preps update and (almost!) wedding rings stress

SATURDAY
i went to immaculate heart of mary parish (my parish) to request our marriage banns to be posted. they'll post it next sunday and i would be able to get it from them around november 8. got confirmation from ate gigi (eric's sister) that they have already requested eric's marriage banns to be posted in pinaglabanan. after that, i passed by mt. carmel to submit our marriage license. eric and i just need to attend the canonical interview (which we could do only when he arrives a week before the wedding), submit our posted marriage banns from our respective parishes and provide them a list of our principal sponsors including the complete address of one pair of our principal sponsors. we're almost done with the church requirements!

i was able to distribute some of our invites today!

SUNDAY
i finished cutting all of our guestsheets (i think i need to print more) and some escort cards that i was able to print.

YESTERDAY
i started distributing our invites to my officemates yesterday. i was supposed to only give the invite to mrose, who is an officemate and seconday sponsor, but i couldn't resist in giving my other officemates their invites!

got a text message from my designer that my raw silk train is ready. even she was excited about it! the 4-meter train is a gift to us from eric's officemate who produces raw silk in their province.

anyway, i was so looking forward to lunch so i could go to glorietta and get our engraved wedding rings. to my dismay, ang pangit ng pagka-engrave nila sa rings (i should have taken it as a sign when i wasn't satisfied with their engraving when i asked them for a sample when i gave them our rings to be engraved!)!!! in addition to that, what's engraved pa is different from what we've discussed. instead of ERIC 12-DEC-04, what's engraved is ERIC 12-DEC.04! their excuse was abbreviated daw yung december that's why instead of a dash, they put a period (why are they even bothering asking their clients what to engrave in their rings if they won't follow it anyway?). they said they can easily remove the period and change it to a dash. i decided, since i've already proven that hindi sila nice mag-engrave, for them to remove whatever they have engraved and i'll just have it engraved in rustan's. i was so disappointed in them. they said to return the next day, but i was so bothered that our wedding rings wouldn't come out nice after they remove the engraving that i have to keep on asking them over and over again what the wedding rings would look like after they remove the engraving (would it come out manipis since they have to even out the rings for the engraving to be removed?). they confirmed naman that it would come out the same as the original, all shiny and smooth, since they make their own jewelry (i was so oc about this since when i had my engagement ring fixed, the part wherein the stones were reset/reinforced, parang it wasn't shiny and smooth anymore). they even told me to go back early evening instead the next day and got my contact numbers so they could contact me in case it wouldn't be ready by then or would be ready earlier. anyway, before the time we agreed on when i can pick up our rings, i received a text message from them saying that i could already pick-up our rings. i immediately went back to glorietta and was so happy in how they removed the engraving. they even told me that they had to add more gold into the rings. they were very apologetic naman on what happened so they're forgiven na (buti na lang di sila pumalpak sa pagtanggal ng pagkakaengrave nila on our rings! although medyo na-stress talaga ako when i saw the engraved rings at first.). i hurriedly went to rustan's (5/F engraving section near the embroidery section and cartier watch repair area) to have our rings engraved. i asked rolly (the engraver) for a sample first and was satisfied on their engraving (they do script for wedding rings). paid php 75.00/ring and waited for less than five minutes, and then got our rings! i'm so glad everything turned out well eventually...

i was texting eric the entire time about our rings, from the moment i saw how ugly the engraving was to how it turned out well after having it engraved at rustan's. his exact text message to me was "dats ok. relax lang ikaw. wat s mportant s dat we wil get maried 2 share lyf 2geder." i kept that message in my inbox just in case i stress out again while preparing for our wedding. i just have to be reminded sometimes on what is it exactly all these preparations is for.

TODAY
got an email from bubbles (w@wie from whom i'll be renting the blue carpet for the church's aisle). she already provided me details on how to settle payment for the carpet as well as pick-up and return. i just need to coordinate with my church florist to install and remove this.