Sorry I have been absent for the last few weeks, things have been pretty crazy and I have been very slack in the blog department. I thought that I would catch everyone up on the incident that happened 2 days before the wedding. I had been keeping in contact with them for the most part of the last 6 months, updating info, multiple confirmations, and even called them two weeks prior to the wedding to confirm that everything was good to go, in which their response was yes, all good to go, the photographer will call you a week out from the wedding to discuss everything!

So at the end of the week prior to the wedding I still hadn't heard anything, but with all of the public holiday's I gave them a bit of a break. I still hadn't heard anything on the Wednesday before the wedding and thought, I really need to give them a call. The one thing I really didn't want to hear them say on the phone was, sorry who are you and when is your wedding????? Can I please get your details and call you back.....WHAT THE?? At this point I started to freak out. There wasn't too many options 2 days out from the wedding. So for the next 20 minutes...or what felt like hours, I waiting by my mobile. When it finally rang, I picked it up so fast! Apparently human error was the cause for the mistake. Someone had apparently forgot to forward our booking sheet on the photographer.....but luckily the photographer was still available and was happy to do our wedding for us. I guess I wasn't very impressed at this stage considering the number of follow up calls I made, but I guess we are all human and mistakes can me made.

The moral of the story is to make sure you confirm with all of your suppliers/vendors well in advance, and even give them a courtesy call during the week leading up to your wedding. One can never be too careful. Needless to say, we were wrapped with the wedding photos, and in the end everything worked out!

So this weekend, I am really really hoping for a quiet one. I am feeling quite unmotivated to say the least. The end of work for 5 weeks is approaching (4 days...YAY) which I can't really wait for. I still have plenty of things to keep me busy...in no particular order, and not limited to - construct 50 cupcake boxes (currently 35 remaining), Table Listings, with place cards in order, tie bows of ribbon around 35 tubes of bubbles, fill 63 organza bags with heart shaped chocolates, finalise the music for the reception, organise the timetable for the night.....I really could go on.....but I won't!

The high light of my day was winning a book called: "The Wedding Book-The Big Book For Your Big Day"! I am so excited to receive this book, I can't wait to read it! I have heard some great reviews about the book and have been told this is a must for every bride. I almost forgot to mention that my lovely boss surprised me with a gorgeous bunch of flowers this morning! She will be on leave for my last day next week, so got me a little something special before she left!

I am really looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow morning. I hope to knock over the cupcake boxes and the majority of the songs for the reception. Next week should be fun, I have many lunches booked with work girlies, and even a morning tea to celebrate my last day before I go off and get married! I will try and take some piccys.....14 more sleeps :D

Hen's Night Madness!

I know I am a bit late...but things have been cray cray! So on Saturday I had my Hen's Night...all I can say is....WHAT A NIGHT!!! Firstly I need to say an amazingly big thank you too my two wonderful maids for making the whole night happen.

The evening started with multiple wardrobe changes, and I eventually settled on something acceptable to wear. Due to the fact it took way too long to get ready and road works at SouthBank we were slightly late....but it's my night right? I can be a widdle bit late! Everyone was eagerly waiting for dinner so as soon as we arrived we got stuck right in! Thank you so much to an anonymous friend, you know who you are ;) for the addition of a few bottles of vino...I completely forgot it would be BYO!!!! Just before dinner was served our Ghost Host jumped into a few freaky stories and a run down of what he had in store for our evening. Dinner was served - which was slightly disappointing, serving size wise, but none the less it was FOOD! As we sipped on vino through novelty penis straws, we eagerly awaited the start of our tour. My genius sister had organised for a professional photographer from Get A Night Life to take some snaps for us, which was the best $200 we..I mean she....ever spent!! We have amazing photos from the tour and he even met up with us at the after party at the Fringe Bar later on in the evening!

