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Well I haven't written in what seems like forever. So I am going to attempt a massive update and I will try to use my very first cut, hopefully it works.
As I think everyone knows, I got married on Halloween. It was beautiful, a real fairytale for me. My family and friends surround me, I could feel the love flowing off of them and I was not the only one to sense and/or see my Daddy that day. The hall was decorated perfectly, very simple. My friends flipped the hall for me to have it ready for the dinner and again I was blown away by how stunning everything looked. The headtable was amazing. I admit to having the day be a bit of a blur to me, all my memories are blending into one. I recall feeling nothing but calm certainity when I first starting my walk up the alter to my future husband. I was not nervous or on edge, I knew this was right. I did not cry at all, that surprised quite a few folks (but I told them I wouldn't) because I was too busy smiling and laughing. The handfasting itself is honestly the biggest blur for me, I recall words but mostly I recall feelings and sensations. A tingling that ran through my entire body. The sense that someone was watching and when our hands were bound together there was a trimuphant noise of approval, happiness, joy and love. The sensation and instinctive knowledge that this was ment to be. The night is still fuzzy for me, its like watching a movie after drinking a bit too much champagne (or in my case mead)and through a transulcant window. I rememeber my cheeks hurting the next day and being blinded by flashing lights. My wedding was a dream come true for me.
I admit there were a few small (alright large) issues. Mainly with my seamstress, the woman that was suppose to make my wedding dress, the bridesmaids gowns, the grooms outfit, the groomsmens outfits, the flower girls dresses, the ringbearers outfit, my brother's outfit and my mother's gown. Yup, that is a lot of work but she also had ten months to do it and was offered assistance by myself and my best friend multiply times. Needless to say she did not complete the work and my friends/family were up with my until 5AM the night before the wedding making the outfits. The wedding dress was almost finished but the bridemaids gowns were in pieces, and the flower girls weren't complete either. The woman came very close to destroying my wedding day but I am blessed with amazing people in my life that love me and want to see me happy, so they worked so hard to make it come true for me. Now I fight with the woman that didn't sew my outfits because she seems to think that I should pay her for the items she completed such as my corset. The corset that broke, the boning in the front busk bend and dug into my ribs for about four hours, the boning on the back lacking is buckled like ribbon, and the actually center front is off by about half an inch. That doesn't sound like much but it does effect the structure of a corset. This is just an example for the horrific job she did. I am presenting her with a bill for about $1500 plus for the fabric I purchased (which she either ruined or kept because what is left over does not match what was made or the remants I was given). If she is willing to pay for this than all is good and I will leave it at that, of course she is not going to pay so therefore I will end up suing her in small claims court. This means that on top of the fabric and stuff (like the flower girls dresses I ended up purchasing, after getting fabric for them) I will also be putting an hourly wage for the four stitchers I had on machines, the three people that were doing minor repairs and hems, the one person that was ironing and the three other people that were doing errands such as midnight coffee runs to keep our caffine levels high so we could stay up til 5AM. I will use the industry standards for these postions (forunately since I was in the industry I actually know what I am taking about) and that will end up being roughly another $750ish and then I will try for emotional/mental stress, since lets face it this was my wedding she screwed up. The night before getting married I should have been at the hotel sitting in the hottub relaxing and then having a drink with my best friend, not crying and desperately trying to get a dress made. Oh and I will also charge her the 100 for the hotel room that I only got to use for two hours and all legal fees. I am pretty confidenant that I will get at the cost of the fabric returned, the hotel and the legal fees without issue, the rest might not happen but I will make sure that she never does this to another bride again. Because really if this someone else would that bride have been able to pull off what I did, I was able to get four sewing machines (two already owned) and a dozen people together to help me at a moments notice. Both myself and my maid of honour have a background in sewing and costuming, so honestly I was lucky because I could have the day saved but some other woman might not be that lucky.
But again if we take a positive look at this I know beyond a shadow of a doubt how loved I am and how much people care for me. I know I never have to face hardship alone because I have so many people watching out for me. This feeling is quite humbling and glorious. I have guardian angels here on earth.
