Lovenest

It’s a tulle, no?

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Ok, so I’ve decided to stick to my current bridal studio, and have finally chosen a reasonably dreamy-worthy wedding gown. I have to stop myself from researching any further, and learn to remain contended. When it comes to wedding preparations, I dare say most girls will become as insanely picky as me!

We have also been sourcing around for interior designers.  Not sure whether it will be a good starting point for people who have smaller budgets (not that we have alot), but it could also be more worthwhile to source for contractors instead.

But the main killing point is to renovate the house WHILE planning for the wedding. Sometimes I wished we did not set the two dates/periods so close together! Plan early for the future, and save up too! That’s the advice I would give at this moment in time.

Our New Nest

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Collected our keys to our love nest two weeks ago! (I think?) After the initial exciting stage of unveiling the new house, it has been down to hard work by the hubby on interior designer research! Depending on how a couple works best, I suggest that you split up the workload. For example, the wife can do the bridal stuff (since she will definitely be the fussy and picky grit on such planning. believe. me.) and the husband can go for the more practical side of things, i.e. the house renovations. My hubs did an amazing job, rounding up about 5-8 IDs (interior designers) within a week or two, arranged meetings in the next week, and now we are down to meeting the last few.  All completed within a month.  And I estimated that we will be able to make a decision within the next month!  This, comparing to my constant hungry eyes for prettier gowns, makeup, wedding themes etc, that has been and is still on-going, to the exasperation of my hubs (and my family), is efficient work! Well done dear!

Remember your HDB

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Like it or not, your lovenest will be part of your wedding expenses! At least for newly weds who plan to start life together immediately after the wedding! The loans and the renovations! (OMG)

Plan your finances carefully. For us, we decided to open a joint account whereby we deposit huge sums of our salaries monthly. It could be for the wedding, for the flat, for the car, or for the little pitter-patters in future!

Swee

Does sequence matter?

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It depends.

By sequence, I mean, The Proposal or The HDB first. We did the latter first, courtesy of cajoling by both sets of parents. Sometimes, it’s good to have our parents set the direction for us, so that everyone is happy. Of course, we were rather taken aback because we never had the idea of settling down so quickly, not when we are still schooling! But if you are a couple who has weathered the storm for many years, it is perfectly normal to plan for the future even before a proposal sounds. Having been together for 7 plus years, everyone’s been wondering when on earth would we finally marry. So guess what, no one was surprised that we were finally applying for a flat. Everyone was excited for us instead. Friends cheered for us when we finally got engaged 9 months after we applied for our flat. So this sequence works! 😀 In fact, we sourced for the engagement ring together. No surprise element there but hey, what matters is the process of participating in such activities together!

Alternatively, if the surprise element is critcal in gaining your gf’s approval, then please, plan a surprise. Haha! Of course, this would mean that you would have to secretly purchase a ring and pray really hard that she loves it. But I believe, if you put in much effort, and perhaps even garnering support and assistance from her friends in planning the surprise, no prizes for guessing what her answer would be!

Swee