We are registered at the following stores:
Eileen also has a blog post about the whole registry ordeal: Confessions of a Shopaholic: The Wedding Registry
. . . read more.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Ready... Set... Go!
It's eight weeks until the wedding and you know what that means...
... all our deposits are now truly non-refundable. (In b-school terms: sunk costs.) There's no backing out now!
The eight week mark also means that the wave of invitations has begun. As our little envelopes make their way across the country and globe over the next 4 weeks, we expect a spike in our web site traffic as the rush of last-minute wedding madness begins. So... Hello new visitors! Welcome to this lovely little web site of ours! We hope you enjoy our random ramblings and silly stories.
In this epic wedding planning journey, the next two months will prove to be the busiest of all. In mid-June, I'll be graduating from Chicago Booth (the #1 b-school according to Business Week... I can't help but brag) with an MBA and a 6-figure debt. I'll be packing all my belongings (for the 8th time in my life) into little boxes and shipping them all back to California where they will reside in my parents garage until further notice.
In the meantime, I'll be headed to Miami for my long-awaited bachelorette party where 11 of my closest girl friends and I will do many of the same things as Jeng did on his (or will we?). But unlike him, I plan to come back in full health and just a tad shade darker. (Crossing my fingers that I don't cross into sunburn territory!)
Then the craziness begins as all the last-minute details consume my life -- final dress fitting, final priest meetings (yay!)... final this and final that. I have a lot of paper products to design and a lot of DIY projects to master. And of course the dreaded seating chart. Juggling the singles, the couples, the friends and the enemies in order to avoid drunken brawls is sure to be a great time.
And somewhere in-between the crazy 3 weeks between my arrival in CA and our wedding, I will also celebrate a bridal shower and bachelorette party #2. I'm exhausted just thinking about it, but excited at the same time. While we enjoyed an engagement party last summer, all other wedding-theme celebrations have been absent. And surrounded by 20+ other engaged classmates, I feel like all wedding events just happen to other people. It'll be fun to feel like its our turn too.
Finally, what I look forward to (almost as much as actually being married) is the fact that many of the Tinios and the Buenviajes will be in one place, if only for one weekend. With my family spread out all over the world, it is rare that we all get together. I cross my fingers that my relatives pull through so the reunion I hope for takes place. And as an added bonus, they get to meet this crazy Nazario clan. I should take bets on which family will party the hardest...
. . . read more.
... all our deposits are now truly non-refundable. (In b-school terms: sunk costs.) There's no backing out now!
The eight week mark also means that the wave of invitations has begun. As our little envelopes make their way across the country and globe over the next 4 weeks, we expect a spike in our web site traffic as the rush of last-minute wedding madness begins. So... Hello new visitors! Welcome to this lovely little web site of ours! We hope you enjoy our random ramblings and silly stories.
In this epic wedding planning journey, the next two months will prove to be the busiest of all. In mid-June, I'll be graduating from Chicago Booth (the #1 b-school according to Business Week... I can't help but brag) with an MBA and a 6-figure debt. I'll be packing all my belongings (for the 8th time in my life) into little boxes and shipping them all back to California where they will reside in my parents garage until further notice.
In the meantime, I'll be headed to Miami for my long-awaited bachelorette party where 11 of my closest girl friends and I will do many of the same things as Jeng did on his (or will we?). But unlike him, I plan to come back in full health and just a tad shade darker. (Crossing my fingers that I don't cross into sunburn territory!)
Then the craziness begins as all the last-minute details consume my life -- final dress fitting, final priest meetings (yay!)... final this and final that. I have a lot of paper products to design and a lot of DIY projects to master. And of course the dreaded seating chart. Juggling the singles, the couples, the friends and the enemies in order to avoid drunken brawls is sure to be a great time.
And somewhere in-between the crazy 3 weeks between my arrival in CA and our wedding, I will also celebrate a bridal shower and bachelorette party #2. I'm exhausted just thinking about it, but excited at the same time. While we enjoyed an engagement party last summer, all other wedding-theme celebrations have been absent. And surrounded by 20+ other engaged classmates, I feel like all wedding events just happen to other people. It'll be fun to feel like its our turn too.
Finally, what I look forward to (almost as much as actually being married) is the fact that many of the Tinios and the Buenviajes will be in one place, if only for one weekend. With my family spread out all over the world, it is rare that we all get together. I cross my fingers that my relatives pull through so the reunion I hope for takes place. And as an added bonus, they get to meet this crazy Nazario clan. I should take bets on which family will party the hardest...
. . . read more.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Confessions of a Shopaholic: The Wedding Registry
As a young girl (okay more like last year), I looked forward to the day I would get to register for wedding presents. It's like a shopping fanatic's dream come true! Just zap everything you've wanted but could never afford. Then cross your fingers and hope that someone will be generous enough to contribute just a little bit to our dream house:
Then in February, Jeng and I embarked on the registry adventure and it wasn't as easy as I thought. I kept looking at price tags and second-guessing our choices as being too extravagant or excessive. (Old habits are hard to break.) And for once, Jeng was encouraging me to just pick stuff without looking at prices. So I quickly got used to the idea and now my favorite phrase is, "Add it to our registry!". Maybe I've gone overboard now but I leave you to decide. So without further ado, here are our registry links:
• Bed, Bath & Beyond: Use those 20% off coupons they always send!
