To register or not to register

Since we're having our wedding in Maui, we're thinking that we don't need to register for presents or anything like that since we'll be so greatful just to share our special day with those who we love.

Okay..that's not just some BS I came up with. I really mean it.

But of course, a girl can dream, can't she?

So, we registerd at Macy's and myregistry.com. Macy's kind of like the typical stuff -- beddings, cookwares, etc. But myregistry.com allows you to get items from other places. So cool. But .. who will get us stuff? I wonder....

On a search for a pair of pretty ones...

=) I'm talking about my shoes. I know I don't want a plain ol' ivory/white shoes just for the wedding. I want a fun and flirty shoes I can wear over and over again. So, I've been looking for something that's white/ivory with fun patterns BUT the shoes can not be overly expensive or too high. (I'm afraid of falling and twisting my right ankle as I have done this TWICE already.) Oh, another criteria is that it HAS to be comfortable. I have a bad left foot which causes a lot of trouble when walking in uncomfortable shoes. I know..that's a lot of criteria, right? =)

I found this one on zappos and liked it a lot:

Isn't that pretty? It's by Anne Klein's Christa.

And I thought I was pretty set with Christa but .... I saw these and liked it as well:

This is a pair of shoes by Casadei and it's floral beaded slingback!! WOW WHEE! Isn't that also pretty?

But guess what happened? They sold out of my size when I clicked on it at 9:31 a.m. when the shoes went on sale at 9 a.m. Uh..don't these other ladies have to work? How come my shoes sold out so quickly? UGH!

Now, I'm still on a hunt for a pair of shoes.

Have you bought it?

That's the question I get more often now from some of my classmates. They want to know if I have gotten the dress yet. No, not yet. Then of course, the next comment is usually what follows: "(gasp!), you only got xx months. You have to get the dress now!" I know I know! But there's a reason why I don't have it yet.





A bit of history for you: I wanted to get my wedding dress way in advance. Before we got engaged, I thought I would want a big poofy dress from David's Bridal. Then, when we decided on a destination wedding, I knew I wanted a form fitting dress. Well, okay. Not that form fitting. I do have chubs afterall. haha. So, a few months ago, my mom, my sister, my cousin-in-law and I went to go dress shopping. I think we went in November. I just wanted to get an idea of what would look good on me. We spent a few hours and I loved the look of Sarah Danielle dress on me. I told the lady at the store that we'll be back in a few months. She suggested that I give about 8 months to get the dress. I said, oh okay. We'll be back.

Here's a picture of me in Sarah Danielle 5348

Well, it's February. Do you think we've gone back? NOPE!! I haven't gone back because I'm very hesitant to try on the dresses. Not because I don't want to try them on but it's because I got cooties. Yeap..I got cooties on my neck, my stomach, my back, my legs and on and on. It's EVERY where!! And it's disgusting. I hate it. Okay, the technical term is not cooties. It's called "Pityriasis Rosea". It started on my stomach and then it started to spread like wild fire on my body. I have no idea what the etiology is or what triggers it to spread or anything. And I asked my dermatologist and she said they don't know much about this disease either. What's the point of being a doctor if you can't even my questions?! UGH!!





So because of my cooties, I haven't gotten a chance to try on any dresses lately. But because it's already February, I now feel more stress to get the dress.





I should also mention that because I want my mom, my sister, and my cousin-in-law to be there, I've been trying to plan my dress shopping date around their schedule. It's kind of hard since I also have to plan around my school schedule too. I cancelled on David's Bridal twice. Okay okay. They weren't even cancelled....they were simply forgotten, TWICE. =) Third time's the charm. (Let's hope so.)

flower toss? why yes!

So, we didn't know if we wanted to do petal toss or not. Actually, I should say: we didn't know if our venue would allow us to do the petal toss or not. I emailed our wedding coordinator and asked if it was okay for us to do the petal toss / petal aisle and she said it was okay, as long as someone cleans it up. She volunteered herself and her husband. Hee hee. Isn't that sweet?

That means, we can have people tossing flower petals at us as we leave. How romantic would that be? That said, I decided to make a regular cone. I didn't like the way the cone pointed out. That means, I have to make the top circular, right? So, I went to my trusty software (printing press) to work on the design. Here's what I did (I think I got the idea from Weddingbee, but forgot from who):

1. Start a new project

2. Click on the layout tab and change to custom size.

3. Then, make the width to be 7" and the height to be 8".

4. Then go to the margin tab and put .25 all around.

5. Create your design. We simply put our names with our wedding date.

6. Then insert the circular shape by right clicking on the newly created stationary, click on design and add shape.

7. You want to select "oval" in the shape session. Under line detail, put the outline color to reflect "1" for the outline portion. Because you don't want the color to be too dark, choose gray as your color. Make sure your oval is 7" in height and width.

8. Then print on a pretty cardstock paper.

I printed mine as a pdf. Here's a jpg of what it looks. Mind you, I printed the crop marks so that I have a guide to know where I'm going to cut.

