In four month's time, I would be a married woman. Yesterday marked our four-months-to-the-wedding date! It's been crazy with invitations (we ordered ours through Stephita. They're AMAZING and very affordable compared to other places. Not only are there a lot of choices when it comes to customization, but they print everything on the premises. Really lowers the cost - to as much as HALF per card!).
My parents are giving "cake cards" out to our family members who live in town. It's a modern tradition in the Chinese community to do this, an off shoot of a tradition in the old days where parents of the bride hand out actual cakes/buns after an engagement. It only goes to guests on the girl's side. However, in modern times, not all invitations are hand-delivered, so it's much easier/convenient/cheaper to include a gift card in the invitation. All bakeries in Chinese malls sell these. At first, I was against giving them out - why bother, right? But my mother said that it would look bad on us if we didn't. My parents have been invited to two weddings this summer and both invites included these cards. They said that having them was "tradition." What tradition? It isn't really MINE. It's THEIRS. But since they're the ones handing delivering those invitations, I guess they can do whatever they want with them.
As for the next steps? Clothes. My dress should be ready for the first fitting in the next few weeks. They haven't contacted me about it yet. As for the bridesmaids, one girl already has her dress and the others have either ordered it or will be ordering. I had *THOUGHT* my flower girl's dress had been ordered, but it turns out that the one we chose has been discontinued. So we're back at square one. As for the guys? My fiance has his tux placed and we are going this weekend to get the groomsmen and ring bearer outfits.
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