More and more I’m hearing of brides who have absolutely no desire for a bachelorette party that consists solely of body shots and male dancers, and I have to agree with them. Personally, all I wanted to do was spend some quality time with close friends, sharing laughs and telling stories. This weekend, I attended a bachelorette party. I had …

Well hello! My name is Sallie and I have a thing for blogs. When I read the EAD needed some brides to blog about their upcoming weddings, I was all over that. I am thrilled/excited/slightly intimated but what the heck, this is going to be fun!

A little about myself to start. I was born and raised in the Dallas/Ft. Worth …

Our Chinese banquet was last weekend, and I almost cannot believe that all of our wedding events are over. It’s giving me time to reflect and obsessively plan for our trip to Japan, and while wedding planning made me crazy and lose weight from anxiety, there’s a part of me that’s a little sad it’s all over. Can I come …

Yes, we ate the top of our wedding cake one year too early but that’s just how we roll.

With my obsessive love of cake and the fact that we were a 10 hour drive from Boston we decided that we weren’t going to wait to eat the top layer of our cake.  I figured that we could always order a …

…one late night while (not) studying over boba…

Me: Hey, do you want to do a first look?
Him: Um…I do not know what that is, therefore, probably not.
Me: Ok.
{tapping of fingers on table}
Him: Aren’t you going to tell me what it is?
Me: Well you don’t want to do it.
Him: {look of annoyance} Ok, what is it?
Me: It’s when the couple meets …

This is the double happiness symbol I have been working with for our Chinese invitations. I purchased it on iStock. Invites to be revealed at a later date!

Lately I have been harping on how complicated our wedding(s) is(are) getting. To quickly recap, we have two events: a ceremony and reception in San Diego, and a big fat Chinese banquet in Sacramento. …

Where has the time gone? It’s been nearly five months since we said “I do” and one month since my last post. (Unfortunately, I didn’t meet my goal of finishing our wedding recaps before the calendar turned to 2010. I apologize!)

Since August, my husband left a good job in northern New Jersey and accepted an even better job in central …

Lance’s mother comes from Norwegian descent.  I remember the first time I went home with Lance for Christmas and was introduced to the wonder that is lutefisk.  Although I personally would not use the words ‘wonderful’ and ‘lutefisk’ in the same sentence, this seems to be a hot item amongst the men in the family (not Lance thankfully – I …

I knew I would be giving gifts during our rehearsal dinner, but I did not I would be receiving gifts, too!

While we were waiting for our food to arrive, my soon-to-be father-in-law gave a touching toast. He even choked up a bit when he acknowledged that his “baby boy” was getting married.

He then turned it over to my soon-to-be mother-in-law, …

Really though, what’s the story?

Birdseed, flower petals, confetti to send off from the church. Got it.

{ image from Seasons of Life }

But what about the getaway from the reception? Sparklers, bubbles, etc…

{ image from Seasons of Life }

Are you supposed to do two send-offs?

I like the idea of doing a ribbon wand send off from the church, but I also like …

I know what you’re thinking. Wait a minute Mo, aren’t you having your wedding in a vineyard with Italian food? This blog post title says “big fat Chinese wedding”, what’s so Chinese about a vineyard and Italian food? Is your entire profile a sham?? Is your name even Mo??!

I can explain. Yours truly not only is having one wedding extravaganza, …

As expected…while I was back home over the Labor Day weekend I was bombarded with wedding questions.  Most of them were typical, where’s the wedding gonna be, what does your dress look like, what type of flowers will you have…and then there’s my mom.

She tends to ask the most detailed questions and when I stare at her funny she says, …