Featured Bride on Weddzilla!

Hi Everyone! 

I am really excited about being the newest featured bride on Weddzilla and wanted to share this with you. Go right here to check out my introductory post and all the other great bride posts!

The Launch of Fridays With Mr. Milk

Since Chocolate Lover moved to Vancouver to be with me things have been different. We are finally together after so many years of long distance, and funnily enough, since she's come here we've done nothing else but travel! Well, let's pause for a second because this is my time to speak my mind. I get the Friday guest post on what seems to be my fiance's newfound hobby: blogging about the wedding, thereby effectively documenting every-step-of-the-way-to-the-alter! 

I'll dedicate this week's post on praising Chocolate Lover on how fast she's learned to blog. From the two of us, I've definitely been the one to claim the techno-geek title. Things are different now. She's learned how to adapt a template by rationalizing HTML coding, how to customize her blog's layout, and how to participate in the blogosphere in order to drive traffic to her blog. I'm beginning to feel that I'll be dating a celebrity soon, and frankly, although some people may find blogging to be an odd hobby, I think it's one of the coolest, most 'with the times' thing anyone could do. So if Chocolate Lover's newfound 'obsession' isn't proof of her adapting to my techno-geek personality, then I don't know what is! 

To whomever is reading this, I promise I'll keep my guest posts related only to the theme of this blog, and that I'll keep the techno-talk for my blog (hint, hint) [What? Can't a guy put a plug in for his blog? (still a work in progress by the way)].

Until next Friday, this is Mr. Milk signing off. 

Problem Fixed

It was recently brought to my attention that the comments feature was not working on my blog. Ironically Mr. Milk had noticed this a while back but had not mentioned it. Men! :) 

So just wanted to let you all know that the problem has been fixed, and encourage you to comment away :)

Traditional Wedding Favors

In Cyprus there is a traditional wedding favor known as lokoumia or kourambiedes, aka Mexican Wedding Cookies and Russian Tea Cakes! Who knew! This little cookie transcends borders, cultures, traditions! The only problem? We don't like them :) 

A quick google search revealed that these little gems were reserved for special occasions, such as weddings, because at the time, the ingredients were expensive - butter, sugar, nuts. Also, the nuts were supposed to represent the fertility while the sugar symbolizes the sweet life journey the couple are embarking on.   

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While these are the most commonly given favor in Cyprus, and to some extent, the expected favor, most people don't eat them. There have been many a time that both our parents fridges have had 5-6 on these babies just sitting there. No one wants to eat them. Especially if it's into wedding season and they've had a few already. My mom places them between jars on the fridge door so that the jars don't move and fall out! Ironically, when discussing this with our parents, both were in favor of having these favors (!) while admitting that they don't eat them either! This was very amusing for Mr. Milk and I. 

So we want to have something that is more representative of us. We do want to stick to something edible as we feel that many favors are tossed aside or guests don't have much use for them. What our favors will be is still to be determined. Thoughts include american-style chocolate chip cookies symbolizing my love for chocolate and my time spent in the USofA, or the very Canadian maple syrup representing Mr. Milk's time in Canada. We shall see...

What are you thinking about for wedding favors, if anything at all?

Diamond GiveAway!

Savvy Girl has an amazing Diamond giveaway going on till Oct 4th on her blog so go check it out and enter to win this!

Good luck!

Eloping

So the idea of eloping has crossed my mind many a time! At some point I was even contemplating a quick and easy ceremony by an Elvis impersonator in Vegas. Classy huh?! I think it's so interesting that most brides-to-be at some point or another have this thought cross their minds - and even linger a little!

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Recently it feels like many of us have had this fleeting thought. I was reading Cheap Fiancee the other day and she was talking about how large their wedding will be because they have a large family. I can totally relate. Just my immediate family (aunts, uncles, first cousins only) add up to 56 people! Girl With a Ring also mentioned how wedding planning was getting to her and was entertaining the thought of a very small destination wedding in SF. Even Classic Bride had a post about Eloping in NY!

I don't think the grooms-to-be go through this as much, if at all. I'm sure brides are more involved overall in the wedding planning process and perhaps are more invested in things like colors, flowers, attire, than the men are. I think the things that make me want a quicky wedding are the expense of it all, the mound of things there are to be done, and when people are trying to force their opinions on us.

In terms of Cyprus, Mr. Milk likes to call it the land of "it-can't-be-done" as many people have this attitude when faced with a novel idea. Granted our wedding will not be traditional in many ways and we have already had to deal with many questions/facial expressions/discussions about the things we want and don't want. At the end of the day though, it's pretty difficult to imagine our special day without the people we love, and even those who drive us crazy at times!

What makes you think about eloping? Have you others dealt with loved ones forceful opinions?

To Dress the Groom

Mr. Milk wants a suit that he will be able to use after the wedding as well. He's thought about going to an outlet or two and checking out some designer suits there. Since our wedding is taking place in the summer, we've been talking about his suit being light grey instead of the traditional black.

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or a beige/tan suit

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The outfit-finding-process is so much easier for the grooms-to-be don't you think! Have others found their suits yet? What color are you going for?