We lost the venue!!!

I"m so sad and upset because I found out that we lost the venue. M.M was about to write up our contract when she found out that they are not renting out the facility during our date. I'm so so so so sad and upset about this. I send a panic email to my coordinator and she said she'll see what she can find out. We are now looking into the Women's Club.

Yes, it is pretty but they charge $4200 just for the venue. Then we have to add everything else. And I mean everything else... *sigh* Even if we have a DJ he will need to bring his own sound system - what's that not gonna cost us??? I'm so depressed right now I can't even tell you...

Depressed and out...

The Bachelor - The Women Tell All

Wow... watching the Bachelor - women tell all. There's this one girl Michele that was kind of crazy all thru the show and so some of the other girls are totally talking shit about her. In a way - I don't think it's right of them all to attack her BUT she was kinda crazy on the show and she said some very strange stuff. I guess they are all put into a stressful situation so they all go a bit nuts. hahaha

So, I got an email back from M.M at the museum and she said she was so excited that we chose her venue and all we have to do now is fill out a form and then she'll draw up the contract. So after we get that down we already have the church booked and the venue. Now we need:

Caterer
DJ
Alcohol
Rental (Chairs, linens, utensils etc.)
Florist for all the bouquets
Dress (I need to order it at least 9 months before the wedding)
Tux for Joey

I'm still trying to figure out where we can find cool bridesmaids dresses and shoes that I like and that are affordable for the girls.

I'm actively looking for a makeup artist but I don't get why the trials are so expensive! Why would I pay almost just as much as the day of and tip you twice? C'mon ladies! I think a trial should be no more than $40. I mean the hair trial is $50 and if I remember right the hair the day of is $75. I've seen pricing for makeup at $150 day of! I thought hair was way more work than makeup! Dang!

Perhaps it's just this town -  most things are pricey here. *sigh*

I have 4 potential makeup ppl I have to try still. If I can't find someone I don't like up here there's this girl down south that I might have come up here and do the makeup.

Ok, back to watching the Bachelor

Be nice!

Food, venue and coordinators

I love food and so does Joey. Here's a picture of Vietnamese food we had for lunch last Friday in Goleta.

It's a rice noodle bowl with grilled pork, veggies, and an eggroll. YUMMIE! Here's what we had for lunch today

Lots of yummie sashimi. My fave is the salmon and the one with the Sriracha on top (red spicy sauce) 

Anyway, talking about food - Joey and I met with our brand spankin new wedding coordinator today. She has lots of good suggestions and ideas for us and just made us feel more comfortable with everything. She said she will set up several tastings for us, dinner food as well as cake (yeah boi!). After we were done talking to her we went to lunch (the above sushi) and talked about the venue. 

We have decided...

These are just some pictures of other parties they have had at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. I sent an email to M.M this evening and I'm hoping she'll email me back tomorrow to let me know if it's still available for us. PLEASE KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED!!!

I already know what I want the cake to look like. Let me see if I can find a picture of what it looks like (so far I've only seen a pic in a magazine)

Ok, so this isn't exactly what I had in mind but I really like the graduated colors. It would probably be in purple with some peonies on it. I prefer simple over a lot of stuff everywhere. 

Ok, time for bed. Work and working out tomorrow!

Sleep tight bugs :)

American Laser Center

After the wedding faire this past weekend I got a call from the American Laser Center wanting to set up a consultation. I'm really only interested in Botox so I figured it wouldn't hurt to just go to the consultation and see what they have to offer. They charge $11/unit of Botox and she suggested I might need 10 units - only the nurse or the doctor can tell me how many I might actually need but she said the average is 8-10 units and I'm assuming she was trying to sell. She also tried to sell me on something else but I'm not spending $3,000 so.. BOO YAH!

The $11/unit of Botox isn't too bad if I only get the 10 units. $110 total. She suggested I do it in the end of April since the wedding is May 12th of next year. I'm worried that doing anything with my skin that close to the wedding might not be good. What if I have an allergic reaction or bruise?! No thank you. Here's a pic of bruising by Botox

Ok, so I won't be getting it around my eyes but still - what if? I don't want botched wedding pictures! I'm still going to shop around as I think other places might be cheaper. Just remember boys and girls, ALWAYS do research before getting anything cosmetic done, mmmkay???

Holla!

Semi-Pro

Joey and I just started watching Semi-Pro so I can't blog too much tonight. Amy and I took about an hr walk right after work. We walked along shoreline then down the steps to the beach. We walked all along the beach watching the sunset and it was so beautiful. The sky was all pink and pretty. We then walked up the "thousand" steps. Urgh.... Felt good once we were done though.

I had a co-worker ask me to make her a necklace today and she wants a specific one but I can't quite figure out which one she wants. Here are a few samples I've made

Alright, I better focus on the movie now - Joey keeps staring at me hahhaha

Pro all the way!

Bridesmaids dresses

I got an email today saying that I can enter a competition and win up to 5 bridesmaids dresses! How awesome would that be?! I have to choose from a website. These are the ones I'm currently liking - what do you think?
http://www.weddingtonway.com/shop/alfred-sung-style-d449.html?color=1067+-+Dahlia
http://www.weddingtonway.com/shop/alfred-sung-style-d446.html?color=1067+-+Dahlia
http://www.weddingtonway.com/shop/alfred-sung-style-d447.html?color=1067+-+Dahlia
http://www.weddingtonway.com/shop/after-six-bridesmaid-style-6574.html?color=961%20-%20African%20Violet

I think the last one would work with all the girls. I want my maid of honor - older sister T. to wear a different dress than the other girls, same color but different style.

Ok, better get back to signing up so I can win!

Fingers crossed!!!

Weeding Coordinator/Makeup Artist

So, since Jamye and I went to the wedding faire I got some emails. Today I got one from Pure Joy catering saying that they will call us later this week to talk about what we want for our wedding. I think it's always best to get formal quotes from everyone and then just compare which one we like the best and also which one is the best financially.

Tonight I'm going to start looking around for more catering and see if i can get some quotes as well as look for wedding coordinators. I need someone who's not there all the time but just perhaps to pay them hourly? I have no idea what they normally charge. I've heard 10-15% of your total budget which is more that what I would like to spend on a wedding coordinator. Joey has an old co worker that started her own Wedding planning business and I think we're going to meet with her on Saturday afternoon. Hopefully she's reasonably priced. But - Joey would like her to come as a guest and I've made it clear that if she's going to be our coordinator - she will not be a guest the day of. I need the coordinator all day since they make sure everything goes as planned so I guess we have to ask her what she wants. Either plan the wedding or be a guest. There are some more pros and cons with her so we'll see what happens. Perhaps I'll see if I can get some quotes for that as well tonight.

Oh, and did you watch the Bachelor last night?! South Africa is beautiful and there was some drama. :)

Enjoy your evening!