That would be ME! I am such a romantic at heart. Today as I was driving home through that wonderful Houston traffic Chris and my song came on the radio. As I was listening to it I imagined dancing with Chris to it at our wedding reception and got all teary eyed. I can't wait until October!!
We are almost 6 months away and I can't believe it. Chris proposing to me still feels like yesterday.
We had an appointment at the hotel this past Saturday. Cheri, our wedding coordinator, went with us so she could get a better look at the space and see what I want for the night of the reception. We came up with a preliminary layout of the space and figured out how we are doing seating for the reception. We also discussed the food and will be scheduling a tasting for August so Chris and I can remember what the food tastes like before October. We are doing a seated dinner for the dinner portion of the reception rather than a buffet.
There is more I want to write about, but I don't want to give it all away. :) More updates to come...
Monday, March 29, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
The Groomsmen
Finally, part two of the Bridal Party entry!
JR Kasavich
JR is my older brother. We have known each other for most of his life, and all of mine. He’s an engineer for the Fort Worth Water Department in an office full of Aggies. He keeps offering me a job with the City of Fort Worth, but it sounds like I’d be his stooge driving a vac truck and cleaning up sewer messes. Not much appealing about that.
He’s a cool guy and is honestly the funniest person I’ve ever known, not that many people know it because his sense of humor is so…odd…that most people don’t see it as humor. I’m glad to have him as a groomsman and hope there isn’t some weird water emergency that keeps in in Fort Worth the weekend of the wedding.
JR and his wife Cornelia and don't forget Sammy the Dog!
RJ Bruce, Friend of the Groom
RJ and I went to Trinity together but we really got to know each other at the weekly Pint Night, back when it was just four guys at a bar. Ridiculous inside jokes, nicknames, and drinking aside, RJ is one of the few truly good people I’ve known in my life. You know those people that don’t say bad things about other people? You know how boring they can be? RJ is nice AND somehow not boring. I don’t know how he does it, and watching him be a great friend and father is an inspiration.
Eddie (you will learn more about Eddie later), Chris and RJ at RJ's house a few years back for New Year's
Jeff Gilley, Friend of the Groom
Jeff…yeah. Anyone who knows us knows when we’re together, our collective mental age hovers somewhere around nine years old. Seriously, it’s pretty bad.
Jeff and I got to know each other through Alpha Phi Omega at Trinity, and stayed great friends through school and beyond. I keep hoping he’ll wake up one morning and decide to move back to Houston, but in the meantime it’s a perfect excuse to head up to the northeast. He’s a great guy, married to a wonderful woman, and his daughter is the cutest thing in the known world.
Too serious again. Jeff once did a power hour in twenty minutes. If you don’t know what that means, Wiki it.
Jeff and Chris when we were up in Maryland visiting.
JR Kasavich
JR is my older brother. We have known each other for most of his life, and all of mine. He’s an engineer for the Fort Worth Water Department in an office full of Aggies. He keeps offering me a job with the City of Fort Worth, but it sounds like I’d be his stooge driving a vac truck and cleaning up sewer messes. Not much appealing about that.
He’s a cool guy and is honestly the funniest person I’ve ever known, not that many people know it because his sense of humor is so…odd…that most people don’t see it as humor. I’m glad to have him as a groomsman and hope there isn’t some weird water emergency that keeps in in Fort Worth the weekend of the wedding.
JR and his wife Cornelia and don't forget Sammy the Dog!RJ Bruce, Friend of the Groom
RJ and I went to Trinity together but we really got to know each other at the weekly Pint Night, back when it was just four guys at a bar. Ridiculous inside jokes, nicknames, and drinking aside, RJ is one of the few truly good people I’ve known in my life. You know those people that don’t say bad things about other people? You know how boring they can be? RJ is nice AND somehow not boring. I don’t know how he does it, and watching him be a great friend and father is an inspiration.
Oh, that last bit was too serious. RJ once nearly cut his finger off throwing a beer can. There, that’s better.
Eddie (you will learn more about Eddie later), Chris and RJ at RJ's house a few years back for New Year'sJeff Gilley, Friend of the Groom
Jeff…yeah. Anyone who knows us knows when we’re together, our collective mental age hovers somewhere around nine years old. Seriously, it’s pretty bad.
