
brushes or sponges - Brushes, I just through the sponges that come with the makeup in the trash
NAILS:
OPI or china glaze - I've never used either brand
Long or short - Long, but I unfortunately bite my nails
Acrylic or natural - Acrylic, but they cost a lot
Brights or darks - Brights
Flower or no flower - Flower
BODY:
perfume or body splash - Perfume, lasts longer
lotion or body butter - Lotion, it soaks into your skin faster
body wash or soap - Body wash, it lathers a lot easier
lush or other bath company - Never tried Lush... I use Dove a lot
FASHION:
jeans or sweat pants - Sweat pants, more comfortable
long sleeve of short - Short, I feel suffocated in long sleeves
dresses or skirts - Dresses
stripes or plaid - Stripes
flip flops or sandals - Flip flops, easier to just throw on and go out
scarves or hats - Scarves
studs or dangly earrings - Dangly
necklaces or bracelets - Necklaces
heels or flats - Flats, heels kill me
cowboy boots or riding boots - Neither
jacket or hoodie - Jacket, I don't like putting things over my head once my hair and makeup are done
forever 21 or charlotte russe - Haven't shopped at either
abercombie or Hollister - Neither
saks 5th or nordstrom - Neither
HAIR:
curly or straight - Straight
bun or ponytail - Ponytail
bobby pins or butterfly clips - Bobby Pins
hair spray or gel - Spray
long or short - Long
light or dark - Dark
side sweep bangs or full bangs - Side Sweep
up or down - Both
RANDOM:
Rain or shine - Shine, since rain gives me hives
Summer or winter - Summer, since I'm allergic to cold
Fall or spring - Spring because Summer is on the way!
Chocolate or vanilla - Vanilla
East coast or west coast - East Coast... NOVA SCOTIA!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Autumn Has (Sadly) Arrived
I know what you are all probably thinking. You're thinking that autumn is probably your favourite season of the year because of all the beautiful colours of changing leaves, the crisp air, and Thanksgiving and Halloween are just around the corner. Well I love all those things too. I'm just in a depressed mood because it's getting colder and I can't go outside as much as I would like to because of my cold allergy. I even had to dig my winter coat out from the back of the closet. I feel sorry for Dixie too, I would love to take her for longer walks but I can't without getting sick. If am feeling this bad now, I am REALLY not looking forward to winter.
I have started taking a new over the counter allergy medication. It's about the 5th one I've tried, nothing ever seems to work. This new one is called Desloratidine and it's basically the store brand of Aerius, a well known allergy medication. I prefer to get the store brand because it's the same thing except you get more at a cheaper price. Unfortunately, no allergy pill really works for completely stopping my allergy from happening, it just makes the hives go away a little bit faster once they arrive. When my mom was visiting I tried one of her prescription allergy pills called Singular, but it didn't work either. I really wish there was a cure for the stupid allergy, it's so hard to live with.
I have started taking a new over the counter allergy medication. It's about the 5th one I've tried, nothing ever seems to work. This new one is called Desloratidine and it's basically the store brand of Aerius, a well known allergy medication. I prefer to get the store brand because it's the same thing except you get more at a cheaper price. Unfortunately, no allergy pill really works for completely stopping my allergy from happening, it just makes the hives go away a little bit faster once they arrive. When my mom was visiting I tried one of her prescription allergy pills called Singular, but it didn't work either. I really wish there was a cure for the stupid allergy, it's so hard to live with.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Busy, Busy, Busy!
Wow, I can't believe I haven't posted in a month. I have been really busy though, and I know it seems like I say that all the time but I'm getting married okay, I'm actually extremely busy lol.
For the past 8 days I've been playing host to my Mom, youngest sister, and Grandmother. They came last Saturday and left yesterday. How am I feeling after a very loud and stressful 8 days? Let's just say I slept in today and relished in the silence. Its not that I don't like my family, its just that I really enjoy my quiet time. Plus the fact that my Grandmother seemed to starting fights for no good reason. I love her, but I would have been more at ease if just my Mom and sister came out. Going home for Christmas should be interesting.
Something good did happen while they were here though. Actually, something amazing happened. I bought my dream wedding dress! Oh my God I never knew that I could ever lay eyes on such a beautiful piece of clothing. I don't want to explain it too much here in case Jeff reads this, but its gorgeous. Not so keen on the $1090 price tag or the $200+ in alterations that need to be done to shorten it, but hey you only get married once right? Got to make it count! I tried on the sample dress and then I ordered it in my size. It will be in the store in January and then I can go in and have fittings. I can't wait to go in and try it on again, I am seriously in love with this dress!
