7 Months to Go: Miscellaneous Wedding & Life Updates
Hi everyone! I've been pretty silent around here lately because now that we're so close to the 6-month mark, we've kind of put a hold on any big planning until after the formal planning session. But in the meantime, I've been keeping busy with small things to check off my list. I've also been crazy busy at work with the end of the school year (I work in higher-ed) and things are finally starting to calm down now. DF and I are also keeping busy in real, un-wedding related life too since we both picked up second jobs in January and now only have Saturdays off. Hey, someone's gotta pay for that Disney wedding!
Wedding-Related Updates
The biggest update of all is that we have our rooms booked for the wedding! Even though we're local, we will be spending the night before and night of our wedding on property. We initially planned to stay at the Grand Floridian Villas (thanks to our very generous friends who offered to gift us a night there), but since GFV isn't their home resort, they weren't able to get us a room there at the 7-month mark. No biggie though, because instead, they booked us a 1-bedroom villa at the Boardwalk Villas! I know Grand Floridian is the mack-daddy of all Disney deluxe resorts, but the Boardwalk has always been my favorite resort since I was a kid, so I'm thrilled. Not to mention that having the one-bedroom as opposed to the studio will be AMAZING when it comes to getting ready the morning of the wedding. I'm so excited!
The rest are super random things that I've purchased for the wedding over the past couple of months that just haven't really fit into any previous updates. Probably the biggest purchase I made is that I finally settled on a wedding sash. Its nothing super fancy, but I simply wanted a thin belt that didn't draw too much attention. I saw this one when I went with another friend to look at wedding dresses and decided to try it on with my dress. Simple. Blingy. Perfect.
And excuse my gross hair and lack of makeup. This was taken after a long day of work and trying on a bunch of bridesmaids dresses. Yes, I've been asked be in a wedding...a month before my own. I must be a glutton for punishment.
My mom also got her mother-of-the-bride dress and I absolutely LOVE it! She looks so beautiful in it <3
We got our toasting flutes ages ago, but they're sealed tightly in a box and I didn't think to take any pictures of them when I got them. This is the wine glass version of the toasting flutes that we got. I couldn't find a picture of the actual champagne ones. Simple and Disney and only $13 a piece!
And finally, our guestbook! In lieu of a traditional guestbook, we're going to have our guests sign a 9-inch Mickey Vinylmation! We loved this idea when we saw it on Pinterest, even though we don't really collect vinylmation (we just buy the ones we like). Here's what we plan to do, though we might stick to Sharpies of our wedding colors.
Life Updates
George and I have also been keeping super busy outside of our wedding planning. Like I said earlier, we both picked up second part-time jobs on the weekends to help pay for the wedding since we don't want to start our marriage in debt. Its been stressful, but it just makes us appreciate the time off we do have together even more. Of course, we've been to the Flower and Garden Festival at EPCOT a couple of times already. We're so addicted to the candies strawberries in China and the frushi in Japan (and I finally tried the violet lemonade and am IN LOVE).
We met Baymax in his new home at EPCOT.
And Joy and Sadness, too. I had to give extra love to my girl Sadness though, because she just looked like she needed a hug.
In April, we ran the Star Wars Dark Side 10K! It was the first 10K for both of us and we finished in great time! I'm so obsessed with the medals they gave us and we definitely plan to do this race again next year.
And then immediately after the race, we went home, showered, and drove right back to Disney for Dapper Day! Dapper Day is one of our favorite events and we go every year. I Disneybounded as Minnie Mouse, and George paid tribute to Mickey.
And for our biggest project, which George has been spending nearly all of his free time working on, is his TK armor for the 501st. He got his kit in February and has been working on piecing it all together over the last few months. In late-April, he finally finished and got his armor approved. He is now officially part of the 501st legion! He did his first troop a couple of weeks ago and he will be trooping at Mega-Con next weekend (where I will be handling him, since the crowds are so big at these conventions). DF is thrilled and I'm so happy for him!
That's pretty much it for now! I still haven't sent out our Save the Dates yet even though I've had them for two months AND I've still been too lazy to make a wedding website or start any wedding registries. I'm really hoping to get those done by the middle of June, since that's when we hit our 6-month mark. I know after the planning session, we really have to also start thinking about ideas for wedding invitations or designing our own. For me, this seems like one of the most daunting tasks since there are literally thousands of types of invitations. I have finally put together an inspiration board for floral and décor ideas so I'll be making a post about that soon too! And I will share what we are choosing to try for our menu and cake tasting next month.
27 days until our planning session!