The wedding thread

Heineken Helen

Lizard wrote:

Heineken Helen wrote:

Lizard wrote:

When's the big day, HH?
sorry if you posted it already...

3rd April... so about 8 weeks left or something!

Red I know I know... I messed up ok? But I'm back on the wagon now and shoes are the only important thing

Oh wow--it IS Soon!!

and shoes should be easy to find!!!

You'd think! Well I have people to come shopping with me... it's just co-ordinating days that's the problem and it's not much of a problem. I've had a few necklaces loaned to me now so I can try them on with the dress and go for whichever one suits and I've got my something borrowed or I've seen some really pretty necklaces with blue stones which could be my something blue either!

The Juggler

Heineken Helen wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

so helen is the mexico trip your honeymoon? that is where we're going...on march 20th.

i think we have most of our stuff done. just waiting on the rsvp's to come back in. i gotta get fitted for the tux in the next couple weeks. wanna coordinate with the dj about the music.

the only issue we are having is who to walk the gifts up to the altar. catholic wedding but most of our friends and family don't seem to be catholic. then there is the issue of asking one of my cousins to do it (i'm not close to them much) and feeling like i am slighting the other cousins......eh, not a huge deal. just something i didn't anticipate.

good luck

Yep, Playa Del Carmen in May SOOOOOOOOOOOOO can't wait!

Wow, you're getting really close then! I can't figure out if we need a dj or not :oops: . Our band have said they'll play as long as we want but that's potentially 5 hours... I don't know if anyone would WANT any band to play that long? It might be best they play 3 hours and leave us wanting more and then one of them could do dj for an hour and half or something?

There's a LOT I never anticipated about a wedding :oops: although we don't need gift bearers cos we're just going for the ceremony and not the mass too... but we need to sort out our readings and hymns and stuff. Gift bearers don't have to be catholic though, you could ask anyone to do it and just tell them what they have to do?

unless everyone involved with my wedding is wrong, the gift bearers do have to be catholic. are you sure about that.... :?

you haven't sorted out the music yet? that was one of the first things we did. we got a place that handles dj's, videos, and pictures all together. so the price was real good. at least i think it is. i think our reception, including coctail hour is 5 hours long. 6-11.

where's playa del carmen? we're staying at the excellence resort in the rivera cancun. it's technically not cancun, but rivera maya. kind of in between the two places. these excellence resorts are supposed to be great. smaller than the usualy ones so there is more attention to detail. no kids allowed. couples only. i'm really looking forward to getting down there and relaxing for a week.

Heineken Helen

The Juggler wrote:

unless everyone involved with my wedding is wrong, the gift bearers do have to be catholic. are you sure about that.... :?

you haven't sorted out the music yet? that was one of the first things we did. we got a place that handles dj's, videos, and pictures all together. so the price was real good. at least i think it is. i think our reception, including coctail hour is 5 hours long. 6-11.

where's playa del carmen? we're staying at the excellence resort in the rivera cancun. it's technically not cancun, but rivera maya. kind of in between the two places. these excellence resorts are supposed to be great. smaller than the usualy ones so there is more attention to detail. no kids allowed. couples only. i'm really looking forward to getting down there and relaxing for a week.

I'm sure it depends on your priest as some of them are pretty relaxed these days. Growing up, I'd been to plenty of things where the gift bearers were definitely not catholic so I'm not sure how it worked. I'm pretty sure the priest would have known this too.

Well we've kinda sorted the music.. we've booked the band but we just haven't figured if they're gonna play all night or for some of it and then one of them can do dj for the rest (they give us the option). Our reception starts at about 4 and the residents bar (officially) closes at 3.30am but usually much later as long as everyone's behaving themselves.

Ah yeh, sorry, we're about 20 mins from playa del carmen, but we're also in Riviera Maya, the Grand Palladium white sands, two weeks... I don't know if I'm actually Capable of shutting off for that long as it will be my first time trying... but I bet we'll manage. You're just over a month away then... are you going straight after the wedding? We're waiting three weeks (to avoid easter) so we're dragging it out as long as possible

PillowPants

oh... i wouldn't do mexico

but good luck!

Heineken Helen

PillowPants wrote:

oh... i wouldn't do mexico

but good luck!

I've always wanted to go... those white sands look absolutely amazing... and two weeks 5* all inclusive... a SWIM UP BAR! :shock: Palm trees... the works! I'm so excited... almost looking forward to it more than the wedding

PillowPants

Heineken Helen wrote:

PillowPants wrote:

oh... i wouldn't do mexico

but good luck!

I've always wanted to go... those white sands look absolutely amazing... and two weeks 5* all inclusive... a SWIM UP BAR! :shock: Palm trees... the works! I'm so excited... almost looking forward to it more than the wedding

you'll have fun... i'm just trying to start some fun

and mexico isn't my favorite of the places i've been... we did the Barcelo in Mayan Riviera... but it was like 10 years ago... they've had hurricanes and drug issues since... i'm sure it's much better :P

and i looked forward to my honeymoon much more than the wedding now i look forward to my funeral

enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!

The Juggler

Heineken Helen wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

unless everyone involved with my wedding is wrong, the gift bearers do have to be catholic. are you sure about that.... :?

you haven't sorted out the music yet? that was one of the first things we did. we got a place that handles dj's, videos, and pictures all together. so the price was real good. at least i think it is. i think our reception, including coctail hour is 5 hours long. 6-11.

where's playa del carmen? we're staying at the excellence resort in the rivera cancun. it's technically not cancun, but rivera maya. kind of in between the two places. these excellence resorts are supposed to be great. smaller than the usualy ones so there is more attention to detail. no kids allowed. couples only. i'm really looking forward to getting down there and relaxing for a week.

