Early Xmas Presents

Our xmas corner - its a very small cute tree? hehe the brown baubles are kind of hard to see in the pic and are camouflaged with the green leaves.

Today we went to the Seduce warehouse sale and I picked up two maxi dresses (300 each and down to 80!), a pair of strappy gold heels and a gold necklace. It's my early xmas present from Charlie :) I cant wait to wear them at the xmas parties this year!! They are at the tailors now getting the hem sewn up hehe






I am still itching for some flats though, I think i left my gold ones at my parents home, and I also want a tan coloured leather casual bag!! I have my eye on a witchery one, but $250? gah.

There are only 18 more working days til xmas break!! yay!!

Church. Check.

So we went to the church to meet Father Colin who will be marrying us next year! There is actually a fair bit of paperwork involved like chasing up an updated copy of my baptism certificate from the church in the Philippines (I don't even know how to speak Tagalog...) So we have booked the church for a marriage ceremony for 21 November at 2pm!!

My favourite bit will be going to the marriage preparation courses! I'm actually very excited as I've never been to anything like this before and am open and willing to go to these classes if it will help prepare a solid foundation for our marriage! hehe

I wish I had taken a photo of the church because it is beautiful especially because they have repaved the outside! It is also SOOO hot today, like 35 degrees im hoping it is not as hot as today!!!

Afterwards, we had lunch at the earlwood cafe and i also checked out Personalised Weddings which makes haute couture custom made dresses. They have AMAZING dresses but I dont think I want to fork out 3.5k for a dress (prices starting at 3.5k)...

We then had some cupcake at the cupcake factory which is a new store in earlwood run by Filos! They were delish!! I am definitely thinking about using them for the wedding cake cos they are not only cute but the bottom bit is so moist unlike some dry cupcakes i have tasted in the city! I took some shots with my iphone below...










Time to wrap up my xmas pressies...its so hot i hope the chocolate doesnt melt!!!!!!! gah.

No Veil

I have decided I don't want to wear a veil when I walk down the aisle! Instead I want to wear a headpiece or a headband...(been influenced too much by blair waldorf). Polka Dot Bride had posted up an entry on The Little White Dresser and her accessories are too cute!! My favourite is the pink flower with white leafy petals!

Jonathan Ong

OMG I have stumbled upon the most cutest photos ever!! I found these at polka dot bride and they are simply gorgeous! Jonathan Ong is soo talented!! I want to do these poses for my wedding/pre-wedding photo session!

Christmas Decorating!!

With exams over as of yesterday (YAY!) and the silly season upon us (only 4.5 weeks left of work for the year), I have the time to focus on wedding planning and Christmas decorating on the weekends.

It's my first Christmas at my new place and I am soo excited to start shopping for Christmas deco!! The Myer catalogue provided lots of colour ideas, silver and purple my favourite! Vogue forums also had a thread on colour schemes, and Country Road had some AMAZING baubles which I was close to buying but couldnt justify spending...I also love love these Christmas deco inspirations and love the whole minimalist look - if only i had a fireplace or a shelf like ones below!!

I'm thinking maybe a small tree, silver and purple or silver and blue or just white with gold accents...
With a $150 budget, I hope I find some really cute decos (and matching wrapping paper).

Love love these flats

I am on the lookout for a cute pair of flats for the upcoming summer season and i love love these ones by Therapy!! Aren't they gorgeous??

Reception venue selected!

Hurray!!

We have decided to have our reception at the Kirribilli club !!! YAY!

Finally...after inspecting some other city locations, we opted for Kirribilli for the view of the harbour bridge and city, the contemporary feel, the spacious and high-ceiling ballroom, and its proximity to Milson's point station as well as the botannical gardens :)

Now after having decided on the reception, we have put a deposit for Sunday 21 November 2010!! So we have decided on a date, very very excited!!

I have an exam coming up in 2 weeks, but once that is over, I will probably start looking at dresses and choosing the bridal party :)

Afer having read Cosmo bride and those brides that have spent next to nothing on their wedding keep saying, its only one day in your life. And its true, only one day...I think I'm more excited about the honeymoon!!