Dum dum da dum, dum dum da dum...

Last weekend Mr. kanmuri and I went to Hokkaido for the wedding of one of his friends (I will tell you more about the wedding soon!!) Since we were going to be in Sapporo anyway, I decided to arrange a meeting with our wedding planner. Why meet with a wedding planner if you're already married, you ask? Well the thing is that although we have been married for more than a year, we've actually never had a wedding ceremony. Now this might sound strange, but it is common in Japan to have the actual ceremony a few months or even years after the couple is officially married. Of course, a lot of people also get officially married on the day of the ceremony, too.

I had always wanted a nice wedding, like most girls do, but when I saw the price for a Japanese wedding I decided that I didn't want to spend that much money for one day; I have better uses for 25, 000$. And so I had given up, telling myself that pictures would be more than enough. Then, one night, I was watching TV and saw an interesting report on a wedding business called Petit Wedding. According to the show, Petit Wedding offered weddings for about 1,000$. I looked them up immediately and soon after I was signing our contract. I was going to have my wedding after all!!

So last Sunday we headed for the Petit Wedding Sapporo office to discuss our wedding ceremony's details and try on our outfits. As we discussed with our wedding planner, I found myself on the verge of tears several times; I was so excited. I don't even want to think about the wedding ceremony itself; I'll probably be crying for most of it. I hope they have waterproof mascara!!

I tried on about four or five dresses but I knew which one I wanted as soon as I put it on. Here are pictures of two of the dresses I tried on. I won't tell you which one I chose, so please try to guess and vote in the poll. Oh and don't let my facial expression fool you; after an hour of trying dresses, I was starting to get tired.

Which dress will kanmuri wear to the wedding?

Dress 1


Dress 2


Since Mr. kanmuri is really tall, we were afraid they wouldn't have his size. Luckily, the tux fitted perfectly. Here is a picture!

Now that we have everything worked out for the ceremony itself, I have to start sending the invitations. I don't know why I decided to take care of this myself... It's going to be a lot of work!