Jeff and I got to know each other through Alpha Phi Omega at Trinity, and stayed great friends through school and beyond. I keep hoping he’ll wake up one morning and decide to move back to Houston, but in the meantime it’s a perfect excuse to head up to the northeast. He’s a great guy, married to a wonderful woman, and his daughter is the cutest thing in the known world.
Too serious again. Jeff once did a power hour in twenty minutes. If you don’t know what that means, Wiki it.
Jeff and Chris when we were up in Maryland visiting. Friday, March 19, 2010
Registering!
When Chris and I started dating I said, "I don't even want to register, I just want to get married." That was a big, fat lie.
It was so much fun spending a day registering even though I didn't get to bring it all home right then and there.
Chris and I are registered at Bed Bath Beyond, Target and Macy's. Our first stop was Macy's in the Galleria. We made our way up the stairs to the registry department and set up our account with them. And then the fun begins...I get to carry the little gun around and Chris just points at things for us to register for. Macy's has half of our fine china, glassware, silverware, sheets and big appliances (like the KitchenAid Mixer that both Chris and I really want! Remember, if we get that, we get to bake more. And Chris and I ALWAYS share our desserts with friends). Somehow a deep fryer ended up on the list. That needs to be deleted.
Can you tell what we really want?
On to Bed Bath and Beyond. We chose BBB because they have everything you need for the home, are reasonably priced AND they always send 20% off an item coupons in the mail. After we went and set up our registry and got the little gun (yes, I got it again) we started walking around. I remember walking past one of the co-workers and hear, "We have two brides in the store. Please be on the look out." That made us laugh (and it was pretty cool to know they were talking about you).
BBB is our biggest list. It has the other half of the china, more glassware, bake ware and so much more.
Finally, we make our way to Target. We chose Target because it is my favorite store and Chris is a pretty big fan of it. Ask any of my co-workers. I go there at least once a week during lunch. There have been weeks where I go to Target four to five times and I go to a different one each time. True story.
The Target registry has the stuff you can't find at the other two stores: games, books, yard stuff, etc.
I am sure many of you are shocked that we (I) didn't register at Crate and Barrel. I wanted too, but Crate and Barrel is not the most convenient place for everyone and everything I really want from there I have already bought.
Here are our registry numbers....
Bed Bath and Beyond - 11375910
Macy's - 1949842
Target - 013085800000170
It was so much fun spending a day registering even though I didn't get to bring it all home right then and there.
Chris and I are registered at Bed Bath Beyond, Target and Macy's. Our first stop was Macy's in the Galleria. We made our way up the stairs to the registry department and set up our account with them. And then the fun begins...I get to carry the little gun around and Chris just points at things for us to register for. Macy's has half of our fine china, glassware, silverware, sheets and big appliances (like the KitchenAid Mixer that both Chris and I really want! Remember, if we get that, we get to bake more. And Chris and I ALWAYS share our desserts with friends). Somehow a deep fryer ended up on the list. That needs to be deleted.
Can you tell what we really want?
BBB is our biggest list. It has the other half of the china, more glassware, bake ware and so much more.
Finally, we make our way to Target. We chose Target because it is my favorite store and Chris is a pretty big fan of it. Ask any of my co-workers. I go there at least once a week during lunch. There have been weeks where I go to Target four to five times and I go to a different one each time. True story.
The Target registry has the stuff you can't find at the other two stores: games, books, yard stuff, etc.
I am sure many of you are shocked that we (I) didn't register at Crate and Barrel. I wanted too, but Crate and Barrel is not the most convenient place for everyone and everything I really want from there I have already bought.
Here are our registry numbers....
Bed Bath and Beyond - 11375910
Macy's - 1949842
Target - 013085800000170
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Where to Stay?
We have reserved a block of rooms at the Omni Hotel Westside, 13210 Katy Freeway; Houston, Texas 77079, starting October 7 until October 10. The room rate is $99 per night plus taxes (state and Hotel Occupancy Tax...don't complain, my job gets some of these HOT funds. Your stay in Houston helps pay my salary). This hotel is where the reception is taking place, so it makes sense to stay here.
