Ryan & I managed to fly to
We packed a few days before travelling, and I, as my usual OC self, tried to be as armed as I can before heading home and do work on the nitty gritty stuff of the wedding preps. I even had a checklist of things to do that I carried and double checked before stepping on board Emirates’ flight 334.
Arriving in
During the 3-week trip, we managed to do the following:
- Meet with the couturier and have my measurements taken for the wedding gown
- Find a trusted and reasonably priced couturier for my entourage – had my attendants & flower girls measured, too!
- Finalize the invites, have them printed & the envelopes calligraphy-ed in less than two weeks time
- Had a HMUT session with Eddie Bruan & booked him for the wedding
- Book an events stylist, Flower Stories
- Purchase Unity Coins and found a simple case for them to be used during the ceremony
- Inspect the booked rooms at the Manila Diamond Hotel (and meet the ever wonderful Trina who extended us corporate rates!)
- Book our bridal car (a Studebaker, c/o Manila Diamond Hotel)
- Submit required documents and fully pay San Agustin (we only need to submit “Freedom to Marry” certificate of Ryan!)
- Fully pay the catering services for 180 pax – and the fun part, of course: FOOD TASTING!!
- Fully pay the cake (design to be decided & sent to Hearts & Bells)
- Obtain a CD of Velvet Mood (Gary Silangcruz’s group) and confirm booking through our wedding coordinator
- Buy my bridal shoes from Janeo (this has a separate story that I will share soon)
- Purchase Chamdor Wine from Louis MacLean
- Purchase wedding ceremony accessories such as pillows for the rings & arrhae, cord and secondary veil, which I opted not to be included in the package with the couturier
- Pay for the photo & video supplier and submit our pics for the AVP. Also managed to get copies of our studio pre-nup pics taken a day before we got civilly married.
- Booked Paul Vincent for the pre-nup pictorial slated weeks before the big day
- Buy and finish decorating the 100 sandalwood fans to be used at the church (a DIY-project with hubby & MOH)
- Discuss the required printed materials with Ryan Aldaba (missalette cover, place cards, table names, escort cards, souvenir tags)
I guess we did a good job after all since we completed everything in my list. Every day was a busy day, but we dealt with what we had to do, and that was what’s important. I feel much better now, and I am just currently busy dispatching the wedding invites.
Thanks heavens for a fruitful trip! It was worth every penny spent on it.
