Appointments and To Do List

Here's my updated list of all the upcoming appointments I have. I'm sure I'll be updating the list more frequently in the next few weeks.

• Jan. 24 - Scout out Location for Boudoir Photo shoot
• Feb. 13 - 10 am Cake Tasting appt. @ Rockwell's Bakery
  
• Feb. 14 - 10 am Cake Tasting appt. @ All About the Cake
• Feb. 19 - 4:30pm Food Tasting @ Dove Canyon
  
• Feb. 22 - Running the Brea 8K
  
• Feb. 24 - 11 am Cake Tasting appt. @ Beverly's Best
  
• Feb. 28 - Boudoir Photo Shoot
• Mar. 25 - meeting with my Photographer
  
• Mar. 31 - 2pm Pre-Wedding meeting with my DOC
• Apr. 28 - 2pm Final Venue walk through with DOC
• May 8th - 3pm Rehearsal
• May 8th - Rehearsal Dinner, Location still unknown
• May 9th - The Big Day
  

My To Do List:

• Set up meeting with my officiant to go over the ceremony
• Scout and check out restaurants to hold rehearsal dinner, preferably a place near the venue
• Send in courtesy agreement back to the hotel
• Choose Invitation wording.
  

As with the above list, I'm sure the To Do List will grow as well.

We're 4 months away!

Wow! I have about 4 months until the big day. I'm slowly feeling the pressure of making sure I have everything completed and checked off. So last night, I sent out emails to most of my vendors to schedule follow appointments if necessary. Not to mention choosing readings, figuring out time schedules, looking into different restaurants for the Rehearsal Dinner, checking out and blocking off rooms at a hotel (still searching), squeezing in my gym time and running time, so that I will look FABULOUS on the Big Day. Basically I've been running around like a mad woman. ha ha!

• Jan. 14 - Follow-Up appt. with Florist before setting up Flower Trial
• Jan. 24 - Scout out Location for Boudoir Photo shoot
• Feb. 13 - 10 am Cake Tasting appt. @ Rockwell's Bakery
  
• Feb. 14 - 10 am Cake Tasting appt. @ All About the Cake
• Feb. 22 - Running the Brea 8K
  
• Feb. 24 - 11 am Cake Tasting appt. @ Beverly's Best
  
• Feb. 28 - Boudoir Photo Shoot
• Mar. 25 - meeting with my Photographer
  
• Mar. 31 - 2pm Pre-Wedding meeting with my DOC
• Apr. 28 - 2pm Final Venue walk through with DOC
  

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Wow, I can't believe it's 2009 already! 2009 will be a good year! In 4 months I will be getting married. Woohoo!! With that said I also decided to get in the habit of blogging more and keep everyone in the loop with wedding related items, personal & professional life, photography and my goals for 2009. I decided not to do any New Years Resolution, but instead to set myself goals, I want to accomplish within this year. Here's a glimpse of the goals I have set so far for myself:

• Get married (05.09.09)
  
• Run a 10 K (inprogress)
  
• Find a better paying job (jobmarket sucks)
  
• Take a Photography class (still searching for an evening or wkd class)
  

I'm sure once the year progress I'll add to the list of goals. But for now I think this will keep me busy.

Wedding Cakes

For awhile there, I had taken a break from all the wedding planning. Lately though, I've had wedding planning on the brain. Perhaps, because I just received my fabulous Save the Date cards, from my designer, The Paper Stylist. Hopefully, I will be able to mail them out this weekend. So excited for all my guests to receive them!!!!
Oh, I also get to work from home tomorrow, as the FI is in town visiting. Unfortunately, I have a huge ToDoList, which needs to be completed by this Friday. Ugh! What can you do, at least I have a job in this bad economy and will be getting paid for the holidays. So, I can't really complain. But I'm sure I will be able to squeeze in some wedding planning during my work hours ;)...which reminds me I need to pick up some labels and stamps. Darn, I knew I should have taken a few labels from work. he he he.
Anyway, here are a few photos of wedding cakes that I simply adore. Still looking for more cake designs. Ideally, I would like to create something simple, yet something that still has that stunning wow factor. What do you guys think?

Love the flowers and the simple monogram.

Love the ribbons and flowers on the cake.

A similar cake as the one above, except they used Orchids.
All images from theknot

Wedding: Inspiration Board

Since I just blogged about my Save the Dates, thought it would be fitting if I posted the color/combo inspiration board on here as well.

Color Palette: Red, Pale Pink (various shades), Cream & Ivory
Mood: Vintage, Soft Romance & Classy Elegance

Image Source: Snippet&Ink

Save The Dates

****UPDATE****

Anne sent me a picture of my Save the Dates, so I could blog about them. So sweet of her! So here is the final product! What do you guys think?! J'adore them!! I just know she's going to do an awesome job on my invitations. For those who are looking for invitation design or anything else related to paper designs, I can highly recommend the The Paper Stylist .


I received an email from The Paper Stylist last night, my Save the Date cards are ready!! Woohoo! Can't wait to pick them up from Anne! Anne is super talented and so creative! I will blog more about them once I receive them. Check out her blog!

Make Room For Santa

This past Sunday, I ran my 2nd 5k race. As you all know, I'm a novice when it comes to running. But just recently joined a running group to get in shape. Although I had my first 5k run on. Thanksgiving Day, this race was the official race for all the 101 runners, for the A Snails Pace running group.
Naturally, I was still super anxious to run another 5k and potentially running the race in the rain, which I was not looking forward to. Thankfully, it did not rain, but it was still freezing cold. When I left my house in the morning the thermometer displayed a whooping 37 degrees. I even had ice on my windshield. My goal for this race was to shave off at least 10 min from my previous time. And I succeeded!!!! I ran the race under 35min.
Drum roll please....my time was 33:50. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of me just yet. But the wife of my running coach took some pictures, so hopefully I will be able to get my hands on those pictures. So no pictures in this post. However, my next goal is to successfully complete a 10k in April. Training with my running group begins in January. Can't wait to begin!