Wedding To Do List

So far my wedding planning has been easy-peasy. Thanks be to my unemployed schedule, lackadaisical bride attitude, and to my knack for emailing and facebooking my most difficult wedding questions and waiting for anyone (really, anyone, could be you or an ex-boyfriend or a facebook friend that I'm not too sure I've ever met) to make a decision for me. Now that much of the hard stuff is over (thank you!), I need to take inventory.

Wedding To-Dos:

Soon -- send contract and deposit to our DJ, who an ex-boyfriend recommended via facebook when I asked for recommendations. Our DJ went to high school with me and is giving a lovely deal. He seems way cooler than me, so I'm sure his music/DJing will be just fine.

Soon -- Order wedding invites from Mz Eddie (that's not a typo), who responded to an email sent by a hacker through my account three months ago. Thank you, Hacker, for getting us back in touch (I like to see the good in people). Mz. Eddie was the sponsor of Octagon, a community service club, when I was in high school. She's a generous, kind lady who works for a printing company. She is giving us a great discount on our wedding invites.

Sat Oct 2 -- All day, pre-cana class. I think this is where the hazing begins. I'm actually looking forward to it --might be like a dramatic, aggravating reality show. I hope there's a confessional.

Sat Oct 9 -- Pre-cana FOCUS group. We go to a couple's house, people we've never met but are supposedly happily married and abiding Catholics, to take a one hour test, revealing lots of all too personal information (As you know, I don't do personal information). The strange couple will grade how incompatible we truly are, then give Priest the scoop on our inevitably doomed marriage, so we can meet with him again for more awkward counseling.

Sometime after that -- Strongly encouraged "Family Planning" class. We have a plan already, thanks.

Nov 15 -- call the church organist and wedding coordinator to discuss our wedding. Before speaking with her, we need to pick our wedding ceremony selections, pick three (Catholic) readers for the mass (most of y'all are off the hook!), decide the order of our wedding party entrance, and select people to help with the lasso and coins.

Thanksgiving Weekend/the few days we will be in SA before the wedding:

Fri Nov 26 -- Meet with church wedding coordinator at 11am, barring she doesn't get called to perform at a funeral.

TBA/Nov 26 -- Meet with our photographer for an introduction, engagement shots, and to sign a contract. Her prices are almost too good to be true. I was planning on hiring a kid from Craigslist, so she's like a dream with her legitimate website and professional skills.

Fri Nov 26 -- Visit HEB, Costco, and anywhere recommended to choose wedding cakes. I'm going for tasty yet affordable, not artsy fartsy yet for-display-only. I'm still considering making a ton of cupcakes. Perhaps my bachelorette party can be a cupcake baking party -- just no penis cupcakes.

End of November/early December -- Send wedding invitations. I originally wanted to send free E-vites, so you better keep these invitations on display for life!

Etcetera:
Snag a hair and makeup person for the wedding day. I'd love to find someone, a cheap someone, willing to do to a test run on Thanksgiving weekend, again, since it'll be my last chance to approve his/her face and hair artistry. Anyone have recommendations? I'm going for effortless/ flawless glamour, not clown/ten cent whore. I also still need to purchase black gloves to go with my wedding dress, and either purchase a bigger cup size for my dress girdle or loose two lbs, which will naturally all come from my overflowing bosom.

I think that's about it, but I'm sure there's minutia I'm either purposefully excluding from my wedding or just not realising. Let me know if you think of anything else, my wedding planners! Feel free to call David Tutera.

Gracias!
hanna