I'm sure it depends on your priest as some of them are pretty relaxed these days. Growing up, I'd been to plenty of things where the gift bearers were definitely not catholic so I'm not sure how it worked. I'm pretty sure the priest would have known this too.

Well we've kinda sorted the music.. we've booked the band but we just haven't figured if they're gonna play all night or for some of it and then one of them can do dj for the rest (they give us the option). Our reception starts at about 4 and the residents bar (officially) closes at 3.30am but usually much later as long as everyone's behaving themselves.

Ah yeh, sorry, we're about 20 mins from playa del carmen, but we're also in Riviera Maya, the Grand Palladium white sands, two weeks... I don't know if I'm actually Capable of shutting off for that long as it will be my first time trying... but I bet we'll manage. You're just over a month away then... are you going straight after the wedding? We're waiting three weeks (to avoid easter) so we're dragging it out as long as possible

yeah our plane leaves at 11am the next day .....going for a week. 2 weeks? that's awesome. have fun.

Heineken Helen

The Juggler wrote:

yeah our plane leaves at 11am the next day .....going for a week. 2 weeks? that's awesome. have fun.

You too obviously let me know how ya get on! Wow, that's a nice way to start married life it's a bit further for us to fly and to go for two weeks isn't much more expensive than one so we figured we'd go for the two! I'm sure we'll be bored by the end of it though you doing any excursions? We might do the pyramids if we can, my brother was there years ago and said they're brilliant... but you can't climb them anymore apparently

The Juggler

Heineken Helen wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

yeah our plane leaves at 11am the next day .....going for a week. 2 weeks? that's awesome. have fun.

You too obviously let me know how ya get on! Wow, that's a nice way to start married life it's a bit further for us to fly and to go for two weeks isn't much more expensive than one so we figured we'd go for the two! I'm sure we'll be bored by the end of it though you doing any excursions? We might do the pyramids if we can, my brother was there years ago and said they're brilliant... but you can't climb them anymore apparently

yeah we'll do the scuba diving and stuff. haven't looked into all the excursions yet though.

i do know i will be out on the kayaks multiple times. looking forward to that.

Heineken Helen

The Juggler wrote:

Heineken Helen wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

yeah our plane leaves at 11am the next day .....going for a week. 2 weeks? that's awesome. have fun.

You too obviously let me know how ya get on! Wow, that's a nice way to start married life it's a bit further for us to fly and to go for two weeks isn't much more expensive than one so we figured we'd go for the two! I'm sure we'll be bored by the end of it though you doing any excursions? We might do the pyramids if we can, my brother was there years ago and said they're brilliant... but you can't climb them anymore apparently

yeah we'll do the scuba diving and stuff. haven't looked into all the excursions yet though.

i do know i will be out on the kayaks multiple times. looking forward to that.

that sounds fun... I've never been kayaking might need to do something about that.

PillowPants

i did a tulum visit and it was cool ... although it's pretty much just walking around ruins

Heineken Helen

PillowPants wrote:

i did a tulum visit and it was cool ... although it's pretty much just walking around ruins

Not NORMALLY my kinda thing but I could do it for a day and if it's something you can only do in Mexico, that's cool. It's just that, going for two weeks, I know we're gonna want to do something one of the days anyway since otherwise we plan 14 days of... well pretty much all the seven sins . I think we'll wait til we get there though to decide on our excursion. That xcaret thing sounds interesting too!

Heineken Helen

Have my shoes

It was my 'final' fitting today and I tried on one pair of shoes and they were perfect so that's that. Have another final fitting in a few weeks. Still need necklace though :oops:

Heineken Helen

Now we're trying to figure out flowers... my bouquet and the buttonholes I'm pretty clear on and understand as for the bridesmaids... 55euro for their bouquets :shock: and I've got 5 of them :shock: We already spend enough on their dresses so this we really can't do. Has anyone seen bridesmaids with single flowers or anything like that? Does/would it work? :oops:

Heineken Helen

He does smaller bouquets for bridesmaids at 25euro each so we've now paid the deposit on the flowers. The other half has also paid the deposit on the suits so we're pretty much done now other than sorting out the actual ceremony .

I also brought my shoes home yesterday so now I get to walk around in them for the next 7 weeks

Heineken Helen

Had our wedding course today. It was actually really sweet and incredibly valid. Even the other half enjoyed it - he's athiest and had planned on simply pretending to be ok to be there. We both ended up pleasantly surprised... lovely people with great intentions and surprising discussions. It actually helped us get to know and understand eachother even more :oops:

redrock

What's a wedding course?

Heineken Helen

redrock wrote:

What's a wedding course?

If you get married in a catholic church you have to do a preparation course to ensure people know what they're getting into. Even the things we've already discussed were interesting though cos it's in an environment where you kinda have to be a bit more serious about things. I didn't think it would be of any point to couples already living together but it surprisingly was!

The Juggler

Heineken Helen wrote:

redrock wrote:

What's a wedding course?

If you get married in a catholic church you have to do a preparation course to ensure people know what they're getting into. Even the things we've already discussed were interesting though cos it's in an environment where you kinda have to be a bit more serious about things. I didn't think it would be of any point to couples already living together but it surprisingly was!

pre cana

Heineken Helen

The Juggler wrote:

Heineken Helen wrote:

redrock wrote:

What's a wedding course?

If you get married in a catholic church you have to do a preparation course to ensure people know what they're getting into. Even the things we've already discussed were interesting though cos it's in an environment where you kinda have to be a bit more serious about things. I didn't think it would be of any point to couples already living together but it surprisingly was!

pre cana

Nah... engagement encounters

Do you have to do one?