Wedding Update #1

Ok so from June to September after we got engaged, I didn't do a single thing. But then, these past few weekends, I decided to get my butt into gear, so I went into full blown wedding mode, and got the following things done:

• Booked a Venue - Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
  
  
• Determined the approximate number of guests - 450 to 500 people!!
  
  
• Picked my bridesmaids, flowergirls, groomsmen, ring boy
  
  
• Went to 4 different bridal gown stores to start looking at/trying on bridal gowns (and I think I *may* have found my wedding dress...but I'm gonna go back and look some more because I still have so much time before I really have to make a decision)
  
  
• Picked my wedding colors (Champagne with accents of dark red....very asian, I know)
  
  
• Booked a band (Gholston's Greatest Musicians - The Great Expectations Band)
  
  
• Signed Liyang and myself up for dance lessons with the Wedding Dance Specialists (our first lesson is this Sunday! I'm so excited!!!)
  
  
• Started looking at photographers/booked a couple of meetings for the next few weekends
  
  
• Booked a makeup trial
  
  
• Started going on (and off) a diet
  
  
• Started running at least 3 times a week, and go to the driving range on weekends with Liyang to practice our golf skills (we're hoping to get good enough to go and play a real game by next spring)
  
  
• Booked tickets to Taiwan in May for 2 weeks so we can get our wedding pictures taken

All of this, and we still have another year before the wedding! I think we'll get it all done in time...and so far, it's been stressless and kinda fun! :) Whew...looking at it in list form, I've done alot, and yet I still feel like I've only touched the tip of the iceburg! And I still feel like I have lots more to do (i.e. Save-the-dates, invitations, gift registry, guest list, favors, flowers, dinner menu, cake, gifts, ceremony music, wedding rings, honeymoon, bridesmaids dresses, groomsmen tuxes...and a million more other things I'm sure I haven't even begun to think about). :)

So that's what I've been up to. Oh right, and work, which is alot of fun! :) And I'm heading to good ole' UMCP on Wednesday to do recruiting for Deloitte! Anyone else gonna be there for their companies? :)