i think i'd rather eat split pea soup everyday for the rest of my life than look at another bridesmaid dress.
Is it like some sort of rule that bridesmaids dresses have to be ugly and really really ridiculously expensive?
and that the places that sell bridesmaid dresses have to be really really ridiculously far away from, I don't know, say EVERYTHING!
I was on east 78th looking at dresses today. EAST 78TH! I'm sorry, but I have no business being on east 78th. Apparently I have no idea how to navigate the east side. Who's stupid idea was it to stick lexington, park and madison between the numbered avenues, huh? That is a constant source of confusion for me. You know why? CAUSE I NEVER GO TO THE EAST SIDE!
Needless to say I was there today. It's like a whole other world over there. Dare I say it's cleaner?
Anyway, I looked at MORE bridesmaids dresses and I changed my mind AGAIN about what I'm interested in. I've given up on getting dresses that my bridesmaids will wear again. I hate to break it to you all, but there's no such thing. So right now, I'm just trying not to have them look ugly, matronly or bridesmaidsy and I'm trying to keep the price down (hah! fat chance!) Although I will tell you that a lot of places will give you a 10% discount on each dress if you have 5 or more bridesmaids so when you're picking your bridemaids more is definitely better :-)
Ok, now I'm going to go look at the only think that irks me more than these dresses...caterers. Lord, help me!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
We Picked a DJ!
Music is very important. More important than food. (Even though food at a wedding costs an arm and a leg. What's up with that?!?!)
Anyway, back to the food and music thing...think about it. Wouldn't you rather boogie down all night long than stuff your face?
I certainly would. Although the right bowl of pasta would make me think twice.
Oh goodness, what am I talking about? The point is I am SOOOO happy that we have finally chosen a dj! It was a hard choice. Our wedding planner is top o' the line so she suggested two really great companies, but we're going with this place called MyDeejay.com. Ok, it's not the greatest name in the world. But our dj is indian, (hiw name is Soor Kothari, you can see a picture of him here) which just makes me happy for no particular reason. And he knows all the cool indian music, which makes me happy because I am indian and I DO NOT! So if you have any indian music requests, lemme know. BHANGRA NOW!
:-)
p.s. I am now officially taking song requests. Just comment on this (or any) blog entry with your ideas!
Anyway, back to the food and music thing...think about it. Wouldn't you rather boogie down all night long than stuff your face?
I certainly would. Although the right bowl of pasta would make me think twice.
Oh goodness, what am I talking about? The point is I am SOOOO happy that we have finally chosen a dj! It was a hard choice. Our wedding planner is top o' the line so she suggested two really great companies, but we're going with this place called MyDeejay.com. Ok, it's not the greatest name in the world. But our dj is indian, (hiw name is Soor Kothari, you can see a picture of him here) which just makes me happy for no particular reason. And he knows all the cool indian music, which makes me happy because I am indian and I DO NOT! So if you have any indian music requests, lemme know. BHANGRA NOW!
:-)
p.s. I am now officially taking song requests. Just comment on this (or any) blog entry with your ideas!
Friday, January 16, 2009
Did you know...?
Did you know that through some glitch or other over 50% of couples do not actually get legally married on their wedding day?
How much you wanna bet that's gonna happen to me?
How much you wanna bet that's gonna happen to me?
DC Weekend
So Walker and I are going to DC this weekend/next week to do some wedding stuff. How dare you even think that our timing has anything to do with our 44th president being sworn in this Tuesday? That's just a coincidence.
I swear.
Actually, part of the reason we're going is that Walker has never actually seen the location where we are getting married. And I thought it wise to rectify that situation.
We're also meeting with the wedding planner. And that's all I'll say about that. I am not allowed to discuss her various strengths and weaknesses online as per the contract. I kid you not.
We were actually able to secure rooms at the Bethesda Hyatt, which is exciting. It's a snail's pace we're moving at but I'll take what I can get. I mean, there may not be any food and there may not be any music, but at least I'll be wearing a gorgeous Indian-made outfit. Again, I kid you not.
I swear.
Actually, part of the reason we're going is that Walker has never actually seen the location where we are getting married. And I thought it wise to rectify that situation.
