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| 8619 - Allure Bridal |
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| Dijon - Blue by Enzoani |
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| Hampton - Maggie Sottero |
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| Sabelle - Maggie Sottero |
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| Victoriana - Maggie Sottero |
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| Ambrosia - Maggie Sottero |
Friday, December 24, 2010
Wedding Dress
I really had no interest in trying on wedding dresses when I first got engaged. I kept saying, "I've gotta lose weight first." Well 5 months later and only a few pounds less I realized my wedding is only 9 months away!! After watching every Say Yes to The Dress episode on TLC I was actually kinda excited about it. I found a designer online named Maggie Sottero. Her dresses are all so beautiful and very reasonably priced. So I made an appointment a few Saturdays ago at a small bridal shop that carries her dresses. I tried on so many that day. Here are just a few...
There were lots more I just can't remember all of their names. Of course I can't say whether or not I bought one of these dresses or maybe I bought a completely different dress altogether. (fiance might be reading) SO! That's all I will say about dresses right now. Oh but I gotta say, dress shopping was so fun. I'm kinda sad I don't get to do it anymore. :( I think even after I'm married, some years down the line...I may go try on more..just for fun. :) hehe..
Location
We knew that neither of us wanted to get married in a church, so we began looking for all-in-one places where we could have a ceremony and reception at the same location. My first thought....
:) haha..ok not really. I knew we could never afford this. Although it would be amazing. So after I came back down to reality we made some appointments and this is what we found...
La Venta Inn - Palos Verdes
Beautiful views, great reviews on food but waaaay to expensive.
Verandas - Manhattan Beach
Nice, great reviews on food, same thing as PV..waay to expensive.
Garden Room - Anaheim
Sorry just plain ugly. Gaudy chandaliers and flower wallpaper everywhere. It looked my grandmas bedroom. Mirrored walls and a very tiny room for reception. Oh and no garden ceremony.. it's indoors in a small little room. Blaaahh... (super cheap though)
Scott Lindley House - Azusa
Cute and very inexpensive, but the mansion looked a little run down when we saw it in person. We liked the gazebo area and the bath house where the reception would be held but it was very small and it seemed like it would be a little cramped.
Torrance Women's Club - Torrance
Almost went with this venue. The cheapest we found and they let you bring your own booze! The only thing we didn't like was that the party had to end at 10 and we couldn't find a ceremony place nearby. Otherwise we would have went with them.
Padua Hills Theater - Claremont
This was actually the first place we looked and we loved it sooo much we were about to book that same day without having even looked at other places. The ceremony area was beautiful and the theater was so nice for a reception. It had a cocktail area and tons of trees with little lights hanging down. It was perfect. The food prices were reasonable and our date was available! We couldn't believe it! Steve was about to get his checkbook out when the lady started telling us about the Friday, Saturday minimums. Basically their prices were so affordable per person but you had to spend a total of at least 21,000 on a Sat. night. This was just way beyond our budget. We'd have to find another 100 people to invite. What's worse is that Steven's dad's bakery is where the caterers go to get the handmade tortillas they were bragging about when they gave us the tour. Not even a little break?? Really?? His dad freakin supplies you with your amazing tortillas! Oh well.. We were so sad that we had to pass on this place. :*(
So after many weekends a searchin.... we finally came across this place..
Erhart's by the Sea @ Fort Macarthur - San Pedro
It had a gazebo ceremony area outside and then a choice of two rooms inside. We liked the larger ballroom. It's a little older building but has nice views of the ocean and was right in our price range. So we decided to book our date! :) Here are some pics...
:) haha..ok not really. I knew we could never afford this. Although it would be amazing. So after I came back down to reality we made some appointments and this is what we found...
La Venta Inn - Palos Verdes
Beautiful views, great reviews on food but waaaay to expensive.
Verandas - Manhattan Beach
Nice, great reviews on food, same thing as PV..waay to expensive.
