Wednesday, March 30, 2011

'Married' car plate


Just contacted Gina from mbossed.com to order our 'Married' car plate!




The white background and black text remain. I have changed the Cupid and heart graphics to dark pink! Cost: $49


Their office is located at Tuas, so we have to arrange for courier at $8.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Slumberland Mattress


We have a really good deal for Slumberland 9" Queen-sized mattress all thanks to Henry's friend!


Have made an order for it and we are only paying for $250??! I checked out their shop at IMM during lunch time and guess how much it cost? A whopping $1,298!


That's $1,048 saved!!!!!!!
Downside is that we have to arrange for the delivery by ourselves.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Musical Box


Sister tried on the M-size t-shirt from Third Republic and it fits nicely though I find a little tight on her. Grabbed the remaining 4 t-shirts during lunch!


I remembered Mommy saying that I would need to buy a musical box for the customary so while I was shopping around Jurong Point in the evening,I saw one I like! Called Mommy down from her shop to take a look.


So, this is what we bought! A white, English-inspired musical box with simple curves.




Sunday, March 27, 2011

Settling down on a lazy Sunday to do....


1. HDB flat application at Boon Lay Fields
Applied for a 5-room flat this time round. Price range: $334,000 - $391,000.


2. Briefly discussed on the layout of the album that we are going to print for our casual wear photoshoot by Sia. The rest will be done up by Henry.


3. Do up our programme rundown for Actual Day. Patience is only up to this point. Both got very fed-up and frustrated so we paused and Henry took up the responsibility of doing the rest.


Failed to work on our guest list yet again.


We got into disagreements quite a few times regarding the preps of the wedding. Sometimes we just don't talk to each other in order to cool down. I'm trying all means to create a unique and memorable wedding that is within our budget for both of us. I don't wish for a cookie-cutter wedding and thus, here I am, making myself and him so upset and stressed up over a supposedly happy occasion.


I ought to take things easy and not be too fussy over the nitty gritty. After all, every wedding is unique to each individual couple! It's THE day where they commit themselves to each other and live the rest of their lives together, not as 2 individuals, but as ONE, SINGLE existence.


So what if you have the most perfect wedding but ultimately ends up in an unhappy marriage? Joo is right, "It doesn't matter if the wedding is perfect, it's the marriage that is important."

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Weekend


Weekends are the best to run wedding errands!


Bought Henry's shoes for the wedding dinner at Raffles Place. Damage done: $159


Saw his house and room for the first time after the minor renovation.I believe we can do something to make more room within the room! We need to make good use of the space available for our Queen size bed and an area to sun my laundry.

The living room is done up pretty nicely, with cabinets for storage holding and shoes as well. It looks like a second TV console area.


We also did some packing up for the room before we realised that it's high time to get a brand new vacuum cleaner! Hence, that night, we headed to Best Denki at Great World City to purchase our very first home electrical appliance from Bosch.

Friday, March 25, 2011

'Just Married' car plate


I wanted to get a 'Just Married' car plate for our wedding car.


Did research and there were some recommendations for a shop located at Far East Plaza and a website: www.mbossed.com.


I did not manage to find the shop when I went to FEP.. maybe I should have mine customised from mbossed instead. Prices are about $40 for customisation.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

T-shirts


We have been putting the Xiong Dis and Jie Meis' attire for the day on hold for quite a while. Other than checking on the printing rates and cost of t-shirts from Giordano, we have not really begin the project yet. I made good use of my lunch time to source for t-shirts at IMM.


The crewneck tees from Giordano work out fine for the Xiong Dis but they will definitely look sloppy on the girls since they are not tailored to be tighter fitting. Those lycra round-neck tees are good though but they cost slightly higher at $12/pcs as compared to the guy's at $8/pcs.


I was sourcing around at Hang Ten and Cotton On as well but none was as good as Giordano, until I chanced upon Third Republic! They have on sale the exact lycra white round-neck tees for only $7/pcs!!!! However, for fear of the compromised quality, I shuttled between Giordano and Third Republic to try them on. Apparently, their quality is slightly better than that of Giordano's. PERFECT!



Right now, here's the costing of the t-shirts in total:

Guys - $8 (t-shirt) + $5 (printing) x 8 = $104
Girls - $7 (t-shirt) + $5 (printing) x 8 = $96

Total: $200

We intend to print extra pieces just in case, so that will work out to be $52 additional.



I bought 6 pieces from Third Republic first as I'm unsure if Yen Leng and my sister could fit into M size (the shop was only left with all M sizes).



I checked out Poh Heng for their Orro22 collection too. Mommy and Daddy were asking if I would like to have a jewellery piece for my wedding so immediately I thought of the collection from Poh Heng which I wanted quite badly. Heehee.