I said Yes!

Dear Blog Buddies.

I have some exciting news!

Exactly a year from today, I will be walking down the aisle in a white dress. Yes! #12 months. The planning has begun and the main game players have been put into place. We have secured a venue, a décor supplier, DJ, videographer and photographer.

Yes I am getting married!

The planning began in September 2016 when my fiancée decided it was time to pop the question. We were in Vietnam with an amazing group of people. Being the Champ that he is, he located one of the highest buildings in Hanoi, Vietnam equipped with a fancy roof top restaurant to go down on one knee. (See pictures attached below).

I said yes! And here we are eight months later…

We decided that our wedding and reception will be an intimate one with 200 of our closest friends and family. In an Indian family this is probably one of the most difficult tasks. If you are Indian, you would know that if we have the same surname or if we grew up in the same area as children, we are considered family or we will find a way to connect you to the family tree. For example, my grandmother’s sister’s secondary school teacher’s daughter who married my grandfather’s cousin’s grandson, (with the same surname as me) now becomes my cousin. We call them 45th cousins. Cousins that become your cousins because your great grandmother knew their great grandfather. So you can imagine the difficulty we face. If I considered all ‘my cousins’ the 200 guests will only be ‘45th cousins’.

I have accepted that planning a wedding will bring about some form of stress and maybe frustration at times. However so far, it has been joyful and exciting, not only for my fiancée and I, but for our parents as well, specifically our mothers.

Considering all the elements of planning a wedding, my fiancée and I are definitely having a great time putting some of our best skills to work. I have a great love for décor, craft and creativity. Thus deciding on a theme, colours and matching decorative items and ideas is bringing me great joy. My fiancée who is equally excited, is a manager in a finance team. His task is to ensure that I, I mean we, do not blow the budget. One of his other tasks is to continuously remind me that I'm not Kim Kardashian and that I cannot get Versace or Balmain to design my wedding gown. Fortunately he draws up excel sheets as we go along, so when the Kardashian tendencies show themselves, he exorcises them with a quick view of the budget. We’re a great team!

We have chosen a modern rustic theme for the wedding and reception. It is a combination of nature and/or natural elements put together to create a nature-like ambience. We are planning a garden wedding with an indoor reception. The venue we have chosen is ideal for this and for the theme we have chosen. It is surrounded by trees; two lawns of green grass, a little garden walk way and a glimpse of the ocean. Shade of coral, gold and white are the selected colours. In keeping with the modern rustic theme, we are going to make use of natural flowers, glass jars and warm lighting. We have collected a variety of glass jars and I have a few DIY ideas up my sleeves. If all goes well, we will be making our own centerpieces.

Our wedding attire has not been selected as we are still gathering ideas and styles. If time permits, my next post will include details about this, our retinue and an update on the planning.

The wedding bells have begun to ring!

Love
Verusha