Well I'm laying in bed and sending this via my Blackberry and I'm getting pretty tired. I'll try to post more often, honest lol.
-Ashley
Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on the MTS High Speed Mobility Network
Friday, August 20, 2010
Posting From My Blackberry!
YAY! I finally figured out how to post from my Blackberry! I have been trying to figure out for awhile, but it turns out that what I was doing is only available in the US. Figures! What I had to do was go into my blog settings and create an email address for my blog. Now all I have to do is email my blog from my Blackberry (hurray for unlimited data plans!) And it instantly posts it to my blog. Now I post whenever and wherever I feel like! Uh oh, this might not be such a good thing haha!
-Ashley
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Lonely, Boring Night
Jeff is yet again at another Toastmasters meeting in Winnipeg and he won't be home until around 11:30pm, so I'm stuck here all by myself (well, Dixie and Sampras are here of course!) so I decided to post a blog.
I was really sick last week. I had a fever of 102°F for 3 days straight and I felt like I was going to faint every single time I stood up. It felt like I had the worst flu in the history of flus, but I didn't have a stuffed up nose and I wasn't coughing. All I had was the fever, faintness, tiredness, and my head felt like it weighed a million pounds. I thought it was going away on Friday and I even spent the day in Winnipeg with my bridesmaid on Saturday, but when I got home on Saturday night it just all came rushing back to me. I think I've kicked it now though, hopefully anyway. I had a bit of a stomach ache but it's going away now.
Jeff and I got Blackberry's a few weeks ago. It's so cool because Jeff and I synced our phones with the Google Maps app and we can see each other's exact location. It's really neat, like right now I can see that Jeff is obviously finished his meeting because he is doing some grocery shopping at the Superstore. I even emailed him our grocery list from a grocery list app that I downloaded. It's so cool, I feel like I don't know how I lived without it before!
Holy, it's the middle of August and the temperature here in Southern Manitoba hit a high of +12°C today! I mean, I know we have some extremely cold winters, but we have really hot summers and that temperature is just WAY too cold for this time of year! It's especially weird because last week we were in this incredible heat wave where the temperatures where in the +40's! I don't understand this weather, but it is supposed to warm back up to the mid +20's buy the weekend so hopefully that happens.
Well, nothing else is really going on. My ELF package still hasn't arrived, but it should be here any day now. I also ordered 2 palettes from Coastal Scents on Saturday, they came in a combo set so the price was like $5 cheaper. I ordered the 88 Metal Mania palette and the 88 Warm palette. Here is a link so you can see the exact combo pack I ordered: http://www.coastalscents.com/cfwebstore/index.cfm/product/2146_122/combo-set-6.cfm I'm so excited for them to arrive!
-Ashley
I was really sick last week. I had a fever of 102°F for 3 days straight and I felt like I was going to faint every single time I stood up. It felt like I had the worst flu in the history of flus, but I didn't have a stuffed up nose and I wasn't coughing. All I had was the fever, faintness, tiredness, and my head felt like it weighed a million pounds. I thought it was going away on Friday and I even spent the day in Winnipeg with my bridesmaid on Saturday, but when I got home on Saturday night it just all came rushing back to me. I think I've kicked it now though, hopefully anyway. I had a bit of a stomach ache but it's going away now.
Jeff and I got Blackberry's a few weeks ago. It's so cool because Jeff and I synced our phones with the Google Maps app and we can see each other's exact location. It's really neat, like right now I can see that Jeff is obviously finished his meeting because he is doing some grocery shopping at the Superstore. I even emailed him our grocery list from a grocery list app that I downloaded. It's so cool, I feel like I don't know how I lived without it before!
Holy, it's the middle of August and the temperature here in Southern Manitoba hit a high of +12°C today! I mean, I know we have some extremely cold winters, but we have really hot summers and that temperature is just WAY too cold for this time of year! It's especially weird because last week we were in this incredible heat wave where the temperatures where in the +40's! I don't understand this weather, but it is supposed to warm back up to the mid +20's buy the weekend so hopefully that happens.
Well, nothing else is really going on. My ELF package still hasn't arrived, but it should be here any day now. I also ordered 2 palettes from Coastal Scents on Saturday, they came in a combo set so the price was like $5 cheaper. I ordered the 88 Metal Mania palette and the 88 Warm palette. Here is a link so you can see the exact combo pack I ordered: http://www.coastalscents.com/cfwebstore/index.cfm/product/2146_122/combo-set-6.cfm I'm so excited for them to arrive!
