Today M and I took Metro-North up to go to a bakery to taste cakes for our wedding. We were a bit excited, and our experience exceeded our expectations. We decided on a typical round 3 layer wedding cake. It has an off white looking frosting, and there’ll be some ribbon for decoration. The outside is pretty unremarkable, however the inside was awesome. Each layer has 3 layers in it. We went with chocolate fudge and mouse on the 1st letter, then cannoli cream with white cake for the 2nd layer, and then for the 3rd layer we went with more chocolate fudge and mouse. I preferred cheesecake layer over the cannoli but we ended up going with the cannoli. Both tasted great though I’m really excited. I typically do not eat wedding cake, so I’m hoping that my wedding cake will be the 1st that I have a big piece of.
Wedding
Off to See a Judge
Today we went up to Pearmont to see a judge. No we didn’t get arrested for anything. This judge will be the officiant for our wedding. It was a simple meeting. We just meet for lunch to I guess interview each other. She seemed pretty cool and her story on how she started doing weddings was pretty cool. M and I both liked her. We both joked that the officiant for the wedding will be the cheapest part of the actual getting married.
Save The Date
After pondering what to do for a few months, M and I settled on not sending out paper save the dates. Instead we sent out a save the date email to people we had addresses for. We just pointed everyone to the wedding website with all the details on the wedding.
Registry Update
Tonight M and I met up at Bryant Park for a quick dinner before going to work on our wedding registry again. We got sandwiches at Witch Craft. It was really yummy as always but we almost got drenched when it started to rain. We got luck and weren’t too bad off.
After our brush with water we headed up town to Crate & Barrel to work get to work on our wedding registry. We went to Macys already but there was a bunch of stuff we wanted to get from Crate and Barrel. Their process was as easy or even easier than Macy’s. We got the bar code reading gun and a tutorial and off we went. I think we rounded out what we needed so we were very pleased. We almost didn’t realize the store was closing and had to leave at 8:30. As a rule when they stop playing music it is time to go.
Afterward we walked towards the train station but made a detour to Dillan’s Candy Shop for some Ice Cream. It was a great end to a very productive and fun day.
Beginning a Gift Registry
Today M went with one of her brides maid’s to look for a dress. I got to lounge around in the morning. Afterward I went to do some shopping at Macys. M meet up with me and we went to work on our wedding registry.
The registry process (at least at Macy’s) was kinda fun. We went and got a scanner gun and walked around scanning things we wanted. They would immediately be visible on my iPhone. We spent a few hours going through looking for items we wanted.
We found a bunch of stuff we were looking for but we are no were near complete. We need to goto a few other stores in the next few weeks before we can tell people.
Rain Day
Today was a lazy Sunday! Well lazy in the fact that we stayed in, but we did do work. We worked on wedding stuff, as well as household stuff. We were originally going to take some engagement photos with the wedding photographer but due to the weather we all agreed to reschedule. It is now going to be after work on Thursday.
We cooked some ravioli for dinner. I find it kind of funny that the stuff we get at the grocery store down the street that can last for like 30 months in the fridge is almost as good as the stuff we get at the fancy grocery store in Grand Central Market. Of course since it is around the same price we can switch between the two but i still find it sort of amusing.
Wedding Planning Update
July was a busy month. We picked a date for the wedding and set the venue. We are set for January 8th, 2012 at The View on The Hudson. We are very excited. The View looks fantastic and the view itself (of the Hudson) was spectacular.
As the month came to a close we also decided on a photographer. Well actually it is two photographers. We were very impressed with Shelley & Keith and are excited to see how awsome they make us look!
M is also pretty sure she has found the florist she likes for the wedding. I say M has done that since officially I don’t want to be associated with a decision on a floristh. Ok, he does look pretty fantastic so we are excited. As luck would have it who we are ending up with is someone M has used for years, and if it wasn’t for his website we would never have found the View on the Hudson as a venue.
We also spent some time with Jayson working on engagement photos. Jayson is over achieving as the best man and took us out to the campus of Vasser College when M & I were visiting for Seth’s birthday party. We got some great photo’s around the campus. We may still get photos with our wedding photographer duo since the package we picked included it but the pic’s Jayson took came out fantastic!
Date Night
Tonight M and I had a date night. Well that is what I am calling it anyway. We had scheduled time to go see a band we like for the wedding in Manhattan. Since they were playing at someone elses wedding we had to dress up. The bride had given her permission for us to come by but we couldn’t go in street clothes. We figured since we were going to be dressed up and we didn’t need to be at the wedding till 10PM we should go to dinner.
We ended up at the Capital Grill. It was really good. We had a good time at dinner and then decided to walk around near Rockefeller Center before going to the venue nearby.
The band was pretty good. We liked them, but still want to see other bands to ensure we picked a winner! We both loved M’s friend Jenn’s wedding band but they are far away and there is risk in them driving in from out of town the morning of our wedding especially in the winter. So our search continues…
Picking a Photographer
Tonight M and I went out to Jersey to visit with 2 photographers we really like. We have looked at a few but they stood out. We liked their photo’s and also liked that they were a team so we would get 2 different angles on the wedding. After meeting with Shelley and Keith we are pretty sold on them. Being the wafflers that we are we are still going to look a little bit further but we seem pretty confident they will be the ones we pick.
Wedding Date
We have set the date for the wedding. It will be January 8th, 2012. M and I went with her parents to the View on the Hudson today to show them. They were last people we wanted to see it before signing contracts. With their positive comments along with our own and my mom’s we signed and put in a deposit. We are very excited.
After visiting the venue we went to visit a florist. From there we went to the Hilton nearby that we want to use to get a block of rooms the night before. We had lunch with M’s parents, got some dining room chairs that M’s parents had been holding after being worked and and we headed back home. It was a very productive day.