The gift open was quiet, got a ton of stuff, mostly for the kitchen. It was all upgrades of things we already had but still really nice. Of course I had no idea what I was going to do with my current belongs but that problem was solved when we returned from our mini honeymoon. On the front door was a notice for a local charity that was collecting household goods for persons that needed to start over again due to abuse. Perfect. So I packed up half a dozen boxes of dishes, pans, pots, bakeware, and other kitchen items for the collection drive. I just left the boxes on my front step and poof they were gone. I had planned on donating my extra belongs to a charity regardless but this was just convientant to be sure.
West Edmonton Mall was fun for us. We didn't do much, just sortof relaxed and played. We booked the luxury Roman room and by the Gods it was beautiful. We had a few issues with service but the hotel made amends. We ended up getting $100 worth of free room service and a $100 taken off the price of our room for a night. Sweet. And the jacuzzi tub, oh I want one. We spent a lot of time in the tub and I won't do into details.
We got our wedding photos back on Saturday, I was so scared to get them. Terrified I would look ugly and horrible, since so many things before the wedding did go wrong. The dress, the cake, the hall (they tried to tell me I could not have my mead and then tried to dump it out)and so forth, I was worried that the photos would be awful. So happy they aren't. He did an amazing job. I was suppose to get 60 proofs and I have an album of 260. My package came with 18 8x10's which he changed to 20. And he was so much fun to work with. I totally recommend him to anyone that is interested. My Mum wants family pictures done this December and we are going to be booking with him again. And he isn't a bad price in my mind. Our package was $1200 and he was there about an hour before the wedding, took amazing pictures of the ceremony and then did the wedding photo shoot for another couple of hours. He stopped because the bridal party was done, he was still willing to shoot more photos.
So I am final setting into the house after the whirlwinds of wedding crap. The gifts are put away, the thank you cards were mailed over a week ago. The rooms have been organized and I am slowly getting life back to normal. So lets bring on Christmas.
As I think everyone knows, I got married on Halloween. It was beautiful, a real fairytale for me. My family and friends surround me, I could feel the love flowing off of them and I was not the only one to sense and/or see my Daddy that day. The hall was decorated perfectly, very simple. My friends flipped the hall for me to have it ready for the dinner and again I was blown away by how stunning everything looked. The headtable was amazing. I admit to having the day be a bit of a blur to me, all my memories are blending into one. I recall feeling nothing but calm certainity when I first starting my walk up the alter to my future husband. I was not nervous or on edge, I knew this was right. I did not cry at all, that surprised quite a few folks (but I told them I wouldn't) because I was too busy smiling and laughing. The handfasting itself is honestly the biggest blur for me, I recall words but mostly I recall feelings and sensations. A tingling that ran through my entire body. The sense that someone was watching and when our hands were bound together there was a trimuphant noise of approval, happiness, joy and love. The sensation and instinctive knowledge that this was ment to be. The night is still fuzzy for me, its like watching a movie after drinking a bit too much champagne (or in my case mead)and through a transulcant window. I rememeber my cheeks hurting the next day and being blinded by flashing lights. My wedding was a dream come true for me.
