one step further

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May 18 - 7:51pm - Manila

after a very eventful departure from shanghai (overweight, overweight, and more overweight - sigh), we finally made it back to manila. we've spent the last couple of days really winding down and letting go of all the stress of packing and moving. it's not over yet, we still have one more leg - the journey across the pacific - but at least we still have bout a week to enjoy being in the tropics.

finally being here i can get back to a lot of the wedding details that i have put off over the last few weeks. there is a lot of paperwork and certificates that i need to get, but i won't bore you with that info. we are really excited about two other things though!

1. we pick up the invitations on friday!
2. we chose the wedding favors today - a little recuerdo for the guests of the philippines.

i'm so anxious already to get the invites - the stress is getting to me. i actually have nightmares about them. the other night i woke up with palpitations because all the paper it was printed on was glittery pink! aaarrrgggghhhhh!

aside from that, i'm sure the week is going to fly by and we will be off before we know it. i just hope i'm able to squeeze a round of golf in between...

besos!

our big move back

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March 21 - 2:14pm - Shanghai

i may as well start with the BIG news: we are moving back to MEXICO! crazy, huh? :O after giving it A LOT of thought, we have decided our adventure IN china (not with china) must come to an end for now...

so there you go...if you thought i didn't have enough piled on my plate, now i have to deal with packing up our lives and shipping it across the world. hahaha but i'm not complaining, in fact, it's going to be much easier to plan this wedding now that i don't have to do it across the pacific.

this last week we went to yiwu, about 3 hours from shanghai. we bought all sorts of fun stuff to decorate the reception. i'm excited about it and i want to get there already to see how it will look.

our printer FINALLY sent us the first proof of the invitation. i was beginning to worry we were going to have to find another printer. but the design she presented is actually perfect, we love it, and aside from the necessary minor changes, it's pretty much what we wanted. so we hope to get those printed soon and mail them by end of June maybe...

did you notice that we added a gift page to the website? we signed up for registries at pottery barn and at el palacio de hierro. we figured 2 different places gives people a choice, and really for those of you that are internet savvy, it will be easy to make the purchase online if you don't have physical access to the store...

so that was my week pretty much...it's rainy saturday in shanghai (big surprise), so we are going to sit on the couch, snuggle up, and pop in a DVD.

besos!

things to do

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March 10 - 11:44pm - Shanghai

wow...last week was a crazy work week for me, so i really didn't get much wedding stuff done at all, including updating this little blog. i was out traveling southern china - no, not for fun - visiting factories and suppliers all day long...

so this week i've made myself a to-do list that involves doing as much wedding stuff as i can handle. now it's a matter of where to begin, although i was able to get some done today.

i finally emailed my caterer to start working on our menu. we need to finally agree on the food and costs so we can plan and budget all that in...so i'll be waiting to hear what they say over the next couple of days.

we are also thinking of unique decorations and what fun stuff we can find in china for the big day. that will save us on some of the costs! not everyone has the advantage to buy direct from factories, so might as well take advantage, right?! so over the next few days maybe we'll head out and visit some suppliers...

also, we are narrowing our options for registries! we finally decided it may be a good idea to register somewhere, so look out for that page on this site soon where i'll post the links to where we are registered.

hmmm, i think that is all we did today. we just got home from a yummy thai dinner and i'm ready for bed - (yawn) -

besos!