My sister rocks. Remember that post I made waaaay back in June about the new Twilight movie and Edward and Bella's wedding? I said that I liked the comb that Bella wears with her veil.
For Christmas, guess what my sister gave me?
The replica hair comb thingee. It's kinda heavy but sparkly and cute. Am I going to wear it for the wedding? That would be pretty amusing. My friend, Carly, would get a kick out of it. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Wedding stuff was totally on hold until the holidays were over and the first munchkin's birthday. Now that's done and I am in hardcore bridal insanity mode.
The first step was to book our wedding trip. Kind of an essential element, right? Can't get married in Florida if we're in Pennsylvania.
I knew that our particular circumstances were going to make this one of the more difficult issues of wedding planning because of our family size and what we wanted. There are six of us so we either needed two adjoining rooms or a suite. We want to use the Disney Dining plan. Then there's the issue of park tickets which just throws everything off.
See, one of the perks of being a Disney bride is that you get a pair of Disney Parks annual passes. So Prince Charming and I do not need park tickets; however, in order to get the Disney Dining Plan, you have to buy park tickets. Then factor in the need to get the best price possible and it's all a mess.
It's kind of weird to offer birthday wishes to someone posthumously but I felt compelled, today, to say "Happy Birthday Walt!"
He's been there for me throughout my whole life. Seriously. There was a cute little wall hanging above my crib of Mickey Mouse holding Morty and Ferdie (those are Mickey's nephews, FYI) by their tails over a big washtub full of bubbles because they had jammy hands.
Once I could walk, I used to hold one person parades around the coffee table in my parents' living room to the scratchy record I had of the Mickey Mouse March. "Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me? M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!" Over and over again until I drove my poor mother crazy.
My first vacation to Disney World was at age three, right before I became a big sister.
Childhood was filled with movies and TV specials like "The Wonderful World of Disney" where Tink would fly across the screen before the castle came up on the screen. And it wasn't just Mickey Mouse and animation. There's a whole spectrum of nature specials about animals and live action movies that are a lot more wholesome (read: corny) than some of the "family programming" that's available today.
I'm old enough to remember the first VCR that my family bought. That sucker was huge and the video tape went into a pop-up door on the top. The remote had a WIRE! It cost something like $800. The first videos that my family bought? I remember Dumbo and one of my favorite movies ever, Pete's Dragon.
Walt was the original voice of Mickey. Walt persevered through times of financial hardship, when no one believed in him or the work he was doing. He was truly an brilliant businessman, an innovator and an icon. My live would have been very different if not for the life and work of Walt Disney.
So thank you, Mr. Disney, happy birthday, and thank you for my lifetime full of believing in magic and pixie dust and wishes that come true.
I just got a call from DFTW!!!! We've been assigned our planner!!!! It's the amazing Maxine.
First thing I did was go to the Dis Boards and see what the other brides had to say and everyone loves her! And then I googled her and found her on Twitter. Followed!
Oh, I am so excited. I am literally bouncing up and down in my seat. I went squealing down the hall to my co-worker's office just to share the excitement!
So now we get to see if we can swing a planning session sometime in the late spring, early summer.
Not my actual planner.
Our wedding is on a Thursday!
Our check has been in Disney's hands for a little over a week and I keep watching our checking account to see when it clears. Once it clears I can await the assignment of our planner and a bunch more stuff to look through. In getting ready to make the deposit and wondering whether or not we were going to have to go into a lottery for our venues or date I kind of forgot about, or put off, some of the smaller details about the wedding.
Like planning the actual trip for the wedding.
It just kind of hit me this weekend that the hotel and airfare and spending money for the wedding trip aren't included in the minimums we need to spend with Disney for the wedding. Ouch! Aside from that, I think that our wedding trip involves some logistical issues that perhaps other Disney Brides don't really face.
I've been doing my Weight Watchers thing-- eating better (actually remembering to eat before dinnertime!) and getting a little exercise and tracking all of my Points Plus, tm.
I started on October 12. I weighed in today at 285 even.
I am down 8 and a half pounds. I want to hit ten down this coming week.
It's kind of ridiculous but I can feel it. I put on a pair of jeans tonight that I bought last spring and they're falling down. I have to keep hiking them up when I walk. Wow.
I'm hoping to lose 8 pounds a month for the next year. If Weight Watchers keeps working for me like it is now, I know I'll be able to do it!!!
