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15 days, and probably my last wedding fair

So I’m sitting here on a bench inside SM Megamall, listening to music from a nearby kiosk and rattling off the things we still need to accomplish.

Several steps away are the three Megatrade Halls now housing yet another wedding fair, which will run for three days and will surely make a killing.

Wow. It’s been a long time since I went to my first wedding fair. It scares and overwhelms me now as it did then. But today we went in anyway, and spent the first 15 minutes looking for a supplier we had already booked (I just wanted to leave the cheque for our last installment). I wanted to leave immediately after because I felt everything around me was spinning. But I thought, sayang naman yung entrance fee. Hehe.

So we looked for another supplier we’re thinking of getting (yes, this late. Crammers we are). That was another 20 minutes. We didn’t book the supplier in the end, and  just left. Now I’ve spent the last hour recuperating, on this bench.

Wedding fairs can be heaven and hell, I tell you. It’s like a jungle, and you have to possess a level of fierceness to survive.

Everyone is on the prowl — suppliers hiding at every corner, fellow brides and grooms determined to get the best supplier on the best date at the best price. Everyone is ready to pounce, and if you didn’t eat a proper meal before you came in then be prepared to have the energy sucked out of you. Be ready to leave defeated. That, or with an empty pocket because of impulsive bookings that you will regret one month before your wedding day.

Okay exag. But not really. It does happen. I myself am not naturally excitable, so I have to psyche myself up for a wedding fair trip. I only look forward to going when I know what I want. The rest of the time I just float by and nod absently at everything and everyone.  I advice against this, it’s very dangerous. One time while coasting by a row of wedding gowns, I was cornered by a man with a nice necktie, a winning smile and free bag, which he gave me for simply confirming that I use a credit card. The next thing I knew we were listening to a lecture about some insurance plan and a car raffle. Which had completely zero to do with our wedding.  Worse, the lecture was going to take two hours. Good thing we were scheduled to see a movie and had to leave in 5 minutes.

Don’t get me wrong, wedding fairs can be very enjoyable — when a) you have at least one year to prepare and/or b) you’ve already done your research prior to going there. Otherwise you could get killed!

Okay enough drama.  Maybe I’m just projecting because the truth is that I suck at events that require me to interact with more than 10 people. In short, you’ll have to excuse me if I put on a permanent smile and nod at everything and everyone on our wedding day. 😛

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before the storm

Less than 20 days to go. So how do I feel?

Like I told a friend recently, I feel oddly calm. At least about the marriage. My running concern is: how often do I have to wash plates?

Another thought: I need a new wardrobe.

But the fact that I will be waking up next to someone I hadn’t known until five years earlier? It doesn’t bother me at all. His driving does, just a bit. Thus my first personal post-wedding project would be to practice driving. O, palakpakan naman diyan!

Okay I may be trivializing, but I do have faith that our marriage will be fun, way beyond the craziness of this wedding.

This morning I saw a video of a recently concluded Discovery Weekend. I smiled knowing how blessed those couples are, having experienced the Weekend myself.

I smiled realizing how far M and I have come — not just from the Weekend or the start of the wedding preps, but from the day we first met — and yet how fresh it all seems (more so because we both have faulty memories haha). Everyday brings something new — to laugh about, to get mad about, to think and feel, to share and give.

The road will be hard, without a doubt. But it will be beautiful.

As for the wedding…ahaha. I guess we’ll all find out in 18 days. 🙂

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shoes

I have shoes!

They are not  white or cream. Yay! Love love.

They’re not strictly wedding shoes, so I told the saleslady if anyone else inquires about them, she should ask if the customer intends to use them for “Lara’s wedding”. If yes, she knows what to do. Haha!

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…deliver us Oh Lord, deliver us from evil, deliver us Oh Lord, Amen. :)

Finally got the chords to Our Father. Not just any Our Father, but the St Scho version. It rocks I swear. Happiness. 😛

Big thanks, Kash!

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