hibernation off...

arrrggh... i've been neglecting not only this site but our preps as well. bin has been half-meaningly teasing me that my interest in the preparation just went down the drain... but you see, more than my usual procastrinating-self, it's my schedule at work that should be blamed. -- heeh.. im not making excuses here. of all the days that i can be burried neck deep with work, with less than 2 months to the wedding , i've been given assignments that dont allow me to be home before 10pm ,and i can see the sched getting tighter as the year ends. nyaarggss good thing ive already told my bosses of our plans, kaya there's no stopping me in going home! kundi nakuuuu... BABU! :D

so to get me back on track at least for a day or so, i'll just blog whatever wedding-related comes to mind. hehe

let's start with something really good....

--- we got our rings!!!! and we just love love love them in all aspects - the style, the fit, especially the price! :D

onset our preps we knew that we'd be getting our rings here in JP because bin was bent on buying platinum bands to match our rings, and plats are a LOT cheaper here than in Phils. what we got are sort of two-layered rings, top layer is a platinum and the bottom layer is made of yellow gold w/c is slighty wider than the plat... get the picture? they are kinda heavy and thick but fits comfortably. super simple, just the way we liked it. what im most happy about, however, is that we got them at a very reasonable price :D it was actually below our alloted budget hehehe.... so happy!

--- we had our moms' measurements taken ... my mom and sister went to Veluz last month for their measurements... it's a blessing that my mom didnt like the initial color of fabric veluz presented to us hehehe kasi the next options she gave us are much, much better. since they had 3 choices, i still got to decide which one to use hehehehe... basta it's a better shade of pink than the first one :D

mamang also sent her measurements then i gave it to veluz, wala naman reklamo, so i think they are already doing tbhe gowns... im sooo excited for this. i hope our moms will love their gowns. they so deserve to feel pretty on our wedding day din kasi :D

--- some of the entous have their measurements taken... some wala pa. im finally done getting our jp-based ninangs' and entous' sukat. i hope the fit would turn out just as well as jo's gown. nay! i remembered being told that all measurements should be in first week of october! :(

--- we already bought gifts for our ninangs. we're giving away silk wallets in different colors.. we'd probably just put some yen in it. coins lang! hehehe i plan [operative word hehe] to do the wrapping. i visited hyakuen shops several times for nice wrapping paper but still cant find something i like... i think i need to visit tokyu hands na.

we plan to give jp gifts to our pinoy ninongs and ninangs. and pinoy gifts to our japanese ones. i asked my mom to look for same type of gifts. :D any idea on non-consummable, non-vice-related gifts for ninongs?

--- our supplier has started printing our invites! i just got news today from our coord.. who's been sooo nice to make abono for the DP when she met with Trina [of vprojekt] . in fairness to us, we asked naman for the bank acct. so my mom can transfer the money... pero siguro she thought [our coord] na baka ndi ma-start ang invites on time. grabe she never fails to amaze me with what she can do for us :D

as for the invites design, it has been a looong and tedious process in coming up with one to our liking. good thing Trina has been sooo patient with me. ang dami kong specs, kmi pala ni bin! hahaha.. i initially saw one of her original designs in her website.tapos i asked her to customize accdg to our motif, theme and budget. it took us 4 mockups to finally close the deal hehehe we slightly went over the budget [me bago pa ba dito?] pero clarice told me it's very nice naman considering the price.

cant wait to receive copies to distribute to our JP guests.. sana they'll be as good as in the pictures.. or better pa. :)

--- ive been secretly wanting to do JP-based prenup shoot kasi JP plays a major role in our story. bin is sold with the idea but he was insisting that we do it ourselves, kasi shy daw sya! asus! we've done this several times pero for me mas dyahe pag me tripod lang tapos kung ano anong pose ang gagawin namin hehehehe :D buti na lang i convinced him to do this with the help of our photo. hobbyist-friends :D they have digital SLRs and they take really good pics! so, sayangin ko pa ba ang opportunity ??

next step was asking them... im quite hesitant pa kasi it's a hassle din on their part because we will be taking their precious restful weekends from them. pero, they're all sooo nice to say yes on the idea right away. no need pa ko magmakaawa hahaha

we set to start our prenups at enosh beach this sunday hehehe then probably visit shinjuku park for the ultimate autumn effect. sooo excited :D

ayan ok na! i hope this long post makes up for the time i've been AWOL. hehehe

i hope to post some wedding-related pics next time like souvenirs, PS gifts or perhaps our prenups! naku, need to practice my smile hehehehehe

anlaaaapit na!!!