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I cannot believe this wedding is ONE MONTH away!

Here's my top 10 update:

1) Korean Invites:

We sent out 400 invites to basically Momma Justice's friends (sigh) and 30 to pastors/ elders at Mr. Mercy's church. I believe that Momma Mercy sent out another 20 invites... that means that there's a total of 450 invites being sent out.

Now mind you that people will be bringing their families... so let's be conservative and estimate that each family has 1 child that they will bring+ 1 spouse: 1,350 people...

But probably only about 60% will show up because its wedding season, we're sending the invites a month earlier, blah blah blah= 810 people.

Mind you that the reception hall can only hold 400 people. So I have NO idea what she's going to do about the other 400 people. craziness.

Side note: I put the time as 4:30 so that the Koreans who are notorious for being late, will actually be on time. Momma Justice was more than a little displeased and made me print out additional labels correcting the time to 5pm. sigh.

2) Bustle pick-up on 9/7:

It will look like this! $70 for a 3 point French bustle ain't bad right???

I had to cut off a lot of the photo so that Mr. Mercy still doesn't know what even the back of the dress looks like :) hehe

3) Hair:

So I had a bit of a disastrous hair appointment... not because the hairstyle was bad, but because the lady was siding with my mom over me... ridiculous Korean mentality-- the bride is not always right. ANYHOW, she did a good job on the hair and will be coming to the hotel to do my hair, Momma Mercy's hair, Momma Justice's hair, and my sister in laws (both current and potential) haha. Such a huge relief that we won't have to drive to Annandale to get our hair done. Pictures of it:

4) We got our Marriage license!!!:

In Virginia you can get your marriage license 60 days prior to your wedding so Mr. Mercy and I headed there and got our license!! It was super fast and cost us $30 for the license.

5) Money Boxes:

So Momma Justice had gotten us this fine china that came in a hot pink box. I took those 2 boxes and made money boxes- one for the grooms side, one for the brides side-->

6) Honeymoon Registry

We finished our Honeymoon Registry with Honeyfund!!! SO EXCITING! honestly I cannot wait to go on this honeymoon with my husband... I love Europe and I love my friends in Germany. More than that, I can't wait to share in all of those experiences with Mr. Mercy.

I'm hoping that the whole thing can be covered by our friends, my family, and his family... but if not, we've set aside some finances. :P

7) Hanboks: (Korean Traditional Costume)

The hanboks arrived!!

Momma Justice's Hanbok. The top in the photo looks a bit orangeish, but in reality it is this deep rose... so pretty! (Can't show you Momma Mercy's but its the same just the top part is a darker green--> absolutely gorgeous.)

Then there's my hanbok: the one on the left is my personal hanbok. Mr. Mercy will wear a vest in that green paisley pattern + pants in a color that matches the bow +an inside shirt thats like a light pink. His looks great, mine is kinda... bright. The one on the right is the top cover that the brides wear for the paebaek ceremony. We borrowed it from my mom's friend.

8) Rehearsal Dinner & Day of Food:

So for the rehearsal dinner, I have to put in the order for food from Moby Dick's House of Kabob probably 2 days in advance.

We need to buy drinks (sodas), alcohol (without Momma Justice knowing), and plateware/flatware. We'll also probably want to order some sort of dessert/cake/ whatever for that evening.

For the day of, we want our bridal party and helpers to be eating some delicious Jimmy Johns sandwiches!!!

• 15 pc Party Platter Subs = $24.95
• 30pc Party Platter Subs = $49.95
• 6 foot jumbo size party sub= $121.28

There's about 50 people I think we would need to feed (35-40 helpers) + misc random unexpected people... meaning that we would need to order probably 4 of the 30 pc party platter subs??? equivalent to $200. sigh. not bad?

9) Diet/ Exercise:

Speaking of food... with 1 month to go, my dress fits me perfectly... but the question is do I go ahead and work out? I think so. I want to tone up my arms. In terms of diet, I intend to do nothing drastic... Also, started on the advanced white toothpaste-- cant do the strips because it makes my teeth extra sensitive!

10) Resource Guide for Bridal Party:

When I met with the wedding coordinator of the church, she had suggested that there be some sort of info sheet to everyone involved in the party. I decided to take it a few steps further and make a resource guide (complete with a table of contents) haha. When I told Mr. Mercy, he sighed and laughed at me a bit... but I really think it will be helpful! I'm excited to work on it this holiday weekend and hope to have it done in the next few days.

TO DOS:

1. Make pew decor-- still need to make those stupid pew bows!
2. Solidify Photobooth details
3. Print photos for the centerpieces
4. Get branches for the centerpieces
5. Make the resource guide book
6. Set-up table seating & print out cupcake labels
7. Print & fold programs-- waiting on the bible passage from the officiant.
8. Send evite for rehearsal dinner
9. Set up the jimmy johns day of food
10. Double check cake topper making, centerpiece small poms making, and projector from mom.