So Christy and I finally talked yesterday. Yay! She's sending out the invites today (or maybe sent 'em yesterday). The party will be at her place on May 9 around 7PM-- one month and a day away. Hopefully the fact that it's on a Friday right after work/rush hour won't put too many people off, but since she and I are both heading off to St Lucia that weekend we'll need Saturday to recover!
I told her I want something simple, mellow, nothing crazy. No need for decorations or party favors or anything. Might BBQ but will mostly just have drinks & munchies. I'm guessing around 9 or 10 the party poopers can bow out and those of us still standing can hit up the bars within walking distance of C's pad.
I do want some cheesy party games, and have enlisted Mom's help in planning those (if she emails me back, anyway). Christy told me that's the one area she isn't so knowledgeable in. So if anyone has advice for bach'ette games, please share!
And presents! Princess wants lots of fun things for her honeymoon! Call me selfish but this is my only chance to get girlie gifts and I am sure my wonderful friends & family will not disappoint me!
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Bachelorette Party
Christy emailed me a couple of days ago saying my bach'ette party invites were going out this week. Yay! I'm supposed to call her tonight to discuss. I'm super excited. Yaaaay, a party for meeee!
Although I feel bad for Jess. Turns out his bachelor party planners have kinda dropped on the ball on the whole thing, so now he may not have one-- at least not BEFORE we get married. It's not because they're bad friends, everyone is just really busy or lives out of town or whatnot. But it sucks too, b/c Jess is totally the type of person who would gladly handle bachelor party planning for any of his friends. Hopefully he'll get to do something fun before we head to St Lucia.
Yay, yet one more reason why I can't wait to come home!!!
Although I feel bad for Jess. Turns out his bachelor party planners have kinda dropped on the ball on the whole thing, so now he may not have one-- at least not BEFORE we get married. It's not because they're bad friends, everyone is just really busy or lives out of town or whatnot. But it sucks too, b/c Jess is totally the type of person who would gladly handle bachelor party planning for any of his friends. Hopefully he'll get to do something fun before we head to St Lucia.
Yay, yet one more reason why I can't wait to come home!!!
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Overdue Update
It's been awhile since I've updated the wedding planning! So Christy messaged me & wants to have my bach'ette on Friday, May 9. We were debating between that Friday & Saturday but then realized we'd both be jetting off to St Lucia on Sunday; hence, Friday wins. Sorry to everyone who will have to endure weekend rush hour traffic! I feel bad; I know she's so busy and want to help however I can, but it's tough when I'm so far away. But Christy is amazing, I have no doubt she will pull off a helluva party for yours truly :)
The boys have been humming about Jess' bachelor party. Unlike me, he has an entire planning committee. Who knows what those crazy boys will get up to. I know many girls get all upset about their hubbies-to-be being exposed to *gasp* strippers and the like, but I am totally fine. I know Jess, and know that isn't his thing. He'll gladly go along with whatever, but I have complete faith that he will behave himself (well, "behave" as much as one can during his bachelor party!).
While in A'dam this weekend, I suggested to Brad that they should have the bachelor party there. F-- that, we should have MY party there!!!
Jess told me my dress came in the other day. Good thing we paid extra for expedited shipping. I'll have almost 2 weeks to pick up the dress, get it altered, and figure out how to transport it safely to St Lucia. Yikes!
57 days til the wedding :)
The boys have been humming about Jess' bachelor party. Unlike me, he has an entire planning committee. Who knows what those crazy boys will get up to. I know many girls get all upset about their hubbies-to-be being exposed to *gasp* strippers and the like, but I am totally fine. I know Jess, and know that isn't his thing. He'll gladly go along with whatever, but I have complete faith that he will behave himself (well, "behave" as much as one can during his bachelor party!).
While in A'dam this weekend, I suggested to Brad that they should have the bachelor party there. F-- that, we should have MY party there!!!