Garden Room - Anaheim
Sorry just plain ugly. Gaudy chandaliers and flower wallpaper everywhere. It looked my grandmas bedroom. Mirrored walls and a very tiny room for reception. Oh and no garden ceremony.. it's indoors in a small little room. Blaaahh... (super cheap though)
Scott Lindley House - Azusa
Cute and very inexpensive, but the mansion looked a little run down when we saw it in person. We liked the gazebo area and the bath house where the reception would be held but it was very small and it seemed like it would be a little cramped.
Torrance Women's Club - Torrance
Almost went with this venue. The cheapest we found and they let you bring your own booze! The only thing we didn't like was that the party had to end at 10 and we couldn't find a ceremony place nearby. Otherwise we would have went with them.
Padua Hills Theater - Claremont
This was actually the first place we looked and we loved it sooo much we were about to book that same day without having even looked at other places. The ceremony area was beautiful and the theater was so nice for a reception. It had a cocktail area and tons of trees with little lights hanging down. It was perfect. The food prices were reasonable and our date was available! We couldn't believe it! Steve was about to get his checkbook out when the lady started telling us about the Friday, Saturday minimums. Basically their prices were so affordable per person but you had to spend a total of at least 21,000 on a Sat. night. This was just way beyond our budget. We'd have to find another 100 people to invite. What's worse is that Steven's dad's bakery is where the caterers go to get the handmade tortillas they were bragging about when they gave us the tour. Not even a little break?? Really?? His dad freakin supplies you with your amazing tortillas! Oh well.. We were so sad that we had to pass on this place. :*(
So after many weekends a searchin.... we finally came across this place..
Erhart's by the Sea @ Fort Macarthur - San Pedro
It had a gazebo ceremony area outside and then a choice of two rooms inside. We liked the larger ballroom. It's a little older building but has nice views of the ocean and was right in our price range. So we decided to book our date! :) Here are some pics...
Picking a Date
We decided on September 17, 2011 for two reasons. One, we needed time to save some money. Two, it happens to be the exact date we met. :) In 2004 I took a road trip to Berkeley with my friend Estrella to visit her 'little brother Steven' and celebrate his 22nd birthday. His birthday is on Sept. 18th. We arrived the night before on the 17th. Little did I know that her 'little bro', this college frat boy who within 30 minutes of me arriving had me doing my first beer bong, would be my future husband. hahahaa...ok i can't read that without laughing. Anyway so that's how we picked our date. Next came the location...
Engagment
So I'm a little late on writing this. We've been engaged since July 16, 2010. Steve took me to the place where we first met up in Berkeley. We went to dinner at a very nice restaurant called Skates on the Bay and afterward he took me on a drive to the top of this hill overlooking San Francisco. It was really pretty at night with all the city lights. We sat at the edge of the cliffs drinking our wine out of hotel room glasses (heehee) and he started playing a playlist of all our songs off his ipod. It was really cute. When 'our song' came on he asked me to dance and at the end of the song he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. :) It was very cute and romantic. Unfortunately I lost my camera on that trip. :( ..so the only pics we have are from his phone. I will post some later. But here is a pic of my beautiful ring that I love so much! :)
Some pics from our engagement trip to Berkeley....
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| The famous 'Zack's Pizza' Steve always raves about. |
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| Our hotel room. |
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| Cool tower at Berkeley |
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| More pics of the campus |
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| Us at the campus |
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| Steve doing what he did best in college |
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| Steve lookin studly in front of the library |
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| Us at a Giants game (boo giants) |
First Blog
Ok so this if my first time ever blogging. I mainly made this sight for my mom, mom in law, and sisters can check it out and see all the wedding stuff I've been doing. Also so I can keep track because we've looked at sooo many things it's starting to all blend together and get very confusing. I'm very forgetful in my old age. ;) Ok well guess that's it for my first post. :) Peace Out! ( i don't really know how to end posts lol)
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