"Workflowy that sh*t!"

Posted by Tigritza

At long last, we're finally back online! I know, this blog is horribly in need of an update. To put it blunty: since our last update, our world has turned upside down, inside out and finally back on track again, albeit still a little wobbly. Business school and Nursing school keep us incredibly busy - we often leave the house at 8am and return anywhere between 7 - 9 pm, with a list of school-related things that still need to get done that night, or a party (read: 'networking event') that we "have" to go to. And as the second quarter kicks off in late October and recruiters swarm onto campus, the pressure will be on and it's only going to get busier.

After realizing that wedding planning IS as crazy as they say it is, especially when we're doing it all by ourselves (I should be able to list this on my resume!) we've started using Workflowy to keep track of our "list of wedding-related things to do". Workflowy is a really simple but great little tool to keep track of all the little things you need to do in life. And at this point, we can't live without it! Anything and everything we need to do goes on Workflowy.

A lot has happened, and we don't want to brush over all the small but significant milestones. They each deserve their own post, and hopefully the big ones will get their own posts...

...but to give you an idea, here's what we knocked off the Workflowy list for September:

- Make Save-The-Dates and magnets, and mail them out! We'll do a blog post about this, it was definitely an adventure in itself.
- Sign contract with Photographer - we're SO excited about this incredible duo!

- Finalize/buy Tasha's wedding dress

- Buy little bottles for Tasha's dad's homemade vodka (NOW you're excited, aren't you?)
- Find Russian restaurant (FINALLY!)

- Meet with florists

- Meet with DJs

- Meet with an officiant

Things we're working on now, and are on the Workflowy docket for October:

- Connect with the new wedding venue directors (our old one, who we absolutely loved, was unexpectedly let go, and we have to start planning with the venue from scratch. Here's where our world turned upside down.)

- Finalize Indian food

- Connect Russian/Indian restaurants with venue chef to coordinate logistics

- Get wedding veil, jewelry and shoes for Tasha

- Get shoes for Tigritza

- Keep working with random designer/entrepreneur for best-people clothing (this is a surprise, so we've gotta be vague!)

- Finalize flower lady (i.e. florist)

- Finalize music dude (i.e. DJ)

- Finalize officiant (excited about this one!)

- Create invitation design and get price estimates (urg, it's like save-the-dates all over again!)

- Look at registries (Tasha, this is non-urgent. How did it get on the list for October?)

- Call Little King, the incredible little jewelry shop in NY who made our engagement rings, to design some awesome/innovative wedding bands!

- Look into making deals with hotels for guests, who are already asking about where to stay

- Look up how to make a chuppah and send design to Tasha's dad, who is building it for us

- Interview Penn Orchestra students to play the violin for us during ceremony. Yay for cheap high-quality student labor!

- DECIDE once and for all: Typewriter Guest Book or No Typewriter Guest Book?

- Get a bajillion used wine bottle corks for name card stands

- Write AT LEAST ONE blog post

Well, at least I crossed one thing off the list :) Here's to the next 12 days of October! Full speed ahead...

I can't wait to marry her.