I admit there were a few small (alright large) issues. Mainly with my seamstress, the woman that was suppose to make my wedding dress, the bridesmaids gowns, the grooms outfit, the groomsmens outfits, the flower girls dresses, the ringbearers outfit, my brother's outfit and my mother's gown. Yup, that is a lot of work but she also had ten months to do it and was offered assistance by myself and my best friend multiply times. Needless to say she did not complete the work and my friends/family were up with my until 5AM the night before the wedding making the outfits. The wedding dress was almost finished but the bridemaids gowns were in pieces, and the flower girls weren't complete either. The woman came very close to destroying my wedding day but I am blessed with amazing people in my life that love me and want to see me happy, so they worked so hard to make it come true for me. Now I fight with the woman that didn't sew my outfits because she seems to think that I should pay her for the items she completed such as my corset. The corset that broke, the boning in the front busk bend and dug into my ribs for about four hours, the boning on the back lacking is buckled like ribbon, and the actually center front is off by about half an inch. That doesn't sound like much but it does effect the structure of a corset. This is just an example for the horrific job she did. I am presenting her with a bill for about $1500 plus for the fabric I purchased (which she either ruined or kept because what is left over does not match what was made or the remants I was given). If she is willing to pay for this than all is good and I will leave it at that, of course she is not going to pay so therefore I will end up suing her in small claims court. This means that on top of the fabric and stuff (like the flower girls dresses I ended up purchasing, after getting fabric for them) I will also be putting an hourly wage for the four stitchers I had on machines, the three people that were doing minor repairs and hems, the one person that was ironing and the three other people that were doing errands such as midnight coffee runs to keep our caffine levels high so we could stay up til 5AM. I will use the industry standards for these postions (forunately since I was in the industry I actually know what I am taking about) and that will end up being roughly another $750ish and then I will try for emotional/mental stress, since lets face it this was my wedding she screwed up. The night before getting married I should have been at the hotel sitting in the hottub relaxing and then having a drink with my best friend, not crying and desperately trying to get a dress made. Oh and I will also charge her the 100 for the hotel room that I only got to use for two hours and all legal fees. I am pretty confidenant that I will get at the cost of the fabric returned, the hotel and the legal fees without issue, the rest might not happen but I will make sure that she never does this to another bride again. Because really if this someone else would that bride have been able to pull off what I did, I was able to get four sewing machines (two already owned) and a dozen people together to help me at a moments notice. Both myself and my maid of honour have a background in sewing and costuming, so honestly I was lucky because I could have the day saved but some other woman might not be that lucky.
But again if we take a positive look at this I know beyond a shadow of a doubt how loved I am and how much people care for me. I know I never have to face hardship alone because I have so many people watching out for me. This feeling is quite humbling and glorious. I have guardian angels here on earth.
The gift open was quiet, got a ton of stuff, mostly for the kitchen. It was all upgrades of things we already had but still really nice. Of course I had no idea what I was going to do with my current belongs but that problem was solved when we returned from our mini honeymoon. On the front door was a notice for a local charity that was collecting household goods for persons that needed to start over again due to abuse. Perfect. So I packed up half a dozen boxes of dishes, pans, pots, bakeware, and other kitchen items for the collection drive. I just left the boxes on my front step and poof they were gone. I had planned on donating my extra belongs to a charity regardless but this was just convientant to be sure.
West Edmonton Mall was fun for us. We didn't do much, just sortof relaxed and played. We booked the luxury Roman room and by the Gods it was beautiful. We had a few issues with service but the hotel made amends. We ended up getting $100 worth of free room service and a $100 taken off the price of our room for a night. Sweet. And the jacuzzi tub, oh I want one. We spent a lot of time in the tub and I won't do into details.
We got our wedding photos back on Saturday, I was so scared to get them. Terrified I would look ugly and horrible, since so many things before the wedding did go wrong. The dress, the cake, the hall (they tried to tell me I could not have my mead and then tried to dump it out)and so forth, I was worried that the photos would be awful. So happy they aren't. He did an amazing job. I was suppose to get 60 proofs and I have an album of 260. My package came with 18 8x10's which he changed to 20. And he was so much fun to work with. I totally recommend him to anyone that is interested. My Mum wants family pictures done this December and we are going to be booking with him again. And he isn't a bad price in my mind. Our package was $1200 and he was there about an hour before the wedding, took amazing pictures of the ceremony and then did the wedding photo shoot for another couple of hours. He stopped because the bridal party was done, he was still willing to shoot more photos.
So I am final setting into the house after the whirlwinds of wedding crap. The gifts are put away, the thank you cards were mailed over a week ago. The rooms have been organized and I am slowly getting life back to normal. So lets bring on Christmas.