The Venue Part II
I wasn't planning on updating again so soon, but what can I say? I apparently have thesis-writing block.Anyway, we were getting excited about putting a deposit down at the Marriott, and we started...
View ArticlePhotogenic Locations
So as I alluded to recently, we have always planned on getting our wedding photos done in the Halifax Public Gardens.Check it out:sourcesourceBut then, when our reception site ended up being next to...
View ArticleDIY Save the Date!
Since we sent the save the dates (StDs, yes, I know, it's funny) more than a year in advance of our wedding, it's probably time to blog about how it was done. I've been putting it off though, because...
View ArticleIn bloom
I'm getting together a bunch of inspiration pictures of flowers for my florist - and I thought I'd share my favourites with you.We are not going to have a lot of flower action at our wedding because...
View ArticleMen are funny
Ever had the experience that when you try to tell your significant other something, they completely discount it? And then if someone else tells them the exact same thing, they completely agree?We had a...
View ArticleTo register or not to register...
...is it sad that this is the deepest question I'm grappling with at the moment?A bouquet of kitchen utensils, hilarious!Cons:1. We don't need anything2. Our friends and family are already spending a...
View ArticleWedding seasons
After the flurry of Facebook stalking I did over the late summer/fall over people's wedding photos, I was a bit disappointed when the action (understandably) died down. sourceBut I had forgotten about...
View ArticleEngagement-moon?
The Mr. and I are going to Paris this weekend. What can I say? He has a knack for winning stuff. This time it was airfare for two to Paris!The downside was that we had to use it before June and we do...
View ArticleLove Shack!
Going to the Sugar Shack, or Cabane à Sucre, as they call it here in Quebec, is a must for a winter field trip anywhere in Eastern Canada. Every spring, sugar shack farms attract plenty of visitors to...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Us
(We are back from Paris! And I will post an update on that as soon as I have pictures loaded, and am no longer jet-lagged. But for now, back to our regularly scheduled programing...)I just realized I...
View ArticleShoes!
Phewf. I checked something new off my enormous to-do-list for the first time in a long time.I bought wedding shoes!Or more specifically, wedding flip flops.Wanna see?(the green ones)sourceFor a long...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Us: Part II
Where we last left off, the gamer and I were reaching the end of our weird in-between year.As our last hurrah together before we both moved away, we decided to take a trip to Europe (my first time -...
View ArticleRandom weekday thoughts
I've had three wedding nightmares in a row this week. Which is funny because it's probably the least involved I've been in the wedding all semester (not constantly blogging, reading about, or planning...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Us: Part III (the proposal!)
Okay so where were we?It was April of last year - Easter weekend at one of his aunt's houses, with all the extended relatives. Over the noise of supper, I hear one of Mike's uncles casually teasing him...
View ArticleEngage-dar
I apparently have the ability to spot when someone is being proposed to! I'm sure, actually, that lots of people have this ability, but of the group I was with on Friday night when we were witnessing...
View ArticleThe Moment
I never got *the moment* when trying on my wedding dress. Maybe because I always knew it was the style I would get? Maybe because I was overwhelmed by the bargain offers that the desperate salon people...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Us: Epilogue
I just noticed that I never posted this entry - but I think in celebration of me having finished ALL of my master's courses and the beginning of summer (you know, except for clients and conferences and...
View ArticleThings I like
Um, THISis the most awesome thing I've seen since READING IS SEXY and BOOK LOVERS NEVER GO TO BED ALONE Now if only I was into pins...
View ArticleSurvey
If you were attending a 5pm cocktail hour (to be followed by dinnner at 6pm) after a 2pm wedding ceremony and you realized there were no hors d'oeuvres you would think:A). Thank goodness - I won't be...
View ArticleLife Update
Ah! Yesterday was the 4-month mark until the wedding. It was enough to scare me into thinking I should make a summer plan to make sure everything gets done... but not enough for me to actually make it...
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