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Haven't done a self-absorbed "Hey everyone! It's a photo of me!" post in months, I think. Partly because I think it's weird/vain to take a photo of yourself just standing/sitting there, and partly because I haven't had anything interesting to photograph anyway :P But I bought this cutest little Japanese dress and wore it the other day, so figured it would be the perfect photo op!
It's a pinstripe number, baby blue and white, and ties up at the bustline and flares out at the skirt. Considering Shanghai is now completely STINKING HOT (as humid as Singapore, but hotter than Singapore... believe it or not), you basically have to run around naked and even so, you're still hot. This dress is probably the least I can wear without drawing weird looks, so it's the perfect summer outfit :) Airy and cool, and very light. Plus, it's so girly and adorable! Only downside is that when I walk around with Chris, he looks like he's picked up a little schoolgirl. Hrrrmmm.
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I FOUND MY WEDDING SHOES!!!!
It was ridiculously difficult. I never thought I was picky about my shoes, but turns out, I AM :P Not really by choice.. it's because I have strange skinny feet that are very small/narrow, with long toes (so long they're like fingers and I can actually pick up stuff with them and even write. Yeah, a bit of a freak!). So I often have trouble finding shoes that fit, let alone look good.
After dragging everyone around shoe shopping with me (poor Dad and Chris!), Mum casually mentioned "Why don't you just check out all the boutiques? Maybe they'll have nice evening shoes" so we popped into a few and a few stores later, stopped by Christian Dior.
I'm pretty sure my heart skipped a beat when I saw them. They were sitting high on a plain white shelf, and they were just so classic, simple and gorgeous. A light champagne gold, a heel that's high but not insane, and with the most adorable sparkling "D" dangling from it.
The best part? The SHINY GOLD HEEL. It's hard to see in the photos but it's like a mirrored gold, subtle but really *FLASHES* in the light when I walk. It fit me perfectly, and they actually had my size. It was meant to be :P
I adore them. Plus, since they're simple, I can wear them after the wedding to dinners and such. So it was justified, hehe. I can't wait to wear 'em for the wedding!!
Christian Dior champagne evening sandals with shiny gold heels
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Love the sparkling crystal "D" dangling from the strap!
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| DATE: | Thursday, July 9th '09 (1:04pm) |
| SUBJECT: | WEDDING RINGS |
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My 4th finger is a weirdo Size USA 3 , so the annoying thing is that I can't physically try on ANY rings in the store.. nor can I buy anything straight off the shelf! I'm forced to get a custom made diamond ring which sounds nice and all, but is a bit useless since a ring is a ring, and I just want to buy it off the shelf. It's also dangerous because I just have to get it made before I can even SEE how it looks on my finger... so if I don't like it, I'm stuffed.
So it's being made right now and I get to see my wedding ring for the first time in August when we arrive in Singapore. I hope hope HOPE it will fit properly and look good *fingers and toes crossed*!
Chris is turning his nose up at the standard platinum or gold wedding bands and going for.......... tungsten carbide. Yeah, I have no idea where he came up with that either! But he was doing research and loved it because it's stronger than all the other regular metals and can only be polished and finished with diamonds - COOL! It's used in the military for armour plating, and as a ring, is completely resistant to scratches and scuffing. He's going to get a brushed metal one which looks like a soft silver.
My wedding ring - Eternity diamonds
Chris' wedding ring - brushed metal Tungsten Carbide
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EXACTLY 1 MONTH (!!!!!!!) TO GO TO OUR WEDDING.
I can't believe how quickly time has flown... it seems that a little over a year ago we were engaged and thinking we had tonnnnns of time, and now suddenly there's just 4 weeks left and we realise there's still lots to do, and not much time. Ahhhhh! It's also really starting to hit home that in just 1 month, I'll be a "Mrs". YIKES! I was thinking it was scary to have to commit your entire future to just 1 person. I mean, what happens if you get bored of each other or something?! Then I realised we've been together for so so so so long, and are still super blissed out to be together, so I figure we are all good :P
We're getting more and more excited each day now. A year ago it was more like "Oh man, we should start planning our wedding aye.." and now it's "Aiieee we're getting married!! CAN'T WAIT!", which we can't help but say about twice a day to each other - would probably drive everyone else INSANE but we just can't stop saying it :P
Anyway, a couple more little bits and bobs for the wedding below. Actually, Chris and I did none of this.. it was all bought and organised by Mum and Dad. Heh! They know our taste very well so we're fine with them doing most of the figuring things out.. and it also makes things easier for us since it's hard to plan it all remotely. Since our theme is a fairly neutral palette (soft champagne and creams against deep emerald green), a lot of stuff goes with the theme.
It's really nice to see everything shaping up, and all the various pieces falling into place. Most are sorted, and we've been updating http://chrisandbev.weddingwindow.com here and there to reflect everything. A lot of people have been asking what happened to their official hard-copy invitation.. well, they haven't been made yet - OOPS!!! Technically the invitations are meant to be sent out 2-3 months before the wedding, especially one with international guests.. but we've been horrid and slow and will only finalise it all this week.. which means international guests are going to get the invitations 1 week before the wedding. ARGH! I did send out "Save The Date" e-vites to all international guests though.. so here's hoping no one drops out and/or doesn't already have their flights booked :X
Oh, and for Photography and Videography, we've gone with Moomedia. They're rated one of the top photographers in the country and we immediately liked Andrew. It's costing a bomb but photos and videos are forever so it's the one thing I don't mind spending on :)
Bridal store that's in the same building as Bridal Veil boutique.