The Ghost tour commenced with a Nun freaking the absolute bajeesus out of us, and we listened intently to the stories of a few people who had been buried in the cemetery including numerous criminals who spent a bit of time a Boggo Road Jail. It wasn't as "hard core" freaky as I was hoping, but it was most definitely interesting to listen to all of the different stories...it did get colder at certain spots in the cemetery......could be the weather...could be some paranormal activity action....i'll let you be the judge!

Once the Ghost Tour finished the really messy stuff commenced. We had a private area booked at the Fringe Bar in the Valley, plus a generous bar tab courtesy of my bridesmaid! Copious amounts of alcohol was consumed.....With our flashing sashes and my trashy veil on we hit the dance floor...which may or may not have been a good idea. I do remember a certain encounter where it was a Bride/Bridesmaid sandwich...with the chant "F&^% the Bride" being yelled. Many a men took the opportunity to grab my ass and present me with many kisses on the cheek, including one gentleman in a blue suit who tried very hard to take it a little further.........he did remind me of Adam Sandler though. There are far too many stories to share here.....

Anyways....the night finished off with numerous pieces of New York Slice (I even remember our order - 2 14's 1 10....the pizza flavours are numbered for those of you who have never frequented a New York Slice completely shit faced....I guess it makes it easier to read.......Whilst eating our pizza, a busker serenade me with their take on the Wedding March......I guess he thought he would get a nice tip......he did....in my excitement...I accidentally tipped him a 10er......dang.....we were all in bed by 3.00am..........

Change Thy Name....

So something that I have been meaning to look into lately, that seems to be falling to the bottom of the too hard basket is the process one must go through to legally change your last name from your maiden name, to your husbands new name. It is something that I guess I have kept putting off because it just seems like it is all to hard and I can't be bothered. I put the question to a whole bunch of work colleagues, so that they could provide me with some tips, hints and any problems they encountered whilst going through the process themselves, and I am glad I did! It appears that the process was no where near as "scary" as I first thought.

But the something that I wanted to share with you was this....on receiving my email, a colleague asked me the very simple question of " Why do you want to change your name?" to which I stupidly replied "because I would like to take my future husbands last name"........WRONG ANSWER....to which my colleague replied "but I am asking why you want to change it? Is there anything that you or he will gain from it?". At first the question really threw me off balance...and it took me a few minutes to realise exactly what they were asking. For the next few minutes instead of working, I sat there wondering what my exact answer for this question was, and it made me really think about the reasons for why I was making the change.

I guess in the end the decision is yours as to which path you go down. There are so many options including taking your husbands last name, hyphenating, double barreling your names or even combining your names to come up with something completely unique. I have decided to change my name because I think it is a privilege to accept my soon to be husband’s last name. It symbolises the start of a new life together for the both of us and for the future we plan together. It is a nice tradition but at the same time it doesn't mean you have to lose your own identity. I think part of the deal of getting married is that your fiancé’ is offering to give you his name in marriage - why would you not want to accept what he offers?

Hen's Night

On a very exciting note, this Saturday is my Hen's Night :) The night is starting out with a group of us girls having dinner at the Fish Kitchen at Dutton Park, which is included as part of the package we had created through 'My Ultimate Hens'. After dinner we are heading to South Brisbane Cemetery for a Ghost Tour which I am super excited about! My lovely sister, along with permission from the City Council, has organised for a professional photographer to take some pictures for us, which is great, because we can relax and enjoy the tour without having to worry about posing or fussing with cameras! Plus we get copies of all of the amazing photos digitally edited ect. Once the Haunted Graveyard Tour is finished, we have a private area booked at the Fringe Bar in the Valley, so all of us girls can let loose and have some drinks. I have been told that penis straws will be in abundance! The main reason we went with a private area is so that we can do our own thing without having to worry about other "douch-bags" invading our dance space or being in general annoying and ruining our night! I am really looking forward to it......my mission for the next couple of days is to try and find something to wear...it needs to be graveyard and club friendly....this might be a bit of a tough one!! I also hope the rain holds off on the weekend as well!!! No doubt plenty of photos will surface on Facebook! Enjoy!