-Ashley
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Going Insane!
First of all, that 30 day challenge thing I was doing on here... obviously I have failed horribly at keeping it up to date so I've just decided to let it go. Getting engaged right in the middle of the challenge didn't help its cause either, I am just too damn excited to write about anything else!
Actually I'm not feeling very excited about the whole wedding as of late. Things are just getting out of hand. I mean, we have 11 months and 18 days to go before the big day and our families are pushing us to get everything done RIGHT NOW! We already have the church and the reception site booked, plus the DJ, so we are well ahead of schedule. I'm also getting my dress next month, so that will also be out of the way.
My mother is also driving me nuts. She says that I HAVE to spend the night before my wedding in her house, no matter what. The only problem it, there will be 16 other people there! I will get no sleep and there is no way I will be able to get ready in the morning. My hair and makeup people won't even be able to park or get in the door! My sister and I already talked and we are going to be staying in a hotel the night before and that's that. I don't care what my Mom says, I don't even live there so I don't know why she wants me there for that one night so bad. If she wants to see me the night before, she can come to the hotel, it's that simple. I just don't need my 2 grandmothers, my grandfather, my aunt and her boyfriend, and a whole bunch of other people crowing around me in the middle of a Southern Ontario summer on the morning of my wedding, it's just not happening. I will have a panic attack I know it, so I'm just doing what I want to do. It's my wedding dammit! Jeff agrees with me too, he wants to make sure that everything goes perfect for us and he even offered to put my maids of Honor and my bridesmaid in a hotel too so that they have room to get ready also. Oh my God what a shit show this is turning out to be!
To make matter worse I've been really sick this past week. I went swimming the river for the first time in 3 years because I have to be cautious with my allergy. First time in 3 years and I get sick of course. I had a fever of 102.5 F for 2 days but it seems to have gone down now. My head just feels really heavy still, like I have an extremely bad cold but I'm not stuffed up or anything. I just hope it goes away soon. Tonight we are going to the casino to try to win the $150k jackpot in Bingo (not likely to win lol, but it's still fun). I hope I am feeling a bit better by then at least. I've been living off of vitamin C tablets lol. They are the only thing that works for me. We are going tonight with my bridesmaid and her husband, who is also in our wedding as an usher. It's going to be really fun.
Well, I'm off to get my day started. Talk to you all later!
Ps. I just found this wedding template and I am loving it!
Pps. Oh and I also just made a HUGE ELF order this week, so when it comes in I'll show you what I got!
-Ashley
Actually I'm not feeling very excited about the whole wedding as of late. Things are just getting out of hand. I mean, we have 11 months and 18 days to go before the big day and our families are pushing us to get everything done RIGHT NOW! We already have the church and the reception site booked, plus the DJ, so we are well ahead of schedule. I'm also getting my dress next month, so that will also be out of the way.
My mother is also driving me nuts. She says that I HAVE to spend the night before my wedding in her house, no matter what. The only problem it, there will be 16 other people there! I will get no sleep and there is no way I will be able to get ready in the morning. My hair and makeup people won't even be able to park or get in the door! My sister and I already talked and we are going to be staying in a hotel the night before and that's that. I don't care what my Mom says, I don't even live there so I don't know why she wants me there for that one night so bad. If she wants to see me the night before, she can come to the hotel, it's that simple. I just don't need my 2 grandmothers, my grandfather, my aunt and her boyfriend, and a whole bunch of other people crowing around me in the middle of a Southern Ontario summer on the morning of my wedding, it's just not happening. I will have a panic attack I know it, so I'm just doing what I want to do. It's my wedding dammit! Jeff agrees with me too, he wants to make sure that everything goes perfect for us and he even offered to put my maids of Honor and my bridesmaid in a hotel too so that they have room to get ready also. Oh my God what a shit show this is turning out to be!
To make matter worse I've been really sick this past week. I went swimming the river for the first time in 3 years because I have to be cautious with my allergy. First time in 3 years and I get sick of course. I had a fever of 102.5 F for 2 days but it seems to have gone down now. My head just feels really heavy still, like I have an extremely bad cold but I'm not stuffed up or anything. I just hope it goes away soon. Tonight we are going to the casino to try to win the $150k jackpot in Bingo (not likely to win lol, but it's still fun). I hope I am feeling a bit better by then at least. I've been living off of vitamin C tablets lol. They are the only thing that works for me. We are going tonight with my bridesmaid and her husband, who is also in our wedding as an usher. It's going to be really fun.
