Four and a half!

Ring size: 4.5!

Today, Hero and I went to the Weddings and Debuts Bridal Fair at Megamall to get my ring size! Para sure na PERFECT FIT! Haha!

Now, the LOOOONG wait for Hero's proposal officially starts...

XOXO,

It Starts With

Happy 2016!

I am the Bride-to-Be and welcome to my Wedding Inspiration and Preparation Blog! :)

Basically, this blog will be my online vision board for my upcoming wedding in.. dun dun dun dunnn.... 2017! Or... 2018. Haha!

But no, I am not engaged yet. My Hero, my boyfriend of seven years, is yet to propose. But everything’s laid out and everything’s SO sure so no, I am not just asumming! Haha! So while I’m waiting for him to (NOT) surprise me with his proposal and half-a-million-peso-or-so question, I will start to blog everything! :D

To start with, back in 2012, I had a short-lived fascination and obsession with weddings. I started saving pictures of wedding gowns, wedding ideas, wedding pictures. I researched on wedding venues, suppliers, expenses, and packages. I attended bridal fairs, collected flyers and brochures, and made lots of inquiries.

But no, I didn’t want to get married then. Siguro that was one time when I had lots of friends on Facebook getting hitched, when my news feed would be mostly posts ng wedding ni ganito nung high school, ni ganyan nung college. And yet, I didn’t really feel any pressure then na as if inggiterang froglet lang ako and I wanted to get married na din (HAHA!). I was just really drawn into weddings and that’s when I started to build my dream wedding vision board! Four years later, here I am. Here we are. Hindi na to fascination lang. Hindi na to trip lang. Every bit of time and effort that I put into this will be FOR my wedding. MY UPCOMING WEDDING!

THE PROPOSAL (COMING SOON!)

First thing’s first! I need my boyfriend to be my fiance first! Haha! We have have been talking about him proposing to me the past few months. From the kind of proposal I want to the design of ring I like. Natutuwa nga sya and he’s always telling me na ang kulit namin, kase pinaguusapan namin yung mga details na ganun, and hindi na sya mahihirapan and hindi kakabahan na baka hindi ako matuwa sa proposal nya, or sa ring na ibibigay nya. Well, it might not be ideal for other women, kase wala na yung essence of surprise. But really, this is totally okay with me. At least sure akong gusto ko yung ring na ibibigay nya! Hahaha. And besides, he will propose no matter what, anyway. Hindi ko nga lang alam kung kelan, and kung paano exactly, but he will. So yun na yung “surprise” na part! Haha!

THE DATE

Preferred Wedding Dates:

Saturday, December 2, 2017

Saturday, December 30, 2017

Saturday, January 20, 2018

Saturday, April 21, 2018 (Our 10^th Anniversary is on April 19^th)

My worry is that supplier rates and packages tend to be MUCH MORE expensive when your wedding is in December. A few months ago, there was this online Bridal Fair and they offered discounts and really good freebies but period is only until November 30^th. For 2017, I can’t move our wedding before December coz I feel like I need the extra time for our 13^th month bonuses to come in just in case we have incidental expenses. If January 2018 naman, even if it’s just a month difference from December 2017, I feel like antagal tagal nya pa since it would mean I WON’T GET MARRIED NEXT YEAR. :( Arte lang haha. If April naman, it will basically be on our 10^th Anniversary as a couple. We’ll probably have our civil wedding on the 19^th and the wedding on the 21^st. Peroooo. Imagine. TWO PLUS PLUS LOOOOONG YEARS. No. Parang I can’t wait for April 2018 to get married! Hahaha. But well. It really depends on how much and how fast we can raise our wedding fund. Speaking of which....

WEDDING FUND

By the end of 2016, we should already have a Wedding Fund of PhpXXX,XXX. Mahirap--yes, and kelangan talaga maging matipid, but attainable naman. And para maka-ipon, here’s a rundown of everything that we have to cut/give up/stop spending money on.

- NO other travel plans (aside from those we have already booked. THIS. IS. HARD.)
- NO unnecessary purchases (from luxury to groceries, and even overpriced food! NO.)
- NO more Uber or Grabcar (I. CAN. NOT.)
- ALL credits cards and outstanding loans should be paid and cleared this year. (YES!)

So yes. It will be really hard. It will be a financially challenging 2016 and 2017 for us. All the cost-cutting... especially on travel. AYYYY. Ang jirap nito teh. But.. kakayanin! :)

VISION BOARD

How do I envision my wedding?

I only have one thing in mind... a Golf Course Wedding Ceremony! 

From Google Images

Ken and Nina

Rex and Shael

Zeus and Aikee

For the ceremony, I want ABSOLUTELY NO WALLS OR BUILDINGS AROUND. As much as possible, it’s just a vaaaast golf course.  With white foldable chairs, and only rose petals on the aisle. There are so many nice garden wedding venues in Tagaytay and Antipolo, but I really want a golf course. For the reception, it has to be indoor and airconditioned, so I'm looking at golf clubs with function halls.

Here's the shortlist so far...

Manila Polo Club
KAAAY it's not a golf course...but it's perfect!

Jay & Tine

Eastridge Golf Club (Binangonan, Rizal)

My problem is it’s too far and the tapon-sa-hangin OOT fees that we’ll have to pay the suppliers. :|

Ken and Nina

Rex and Shael

Camp Aguinaldo Golf Course + Tejeros Hall
My parents had their 25^th Wedding Anniversary at Tejeros Hall. It’s graaaand and it’s a huge hall (good for 500 pax). I'm not sure though if they will allow a wedding ceremony at the golf course.

Camp Aguinaldo Golf Course

Tejeros Hall

Other Golf Courses in Manila to check out:

Capitol Hills Golf & Country Club (Diliman, QC)

Wack Wack Golf and Country Club (Mandaluyong)

Valley Golf & Country Club (Antipolo)

Sun Valley Golf Club (Antipolo)

Forest Hills Golf & Country Club (Antipolo)


As early as now, I need to start inquiring at these venues na. We're actually hoping na by end of this year, we're already sure with the venue. And maybe when Hero has already proposed, we can start doing some oculars na rin. After the proposal--para may ring na naka-balandra! HAHA!

That’s it for now! Quite lenghtly for my first post! Hopefully the next one will be less words and more pictures! I will be updating this blog from time to time with inspirations, suppliers, and other prep stuff. With almost two years prep time, I hope that we will be able to build our simple and humble dream wedding!

FEATURED WEDDINGS IN THIS POST:

JAY and TINE: http://jayjaylucas.com/blog/2011/08/30/jay-and-tine-ceremony/
NINA and KEN: http://brideandbreakfast.ph/2015/01/15/sunsets-and-ever-afters/
REX and SHAEL: http://www.kphotographymanila.com/blog/destination-wedding-rex-shael
ZEUS and AIKEE: http://brideandbreakfast.ph/2014/10/29/simple-sweetness/

XOXO,