Wine Not?

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For our first date in forever(!), Bojan and I have planned some much needed time to enjoy each other and discuss the wedding. Yes, it’s true—when you have children, it’s very difficult to stay connected. Thus, the focus of our date will be to reconnect and enjoy an activity pertaining to the wedding.

One of our dear friend’s parents own a wine making store. This will not only give us the opportunity to prepare refreshments for the reception but also to make a special brew for the guests as a wedding favour. The process can be broken down into two phases:  1) Decide on the wine and add ingredients to the fermentor (a total of 15 minutes), and 2) In about four to eight weeks, bottle the prepared wine (about 45 minutes to an hour). The price is modest and includes bottles, corks, seals, ingredients, and personalized labels. With our busy schedules, this project is perfect as it is not overly time-consuming. Best of all, we are doing it together.

We’ve managed to knock a few other things off our list of things to do this past week:

- Marriage license applied for
- Unofficial wedding invites (we’ve personally told all our guests to mark June 19th on their calendars)
- Confirmed babysitters for the kids

There’s still more to be done but each day gets us closer and closer to our big day.  I am enjoying every moment of it so far (Bojan, maybe not so much, but he’s a guy!).

For all brides-to-be out there, what part of the planning are you enjoying most?

Comments

  • http://www.weddingbells.ca/blogs/author/jmanzano Judith

    That sounds like so much fun! Isn’t it wonderful to have some much needed time together?

    It feels so good when you can ‘check-off’ things from your TO-DO list. To be honest, I’m not sure what I enjoy the most because everything’s been so much fun: dress and tuxedo shopping, searching the internet together for various ideas, meeting with vendors and everything else under the sun. I think in general we’re just happy to be planning our future – period. I’m REALLY looking forward to the ‘wine and crafting’ nights I’ll be having with my girls. What better way to be productive AND have some much needed ‘girl talk’?

    Wow! Your day is just around the corner…how exciting!

  • http://emily-jane.net Emily – Traditional Bride

    I’m enjoying adding all the little touches of our personality into the wedding. Planning nerdy things in with the traditional (Star Trek cufflinks anyone?) and finding non-traditional music for our first dance. And being creative – we’re doing a lot of DIY projects (to come next post!!) too.

    And yay! June 19th is a day before my birthday! :)