I got quite a few things accomplished on the weekend. On Saturday, mom and I went to the flower shop to talk to the florist about the wedding flowers. The florist and my mom have known each other for years, so I am glad we are going with someone we know as opposed to a stranger. So, we went in there and we talked for a bit. I told her that I wanted simple elegant, and I wanted daisies as my main flower. Daisies are significant because my middle name (Margrit) means daisy in German. It is also my mom’s middle name. We were named after my grandmother’s sister Margrit who died in her late 20’s due to brain cancer. So, it has always been a special name in my family. That’s why I wanted to do daisies as my theme for the wedding. My bouquet will be all white and my girls’ bouquets to be a mixture of white and medium blue flowers. The florist made some suggestions and I absolutely love what she suggested. We’re going with a mixture of white daisies and white freesia for my bouquet (freesia is my grandmother’s favorite flower, so her corsage will be freesia). And the girls’ bouquets will be white daises and blue hydrangea. It’s going to be great! And I was pleasantly surprised at the price; she gave me an estimate of $300 which isn’t bad! That’s for my bouquet, toss bouquet, 2 bridemaids bouquets, 8 boutonnieres, and 4 corsages. I was so pleased with the price; I thought it would be a lot more. But I guess the flowers I am going with are on the lower end of the price scale.
We then went to Sobey’s to talk wedding cakes and I wasn’t overly impressed with them. We then had another appointment with a cake artist that my mom knows (my mom knows a lot of people!) who runs her business out of the basement of her home. I was very impressed with her. She said she was booking up for September already, so I booked in with her. She really seemed to know what she was doing and we got to see some of her previous work. I think for the cake I’m going to go with a 3-tier square cake with the top tier on pillars. Each tier will have a medium blue ribbon around it (the ribbon will match the ribbon in the girls’ bouquets. And I think we’ll go with real flowers on the cake, daisies to match the theme. I was also pleasantly surprised at the price for this one; it is estimated at $300. Much less expensive than the wedding cakes at the bridal show, some of them were upwards of $4,000!
I then went back to my parents’ house because I wanted to try on my wedding dress. I ordered it 5.5 years ago when I was engaged and kept it since I still have yet to wear it. When I ordered it, I was approx. 5 pounds lighter than I am now and I tried on the size larger than the one I ordered. So, I was worried that I would not be able to even get it on, much less do it up. So, I thought I should try it on to see how close I am. Well, I got it on…and we did it up, although it was quite snug around the belly. I could wear it at this weight if I had to, but even losing 5 pounds would make it fit much better, 10 pounds would be perfect. So that made me really happy! I had visions of me having to lose 30 pounds in the next few months to make it work, but knowing that even 5 – 10 pounds and I could wear it took a lot of the pressure off! Of course, I would still like to lose 20 pounds, but now I know that I can still wear my dress even if I just lose half that. What a relief! Oh, and when we opened the box with my dress, we discovered that it comes with a pair of gloves that match. I thought that was neat. I’m not sure if I will wear them or not, but it is nice to have that option. I also found out that my dress has a built-in crinoline so that’s one thing I won’t need to buy. I was pleased with that. Since it had been so long since I'd seen the dress, I couldn't really remember the details, but I was happy with it. I still love it 5.5 years later!
It feels so good to get some more items checked off the “to do” list. Next weekend mom and I are going to a wedding invitation making workshop since we want to make our own invitations and then I’m heading to nej’s for a combined dress shopping for her and lj trip and nej’s birthday bash weekend. Should be good times!
This week should be another busy one with work. And tonight is a 2-hour episode of 24! Yay!
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