Category: Wedding

Wedding planning progress

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Well, we’re definitely making headway in the wedding planning department. There are a total of three hotels we’ll be staying at during our trip and I’ve booked two of them.

I also booked our Discovery Cove adventure only to learn that a 7-day pass to SeaWorld is included in the price! We have SeaWorld Busch Gardens combo passes, and after seeing that Busch Gardens is mostly rollercoasters, I don’t even want to go there that much. So we’re going to try and sell the passes on Ebay. I hope we can get what we paid for; that’s all I want. I reserved some Ebay books from the library to get some tips. I’ve only sold something twice on there before; the first time the person sent me a bad check after I had already sent the merchandise (the bank’s fault for saying the check was good when it wasn’t) and the second time no one placed a bid. So obviously I suck at Ebay.

I also contacted an officiant for the Gulf coast area to see about marrying us and asked her for suggestions on photographers and videographers in the area. Personally, I couldn’t care less if there was a video, but I my mom will kill me if she can’t see us getting married. Mothers!

Since our trip is now exactly three months away, we’re starting to get super excited about it. Even more so than when we went to Arizona and California a few years ago. It’s been so long since I’ve been to Disney. I hope it is as magical as I remember it.

Wedding planning & DVRs

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I actually got something accomplished today regarding our wedding. I contacted one of Florida’s county clerk offices to find out how we could obtain a marriage license via mail since we’ve decided to get married Sunday, October 23rd but won’t be in Florida until Saturday October 22nd and the courts aren’t open weekends. The marriage license clerk was a really nice guy, probably because his name is Joe. ;)

I also called one of the hotels where we’ll probably be staying to confirm some of their amenities. In addition, I found a list of people who perform ceremonies in the area, so I’ll be checking out their websites tonight. It’s about time, right?

But here’s some really really good news. Joe just came home with our DVR from the cable company. I will be playing with it half the night, I’m sure. It’s funny too, because we didn’t know we’d be getting it today, but decided to take the day off from rollerblading. And it’s rainy out anyway, so it’s like the universe is in line just for little ole me.

Vacation planning is a pita

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I’m getting really freaked out about the fact that we have nothing set in stone for our upcoming wedding and honeymoon except for theme park tickets and it’s only three months away. Yes, I know, I’ve been procrastinating. It’s almost like it snuck up on me. Plus since we’re “eloping”, I don’t think it needs to be planned a year in advance like a traditional wedding.

I’m starting to stress about finding an officiant, though. I can’t even decide on someone to call and talk to. I emailed with one lady but didn’t like her. Does it really matter though? The ceremony will be 15 minutes at most.

Last week I actually booked two of the three hotels we were planning on staying at, but now I need to cancel one because we found a nicer place to stay, and change the dates on the other because we keep rearranging our itinerary. Luckily there are no penalty fees for doing this.

However, two of the hotels we’re looking at now are offering some great rates for really nice rooms, but there will be steep fees involved if we don’t stick to our original booking. Needless to say, I am stressing out!

We’re even considering changing our wedding date from Oct 25th to Oct 23rd so we can get married first thing and then do all the fun stuff afterwards. So instead of our original plan of going to Orlando, then the Gulf, then Tampa, then Kissimmee, it will probably be more like the Gulf, Tampa, Orlando, Kissimmee.

We’ve got a lot planned too. Not that I mind, really, as I’m not the type who likes lounging at the pool all day. I like to be out doing stuff. We’ve decided to swim with the dolphins at Discovery Cove, so we’re trying to plan that around everything else.

Our plan tonight is to figure this out once and for all, book the hotels, reserve our date for Discovery Cove, and find an officiant to marry us. We want a simple beach wedding, nothing more. Also, we want to find a photographer who won’t charge an arm and a leg to take our photos. He/she doesn’t even have to develop them. I just want 25-50 full resolution photos on a cd for $300 or less. I can get them developed later on at my own cost. Is that too much to ask? :p

Tickets

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Holy crap, I just ordered $993 worth of theme park tickets for our trip to Florida! If I look at that number long enough, it kinda makes me want to throw up. The Disney park tickets alone cost $680, but that’s because we got the 10-day passes with Park Hopping and No Expiration. Since we’ll probably only use 5 days at most, when we go back eventually we won’t have to buy any tickets which will make the next vacation seem cheap. Sweet! The remaining money went toward tickets to Sea World, Universal Studios, and Busch Gardens. Yea, we are going to be doing a lot besides getting married. And as the days go by, I’m starting to get more and more excited about everything.

The Date

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I forgot to mention that we set a date for the wedding. Joe didn’t really care what date we chose, but I’m a woman, so choosing a date is actually a science where many calculations are involved.

For instance, I didn’t want us sharing our special day with anyone we know, so any date of significance for our family members or friends was off-limits (don’t even tell me you have something special on the date we chose, or I will kill you, I swear it!). We can’t possibly get married on a day of the month which may have had some importance in any of our past relationships either, you know. That would spell doom for sure! Once you start factoring in all of the “rules”, several months get eliminated altogether (like the month of May as my ex and my parents both got married in that month).

When all was said and done, we ended up with September and October to choose from. Based on weather patterns and crowds in the Orlando area, we decided to take our trip from the end of October through the beginning of November. Since I’m not overtly fond of November, we decided we needed a date in October. Of course, we can’t get married too close to Halloween, and certain days of the week weren’t even considered, particularly Monday as it’s the suckiest day of the week.

So we (and by we, of course I mean me) came up with Tuesday, October 25th. I added a countdown to the sidebar so you can watch us creep closer and closer to the day where we lose our freedom. ;)