a flurry of activity...

While waiting for me to get round to completing that darned executive summary, I might as well keep going about the current events.

And so the date has been fixed. 12 January 2008. Signed the papers with The Marriott on 11 January 2007.

Pretty good package I guess. Pricey, yes, but the contents of the package seem sufficient to soften the blow on the wallet. Most yummy of all is the 2-night stay in the Junior Suite. Mmmm....

And of course the ballroom itself is sufficiently pleasing for our purposes. The slighly annoying thing is that we've just realised that The Marriott will be hosting a Wedding Workshop on 20 January 2007, and one of the perks to be offered at the event is a complimentary table in the package! Grrr...

But nonetheless, I think we got a decent deal, especially after I terrorised the poor girl from Marriott through numerous amendments to their contract and negotiations for more perks. Hopefully the ang pows collected will be sufficient to cover the financial blow (flying hint to all friends reading this! Heh...)

The following day, on 12 January 2007, which just happens to be exactly one year before the wedding, we dropped by a bridal fair in Suntec, and were sufficiently impressed/entertained by the folks at Santiago to place a booking for their bridal package. Again much haggling was done, and the Santiago staff even said I was a tougher bargainer than Ad! ;) The deal was pretty good, and includes pretty much all the clothes, make-up, flowers, etc needed for the wedding, and also the indoor and outdoor photoshoot. There goes another several thousand bucks. :(

http://www.santiagowedding.com/

We're just lacking a good photographer to do the actual-day shoot, following us around the island. Any good (and affordable) recommendations?

And to complete the said "flurry", we attended at the offices of Vegas Interior Design on Saturday to meet with someone recommended by Jo. http://www.vegas.com.sg/ Sadly, she forgot about the appointment, but she made up for it with earnest apologies and relatively practical and decent advice given. And it's a blessing she happened to be in the office at all, as Vegas had a booth in the ongoing exhibition at the Expo. Shall wait and see how the proposed layout and quotation works out.

So that's that. All set for the new life ahead except for a photographer and an ID/contractor. Now to consider the rather important factor financing all this insane spending: CAREER. Hmm....