The 1-Month Report Card

As of last Friday (4 days ago), we've been engaged for one month. In that time, here's a short list of what we've managed to pull off so far, in no particular order whatsoever:

  • Booked venues for Perth and Singapore
  • Designed invites for Perth and Singapore
  • Booked a photographer for Perth
  • Booked a celebrant for Perth
  • Bought Viv's Perth dress
  • Chose our wedding colours
  • Ordered party favours to give to our guests at the Perth celebration
  • Booked the perfect makeup person
  • Chose our rings (not yet ordered)

My current tasks are to actually place the order(s) for the rings, look at accessories for my dress, and book flights/accommodation for Singapore. And maybe choose a hair person, but I figure that can wait. As it is, my family has been brilliant at managing the Singapore side for me and I haven't had to worry about a thing on that end.

Blake's jobs are to organise the wedding cake and the DJ, mainly because these are things he wanted that I didn't prioritise but wouldn't mind having.

What's starting to freak me out is that we've reached the point in the planning process where we actually have to let go of some dollars. And by "some" I mean a "buttload", with plenty more buttloads to follow. It's awfully intimidating and I almost want to put it off, even though that doesn't mean much since it's money we'll have to pay eventually anyway.

It dulls the excitement a little bit, but knowing that we get to make these decisions on our own because it's our money is actually a nice feeling. I reckon I just have to keep that in mind as the guilt re: THE GUEST LIST starts to set in.