Well, I'm off to get my day started. Talk to you all later!
Ps. I just found this wedding template and I am loving it!
Pps. Oh and I also just made a HUGE ELF order this week, so when it comes in I'll show you what I got!
-Ashley
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Wedding Planning!
Hello all, I'm sorry I haven't updated in a long time. I've been so busy lately! First off, I just had my final exam for my business law course on Tuesday. I won't get the mark for about a week so I'm not sure how I did on it. Hopefully I did okay though. The last few weeks have been so filled with school work that I haven't had time to do anything else. Now that school is over though, I can focus on things that I actually want to do...
Like plan my wedding! Holy holy I am so freakin' excited still! I know I got engaged like 3 weeks ago but I'm still all giddy and stuff, and now that school is over I can finally get into the nitty gritty of planning. We already have our church and reception site booked, so that's all taken care of. We are getting married back in Ontario because there is no way that I would expect my family members and Jeff's family to pay to come to my wedding, that is just ridiculous. Besides, almost everyone we know is back in Ontario. We also have our wedding party all picked out too. I couldn't chose between my two sisters so I made them both Maid of Honor. I have a bridesmaid too, she is a friend from here in Manitoba. Jeff is having a friend from Ontario be his best man and his two brothers are going to be the groomsmen. Our ring bearer is a kid I used to babysit and our flower girl is the daughter of my parents neighbours. Our 2 ushers are friends of ours, one from Manitoba and one from Ontario. So that is all worked out. We have actually done a lot for only being engaged for 3 weeks. Oh well, I want everything to be taken care of so that I'm not more rushed than I need to be near the big day. We have decided that the date is going to be July 30th, 2011.
My Mom, Nana, and youngest sister are coming out here in September and we are going wedding dress shopping! I'm so excited, I went online and picked out a few dresses that I really like and printed pics of them so that I can bring them when I go. I am getting the dress here so that I can go in for alterations and things like that. I'll just take it as carry-on when I fly home for the wedding. I have picked 2 nice bridesmaids dresses, but I need to show them to my sisters and my friend first to see how they like them.
Oh another awesome thing... my aunt is a professional florist who did the flowers for THE QUEEN in Halifax a few months ago... and she is doing all my flowers for FREE!! That's right, $3000-$4000 worth of red roses for free. Holy crap, I was so excited to hear that! We also have a DJ for really REALLY cheap because my Mom and Dad are friends with professional DJ's. Our wedding is going to be freakin' awesome!
There is still a lot more we need to do though, but I think we're off to an amazing start!
-Ashley
Like plan my wedding! Holy holy I am so freakin' excited still! I know I got engaged like 3 weeks ago but I'm still all giddy and stuff, and now that school is over I can finally get into the nitty gritty of planning. We already have our church and reception site booked, so that's all taken care of. We are getting married back in Ontario because there is no way that I would expect my family members and Jeff's family to pay to come to my wedding, that is just ridiculous. Besides, almost everyone we know is back in Ontario. We also have our wedding party all picked out too. I couldn't chose between my two sisters so I made them both Maid of Honor. I have a bridesmaid too, she is a friend from here in Manitoba. Jeff is having a friend from Ontario be his best man and his two brothers are going to be the groomsmen. Our ring bearer is a kid I used to babysit and our flower girl is the daughter of my parents neighbours. Our 2 ushers are friends of ours, one from Manitoba and one from Ontario. So that is all worked out. We have actually done a lot for only being engaged for 3 weeks. Oh well, I want everything to be taken care of so that I'm not more rushed than I need to be near the big day. We have decided that the date is going to be July 30th, 2011.
My Mom, Nana, and youngest sister are coming out here in September and we are going wedding dress shopping! I'm so excited, I went online and picked out a few dresses that I really like and printed pics of them so that I can bring them when I go. I am getting the dress here so that I can go in for alterations and things like that. I'll just take it as carry-on when I fly home for the wedding. I have picked 2 nice bridesmaids dresses, but I need to show them to my sisters and my friend first to see how they like them.
Oh another awesome thing... my aunt is a professional florist who did the flowers for THE QUEEN in Halifax a few months ago... and she is doing all my flowers for FREE!! That's right, $3000-$4000 worth of red roses for free. Holy crap, I was so excited to hear that! We also have a DJ for really REALLY cheap because my Mom and Dad are friends with professional DJ's. Our wedding is going to be freakin' awesome!
There is still a lot more we need to do though, but I think we're off to an amazing start!
-Ashley
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