Love all their colours, basically exactly how I want our wedding to look!
Our wedding invite :) Embossed florals on pearlescent card, tied
with a green silky ribbon. Except they're still being printed - we're LATE!
Pen stand to go next to our guestbook (which we haven't gotten yet)
Ring pillow for our pageboy
In Moomedia studio - they'll be doing our wedding photography & video
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And so, a whole wedding was planned in 1 week.
You'd think it wasn't possible, but when it comes down to it, you can do it if you have no other choice :P Chris and I have been kinda (okay, very) lazy and haven't really done anything for our wedding... and we've been engaged since June 08! Partly due to our big move from Australia to China, new jobs, settling down... and partly because we're so far away so it makes planning difficult. So Mum and Dad and my cousins have been fantastic in doing a lot of the pre-planning and prep work leading up to it. Whew!
And so Chris and I got our act together, and in a massive flurry, we got almost all of the wedding stuff sorted in just 1 week! It was exhausting and all 4 of us nearly gave ourselves a nervous breakdown, but we still did it :P There are still some loose ends to be tied up, but we're pretty much on the final leg now I think. AMAZING! Planning our wedding together has made it seem so much more real to me. We had so much fun doing it and it's amazing to see an entire wedding taking shape, as everything falls into place one-by-one. It just makes me smile :)
Anyway, the first thing on the agenda was to get my wedding gown and evening gown and Chris' tuxedo designed. We chose Bridal Veil boutique because they're the epitome of chic and classic, everything I wanted in a wedding gown. It was an easy decision - Mum and I went round to a couple of other places but either they had subpar service, or just garish, tacky dresses that scared me faaaar faaar away. Bridal Veil attracted my attention with their quiet, elegant decor and knowlegable service. They're attentive and personal and all of us felt really comfortable with them. They were also really in tune with my taste - or rather, our tastes are so similiar, so it made working together easy.
The first step was to have an in-depth discussion about what our wedding theme, colours, ambience were.. and what sort of styles I liked. They were a little miffed that I was a "lazy bride" (their quote, not mine!) and didn't have any ideas about dress styles, flowers, hair, etc, that they could work with. So I tried on a multitude of their sample dresses to get a feel of what I liked. From there, the designer could then come up with 2 proposed designs for my wedding gown, and 2 designs for my evening gown.
Looking rather pregnant outside the Bridal Veil boutique
Browing through wedding gowns
The wedding planning craziness is about to start!
Love their sparkling water and fresh flowers everywhere
2 days later, we came back to get measured.... dun dun dun. Horrifyingly, my waist has EXPANDED from 24" (61cm) to 25". Arrrgggghhhhhh!!!! And I don't know my arms pre-Shanghai measurements, but they were definitely thinner too. In fact, one day Dad poked my upper arms when I had my arm propped up on the back of a chair, and everything jiggled in an ALARMING manner. The designer was displeased when I told her I stacked on a LOT of weight after moving to Shanghai... and made me swear up and down I won't gain any more. If I put on more weight, I actually can't get into my wedding dress :( Being chubby is depressing. It's so easy to put it on, but so hard to take it off! I kinda wish we'd gotten married when I was 25 yrs old and was 44kg. Perfect weight for a bride! Unfortunately if I want to be that weight now, I think I'd need to chop off an arm :P
So the wedding gown and evening gown will be made over the next 4 weeks.. and my 1st fitting will be on 1 August when we're back in Singapore. If I've put on any more weight by then... well, we're in big trouble cos the dress will no longer fit. Skinnier is ok, she said she can happily take it in :P But everyone left right and center WARNING me repeatedly to "PUT THE FORK DOWN" has guilted me into not eating so much. And Chris is also on a mad diet/exercise rampage right now, and keeps saying "Think bikini photos on our honeymoon!!!" every time I want to eat, and it helps me overcome my hunger (sometimes). Except the problem is that I'm not really eating any less, nor exercising. Which means I'm not exactly losing weight. Heeeeelp! Nothing like a wedding to make a girl panic about her weight.. *mutters*....
Chris gets measured up.
Discussing the finer details of my wedding gown and evening gown designs
And this is my wedding gown :) Red dots on front/back are where the Swarovski crystals are going
(you'll have to click to see it, I made it small cos Chris doesn't wanna see!)
And on yet another day (told you we packed in a lot!) I got bridal makeup down as a trial. I loved the makeup the makeup artist Alicia did for me. It was warm yet subtle and easily transformed into a smokey sparkly eye for the dinner. The aim was to have a 'garden party' look - soft neutrals and feminine. I'm happy with it :)
Getting made up at Bridal Veil
Done! My hair will be more down/tousled on the actual day tho, not tied up,
and with flowers & crystals sprinkled through it
WE'RE GETTING MARRIED!!!
It's startled me to realise how exuberantly overjoyed I am about starting our life together. When I was young, I wasn't the sort to think about weddings, or what I would wear, or anything like that. It was just no big deal to me, just something I figured I'd do, eventually. If you'd asked me 2 years ago if I could have the perfect career or a husband, I'd choose the former in an instant.
How things have changed since. Now I'm a total romantic and all starry-eyed about getting married.. and to the best guy in the world for me :) It makes my heart beat a little faster and I feel all warm inside at the mere thought of being married. I honestly can't think of anything else right now that makes me feel happier or more content. I'm really looking forward to having a fun wedding day with our family and friends, an awesome honeymoon, and then finally settling down into married life. So simple, but brings so so so much happiness to me :)| | xoxo
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