tick tock tick tock.

The sister tells me I'm curvacious.

Mr Sunshine wants me to gain a little more weight because he does not like thin girls.
Gila ke hape.

Two weeks to go and I am still fat.
Say hello to the fat bride-to-be.
*nangis*
I guess I'd have to learn to live with my body being like this since there's not enough to do anything about it anymore eh ? :(

Things left to do:
1. Get myself some nice lingerie. Haha.
2. Print signage.
3. Find a way to get the big pillows for our akad nikah two days before the day from Kajang.
4. Buy 100 eggs for the bunga telur/pahar. And boil them !
5. Stick thank you stickers on door gifts when they arrive the night before the date.
6. Buy henna.
7. Collect bersanding outfit.
8. TRY TO RELAX.

xoxo,
Melissa R.

the guest list.

I am in the process of editing my guest list.
It's a bit unfortunate that I'll have to cut down on my invites due to budget constraints. :(
It's tough deciding who not to invite ! :(
The problem is, some people enjoy making the fact that they were uninvited such a huge issue.
But I know at the end of the day, it's MY day not theirs.
But it's hard not to care.
Bukan tak nak jemput. :(
Saya bukan orang kaya, nak pergi honeymoon pun tiada budget. Sobs.
But that's not that important isn't it ?

This is so stressful.

xoxo,
Melissa R.

red, black and silver ?

Mr Sunshine came down last Friday for a one night's (sobs) visit.
We went to Jalan TAR with the initial thought of getting some, if not all, of our hantaran stuff, but after seeing and walking through the massive crowd there, we went back after only getting one item.

But we managed to book the cloth for our reception (my side) !
It's from the same place I sent my baju kurung for nikah which will be ready by the end of October, InshaAllah.
I know I have not revealed the details of the boutique I am hiring, but I do not plan to until I see how my baju kurung looks like. I do not want to end up recommending something I do not like. But it's in Jalan TAR lah. :)
As I have mentioned in my previous post, it has been tough looking for dress of my dreams (cewah) so we've decided to rent a newly tailored one.
It's red satin and black coloured lace with silver details.
I was really hoping to find silver or grey coloured lace to go with the red satin, but they all did not appeal to me. Terpaksa tukar theme yang ada di dalam kepala selama ini.
But I really like how the lace we picked out brings out the red ! I have no regrets so far, except for not taking snapshots of the cloth. :(
Ooohh I'm starting to get so excited (and nervous) even though I have not decided on how I want the dress to be designed.
Will only be going to get our measurements after Aidilfitri, so I guess I have ample time to decide and browse through the numerous wedding magazines I have with me. Hehe. I would be happy if anyone else would chip in with some ideas, hehe.
I would also have ample time to lose some inches from this ever expanding hips of mine, I hope.

The official caterer for my reception will be Mutiara Catering.
Confirmed this last Tuesday after a lengthy discussion between Sal and I and Hakimin from Mutiara Catering.
He was really good, as in he was so honest in explaining why I should not get ribbons for plastic chairs etc etc. He seemed genuinely interested to help me, not just out there to suck all the money out of me.

And today, I booked my pelamin !
I opted for the pelamin package I could afford, minus their bersanding outfit.
Went to see them once to discuss colors etc, but it looks like I'm gonna have to talk to them again since I have changed the colour of my dress.
I hope they won't disappoint !

xoxo,
Melissa R.

how many ?

I am on medical leave, and am told to isolate myself from others. :(
Mr Sunshine is down with chickenpox. Poor thing.
But today he brought us both some good news.
My future in laws have finally managed to come up with a mutual decision on when the reception (bertandang) on their side would be on.
It will be on January 31st, 2010. InshaAllah.
Alhamdulillah. :)

I am grateful that my photographer is OK with the change of date. Thank you thank you Fadza. :)
I have heard of some that would not entertain cancellations !
Alhamdulillah. :)

Does anyone have an idea on how to know the number of pax I should book for the catering ?
Let's say I have 700 people on my list. Do I order for 700 ? Or more ? Or less ?
Daddy is telling me not to order for too many as not all of who are invited would come.
It's true, but how many exactly ?
Argh, tiba tiba rasa serabut.

xoxo,
Melissa R.

cut, clarity, colour, carat.

