The Weddings and Debuts Fair

One would think that after going to three bridal fairs the fiance and I would be done, but we just had to make a stop at one last one - the Wedding and Debuts Fair at Megamall last February 16. Why? To take advantage of the expo discounts, of course! Now that we're only more than a month away, we're making the final decisions on everything and we went back to the bridal fair to book some of our last few suppliers.

Our first errand was Josiah's Catering. We stopped by their booth to meet Karla, our banquet events consultant, so we could drop off one of our partial payments. They had a school theme going on at their booth, which was pretty cute.

Books

Wedding Expo Philippines

It's September. Aleq and I have seven months to go before our happy day, and we are really hunkering down into the nitty-gritty of wedding planning. We were incredibly busy with work in August, so we kind of fell behind a bit with the wedding stuff. We're getting back into it though, and today we accomplished a lot.

The Wedding Expo Philippines was the biggest bridal fair we've been to so far. It was held at the SMX Convention Center at the Mall of Asia, so that can give you an idea of the scale of the event. The booths were a lot bigger, and there were a lot more suppliers there than the others we've been to.

Wedding Expo Philippines

By now though, the fiance and I are hustlers when it comes to wedding expos, since we've already been to - and survived - two previous ones. We breezed through today's event, skipping the booths we've seen before, waving away supplier brochures we're not interested in, and making a beeline for the booths we wanted to check out.

The Philippine Wedding Summit

J + A

The Philippine Wedding Summit was tiring, but a breeze. Having been to the Before I Do Bridal Expo, the fiance and I drew from that first experience and we felt like we had the know-how we needed to navigate  this event easily.

We drove over to the World Trade Center on the second day of the event, June 24, which was an extremely hot Sunday. My coworker Earl gave us free tickets that enabled us to skip the registration process entirely, saving us a lot of time (thanks dude!). So we got in, and just dove into it like we did before.

Look at the huge hall!

This and That

Everyday Aleq and I try to do something for the wedding, whether it's just to discuss an idea or go over the budget. We have work and bills and other things to think about, and we know we have so many months ahead of us, but we don't want to waste a single minute being unproductive. Time flies by so fast and we don't want to be left cramming. Here are a few things worth documenting wedding-wise as of late.


This is the Our Happy Day Google doc. It's an Excel file that my friend Geli sent to me that has been incredibly helpful to us. It's the one she and her fiance Pat are using, and she actually customized it for me and Aleq, which we thought was very sweet. It has tabs for the timeline, to-dos, guest list, sponsors, suppliers, on-going expenses, and a budget checklist! How cool is that? I am currently tweaking it further to indulge my obsessive-compulsive tendencies.

I recently dug out my keepsakes from the most recent weddings I attended. I made sure to keep things like invitations, photobooth pictures, thank you cards, and misalettes to serve as references for my own wedding. Seeing these actually helped me figure out what I wanted. 

Our First Wedding Fair - The Before I Do Bridal Expo

We survived our first wedding fair! Aleq and I bravely ventured into the world of wedding suppliers earlier, when we attended the Before I Do Bridal Expo at the Megatrade Hall in Megamall. As it was our first time, we didn't know what to expect, so we just dived in.

   The entrance to the event - had to take a quick pic with my phone