We're also meeting with the wedding planner. And that's all I'll say about that. I am not allowed to discuss her various strengths and weaknesses online as per the contract. I kid you not.
We were actually able to secure rooms at the Bethesda Hyatt, which is exciting. It's a snail's pace we're moving at but I'll take what I can get. I mean, there may not be any food and there may not be any music, but at least I'll be wearing a gorgeous Indian-made outfit. Again, I kid you not.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Dress Shopping!
So I did a little bit of bridesmaid dress shopping yesterday morning.
It was kind of impromptu. I was waitlisted at some places that ended up having time free, so at 10am Sonali, Meena and I found ourselves at Simple Silhouettes in Manhattan. (Actually, more accurately, Sonali found herself there at 9:45am, Meena around 10 and me around 10:07.)
It was loads of fun. Mainly because we sat on a couch and told the lady what styles and colors we were interested in and she brought them to us. It was the most painless shopping I have ever done!!
I haven't narrowed it down to one color yet, but I've nailed down the family. And Sonali and Meena have a good idea of the cuts they like. We were there for like 45 minutes. In and out.
Then we went to Jenny Yoo. And that was like the most painFUL shopping I've ever done. Talk about disorganized.
The woman who was "helping" us, was nowhere to be found most of the time. And there was a group across from us that must have had like 12 bridesmaids because there were a million people trying on dresses and all the dresses that we wanted to try on were always "in the other dressing room".
I asked the woman what styles she could suggest. She barely answered my question. They didn't have enough sizes of anything, so there were a ton of things Sonali and Meena simply couldn't try on. I liked a few of the dresses there. I think they may have had better colors, but I can't even deal with trying to process that whole shopping trip because I was so unbelievably frustrated by it. Shake it out. Let it gooooo!
Anyway, I'll post the colors I'm looking at for the bridesmaid dresses soon!
It was kind of impromptu. I was waitlisted at some places that ended up having time free, so at 10am Sonali, Meena and I found ourselves at Simple Silhouettes in Manhattan. (Actually, more accurately, Sonali found herself there at 9:45am, Meena around 10 and me around 10:07.)
It was loads of fun. Mainly because we sat on a couch and told the lady what styles and colors we were interested in and she brought them to us. It was the most painless shopping I have ever done!!
I haven't narrowed it down to one color yet, but I've nailed down the family. And Sonali and Meena have a good idea of the cuts they like. We were there for like 45 minutes. In and out.
Then we went to Jenny Yoo. And that was like the most painFUL shopping I've ever done. Talk about disorganized.
The woman who was "helping" us, was nowhere to be found most of the time. And there was a group across from us that must have had like 12 bridesmaids because there were a million people trying on dresses and all the dresses that we wanted to try on were always "in the other dressing room".
I asked the woman what styles she could suggest. She barely answered my question. They didn't have enough sizes of anything, so there were a ton of things Sonali and Meena simply couldn't try on. I liked a few of the dresses there. I think they may have had better colors, but I can't even deal with trying to process that whole shopping trip because I was so unbelievably frustrated by it. Shake it out. Let it gooooo!
Anyway, I'll post the colors I'm looking at for the bridesmaid dresses soon!
Monday, January 5, 2009
I am more than pleased to announce that we officially have an officiant for our (Western) wedding. My very close friend Michael Rohd will have the honor!
I have known Michael FOREVER. And I'm so excited by the prospect of having him be a central part of the ceremony. I'm totally excited.
Now we just have to figure out how to make it legal for him to do a ceremony in Maryland and what the structure of the ceremony will be.
But for now, I'm just going to be happy about this one thing and let the rest go.
YAY!!
I have known Michael FOREVER. And I'm so excited by the prospect of having him be a central part of the ceremony. I'm totally excited.
Now we just have to figure out how to make it legal for him to do a ceremony in Maryland and what the structure of the ceremony will be.
But for now, I'm just going to be happy about this one thing and let the rest go.
YAY!!
Friday, January 2, 2009
Lehnga pics
For those of you who don't know what a lehnga (traditional indian wedding outfit for the bride), here is what one looks like! Of course, this isn't nearly fancy enough for a bride to wear, but this is style.
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