In order to reserve your rooms please call the hotel's group coordinator, Kirstin Lloyd at 281-558-8338, ext 1100 or email klloyd@omnihotels.com or call 1-800-THE-OMNI. When you call in please mention that you are booking for the Tandan-Kasavich Wedding. You must book your rooms by September 23, 2010, in order to receive this room rate. I will keep reminding you all, but I can't promise to remind you that final week. My biggest work event is that Saturday, September 25, so my brain will be on both work and the wedding! Just want to give you the heads up.
Please also note that we are not reserving room blocks anywhere else (unless they run out of rooms!). If you would like to stay somewhere else you will need to find that on your own. There are plenty of hotels in the area and of course in Houston.
In order to reserve your rooms please call the hotel's group coordinator, Kirstin Lloyd at 281-558-8338, ext 1100 or email klloyd@omnihotels.com or call 1-800-THE-OMNI. When you call in please mention that you are booking for the Tandan-Kasavich Wedding. You must book your rooms by September 23, 2010, in order to receive this room rate. I will keep reminding you all, but I can't promise to remind you that final week. My biggest work event is that Saturday, September 25, so my brain will be on both work and the wedding! Just want to give you the heads up.
Please also note that we are not reserving room blocks anywhere else (unless they run out of rooms!). If you would like to stay somewhere else you will need to find that on your own. There are plenty of hotels in the area and of course in Houston.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Dress Shopping
Well, I am still waiting on Chris to give me his information about the groomsmen, so I am just going to write about my recent experience... dress shopping! My mom, dad, cousin Pryanka and I went shopping all day yesterday. What a long day. We started off at a woman's home who brings stuff from India to sell here in America. The beauty of her stuff is that things can be custom designed to fit your body as well as style. The first of her stuff I saw I did not like much at all, but luckily I waited around and saw the good stuff. Pryanka helped re-design one of the pieces to something that would fit my personality and taste. I was happy to have her there!
The next place we went to was more a couture designer shop. Everything they do is custom made and they actually make most of it in Dallas. Well this sounded exciting, until I walked in and was told to figure out the embroidery I wanted. Um, no thank you. You are the designer, let me tell you my ideas and you come up with it for me. I told the woman that I needed more time to go through everything and would make an appointment to come back when I had more than an hour. My dad whispered to my cousin that "She's not coming back, she doesn't have the patience for this." That is correct. I won't be going back there.
Finally, the last shop we went to had more stuff I liked. The stuff that they had there was similar to the first woman's home. I could pick ideas and have things re-designed. Much more my cup of tea! We went through so many outfits (I felt bad for the people who were helping us, there was a disaster on the floor). The way many Indian shops show their clothes is by just pulling everything they have out to show you. We were all sitting on the floor looking at all the outfits and putting the ones we liked to the side and leaving the ones we didn't like on the floor. Again, I found more stuff I liked.
Nothing was purchased yet...I still have one more boutique to go to with my aunt this week. My aunt is also going to India in two weeks, so who knows, she may find something I will like out there for me!
Here are some designs of what people may be wearing to the wedding (nothing is what I picked out).
The next place we went to was more a couture designer shop. Everything they do is custom made and they actually make most of it in Dallas. Well this sounded exciting, until I walked in and was told to figure out the embroidery I wanted. Um, no thank you. You are the designer, let me tell you my ideas and you come up with it for me. I told the woman that I needed more time to go through everything and would make an appointment to come back when I had more than an hour. My dad whispered to my cousin that "She's not coming back, she doesn't have the patience for this." That is correct. I won't be going back there.
Finally, the last shop we went to had more stuff I liked. The stuff that they had there was similar to the first woman's home. I could pick ideas and have things re-designed. Much more my cup of tea! We went through so many outfits (I felt bad for the people who were helping us, there was a disaster on the floor). The way many Indian shops show their clothes is by just pulling everything they have out to show you. We were all sitting on the floor looking at all the outfits and putting the ones we liked to the side and leaving the ones we didn't like on the floor. Again, I found more stuff I liked.
Nothing was purchased yet...I still have one more boutique to go to with my aunt this week. My aunt is also going to India in two weeks, so who knows, she may find something I will like out there for me!
Here are some designs of what people may be wearing to the wedding (nothing is what I picked out).
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