Well, I thought that with only 39 days to go to our big day it was about time that I contributed to this website.  Overall, I never imagined that a wedding would require so much time, effort, planning or money!  And, I have been around for both my sister’s weddings so I certainly wasn’t naive.  I know Jay has filled you all in with most of the recent activities so I’m just going to give you a quick update.

Gift Registery

We went to @home and Mr Price Home for our registery.  What I was surprised to find out is that the Mr Price Home at Somerset Mall is bigger than Canal Walk which saved us the hassle of driving through to Cape Town.  When we got there, however, the service wasn’t great.  Their scanner wasn’t working so we had to write down ALL of the barcodes of the items we wanted and that was a real kill joy!  They then didn’t load our registery properly and they missed a couple of items… dissapointing.  On the other hand, @home, I am very proud to say, was just great.  Their scanner was working and their system was easy to use and very efficient.  Mr Price 0 – 1000 The Foschini Group.   Oh, and I promised I would mention this… we bumped into Gill and Ken in @home.

Menu

We have now finalised our menu and I’m very excited about the food!  I don’t want to give too much away, but there will be a buffet with Rolled Rib and Feta and Pumpkin Fritters and starter’s is a selection of seafood… yum!

Dresses

I’m super excited about how fabulous we are all going to look.  My dress is just about done and I have been blown away with the service from Paul van Zyl couture.  Paul and Karel have been fantastic and they even had tissues on hand when I took my Mom with for the first time earlier this month.  They have even managed to get my shoes covered and are making a garter for me.  The Bridesmaids dresses are not progressing as fast though and the flowergirls and pageboys material still needs to be bought – arghhhhhh! (Grey hair no. 16!)  Im meeting with Leonie this Saturday to buy my miniture bride’s material for her dress.

Hair and Make-up

My trials are only the Thursday before the wedding, but the Bridesmaids are having their hair trial this Saturday with Vanessa Maggs, my friend and the best hairdresser in the world!  I’m excited about the “look” we going with for the Ladies and they are going to look gorgeous.  We have also got the jewellery for the Bridesmaids and Terry did a terrific job with this.  They are stunning.

Decorations

Most of the deco has been finalised and we doing the mock up on 11 November with Antoinette.  I hope all of the different things I want all “work” together.   Please hold thumbs!

Okay, this is taking longer than I thought so here is a quicker summary of the stuff that still needs sorting, amongst alot others:

• Deco and singer for the Church.
• Pre-snacks (we want to bring our own)
• Champagne tasting (we want to taste a few before buying)
• Finalise the pre-nup and will… Lawyers here we come.
• Decide on a cake.
• Provide Paper Garden (people doing the stationery for our wedding) with the seating arrangements, menu, serviette holders, etc.
• Buy shirts and shoes for the boys.
• Buy shoes and jewellery for the flowergirls.

Sjoe, well I don’t want to over do it so I will end there.  Please give me a shout if you want any info for my service providers as to date I have been very happy with the level of service from all of them.  Watch this space.

It feels like ages since we started designing the invites, but they are finally finished and in our hands! Paper Garden have done a magnificent job on them and we really are chuffed to be able to start handing them out.

So, if you have an invite, and know want to RSVP – please give Vania a call on 082 326 6592 or RSVP right here on our website!

We really hope you will be able to join us on our special day.

Yes, can you believe that it is only 2 months until Karina and I will be married! When I stop and actually think about that, its pretty overwhelming (in a good way, of course!).

With so little time left, the todo list is looking pretty huge. Suits for the bestmen didn’t go to well this past weekend – the suit hire place we went to in Somerset West didn’t have the greatest quality suits and the service wasn’t really all the good either. Off to Cape Town it is.

The house

We finally have the keys to our home! It’s one big empty space, has no electricity, the garden needs some TLC, but all that counts is its ours! My parents came to visit on Monday, so I took my Dad to show him all the things I would like him to work on in December when they come and stay with me – new stove top installed, builtin cupboards need building, kitchen cupboards need cutting and a few other minor things. I can’t actually wait to move in…

Dancing

Last, but not least, Karina and I have started dance classes at the Arthur Murray dance studio in Durbanville. I was pretty nervous and excited this evening as I’m not the greatest dancer, but overall, both Karina and I had tons of fun.

So thats a quick update from the soon to be Mr and Mrs Bagley!