The Groom's Tuxedo

Next is my groom's attire. Jaylu is torn between wearing a Barong or a Coat and Tie. One consideration is the attire of the whole entourage. He is worried that our male entourage is going to have a hard time looking for their suit. Unlike with Barong, it is simpler to instruct them to just rent or buy a Barong, no need for color coordination since most Barong's are either white or off white. But deep in my heart he wanted a suit. For one, because it is not usual that he wears suit and our wedding day is very special so I wanted him to feel that this is his day too so Ill support him on whatever he prefers.

Then as we all know, Suit is more expensive that Barong. But beacuse it will be Ate Dayin who will take care of our wedding attire, and the owner of the tailor shop is my brother's family in law, we were able to get a big discount :)

During the meeting, Jaylu was able to try on some Coat and Tie, and yes, he is so pogi on it which encouraged him to go with the coat and tie. I admire his body structure because he is not on the bigger scale and not on the lighter scale, well before he is so payatot during our college days but not anymore, he is now on the average scale. (syempre love your own.hehehe) We showed to Ate Del his peg, I did not know that mabusisi din pala ang Coat and Tie. So i just let Ate Del and Jaylu discussed the details of it. Our package already includes the pants, the longsleeves, the vest, the suit and the bow tie.

And to address his concern on our male entourage, I was able to find a suit rental for a very cheap price. Only 300 per suit :) So what we are planning to do is to get the measurements of our male entourage and we are the one who will pick up the color and the design of their suit so it will be uniform for all, I will just provide the neck tie which is according to our color motiff, all the boys are going to wear a neck tie, only Jaylu will wear the bow tie so people will distinguished him as the groom. We got the suit rental on a package basis that is why we got big discount. As for our male principal sponsors, we are thinking of letting them wear Barong, we dont want to require them wearing Coat and Tie, it might sound demanding and we also dont want their suit in different shades, so to be uniform, they will just wear Barong, all in white or off white color.

My Wedding Gown

Last weekend after coming from a lunch celebration of one of my pamangkin's Christening, Jaylu and I went to Darhleen's Creation for our wedding attires.

Actually my gown is a gift from my Kuya Joey and Ate Darhleen. We only gave a portion on the payment of the dress and the rest will be shouldered by my generous Kuya and Ate :) Darhleen's Creation is actually a family business of my sister in law. During one family weekend, ate Dayin asked me about my wedding dress and at the time, I dont have any idea yet on my design and who will execute it. And while she is giving bath to my pamangkin, Owen, and me watching and assisting her, she told me that she will take care of it. Wow, I was really surprised and so thankful and grateful on the gesture and told me that, that is going to be their wedding gift for us. And with the help of my another hipag, Digi, she gave me pictures of wedding gowns that would fit my petite body structure. At first I was kinda hesitant to wear a tube wedding dress, my arms are not really that firmed and my triceps is really a work in progress. But then again, I trusted my sisters for I am assured that they know what would look good in me. My first choice is actually a halter-lace A-line gown, but most of the girls in the family find its design very simple, my mama Cel is a little critic about it, politely telling me to search for more designs so I can have lots of options. So after researching and consulting, my wedding dress is going to be a tube-A-line-dress with swarovski crystals.

As for my my measurements, I asked Tyang Amy (I hope I remembered it correctly), to subtract 3 inches from my current waistline. This is going to motivate me to lose weight and inspire me to constantly hit the gym and do my 1 hr cardio atleast 2-3 times a week. As of this writing, I think and I felt that I already lost weight (hehehe, feeling!) even some of my officemates would notice it and I guess my no rice diet during dinner and me being a gym person is slowly paying off :D So for the next 6 months Slimmers World SM North branch is going to be my second next haven (first of course is my parent's house and my bedroom. hehe)

I still cannot picture myself in that gown maybe because the model in the peg is so slim. I actually dont want Jaylu to see the design until the wedding day. But since Ate Del (one of the owners of the shop and Ate Dayin's sister) and I are discussing it in front of Jaylu, he eventually saw the printed copy. I could not remember his answer when I asked his opinion about it but I remembered him saying na "Payat ka naman" *kilig* But now, he is denying that he said that. hahaha, sinasakyan lang daw nya si Kuya Joey. Whatever his excuse is, basta narinig ko yun, and that is all that matters, music to my ears. hihihi

Our next schedule is on April for my first fitting then if all goes well, meaning I did not lose or gained some weight, they will proceed on the beading process which is the harder part. But I am hoping that by that time, I have achieved my target of 3 inches off my waistline. Tiis-ganda mode muna. hehe