Archive for June, 2009

Robert Bruce Photography

We had a late engagement shoot with our photographer, Robert Bruce. Robert is an award winning photographer and popular on theknot.com. After spending some time with Robert it is definitely nice tohave a professional who knows poses that look good and he knows the area well.

For our shoot we spent some time walking around the [...]

Hello Kauai Honeymoon

After debating Maui vs. Kauai for some time, we finally settled on Kauai at the suggestion of many people familiar with the two, some of whom lived in Hawaii for anywhere from 1-4 years. With a glowing recommendation like that, Kauai must be pretty awesome.

Kauai Vacations

Kauai is small but it has a lot of stuff [...]

Tuxedo Rental: Men’s Wearhouse is mediocre

Men's Wearhouse Quick Facts:

The website sucks.
Standard tuxedo rental is from $109 to $159 per person
Rent 5 tuxes get the Groom's tuxedo free
You cannot try on a tuxedo
Setup your tuxedos 4+ weeks in advance. Anything less than 14 days will cost $20 per person for rush orders.
Any changes with less than 14 days advance notice will [...]

Honeymoon Planning time!

We're admittedly late in the honeymoon planning with the wedding about 7 weeks away. The name of the game is ultra-splurge because we've been living in a cheap apartment for years and I've been penny-pinching for a long time. On top of that my parents offered to chip in on the honeymoon as long as [...]

Sending and Organizing our Wedding Invitations

A month or so ago we actually sent our wedding invitations in the mail. The process was somewhat arduous but in the end we managed to get 150 envelopes out the door and the response cards have been trickling in ever since.

The sanity-saver in all this is that I happen to have Microsoft Office so [...]