Always in pursuit of something, that’s my state of mind.

In lieu of the most recent and most extravagant wedding I’ve attended.

When a woman of age with a fiancé attends a wedding, she can’t help but wonder about her own – the possibilities… what she would and wouldn’t do if it was her who is about to walk down the isle (If she even dreams of walking down the isle).

In my dreams as a little girl, I’ve always pictured myself as a doting mother and a loving wife, but never can I remember imagining being a bride. Maybe that was a sign of my future take on this happy and sad occasion.

I don’t like to:
- Get married in the church. 
- Don an uber expensive gown I’ll only wear once.
- Plaster a smile for that long.
- Walk down an isle with all the eyes staring at you.
- Spend more than a thousand pesos for a cake you can’t eat.
- Spend more than a thousand pesos for flowers that will not last forever.

This probably is the practical side of my mom that I have inherited. My parents were wed by some government official so when I told my mom about me only wanting a civil wedding – she didn’t mind. THANK GOD!!!

I love my boyfriend. And I think I have found my partner in life. He loves me no matter how insane I get. Our major issue now is the when of the wedding. I have already convinced him of what I want:

1. We will have a civil wedding officiated by someone we trust.
2. I will not wear a gown worth more than 5 thousand. I may not even have to wear a gown.
3. The only witnesses will be our immediate family and the very few sponsors that we will have.
4. Our friends and other relatives will only have to go to the following celebratory dinner.
5. We will have a nice intimate wedding dinner party somewhere outdoors where I can enjoy a meal with the company of people who matter in our lives.
6. I don’t want the cutting cake thing but I want to have a cake - Different cakes from Bizu that everyone will enjoy.
7. Our friends will render happy songs of love.
8. If there is singing (maybe some videoke on the side), there should be dancing, and of course a lot of drinking.
9. There may or may not be a video documentary about us.
10. We will hire an events photographer (non-wedding rate, the power of multiply).
11. We will have a lot of disposable cameras for everyone to use to take pictures of anything and everything.
12. We will spend a weeklong honeymoon somewhere relaxing. 

i’ll just add to the list as the details get finalized

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