It's been almost two months since Dan popped the question in Rome and we
announced it with two embarrassingly-huge-photos on facebook, nothing
much have happened since I have to admit! Well I guess that's not
completely true, we have had a chillaxing Christmas at home (with a flu,
like we always do) as fiance and fiancee; we have celebrated new years
eve with a bottle of bubbly, counting down with big ben on TV and dancing to
Brit-pop; and we have survived the first snow fall of 2013!
It took me about a month to understand the difference between engagement and marriage (as you know I have a biased view towards the latter) and then all of a sudden there is a project to plan, research to do, venues to vist; many decisions to make and different people from around the world to organise/please...everyone keeps saying "just focus on what you want", hmm what do I want? I think I have left the dreaming bit too late! Let's start with what we don't want, neither of us want a big traditional wedding so church and big banquets are no nos. We will try to include elements from our traditions (English, Irish and Chinese!) and our interests to make it our day.
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| Disgarded colour theme - Dan doesn't like grey (sad face) |
So far I have found some useful resources, websites and apps. Next step is to decide on a venue, apparently everything will work themselves out afterwards!
- Wedding Ideas magazine - very good starter with lists of questions to ask your venue, photographer and bridal shops. They even have free planning tools for download on their website.
- Pinterest - I must have pinned over 200 photos within the last month and Oprah "Wynfrey" has started following me.
- Rock My Wedding - blog for beautiful real weddings in UK
- Carmen weddings - wedding planner specialised in mixed culture weddings
- iweddingclub.com - for traditional Chinese wedding advise
- Moneysavingexpert - wedding insurance advise and tips on ways to save money