• Macy's
• Amazon.com
After you browse through the links, our tastes might be obvious. Or you might just think we're crazy for actually wanting a $138 knife and $670 pot & pan set. While its true that we're a little crazy, we have also lived far too long with hand-me-down, half-broken cookware. After taking a knife skills class and trying to make high-end recipes in low-end pans, we want to legitimize our culinary pursuits by getting professional-grade tools that will literally last us a lifetime.
Besides our love of cooking together, you might also notice some other trends in our selections that are very reflective of our hobbies/interests:
- Wine & Tea: I was a Booth Wine Club co-chair. Jeng and I are graduates of the Cakebread University class of 2009. I am also a proud participant in the tea-drinking trend. Needless to say, a lot of accessories are involved with the love of such beverages.
- Local, organic, 'green' things: It started out as me just becoming an 'eco-snob' but now Jeng happily carries canvas bags whenever we shop, proudly lugs around his Sigg, and quickly accompanies me to the local farmers market. Now we're saving the planet one little organic product and compost bin at a time.
- Technology: Jeng used to carry two laptops to work with him every week. (And his commute is often a 2-4 hour plane ride.) His work lifestyle combined with his Silicon Valley homegrown nerdness ensures that he is the epitome of 'early adopter' for little handy devices. (This commercial is the story of his life.) I'm along for the ride and I don't resist much. (Except for the night vision goggles which are just ridiculous.)
- Travel: I blame it on my name. There are just too many places to see and too little time. Plus with Jeng's travel status, why not?
Wedding registries and presents can be an awkward ordeal. We are grateful to have all our friends and family at our wedding, especially those who have to spend time and money on travel. While we enjoyed populating our registry, we don't require or expect everyone to buy everything on our wishlist. Your presence will be the best present of all. :)
. . . read more.
Then in February, Jeng and I embarked on the registry adventure and it wasn't as easy as I thought. I kept looking at price tags and second-guessing our choices as being too extravagant or excessive. (Old habits are hard to break.) And for once, Jeng was encouraging me to just pick stuff without looking at prices. So I quickly got used to the idea and now my favorite phrase is, "Add it to our registry!". Maybe I've gone overboard now but I leave you to decide. So without further ado, here are our registry links:
• Bed, Bath & Beyond: Use those 20% off coupons they always send!
• Macy's
• Amazon.com
After you browse through the links, our tastes might be obvious. Or you might just think we're crazy for actually wanting a $138 knife and $670 pot & pan set. While its true that we're a little crazy, we have also lived far too long with hand-me-down, half-broken cookware. After taking a knife skills class and trying to make high-end recipes in low-end pans, we want to legitimize our culinary pursuits by getting professional-grade tools that will literally last us a lifetime.
Besides our love of cooking together, you might also notice some other trends in our selections that are very reflective of our hobbies/interests:
- Wine & Tea: I was a Booth Wine Club co-chair. Jeng and I are graduates of the Cakebread University class of 2009. I am also a proud participant in the tea-drinking trend. Needless to say, a lot of accessories are involved with the love of such beverages.
- Local, organic, 'green' things: It started out as me just becoming an 'eco-snob' but now Jeng happily carries canvas bags whenever we shop, proudly lugs around his Sigg, and quickly accompanies me to the local farmers market. Now we're saving the planet one little organic product and compost bin at a time.
- Technology: Jeng used to carry two laptops to work with him every week. (And his commute is often a 2-4 hour plane ride.) His work lifestyle combined with his Silicon Valley homegrown nerdness ensures that he is the epitome of 'early adopter' for little handy devices. (This commercial is the story of his life.) I'm along for the ride and I don't resist much. (Except for the night vision goggles which are just ridiculous.)
- Travel: I blame it on my name. There are just too many places to see and too little time. Plus with Jeng's travel status, why not?
Wedding registries and presents can be an awkward ordeal. We are grateful to have all our friends and family at our wedding, especially those who have to spend time and money on travel. While we enjoyed populating our registry, we don't require or expect everyone to buy everything on our wishlist. Your presence will be the best present of all. :)
. . . read more.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Fun at the Ferry Building: Our Engagement Photos
The pictures that best represent Jeng and my relationship look something like this:
So when we took engagement photos in March, we needed to act like grown ups. Despite that, it was a fun shoot with a lot of great, frame-able shots. (Admittedly better than our iChat windows.)
Earlier this week our super awesome, highly recommended photographer Augie Chang shared his favorites in a fancy little slideshow we hope you'll enjoy. So now I introduce... *drum roll*... our engagement photos! (Please turn your sound on for the full multimedia experience.)
I'm sure you'll enjoy looking at the many of pictures of Jeng and I, just as much as Jeng and I do. :) Enjoy!
. . . read more.
So when we took engagement photos in March, we needed to act like grown ups. Despite that, it was a fun shoot with a lot of great, frame-able shots. (Admittedly better than our iChat windows.)
Earlier this week our super awesome, highly recommended photographer Augie Chang shared his favorites in a fancy little slideshow we hope you'll enjoy. So now I introduce... *drum roll*... our engagement photos! (Please turn your sound on for the full multimedia experience.)
I'm sure you'll enjoy looking at the many of pictures of Jeng and I, just as much as Jeng and I do. :) Enjoy!
. . . read more.
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