yapta love

Have you hear of Yapta? It's a service that tracks flights you're interested in purchasing and alerts when the price has dropped below a threshold you set. You can also use on flights you've purchased so you'll know if you're entitled to a refund.

I setup flight "watches" for my MoH, my brother and us. I was able to email my MoH and let her know that the flight she was going take (but hadn't booked yet) had dropped by HALF. She was able to book her flight... and the next day the price had gone up by $300.

When a flight changes significantly you're sent an email, but you also get monthly reports for flights you have booked and continue to track. For example, this email I got yesterday:

I LOVE to see that kind of savings! That's money that can be spent on several dinners or dozens of tacky souvenirs!

Do you have any cost-saving websites you recommend?

Wedding shoes - Check!

Thank you Macy's... That's one big checkmark on my list!

TGILD!

Thank goodness it's Labor Day!
A bonus day to work around the house and on wedding schtuff. I must say that I am so grateful to have today off (and paid!) and a job.

After a Beatles-fueled weekend and anticipating the release of Beatles Rockband, I'll leave you with this John Lennon video:

flower budget - confirmed!

After back and forth emails with the florist we finally talked and settled on the flowers and a budget. I was slightly concerned that nothing was confirmed - besides being nearly a month away from the wedding, she had 4 weddings to prepare for this weekend at our location, plus she is on vacation next week so I wanted to at least touch base. I'm relieved we were able to talk on the phone yesterday and settle things. Email is great, but it's a difficult medium for talking about abstract ideas and brainstorm floral design.

So here's what my bouquet will hopefully look like:

roses, calla lillies and hypericum berries (from the knot)

The boutonnieres:
from here with callas and hypericum berries

Despite being more than I intended to spend, I know I'm getting a good deal (for getting married at a resort on an island) and will be saving myself the stress of DIYing the morning of the wedding. Instead, my MoH is booking manis and pedis for us, which sounds much more relaxing! :)

Sand Dollar Save the Dates

As promised, here is a hi-res scan of our "A True Fit" save the dates from eInvite.com. You can see the texture of the paper...

You can read my review here.

A gift for the groom

Inspired by this post, I designed my own "Cold Feet" sock template. Once I pick up his argyle socks, I'll print this out, wrap it around the socks and it'll be finished!

I love an easy project... now on to bigger wedding priorities! ;)
Please let me know if you'd like the template!

"38 days" or "one week later"

A week ago I was freaking out... the RSVP deadline was looming and I hadn't even sent our invitations. Today I'm feeling much better Let's revisit that to-do list, shall we?
ME:
-Florist - W(here)TF is my quote? rec'd quote but minor changes have skyrocketed prices... waiting on comparison quote
-Banquet order - approved?! good to go!
-Resolve RSVP postcard issue Anne told me she didn't have any issues with her cards and my tester came through the mail okay so I decided to just go with it
-Mail invitations this week (weigh for postagein the mail 8/29 (our engage-aversary)
-Hair/makeup trials megan is going to practice before the bachelorette party
-FIND BLUE SHOES? still looking for 2.5" heels
-Book tasting for IL menu hmm, probably the 26th. need to call

FIANCE
-Book honeymoon hotel decided our itinerary last night - need to find FL hotel
-Book car rental Emailed confirmation shortly after I called mid-freakout
-Book hotel for wedding celebration
-Call Courthouse for license guidelines all info on county's website
-Try on suit
-Decide on shoes waiting on suit to arrive
-Tell groomsmen what to wear waiting on groom's suit to arrive
-Decide on groomsmen/ring bearer gifts waiting on suit to arrive
-Create iTunes playlist for wedding reception

BOTH
-Decide on ring engraving, if yes, what? eh, maybe as an anniversary gift
-Plan ceremony minister is going to be calling - move this up the priority list!

It's mail time!

Be on the lookout for our wedding invitation!

I've gotten a few calls and texts that our invitations are showing up, but I can hardly wait to begin getting the responses back and seeing what people write on our postcards! I'll post photos of the invitation is all it's glory this week... stay tuned!

PS - Did you know that ZIP code is an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan? I learned of this while waiting to buy postage ;)

Mr. ZIP