Yesterday RJ and I went with our moms to do some yummy cake tasting at the Dessert Deli! We were presented with individual plates with two slices of cake: one slice was white with chocolate mousse filling and vanilla buttercream frosting, and the other was a two layer yellow cake with a middle layer of chocolate cake and strawberry mousse filling with vanilla buttercream frosting. I was on a sugar high after all of that, but the cakes were absolutely delicious. My personal favorites were the chocolate cake, strawberry mousse, chocolate mousse, and white cake. I didn't care for the yellow cake, it was kind of dry.
Overall, the experience was very overwhelming and I was a bit put off that I was pushed to come up with the types of cake and designs that I wanted. It was also very much directed towards me answering the questions, when quite clearly this should be a group effort between RJ and I! For me, this is preliminary and the purpose was to try cake, look into pricing, and start to come up with some ideas. Although I felt pushed, I must say, the guy who worked with us was great and very friendly. He sketched out a nice fall themed cake for us; it was a 4 layer ivory cake with 2 layers of orange (might be fine tuning the shade once I have my dress), orange bands, and had calla lillies (I'm leaning towards this flower for my bouquet) placed around the layers. This kind of confirmed my desire to have orange incorporated, especially if we truly do go the "fall themed" route ... I need to get more of RJ's opinion on this.
After working through the sketch and getting a cost estimate (which was pretty reasonable, actually, for this place), we looked through some photo albums of the cakes they have made. They truly have a God-given talent; I admire people who can make such beautiful cakes and have the talent that they do. :) Can't wait to go to Muscoreil's next week for more cake tasting!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
401 Days!
I can't believe we're already down to 401 days til our wedding, soon enough it will be only one year away! I have all of my bridesmaids asked, and we now have our flower girl and ring bearer. We also asked my cousin to be a groomsman. So, as far as the bridal party, Ryan just has to finish up his guys, but we're making headway!
In other news, I'm getting pretty anxious about the wedding planning stuff. There is so much to do and think about, and much of it has to do with the actual color of the dress that I go with! My mom, aunt, and I (and maybe my MOH!) are planning on going to David's and Alfred Angelo (in Rochester) to start looking for wedding dresses at the end of September/October. Then bridesmaids dresses ... but I'm hoping to go with some of my girls or chat lots via computer to check those out and get opinions. :)
We have our DJ. We ended up booking Whirlin' Disc Sound in Clarence; they have a lot of experience with Sean Patrick's and the owner seemed to be very experienced and I was impressed! Plus, we get a gift card to Tuxedo Junction, and any little bit helps. After talking to him is when I began to get anxious about the wedding planning, because after the bridal shows are when things start to book (shows starting at the end of September)!
The next step other than the dress is picking out the cake. We have an appointment with Muscareil's bakery in early October which includes talking to the owner and cake person and trying cakes, yum! We are also going to check out the Dessert Deli at some point, another yummy place for sweets. Even though Ryan and I aren't huge cake people, I think this will be one of the most fun parts, haha. :)
So, I think that's it for now. School started on Monday and I'm already really busy, especially since I know that I have to teach research to myself. Our professor is a guy named Pow who is 73, and he's really cute but graduated from Yale and speaks on a level that is way over my head and gives at least 20 minute dissertations to student questions. Yikes! Not much teaching gets accomplished. That with our family course and clinical and an addictions course, it'll be a busy semester. But hey, the end is near (May '10).
In other news, I'm getting pretty anxious about the wedding planning stuff. There is so much to do and think about, and much of it has to do with the actual color of the dress that I go with! My mom, aunt, and I (and maybe my MOH!) are planning on going to David's and Alfred Angelo (in Rochester) to start looking for wedding dresses at the end of September/October. Then bridesmaids dresses ... but I'm hoping to go with some of my girls or chat lots via computer to check those out and get opinions. :)
We have our DJ. We ended up booking Whirlin' Disc Sound in Clarence; they have a lot of experience with Sean Patrick's and the owner seemed to be very experienced and I was impressed! Plus, we get a gift card to Tuxedo Junction, and any little bit helps. After talking to him is when I began to get anxious about the wedding planning, because after the bridal shows are when things start to book (shows starting at the end of September)!
The next step other than the dress is picking out the cake. We have an appointment with Muscareil's bakery in early October which includes talking to the owner and cake person and trying cakes, yum! We are also going to check out the Dessert Deli at some point, another yummy place for sweets. Even though Ryan and I aren't huge cake people, I think this will be one of the most fun parts, haha. :)
So, I think that's it for now. School started on Monday and I'm already really busy, especially since I know that I have to teach research to myself. Our professor is a guy named Pow who is 73, and he's really cute but graduated from Yale and speaks on a level that is way over my head and gives at least 20 minute dissertations to student questions. Yikes! Not much teaching gets accomplished. That with our family course and clinical and an addictions course, it'll be a busy semester. But hey, the end is near (May '10).
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