I dislike working on Saturdays, and yesterday was no exception. After spending a rather unsuccessful and frustrating four and a half hours working, I needed cheering up. Thankfully (and unbeknownst to me!) there was a wedding fair in the hall upstairs in the building I was in. So after a quick call to R we were soon in my idea of a HK wedding nightmare! Don't get me wrong, I LOVE anything and everything to do with weddings but this was in a whole different league. If your idea of a wedding dream is over the top sparkle, garishly large frilly dresses, totally posed and fake photography and queues and queues of people lining up to try the finest delicacies that Maxims has to offer, then this is the place for you!
So, naturally, the moment we walked in we both started to question why on earth we were there! We felt like the target of every hard selling salesman there was. So after turning down many, we foolishly attempted to ask one nice, friendly looking lady what the price of her photography service was. 20 minutes later we finally walked away none the wiser and pretty fed up.
We were nearly ready to leave then something caught my eye... The jewellery! I don't think there's woman I know that would walk away from the opportunity to try on loads of pretty jewellery. And I still need to find my wedding band. R is having his wedding band made my a local jeweller in Cornwall, using Cornish gold and tin and his grandmothers diamond. But it has turned out to be incredibly difficult to find one for me. I want a ring that goes well with my engagement ring so they can sit nicely together on my finger. Also, my fingers are really quite small, so anything too thick looks silly. We've been to numerous jewellery around Hong Kong but nothing has really jumped out at me so I didn't really have high hopes at the fair.
However, I was proven wrong. The first ring I tried on I loved. But, like a dress, you CAN'T just buy the first one you see, right!?! So, we walked around some more, tried on countless numbers of rings and nothing compared. So we finally went back and I tried it on once more and that was it. I secretly knew it was love at first sight, but my stubborn, second guessing, indecisive nature took me away. However, with R's supportive nudging, I made the decision to buy it right then and there. And the cherry on top, it was more than half the original price just for that day!!! Well within the budget we'd set for my ring!
So, after a miserable morning and a spontaneous visit to the fair, I found my forever ring!
To finish off the day, we went and watched the final Harry Potter, followed by curry dinner. Smiles all round :)
Sunday, 17 July 2011
Thursday, 7 July 2011
Planning colours
After a long break, I'm back from my trip and ready to get down to it. In exactly a year today we will have tied the knot for the second time and it will nearly all be over. So it's definitely time to start planning... properly.
So, we set up an appointment with our planner. With so many ideas flowing round my head and more and more coming to me every time I scour the Internet, I needed some focus and guidance.
The planner was great. We sat down and spoke about the timeline and plan from here. Unfortunately because we cannot secure the venue (that I've fallen in LOVE with) yet, we can't begin to plan decorations or table settings. So there's only so much we can do now. And before we can do anything, I (I mean we) have to decide on a theme/colour scheme.
Trying to pick a colour for the whole HK wedding on the spot was near impossible! And with the planner on one side and R on the other, I was certainly under pressure. After to-ing and fro-ing for a while, we finally settled on two separate ideas. R has a passion for purple so I indulged by opting for a pinky/purple combination, while my focus recently has been drawn to green and brown with a touch of yellow. So, after much deliberation, those are our starting points.
Here's my inspiration for the colour scheme:
With two separate colour schemes in mind, we've decided to begin our planning with invitation designs. The invitation is going to lead the way for the design of the whole wedding. Everything from bridesmaids dresses and flowers, to table settings and cake. So I'm extremely excited to see what our planner and her designer are going to come up with, based on our two colour choices.
Finally the wheels are in motion!
8 months, 29 days to HK wedding
12 months, 0 days to French wedding
So, we set up an appointment with our planner. With so many ideas flowing round my head and more and more coming to me every time I scour the Internet, I needed some focus and guidance.
The planner was great. We sat down and spoke about the timeline and plan from here. Unfortunately because we cannot secure the venue (that I've fallen in LOVE with) yet, we can't begin to plan decorations or table settings. So there's only so much we can do now. And before we can do anything, I (I mean we) have to decide on a theme/colour scheme.
Trying to pick a colour for the whole HK wedding on the spot was near impossible! And with the planner on one side and R on the other, I was certainly under pressure. After to-ing and fro-ing for a while, we finally settled on two separate ideas. R has a passion for purple so I indulged by opting for a pinky/purple combination, while my focus recently has been drawn to green and brown with a touch of yellow. So, after much deliberation, those are our starting points.
Here's my inspiration for the colour scheme:
With two separate colour schemes in mind, we've decided to begin our planning with invitation designs. The invitation is going to lead the way for the design of the whole wedding. Everything from bridesmaids dresses and flowers, to table settings and cake. So I'm extremely excited to see what our planner and her designer are going to come up with, based on our two colour choices.
Finally the wheels are in motion!
8 months, 29 days to HK wedding
12 months, 0 days to French wedding
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