27 DAYS Till Matrimony!

Well it's 27 days till THE DAY and nerves are the worst of my worries. I have an awesome amazing wedding planner (mom) who has been kicking my ass to get everything done before I go into overtime designing three shows and trying to fit into a dress. Ted has been working like a dog (or bear if he prefers) three jobs now, and one of them is an on-call basis. Hopefully we can save enough for a glorious honey moon, or at least a bottle of champagne on the wedding night! Ted's stag is next weekend and its already shaping up to be awesome/aweful. I have kindly donated our apartment for the festivities, so if anyone would like to take in a stray Patrice for the night I would appreciate it (the bunnies need to fend for themselves). So far the wedding count is at 110, which is a far car from the 183 we invited. We're going to miss a lot of people who can't make, but are seriously excited to see everyone who can!
I had my make-up test today, all I told her was dramatic...i think she got the picture, I'm going to look awesome. All thats left now really is the wedding rings (and for Riko to be the ring bearer...please Ted!)

MASQUERADE!

To clarify the concept of Masquerade I have come up with a few links and sites that will help you develop the perfect attire for the wedding!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masquerade_ball

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxKjDUrmecA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQsIpCjDdBU&feature=related

Ted's Post

Hello there, this is Ted, the groom. In case you didn't know.... So we had our bridal shower and a buck an' doe on the weekend that was a lot of fun. I didn't get to see really what went on during the bridal shower. I had looked through the window and saw food. So I snuck in to steal some and quickly got chased out. They looked like they were having fun though Patrice had a weird hat their was toilet paper everywhere and bottles of wine and champagne.

We got some really cool stuff from the shower to a new plate and bowl set that makes anything we cook look fancy. A Kitchen Aid knife set and a kitchen aid cast iron pot we were very excited to do some cooking with our new stuff.

We almost had the buck an' doe rained out we had a thunderstorm all day but it cleared up later and we had a fire and played flip cup and there was Jello shooters!! It was good seeing people there was some family friends who showed up that I hadn't seen in a few years since I moved up to Ottawa.

Patrice and I are getting really excited for the wedding, every once and a while we get hit with "man... were actually getting married" it's kind of crazy. My Kilt should be coming in soon. It's coming from Scotland I'm very excited to have a kilt of my own.

Well Patrice and I are off to Fabric Land to get some stuff for her work! Talk to you later!

The Menu

Harvest Table

Salad of Mixed Greens with maple/mustard vinaigrette

Chicken Chasseur

Marinated Onion, Tomato and Cucumber Salad

Platter of Domestic and Imported Cheeses with fresh fruit and biscuits

Crudité Platter with sun dried tomato, garlic, and our house dip

Pesto Cream Tortellini with roasted tomatoes & peppers

Prime Rib au Jus

Fresh Steamed Vegetable Medley with herb butter

Scalloped Potatoes

Wild and Basmati Rice Pilaf

Assortment of Fresh Baked Breads and whipped butter

Assortment of Cakes, Pies and Pastries

Fresh Roasted Coffee/Tea

First the Dress Then the Wedding

Today is the day! I found the one, and so now the most important thing in a wedding (next to finding a groom) will be cleared up.
That's right I found the dress!
After tirelessly shopping at FIVE bridal salons (It doesn't sound like a lot till you try on nearly 30 dresses each with a weight vareying between a pashmina scarf and a small cow), we stopped at a Beautiful little place in Stittsville called WITH LOVE and boy did I love it. They have feather fascinators (not a sex toy as I originally tought), and some of the most beautiful dresses and I had seen thus far. As I was searching through the racks, the one stood out from the rest and I knew before even trying it on, trying it on only cemented the deal even more! So now, today I am headed back to try it on once more and then purchase the love of my life...uh second love of my life!
Now we just need to plan the rest of the wedding....

Wedding Dress (First you love them, then you pay for them)

Dear Blog, I have been wedding dress shopping and I have come to the realization that this is extremely distressing. Not only do I look fabulous in every dress I try on, but designer fashions hug my curves like a chocolate dipped strawberry at a fondou party. Now this may sound spendid, GREAT, the hot yoga and refusal to eat unheathy (excepting rum and coke dipped chicken nuggets) have been paying off. But NAY! I want these dresses to bulge in all the wrong places and make my butt look like a small, yet un-named planet. Why? Because these wedding body gloves are FREAKIN expensive! Upwards of $4000! Thats a years tuition (yes I still judge things in tuition, a pair of LuLu's are appoximatly one classes reading material (I didn't really need to do the readings for that class)). So alas I have been to two stores and have three more to visit this week before I need to narrow down the choices and bite the bullet (silver with gilded gold bullet). Right now the top of the list is a lovely little Vera Wang mermaid dress with lace inlays....Oh my.

Long time no see, BUT a lot done

So lets re-cap, the guest list has been finalized, the venue is booked, the Groom is still on board, we have a complete wedding party. Lets start with that one!
Bridesmaids:
Alison Almeida (maid of Honour)
Keely Porter
Lauren Mead
Jane VanRooyen

Groomsmen:
Shawn Trask (Bestman)
Alec Forbes
Mike Kosowan
Drew McFadyen

So we are four for four! Next on the agenda is our save the date cards, which hopefully will be going out within the next week. I'm think postcards with a cute couples photo on the front. The guest list is huge, too much family (TED) but the more the merrier. I have booked wedding dress shopping for the 19th, 23rd and 24th so if anyone wants to come and convince me I do not have to loose more weight your more then welcome. MWP (Mom the wedding planner) and I have been gathering and storing wedding decorations like tiny dragons hoarding shiny objects. DWC (Dad who writes the Checks) is now trying to build a storage room of sorts for us to keep everything in.
We found a spa that we most likely will be attending the day before the wedding (the girls I mean) and the significant others of the groomsmen are more then welcome to come and partake in some treatments of their choice.
Peruse and let me know what you guys may be interested in so I can let the wedding co-ordinator know approximate plans...
http://www.mahoganysalonandspa.com/Carletonplace/

As well the hotel information for Codes Mill Inn in Perth
http://www.codesmillinn.com/
The wedding is the FORBES/TREMBLAY wedding and as of right now we have a whole floor booked so the sooner you book the better so we can get more rooms if we need. I am going to check around and see if there are more hotels in the area so my peeps will have a few options.

We have also booked our Videographer, check her out at
http://www.firstkissfilms.com/
We are currently trying to think of extremely beautiful songs that suit us that we can put into the movie

Right now the most important thing we need is our officiant. I would really love to have someone who is familiar with Wiccan rituals, or is at least familiar with us...if anyone has any leads on that I would greatly appreciate it.

On a more personal note, I am NOT freaking out...everything is falling into place really well. I watched Blue Valentine this week though and that has kind of ruined marriage for me, hopefully some old chick flicks can restore my faith (A.K.A the first Die Hard movie).
Ted is doing well, very busy, but I would really love him to focus a tiny bit more on the wedding, I really want it to be about us and not just me....well mostly me.

I will keep everyone updated on bridal showers, stags, does, rabbits and all the rest of the farm as they come up