So, I'm doing the Body By Vi 90-Day Challenge! I need to get into "wedding shape", and I have 7 months to do it. My main goal is to slim down and tone up. I'd like to be ready to wear my bikini in the Bahamas! :D
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I'll have a shake for breakfast and lunch for 90 days then go down to a shake for breakfast every day. Fingers crossed I can keep this up, haha. I'm horrible at diets. And with 7 months my weight can fluctuate quite a bit =/
Robin and I have set aside a few days to take a trip down to New Orleans to start preparing for the wedding. It's one thing to sit at home, 600 miles away from the location, and try to plan everything out. It's another entirely to go down there and see everything in person. Soooo, that's what we're gonna do! We also wanted it to be around our 1-year date-a-versary, so we started planning to go around the weekend of March 17th (yes, St. Patrick's Day :P)
I had checked out our hotel's rates for that weekend and it was up to $300 a night! Uh...no thank you? So we had originally planned to stay at a Motel 6 or whatever was available outside of the French Quarter and just drive everywhere.
Well, last week I called the hotel to make sure we could come by and take pictures of the courtyard where the ceremony will be. The amazing woman helping me out with all of this, asked if we would like to stay there COMPLIMENTARY. Complimentary = FREE. The only catch was that we couldn't stay on the weekend we wanted to, we would have to push it back a few days. Bu that's fine by me!!
So, Robin and I are set to stay down in NOLA in 2 weeks :) I called the restaurant we're looking at as a possible reception location and got a dinner reservation set up. I also set up a proposed reception menu and they're going to serve us samples of the dishes when we go, so we're basically having a tasting!
Another thing I needed to set up was hair and makeup. Some might see this as an unnecessary expense, but it's something I'd really like to do. I'm awful at fixing my own hair and would prefer a professional to do it. And while I do love makeup, I'd prefer not worrying about doing it myself on my wedding day. Plus, a lot of companies do airbrush makeup so it lasts longer and looks better in pictures :)
I explored TheKnot for suggestions and e-mailed around until I found a few places. The first one: Booked. The second one: Booked. I was starting to sweat. The third one: Available!
Now I just need them to confirm a trial for when we're down there and we're set!
So excited about getting everything together. Once we go down there and start crossing off the big stuff, we can begin focusing on other details: ceremony decorations, scripts, vows, reception decorations, honeymoon details, etc etc. I am more thankful each and every day that I gave myself a year to plan this wedding. More prep and less stress!
Come on, Nawluns!!
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