Next Stop: Church

Now that the search for the venue is done, next thing we had to do is to find a church that is located near the it.  Our targeted area is in the Fort area.  JP said not even Makati will do.  So off i searched in the net about Catholic churches all over the area. The one closest to Enderun is St. Michael the Archangel Chapel along MRT Avenue (formerly Bayani Road), Fort Bonifacio.  So when we went to Enderun to pay our reservation fee, we opted to visit this church as well.

front view

Here's the view when from the door

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right

And the view of the altar:

altar left

altar right

This church's rate ranges from P9,500 (venue only) to about P20,000 (includes flowers, red carpet, aircon, etc.)  For more details, call (02) 845-9555 loc. 6419.

And the Search Began

I used to daydream about my wedding day and all the preparations that come before that.  I never thought that when the time actually comes that I have to plan my real wedding that I would be completely, utterly lost.  JP and I started to envision what we want our wedding to be like, and up until we finally made our first booking, we must have changed our minds about a lot of wedding stuff a dozen of times.  

"Let's make it our anniversary date" to "Maybe it's better to hold it on November" to "Wala nang ibang available date. December na lang."

"We'll just look for churches, venues and hotels in QC area" to "Maybe we can check out Mandaluyong and Ortigas area" to "Finally, Fort Bonifacio."

"I want a Grecian-inspired wedding gown that my Mom can just sew for me.  It'll probably cost me less than P3000" to "I think I'll go for a sheer strapped, ready-to-wear gown priced at not more than P5000" to "I'm in love with this fully-laced, mermaid cut wedding gown!  I wonder if anyone could make this for me at P10,000 tops?"

We have only made a couple of bookings so far and we still have a long way to go.  I pray that making decisions for this wedding doesn't always have to be this way.  Otherwise, 10 months wouldn't be enough to prepare for this most awaited event in our lives.

Pity me.  And pity JP more.