Wedding Updates

Happy, Happy Monthsary to us!!

Last Saturday (April 8), we went to Greenhills to check on some jewellers and to meet with Edwin Silangcruz, Jr. of Velvet Mood at Mary the Queen Parish. I had to accompany my fiance to Makati first then off we went to Ortigas. Since it was still a bit early and our appointment with Edwin is at 3pm, we decided to go to Robinson's Galleria muna. It's been a long, long time (years I must say!) since I have been there. There's a way pala from Robinson's Galleria to Holiday Inn and to Crowne Plaza. Realizing this, we decided to check out both hotels for my wedding preps. The main lobby of Holiday Inn is at the 4th floor. We even went to the ground floor thinking that will be the main lobby. Since we forgot to ask, we were unable to view their rooms. Their lobby is quite dark in my opinion. After we got the room rates, we proceeded to Crowne Plaza. Their lobby, on the other hand, is spacious, clean and well lit. Kaya lang it doesn't also have a "grand" staircase for photo ops =( There was a nice girl from the reception desk who volunteered to show us their rooms (without us even asking). She showed us the Executive Suite which has a connecting door (from the inside) to a deluxe room... ang ganda! She also showed us the Deluxe Suite which is more expensive. The difference from the Executive Suite is that its receiving area has its own small restroom and that the deluxe room is connected from the outside so there is more privacy. We like the Executive Suite better! We fell in love with the rooms but we still have to consider EDSA Shangri-La, Astoria Plaza, Linden Suites, Richmonde Hotel, Discovery Suites, etc.

By this time, hungry na kami so we went to Greenhills to have lunch at Aristocrat... yummy ang barbeque nila!! After lunch, we visited Orogem and Goldenhills. We asked for a quotation for the design we wanted and Orogem was able to give us a lower quote by almost 5K.

Then off we went to Mary the Queen Parish where Edwin and his musicians will be playing. We paid the reservation fee and watched them perform until about the time the bride walked down the aisle.

Afterwards, we went to SM North EDSA to watch Ice Age 2 for a well-deserved break. Luckily for us, we also saw Suarez Wedding Rings in the small bridal fair they have in SM. We asked for a quotation as well and they gave us almost the same quote as Orogem kaya lang we weren't able to see a similar ring from the display. Well... we've already decided to order from Orogem which is also highly recommended by my boss =)

It's been a very busy Saturday...