Jess told me my dress came in the other day. Good thing we paid extra for expedited shipping. I'll have almost 2 weeks to pick up the dress, get it altered, and figure out how to transport it safely to St Lucia. Yikes!
57 days til the wedding :)
Monday, February 25, 2008
Guests!
Steve & Kristina booked their trip to St. Lucia pretty much as soon as we invited them. And today I got an email from Christy saying she booked her & Brad's trip. YAY!!! Our wedding "party" is all booked! :)
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Mini Crisis Averted!
With less than 3 months to go my mind is focused on wedding stuff more often than not. I was a good sister last night and talked to all 4 of my siblings-- the twins are doing well & enjoying school, Chris is excited about coming to Europe in less than a month, and Cassidy... well she and I are so in the same boat. It is still nuts to me that my lil sister got engaged, and will be married, before I am. When I talked to Courtney (the youngest twin), she told me that Cassidy had picked a reception date: May 11. As in, the day after my bachelorette party and the afternoon before Jess & I hop a red-eye to St Lucia. If she did have it May 11, I more or less wouldn't be able to go. Chris, in all his stressy grad-school glory, echoed my sentiments as that is right around finals for him. I decided I better have words with the middle King child...
When I say Cassidy and I are in the same boat, I mean that in a few ways: we both want something simple (although we both realize now there is NO such thing as a "simple" wedding), and we are facing pressure from outside parties as to how to do "our" weddings. Her fiance's parents first insisted that they have their reception within a week of the ceremony. Well, her ceremony at SF City Hall is March 28. Only 6 people can go to that, so between his parents, our parents & our stepdad, that doesn't leave much room for anyone else. They are also having a dinner that night at which neither myself nor Chris will be in attendance (as we'll be together in Prague). She did have the good sense to invite Jess, and Jess is being a good sport about facing the crazy Kings and the soon-to-be Bosnian in-laws without me there to protect him. So when I heard this news about the reception, which could theoretically be ANY day she wanted, I got a tad upset.
She told me she was insisting to his parents that they had to wait until I was home. She thought Jess & I were leaving May 12 (which I had thought too-- no, we ARRIVE in St Lucia on May 12 after a 10PM flight on the 11th), so she picked the 11th. But I told her I would be home the first weekend in May, PLEASE do it then. At the risk of sounding Bridezilla here, May 9-11 is MY weekend!!! But surprisingly enough, Cassidy was more than OK with this-- it would make Hari's parents happier to have it earlier, and it would allow me & my other female family members to fully enjoy my bachelorette party. Yay.
Apparently Hari's mom is full-on taking over the reception planning, which Cassidy doesn't seem to mind as it's less work for her. But when I spoke to my dad a few days ago, he also is keen to help out, so I am worried there will be a bit of a conflict if Cassidy's future mom-in-law insists on taking full control. If I were back home I am sure I'd be one of the big planners too, but instead I insisted that I get to throw Cassidy a bachelorette party once I am back from St Lucia (she won't technically be a bachelorette by that point, but every girl needs a bachelorette party!).
I could so relate when Cass told me that most of her & Hari's arguments these days were over the wedding plans. I got a bit upset yesterday after Jess mentioned that we should try to have our ceremony earlier than September-- not because WE want to, but because it would make other people happier. All due respect to friends & family, but this is not their wedding. It's ours. We should be able to do it how we want, when we want, and not get a guilt-trip about it. Besides, I won't even be able to seriously look for a job (and therefore, save up money) until late May anyway, leaving me with only 4 months to work as much as possible, earn as much as possible AND plan a September wedding.
I randomly started researching banquet halls yesterday, and got majorly depressed. Everything is so expensive! I don't envision something with lots of flowers & a sit-down dinner; my vision is something casual, an hors d'oeuvres buffet or something (which, when I was talking to Christina, would be easy enough to recruit friends & family to help make plenty of), and a dance floor with a DJ set up for all of our DJ friends (who will, of course, take care of the music). No formal photographer, as we have plenty of friends with amazing skills and expensive cameras to handle that. I won't wear the St Lucia dress-- I will actually go out and get a more formal gown-- and we won't have a formal bridal party, though we may recruit a few close friends to give speeches and maybe have them wear the same color or something. That would be the family-friendly affair.
