- 29: Dennis proposed at Mich Dulce's studio
JANUARY 2012
- Research, research, research!
- virtual venue-hunting
- Decided on the wedding date
- Joined Weddings at Work
FEBRUARY 2012
- 08: Booked Tagaytay Highlands for the Church and Reception
- 09: Celebrated my birthday in Davao!
- 24: Booked Metrophoto as our Photographer
MARCH 2012
- 05: Booked Once a Bride Weddings as our OTD Coordinator
- 10: Attended the Bridal Fair in SMX MOA
- 10: Booked Jason Magbanua as our Videographer
- 16: Booked Xeng Zulueta as our HMUA
APRIL 2012
- 01: Visited Madre De Dios and Midlands Veranda for ocular
- 5-8: Spent Holy Week with Dennis' Family in Baguio
- 10: Booked Bonbon Taffy for the Candy Bar
- 21: Attended Weddings at the Peninsula
- 22: Met with JJ Jiao for the wedding ring designs
- 28: Went to Divisoria to buy materials for fabric flowers and pouches
- 29: Visited Midlands Veranda for set-up and meeting with the Chapel Coordinator
- Researched on possible suppliers for l&s and musicians
MAY 2012
- 05: Attended the Bridal Fair at NBC Tent
- 05: Booked SJT Strings quintet for our Church and Reception Music
- 16: Commissioned Little Miss Paintbrush for our Save the Date Cartoons
- Started with the DIY fabric flowers
- Started editing our missalette
JUNE 2012
- 01: Booked Stohnenky for lights and sounds
- 06: Initial meeting with Veejay Floresca for the wedding gown design
- 11: Bought the Deal Grocer promo on Veejay's gown
- 16: Met Mader Julius of Amante Fluers in ATC to discuss the church and reception styling
- 19: Commissioned LuckyCharmz accessories for the Cake Topper
- 23: First meeting with Jerome Lorico for measurement and down payment of Groom's suit
- 23: Attended Themes and Motifs bridal fair at the World Trade Center
- 23: Booked Perfect Match Custom Shoes for the bridal shoes
- 24: Celebrated Dennis' birthday lunch at Circles in Makati Shangrila
- 24: Initial meeting with Al Avellana of Feet Together and his girlfriend in Makati for Prenup concepts
- 24: Booked Mader Julius Amante for Church and reception styling
- Started creating the wedsite c/o Dennis
- 28: Booked Flipbooks via Deal Grocer
- 7: Met JJ at Resorts World to have the engagement ring resized and to choose the diamonds for my wedding ring - round and emerald-cut diamonds it is!
- 14: Got back my newly resized engagement ring
- 21: Decided where to go for our honeymoon - booked flights to SG
- 25: Veejay took my measurements for my gown
AUGUST 2012
- 4: went to Divisoria to buy more fabrics
- 10: Prototype fitting of the gown
- 11: finally decided on the entourage gown designs
- 12: Glamour, Fast and Furious, Mysterious Hitchiker :)
- 16: Base fitting of the gown
- 19: Met with Jerome Lorico to finalize the fabric for Dennis' suit
- 24: Booked Metrotech for LCD Projector
- 25: Booked SG-Male-SG flights for our honeymoon!
- 26: Attended Marriott's bridal show featuring Veejay Floresca and other bridal gown designers
- 26: Attended Mother Julius' birthday exhibition at FISH on visayas ave
- 30: Booked Mica Fuentes as the new HMUA
SEPTEMBER 2012
- 01: Went to Wellmanson in Quiapo to buy stuff needed for our DIY cord
- 02: Finished our DIY wedding cord! Yey! :)
- 04: CENOMAR online application done!
- 04: Finally got a quote from our Emcees (excited for this)!
- 04: Talked to Xeng and she agreed to do my prenup HMU instead. :)
- 06: Purchased Made 2 Measure vouchers from Ensogo (i love discounts)!
- 09: Attended the SMX bridal fair with Dennis, my mom and my sister; met with Mari of Perfect Match and Mother Julius of Amante Fleurs
- 15: Met and booked Laila Papa Ramos for the entourage gowns
- 21: Purchased Dennis' shoes and other wedding stuff online to be shipped from CA (i love pobox.ph! it's makes shopping in the US more convenient!)
- 22: Went to Divisoria to buy fabrics for the suit and entourage gowns (thankful that we finished shopping before it rained cats and dogs! also happy that I didn't overspend, to think that we bought a lot of Spanish lace and Italian wool!)
- 26: Finally ordered Transcend USBs for our invites! We also ordered our NSO birth certificates online.
- 29: Went to Divisoria again to buy Prada lace for the moms' gowns; Appointment with my dentist - she asked our prenup to be rescheduled to November instead because my braces can't be removed until November 10 :(
- 30: Brunch with Dennis at Antonio's Tagaytay then bought Sonya's Spanish Bread and Cheese Hopia. Went back to Manila and paid Ms Laila a visit to give the fabrics. My mom and my sister went with us to have their measurements taken as well.
OCTOBER 2012
- 07: Measurement-taking of the entourage with Ms Laila.
- 19: Confirmed our Prenup Date and Venue
- 20: Went to Wellmanson in Quiapo to buy more DIY materials!
- 29: Applied for the Marriage License at the Paranaque City Hall
- 29: Paid the Prenup Venue Rental c/o Tuason Racing School
- 30: Went To Veejay's atelier to fit some prenup dresses
- 31: Canonical Interview at San Guillermo Parish in Talisay, Batangas
NOVEMBER 2012
- 03: yet another Divisoria trip! :)
- 09: Got our Marriage License from Paranaque City Hall
- 10: Meeting with Chi Abarquez, our wedding coordinator
- 11: won Jason Magbanua's dvd collection at the w@w auction
- 12: Prenup shoot done!
- 13: won Passion Cooks Party Package and Mad Hatter's Boudoir at the w@w auction
- 16: w@w Christmas Party! :)
- 17: Dac's bridal shower
- 18: Breakfast at Antonio's; Food Tasting in Tagaytay Highlands; dinner at Angel's Kitchen in Greenhills
- 20: Paid DP for Dylan's boutonnieres
- 23: Booked supplier for calling card invites
- 24: Mom and sister's first fitting with Ms. Laila Papa Ramos
- 25: Entourage's first fitting with Ms. Laila Papa Ramos
- 30: Trial HMU with Mica Tuano-Fuentes
- 30: Dac's wedding!
DECEMBER 2012
- 01: Bankables' Party
- 02: Dads and brothers measurement taking for the suits
- 7-9: Discovery Weekend
- 15: Erwin and Misch's Wedding
JANUARY 2013
- 13: Entourage's second fitting with Ms Laila Papa Ramos
- 20: Dad and brothers suit fitting
FEBRUARY 2013