Check out my ticker.
Exactly 5 months more to go. InshaAllah.
Feel like pinching myself. *pinch pinch*

Is it too early for us to get our wedding rings ?
It does not matter anymore now, anyway.
We have been scouting around for the past three months actually, and today we finally bought 'em !
Yeah, I can't believe it either. Talk about being over excited.
We were browsing at Habib Jewels, Alamanda today and when I set eyes on that ring, it took less than seconds for me to fall in love with it. It was a newly arrived item, for their Aidilfitri promotion.
I always knew that I wanted something simple, yet elegant looking (to me). I have never been a fan of huge flashy diamonds. This may sound cheap or foolish, but I do not see the significance of high carat diamonds.
I want something that I'd be comfortable having on for the rest of my married life (InshaAllah) and that would not get in the way of me doing the dishes, cooking or scrubbing the toilets.
Ok, maybe I won't be scrubbing toilets. Mr Sunshine has promised that he'd do that for me (for the rest of our married life). Hahaha.
Ok, back to the main point, Mr Sunshine also managed to find a ring for himself. I really like it too !

♥

You'll get to see how they look like on that day lah ok. Hehe.
OMG we have our wedding rings alreadyyyyyy ! :D

A busy, busy (and tiring !) weekend just went by.
Apart from me going to Kemaman and back on the same day (Friday) and attending Mr Sunshine's sister's convocation ceremony in UPM today, Mr Sunshine and I paid a visit to the Pameran Pengantin 2009 at MidValley Megamall yesterday.
I was super anxious to see all the exhibit booths as it was my first time attending such a thing.

I came back a with all these filled up in a paper bag...

..and a massive headache. I was just so overwhelmed.
There were good and reasonable offers but we did not find anything in particular that we were interested in, except for some of their wedding invitation cards.
Most of the booths had promotions lasting only for the duration of the exhibition, which mean you'd have to make a booking there and then in order to get the special prices they were displaying. Pretty good trick, but I did not think it was helpful for people like me who tend to take ages to make up my mind. :(
There were a few who had offers lasting until the end of the year. Yay !
I am thinking of dropping by one of the wedding card invitation shops to place my order soon. :)

I have finally got a rough estimate of the number of guests for the reception on my side and I am looking forward to book my caterer !

xoxo,
Melissa R.

good news bad news.

Reception/bertandang on the groom's side might be postponed ! :(
Might be at the end of January.
There's no exact date yet.
But I have booked our photographer ! :(

My akad nikah would be carried out at a mosque in Manjalara.
Is that far from my place ? Apparently not, according to Daddy.

My reception would be at night, at Pusat Komuniti Taman Koperasi Polis 2.
Why not at the huge hall in my neighbourhood you might ask ?
Well simply because I am not very fond of it.
It's too big.
Haha ok that's not the problem, it gets really hot in there and as mentioned in an earlier post, I am very sweat prone.

WE STILL HAVE NOT MANAGE TO ATTEND OUR KURSUS PERKAHWINAN !
Which is really sucky as Ramadhan is around the corner and I don't know whether we would wanna attend the course during that month.
(Our next two weeks are packed.)
Which leaves us to after Aidilfitri !
Sigh, I so want to get it over and done with.

Does anyone know of a good (and reasonably priced) tailor for my nikah outfit ?

xoxo,
Melissa R.

panic attack at work.

I am at work.
I am freaking out about the catering for my reception which has not been booked.
Also anxious about the outfit I am gonna wear for my reception which I have not started scouting for.
Mr Sunshine came down this weekend but instead of settling the two mentioned above, we went searching for our hantaran items and rings. In the end we did not get anything done, except for reassess (and readjust) our wedding budget together.
Can I panic now ?

xoxo,
Melissa R.

where at ?

InsyaAllah, Mr Sunshine and I will be solemnized at a mosque. I do not know which one yet.
Daddy told me he would be arranging the necessary but not now lah. Probably the earliest would be 3 months before.
I am anxious to know the details about the mosque, whether we're allowed to bring the hantaran trays inside (there are mosques that have rules against this) and whether there will be an area to serve food to the guests.
Feeling a bit lost pertaining to my whole akad nikah ceremony now.

My reception would be preferably held in a hall instead of my house. Why ?
a) The area outside my house is just not kenduri-friendly. It was OK for the engagement because we only had one tent. I cannot imagine having 3 or more tents put up in such an area.
b) There will be a lot of spring cleaning to be done if I were to have it at my house, and I am, as usual, VERY lazy.
c) I want air conditioning. Call me spoilt but I am (very) sweat-prone and I don't want to look hideous as a heavily perspiring bride.

My checklist can be updated now, I have got my official photographer !
He happens to be my junior when I was in Hillcrest and also my neighbour who lives just couple of blocks away from me.
I have been searching high and low, OK maybe just online, for a good photographer with affordable packages. I knew that he took good photos, so when he came up to me with an offer that was just so hard to resist (a super duper fantastic offer, to be exact !), it did not take long for me to say, "You're hired !". Hee.
Booked him (and his assistant photographer) for all three ceremonies. InsyaAllah. :)
You can check him out here or here.

xoxo,
Melissa R.