My MAIN hope for my wedding, as it would only be appropriate, is to have the after-party at The EndUp (www.theendup.com). That IS where the story of Nikki & Jess began anyway (well OK it technically started with me meeting Brad at Ruby Skye, then us joining forces at the SF LoveParade in 2006). Well, it is where I first kissed my now future husband anyway. I am sure we could rent it out for a few hours, the DJ friends could do their thing, so on & so forth. So here's hoping. Maybe have the reception outdoors at a park, hire a shuttle to drive people to the EU afterward? No idea. All I know is I can't picture my Gram really enjoying herself at a place like the EU, even if her granddaughter were getting married there! Hence the need for 2 locales.
Jess and I agreed we wouldn't even talk about the reception until after St Lucia, but with all this planning (and the fact that I have nothing else to do in Troyes) it's pretty hard not to!!!
83 days until the wedding!
When I say Cassidy and I are in the same boat, I mean that in a few ways: we both want something simple (although we both realize now there is NO such thing as a "simple" wedding), and we are facing pressure from outside parties as to how to do "our" weddings. Her fiance's parents first insisted that they have their reception within a week of the ceremony. Well, her ceremony at SF City Hall is March 28. Only 6 people can go to that, so between his parents, our parents & our stepdad, that doesn't leave much room for anyone else. They are also having a dinner that night at which neither myself nor Chris will be in attendance (as we'll be together in Prague). She did have the good sense to invite Jess, and Jess is being a good sport about facing the crazy Kings and the soon-to-be Bosnian in-laws without me there to protect him. So when I heard this news about the reception, which could theoretically be ANY day she wanted, I got a tad upset.
She told me she was insisting to his parents that they had to wait until I was home. She thought Jess & I were leaving May 12 (which I had thought too-- no, we ARRIVE in St Lucia on May 12 after a 10PM flight on the 11th), so she picked the 11th. But I told her I would be home the first weekend in May, PLEASE do it then. At the risk of sounding Bridezilla here, May 9-11 is MY weekend!!! But surprisingly enough, Cassidy was more than OK with this-- it would make Hari's parents happier to have it earlier, and it would allow me & my other female family members to fully enjoy my bachelorette party. Yay.
Apparently Hari's mom is full-on taking over the reception planning, which Cassidy doesn't seem to mind as it's less work for her. But when I spoke to my dad a few days ago, he also is keen to help out, so I am worried there will be a bit of a conflict if Cassidy's future mom-in-law insists on taking full control. If I were back home I am sure I'd be one of the big planners too, but instead I insisted that I get to throw Cassidy a bachelorette party once I am back from St Lucia (she won't technically be a bachelorette by that point, but every girl needs a bachelorette party!).
I could so relate when Cass told me that most of her & Hari's arguments these days were over the wedding plans. I got a bit upset yesterday after Jess mentioned that we should try to have our ceremony earlier than September-- not because WE want to, but because it would make other people happier. All due respect to friends & family, but this is not their wedding. It's ours. We should be able to do it how we want, when we want, and not get a guilt-trip about it. Besides, I won't even be able to seriously look for a job (and therefore, save up money) until late May anyway, leaving me with only 4 months to work as much as possible, earn as much as possible AND plan a September wedding.
I randomly started researching banquet halls yesterday, and got majorly depressed. Everything is so expensive! I don't envision something with lots of flowers & a sit-down dinner; my vision is something casual, an hors d'oeuvres buffet or something (which, when I was talking to Christina, would be easy enough to recruit friends & family to help make plenty of), and a dance floor with a DJ set up for all of our DJ friends (who will, of course, take care of the music). No formal photographer, as we have plenty of friends with amazing skills and expensive cameras to handle that. I won't wear the St Lucia dress-- I will actually go out and get a more formal gown-- and we won't have a formal bridal party, though we may recruit a few close friends to give speeches and maybe have them wear the same color or something. That would be the family-friendly affair.
