the Countdown begins!

So as of today there is officially 40 days left until the wedding and more importantly the wedding night...lol.

I gave up sex for lent and we have mutally decided that we would continue to be chaste until after we are married! So this has been shall we say a might stressful? As I have a libido the size of France, I have been a little more agitated but some may say cranky...lol it will all be over soon!

The photographer was here and we discussed the costs and told him our budget concerns and agreed to a more conservative price. I think that he will do a great job but even if it sucks we will still have memories.

We have as of March 25th 32 people confirmed and 8 people have sent their regrets. I am ok with the regrets as I asked too many people in the first place.

OK I have to go to bed now I am exhausted and have another long day tomorrow.

BTW I got my passport in 8 business days without even paying for the express service although the wait at the office was long. We also have our marriage licence and this week we are going to get our HEP A and B shots.

Well finally something cheaper than I thought!

OK so the photographer, who has NO portfolio, and very few weddings under his belt, is asking a lot more than we had budgeted for.

But the good news with 53 days and counting is that the flowers are going to be less than I had originally thought so that makes my life a lot easier and I can breathe little more.

As of today (March 12) we have 28 people confirmed.

I still need to make the ring pillow, guest book and have a bachlorette party and the most important thing at the moment is to get the passport which is where I am heading to tomorrow bright and early. It doesn't help that I get to hear my mom say EVERY time I say something to say that I am not going to get it in time! I mean does this help at all? All it does is stress me out to a point where I want to pull out my hair.

So I have to still decide what to get for my attendant. She is very special to me and I want to do something for her that shows how much I value her. So if anybody has any suggestions PLEASE pass them my way.

Well finally!

So I thought one person had this picture and as it turns out another person did (thanks Carolyn!)

As you can see this is New Years Eve this past year and Andrew and I are at the Ground Hog Pub in Toronto for some mischief, mayhem and Karaoke hosted by Jeremy and Lozan. I didn't tell most people that we were going to be in town at all as we live in Ottawa some 550 km away, so it was a nice shock to see their faces when we walked in the door!

Susy was there with Laura and the "Plenty of Fish" people and yes I AM getting married for REAL! Also there were Monkey and his boyfriend, Jeremy #1 and of course Jeremy and Lozan.

Norm was missing in action as he had a fight with the eye gods and they cursed him with purple eye in both, and Nina.

Now I don't know about the rest of you people out there but I have some really nice friends and we had a great time, but when you have a tight circle and two of the links break it makes not so much fun for the remaining people in the group. As much as I love them both I am in a really hard place. I wasn't there for the "incident" and I don't even want to know all the details as I don't want to chose sides, but I know that true friends would be willing to fix whatever broke them in the first place. I have a best friend Kimberley and I know that it wouldn't matter how much she hurt me I would always want to be there for her and couldn't imagine life without her.

We survived my breaking up with her dear friend and now my fiancée, long distance, although THAT was a hard one to over come, and children, life changes and mental well being.

So back to these two friends that I have. They don't really know anybody else at the wedding and I was hoping to have a "Toronto friends" table, but they have both asked me not to put them together. So who do I move from the rest of the friends and therefore alienate? Tough choice... I am trying to work with the caterer to come up with some seating plans....

Also I talked to the photographer and he gave me a quote that was WAY above what I expected. grrrr.....................................