Letters and veils and the weekend
This will be pretty boring for you guys, but it’s more a way for me to keep up with jobs I’ve done and jobs I’ve still got to do!
On the weekend I sanded and painted my Bs and Js for the pew ends. I should have bought a bigger pot of paint! I need to get another one to finish off the Js but “flat white” as a colour was the right choice. I also painted the last table number gold so they are all done, and I’ve decided what my table plans are going to look like so I can buy the paper for those. I'm going to have separate A4 sheets for each table as it's really awkward having guests crowd round one piece of A3 to try and find their name...
I finally managed to get hold of the New World florist yesterday. I gave in and rang her mobile. I’m seeing her on Sunday morning.
I have a hair appointment on Saturday so will finally get round to explaining to Liz what I want done. Lel has also confirmed that she wants her hair put up but I haven’t heard from Kat yet. Lel has also, very kindly, offered to pay for her hair so that was good! Lel has also agreed that we girls can get ready at her room at The Wellesley on the day so that saves a lot of hassle! And it means that we should get some nice pre-wedding photos. It also means that I can send the girls to the church in the Bentley and then it can come back for me and Dad as the church is only a 5 minute drive away. Not sure what I’m going to do with Dad but the boys can either get ready a bit early and then he can use their room (the bridal suite), or he can dive in before them and then wait in the bar. Not sure if having the boys get ready early and them wait in the bar is a good idea!
On Sunday afternoon we’re seeing our celebrant again who seems to have recovered from her shattered vertebrae so that is a relief! I wasn’t looking forward to having to find someone else as I really want Marilyn to marry us.
Going well at the gym, I’ve gone 4 times a week the last two weeks, but am still eating too many bad things! It was 4 months to go on Monday so I am trying much harder now.
Just about chosen my veil. It’s going to be two tier, cathedral length (so that Carol can shorten it to match my train), in blush pink - which sounds awful but it’s really more like a warm white and it matches the colour of my dress the best. I’m going to leave it a little bit longer before I order it from the US though.
We had a long weekend as Monday was Labour Day and the weekend was much better than they predicted. Lovely and warm and sunny, but windy. Saturday was a bit of a washout as Ben was umpiring and didn’t get home til 8! I went to the gym and then shopped and made a cheesecake for the party in the evening. We didn’t get there til 9 but it was very nice. Andrea (who is going to be decorating the church person) had made the North and South Islands out of lolly cake and green coconut. It was very impressive! And the most gorgeous muffin sized pavlovas. I’d sent the NZ invites out on Thursday so everyone had got theirs and they got lots of nice compliments so that was good!
On Sunday we went for a drive in our “new” car, around the coast. Glorious weather! We have inherited a Peugeot 205 from some friends who have gone to the UK. My first car was a 205 and I loved it so I am very happy! I haven’t driven it yet but fully intend to. We also went grocery shopping and did the cleaning! We had a friend around for dinner.
Monday was gorgeous too and we drove out to Eastbourne and went for a long walk towards the lighthouse and then had lunch at the Italian place in Petone. I was a bit disappointed - I really wanted pizza and they don’t do it! Veged in the evening and Ben had football.
On the weekend I sanded and painted my Bs and Js for the pew ends. I should have bought a bigger pot of paint! I need to get another one to finish off the Js but “flat white” as a colour was the right choice. I also painted the last table number gold so they are all done, and I’ve decided what my table plans are going to look like so I can buy the paper for those. I'm going to have separate A4 sheets for each table as it's really awkward having guests crowd round one piece of A3 to try and find their name...
I finally managed to get hold of the New World florist yesterday. I gave in and rang her mobile. I’m seeing her on Sunday morning.
I have a hair appointment on Saturday so will finally get round to explaining to Liz what I want done. Lel has also confirmed that she wants her hair put up but I haven’t heard from Kat yet. Lel has also, very kindly, offered to pay for her hair so that was good! Lel has also agreed that we girls can get ready at her room at The Wellesley on the day so that saves a lot of hassle! And it means that we should get some nice pre-wedding photos. It also means that I can send the girls to the church in the Bentley and then it can come back for me and Dad as the church is only a 5 minute drive away. Not sure what I’m going to do with Dad but the boys can either get ready a bit early and then he can use their room (the bridal suite), or he can dive in before them and then wait in the bar. Not sure if having the boys get ready early and them wait in the bar is a good idea!
On Sunday afternoon we’re seeing our celebrant again who seems to have recovered from her shattered vertebrae so that is a relief! I wasn’t looking forward to having to find someone else as I really want Marilyn to marry us.
Going well at the gym, I’ve gone 4 times a week the last two weeks, but am still eating too many bad things! It was 4 months to go on Monday so I am trying much harder now.
Just about chosen my veil. It’s going to be two tier, cathedral length (so that Carol can shorten it to match my train), in blush pink - which sounds awful but it’s really more like a warm white and it matches the colour of my dress the best. I’m going to leave it a little bit longer before I order it from the US though.
We had a long weekend as Monday was Labour Day and the weekend was much better than they predicted. Lovely and warm and sunny, but windy. Saturday was a bit of a washout as Ben was umpiring and didn’t get home til 8! I went to the gym and then shopped and made a cheesecake for the party in the evening. We didn’t get there til 9 but it was very nice. Andrea (who is going to be decorating the church person) had made the North and South Islands out of lolly cake and green coconut. It was very impressive! And the most gorgeous muffin sized pavlovas. I’d sent the NZ invites out on Thursday so everyone had got theirs and they got lots of nice compliments so that was good!
On Sunday we went for a drive in our “new” car, around the coast. Glorious weather! We have inherited a Peugeot 205 from some friends who have gone to the UK. My first car was a 205 and I loved it so I am very happy! I haven’t driven it yet but fully intend to. We also went grocery shopping and did the cleaning! We had a friend around for dinner.
Monday was gorgeous too and we drove out to Eastbourne and went for a long walk towards the lighthouse and then had lunch at the Italian place in Petone. I was a bit disappointed - I really wanted pizza and they don’t do it! Veged in the evening and Ben had football.