Since Mr. JB didn't like the plain paper idea, I've been trying to see if there's a 8.5 x 11 paper with pretty patterns. So far, I'm thinking about scanning the paper I bought from papersource and then print that pattern on one side and print our pretty monogram on the other side.

Now I just need to figure out where I'm going to buy the flower petals. Any ideas?

Paper source = empty wallet

Well, we went to Paper Source the other day because we wanted to return the envelope liner that we bought. The envelope liner we bought from them didn't fit the envelopes we were getting from cardsandpockets. And of course, you only have 30 days to return things to papersource and we had to go last Friday since it was the last day.

Then, we bought some more of the orange paper for the liner. Each sheet can get you about 11 liner for the response envelope. And because those papers are expensive, we were thinking of using giff wrapping papers. And because we wanted to keep things orange, we were looking just at the orange papers to find this one: fish paper. But of course, we had nothing in our wedding that has fishes. So, that fish paper was a no go. We kept looking in the paper section and we saw the green paper similar tot he orange paper we had. DING DING DING!! I want it. But how many sheets do I need? The staff at papersource used the extra template they had and measured things or me. And we found out that each sheet will get you approximately 6 liner for the regular a7 envelope. The store we went to only had 3 of those sheets. So we needed 4 more sheets and we had to go to another papersource store to get the rest.

And also, we bought a giant magnolia kit. I have big hopes for this kit because if Mr. JellyBelly likes the way it comes out, then we can use it as our centerpieces. whoo hoo!

But I have to study for my test so the wedding stuff has to wait a bit.

Also....I just ordered my supplies from cardsandpockets.

Damning the Economy!

You read right! I'm damning the economy!!

Just in case you weren't aware, we're having a destination wedding. We've been informing people about our destination wedding since the beginning of our engagement, which was about a year and a half ago. As you probably guessed, no one did.

Nowadays, we can't turn on the television without hearing company xx has laid off xxx people. And I also shook my head as the number of unemployment were announced. The last time I heard, which was just a few days ago, the unemployment rate jumped to all time high of 9.3%. WOWW!!! Back of my mind, I wondered if anyone in my life will be affected by it. Of course, I crossed my fingers hoping it won't happen to anyone I know.

Well, guess what? I just found out that my future father in law got laid off. And my brother got demoted (to just making commission) since his boss's son lost his job and now that guy wants my brother's job. What the heck. I wouldn't be in this state of shock if it was just some random guest that's not coming to our wedding. But it's family. They're close family members who we want there as we make a commitment to each other on our special day. We want them there no matter what. What the heck.

Of course you know that if my brother doesn't go, my sister in law, my niece, my nephew won't go either. WHATTTTTT!!! NO, it can't be! I want them there. I only got one brother! And no matter how much of a pain in the ass he may be, he's still my brother and I want them there!! And of course, my SIL, my niece and my nephew too. They're the world to me.

And because we can't have our wedding without Mr. JellyBelly's mom there, we're going to pay for her to go. But what about Mr. JellyBelly's step dad? And Mr. JellyBelly's brother? Hopefully, we have enough moola to pay for one more extra person.

UGGGHHHH!!! Unnecessary stress!! Now what?

I hope something works out for them.... All of them.

He Rules!!!

WOW!! I'm so excited!!

Today was my first day of clinical and we were there from 8 to 2. I know, it doesn't sound like it's a long day but if you haven't gotten yourself up at 5:45 in the morning for a while, this does take a toll on you. Anyhoo, after my clinical, I went to the bookstore and headed to my mom's. On my way home, around 2:15, I was thinking about calling Mr.JellyBelly because I really wanted to ask him to grab some muffin pans for me from Sur La Table since they're having a sale. But since it's already 2 something, I knew he'd be busy at work and I didn't want to bother him. After all, it's just my little "oh, let's see if I can bake" type of project. What if I no longer have the desire to bake?

And because my mail goes to my mom and because I haven't eaten since 10 in the morning, I wanted to stop by my mom's. I ate first. You shouldn't be next to me when I'm hungry. I turn into a very mean lady!! Then, I packed my pail of mail in to a plastic bag and I headed home. On my way home, I thought about calling Sur La Table to see how long they were going to have their sales. I told myself that I will try to meet Mr. JellyBelly at work to go.

And guess what I saw when I was going through my mail? Martha Stewart's magazine with cupcake recipe!! What!!

(source)

I thought to myself: "But noooo!!!!! I don't have any pans to make my cupcakes!!! How can I try these recipes?" I flipped through the magazine really quick to see what kind of things I can do if I had my own set of pans. As soon as my thought finished, Mr.JellyBelly came though the door. As usual, I got up to say hello and he handed me a bag. I opened the bag and saw two muffin pans from Sur La Table!!!! WOWWWWWW!!!! I was so so so excited!!! He knew exactly what I was thinking!!! And he came in right on time as I was finishing my thought!! WOW!! Sigh.....He's so good to me....

And of I go to look at other stuff I need to make cupcakes with...