My MAIN hope for my wedding, as it would only be appropriate, is to have the after-party at The EndUp (www.theendup.com). That IS where the story of Nikki & Jess began anyway (well OK it technically started with me meeting Brad at Ruby Skye, then us joining forces at the SF LoveParade in 2006). Well, it is where I first kissed my now future husband anyway. I am sure we could rent it out for a few hours, the DJ friends could do their thing, so on & so forth. So here's hoping. Maybe have the reception outdoors at a park, hire a shuttle to drive people to the EU afterward? No idea. All I know is I can't picture my Gram really enjoying herself at a place like the EU, even if her granddaughter were getting married there! Hence the need for 2 locales.
Jess and I agreed we wouldn't even talk about the reception until after St Lucia, but with all this planning (and the fact that I have nothing else to do in Troyes) it's pretty hard not to!!!
83 days until the wedding!
Monday, February 11, 2008
Our Room!
We'll be in a Honeymoon Beachfront room at the Halcyon resort in St Lucia. Check it out!
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Sunday, February 10, 2008
Pics of Us!
I'm guessing that most people who are even looking at this page have seen most of these pics before, but I will never get sick of looking at them, so voila. Enjoy!
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Welcome!
First post of our wedding blog... This is just a little project for me (Nikki) to keep track of & share info about my & Jess' upcoming wedding. We'll be getting married on May 16, 2008, in St Lucia in a small beach ceremony. Our guests include Jess' good friend Steve & his wife Kristina, my old roomie Christy, and our close friend Brad, who also happens to be the reason Jess & I met.
Jess proposed to me on September 12, 2007, at a San Francisco Giants game. We had talked at a game a few weeks earlier about how cheesy Jumbotron proposals are, and out of irony Jess decided to do exactly that. You can see the original image here: http://www.printroom.com/ViewGalleryPhoto.asp?userid=sfgiants&tcount=27&scount=16&gallery_id=839337&image_id=15
He did an amazing job with the ring too!
We had originally hoped to get married while I did my assistantship in France, but after plenty of research we concluded that it was just too much hassle: gathering forms, getting everything translated, the cost of Jess flying over & the amount of time he'd have to take off of work. Luckily the honeymoon package we booked in St Lucia included a free wedding ceremony, so it's working out after all! We're planning a reception back in California sometime in September, but for now we're just concentrating on getting ready for the beach wedding!
Jess proposed to me on September 12, 2007, at a San Francisco Giants game. We had talked at a game a few weeks earlier about how cheesy Jumbotron proposals are, and out of irony Jess decided to do exactly that. You can see the original image here: http://www.printroom.com/ViewGalleryPhoto.asp?userid=sfgiants&tcount=27&scount=16&gallery_id=839337&image_id=15
He did an amazing job with the ring too!
We had originally hoped to get married while I did my assistantship in France, but after plenty of research we concluded that it was just too much hassle: gathering forms, getting everything translated, the cost of Jess flying over & the amount of time he'd have to take off of work. Luckily the honeymoon package we booked in St Lucia included a free wedding ceremony, so it's working out after all! We're planning a reception back in California sometime in September, but for now we're just concentrating on getting ready for the beach wedding!
Here is my dress
I'm planning to go barefoot, as we'll be on the sand. Hair will likely be down, with a few strands pulled back, and wavy. I'm contemplating getting a veil, and still deciding about jewelry/accessories. It's all so exciting!
Here is our page on theknot.com: http://weddings.theknot.com/pwp/view/co_main.aspx?coupleid=9633252881039825
Still so much to do! Stay tuned!
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