PIT STOPS

DECEMBER 2011
  • 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

JULY 2012
  • 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