December 10, 2024 • 22 mins
Picture this: juggling the demands of medical school while planning a dream wedding. Meet Jessica, our inspiring bride-to-be, as she navigates this exhilarating yet challenging journey. Listen to Jessica's story of teamwork and strategy as she collaborates with her fiancé, who is on a mission to find the ideal getaway car and handle guest transportation. Discover how Jessica's early booking of a December 2025 date keeps the stress at bay, despite the constraints of her academic calendar. This episode paints a vivid picture of wedding planning from a bride's perspective, offering tips on managing emotions and logistics with finesse.
As the excitement unfolds, Jessica shares her adventures in planning a winter wedding, starting with her engagement in April 2024. The emotional connection to the Preserve at Canyon Lake venue adds a heartfelt touch to her choices, while the involvement of family members, like her DJ cousin, brings warmth to the proceedings. Get insights into the thrill of food tastings and the intricacies of managing a 250-guest list, all while keeping the budget in check. By tuning in, you'll explore the delightful camaraderie of joint bachelorette planning with a close friend, and gain valuable lessons on prioritizing personal preferences against vendor requirements. Each chapter promises a unique glimpse into the joys and hurdles of crafting an unforgettable celebration.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome to the Tipsy Guest Podcast.
I am your host, marcoBuenrostro, and every week I'm
here with the top industryexperts, amazing clients and all
my vendor BFFs to bring you thebest tips, advice and juicy
behind-the-scenes stories tomake wedding and event planning
a breeze.
So grab your favorite drink andlet's get this party started.
(00:26):
Hey guys, marco with the TipsyGuest, welcome back.
I am really excited for today'sepisode because we're doing
things a little different thistime around.
You're used to hearing vendorsand we talk all things.
You know weddings when it comesto each individual vendor, but
this time I have an actual bridewith me.
(00:48):
Hey, jessica.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Hi Marco, Thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
I am so excited to have you.
I've known you for a very longtime.
How long has it been?
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Oh wow, six, seven, eight years, probably right
after you met Matt fromPowerSounds, yeah, so Jessica,
she is Matt's cousin.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Matt is from PowerSense that we've had him in
the in the past here in theshow.
But you're getting married.
I'm so excited.
Oh my god.
I feel like I met you when youwere little.
Probably.
I think I was like in highschool.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Oh my goodness, congratulations.
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
So how has it been?
Are stressed?
Are you relaxed?
Are you excited?
Like talk to me about that?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
I think I've gone through so many different
emotions.
I think I have hit alldifferent phases.
So I go through the stressphase and then the really
excited phase, and then I'll letit go because I'll finally book
a bunch of things, and then Iget really stressed out again.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
So it's a constant circle oh, my goodness, and are
you the one doing all theplanning like?
Or is your fiance as wellinvolved and he's stressed like
you, or excited like you, orgoing through all the emotions?
Speaker 2 (01:48):
I don't think he's stressed like me.
I think we're both doing it.
I'm doing a good bulk of it,but I give him tasks.
I go give him three at a time.
Go look up these differentvendors and then report back.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
What was one vendor that you sent him to he?
Speaker 2 (02:03):
really wants a getaway car.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
That's very important to him.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
And so I said you go find the getaway cars and then
you compare all the prices.
So then, while he was on thatboat, I was like, while you're
there, go ahead and look uptransportation for our guests.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Oh my goodness, and go find those vendors too and
report back and then we'll talkabout it again.
That's so funny.
Do you the getaway car, or areyou gonna have some input, like
if he gets something crazy?
Speaker 2 (02:26):
he'll probably ask I don't think he's gonna get
anything crazy.
He feels very classic okay so Ithink he'll pick a classic car
and he'll ask for sure.
He's definitely just gonna makesure it just fits in the budget
.
Then like, please, let's dothis one.
I'll be like, yay, I'm justexcited that he's excited too.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
So that's cool.
I like it when both you knowwhen both parties are involved.
You know, for me, most of thetime with the photo booth, I
either get an email from thebride or the planner.
It's very rare that I get anemail or a call from the groom I
have in the past, which I thinkit's really cool.
You know when they are the onesreaching out.
(02:59):
You know like hey, you know I'mgetting married, you know my
wife is looking at certainthings.
Like hey, you know I'm gettingmarried, you know my wife is
looking at certain things, butyou know, I want to get a photo
booth.
Blah, blah, blah.
I'm like look at you.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
That's pretty cool.
I think a lot of it comes from,like my fiance's, like I really
want to help.
I don't want this to be all onyou, I just don't know what to
do, and so that's when I started.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
I, okay, like I know how to make this work.
Well, you can give him a taskthat I'm going to give you.
Just give him the link to thetipsy guest and we will give him
all the advice.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Go listen and binge them all, like I did.
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
So, no, okay.
So when it comes to, I guess,selecting your vendors, what I
mean?
I've always said it I thinkvenue is one of the most
important parts, because thenyou know you can plan around.
That I agree.
Did you come up with yourwedding date first, or did you
have to go to make sure, I guess, that the venue was available
(03:54):
and then select your date?
How was that?
Speaker 2 (03:57):
It kind of was both.
But luckily we were so far inadvance looking at venues that a
lot of people were like, oh, wehaven't even opened up 2025 yet
.
Well, at the time we're lookingat 2026.
Okay.
So like we hadn't even lookedat that part of the calendar yet
.
So we were very early.
We're in a very uniquesituation where we're both third
years in medical school and sowe're planning a wedding for a
fourth year in medical school.
So we're planning around ourboards, around our graduation,
(04:18):
around all these differentevents.
So like there are very specificwindows that we have to have it
in, and so we were very earlyon.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
So when is the wedding?
Speaker 2 (04:26):
December 19th 2025.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Okay, all right, so you have over like more than a
year.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
And we booked that in July.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Oh, so a year and a half.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
We booked it a year and a half and they were like
y'all are so early, like it'samazing.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
We love it because you have your.
Did you set yourself a deadlineto where you would be like?
Okay, I want to make sure thatI have everything booked by a
certain month so that I don'tstress the last few months of
you know, leading up to the tothe wedding you know, that's a
good point.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
We probably should put a deadline.
We haven't put a deadline on it, but a lot of stuff is getting
done so early that it makes mefeel like we're on the right
track to making sure, because wehave to get it done.
This summer we take anotherboard another board exam.
So it has to be most of itneeds to be done before we start
prepping for that, because onceI go into that little
hibernation, that's so excitingand I know how stressful medical
school is.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
I mean, I watched grace anatomy, so now you're an
expert.
I seriously think I graduatedfrom medical school because I
watched all 20, what 22 seasons?
It's still going.
It's still going.
I mean, whatever seasons wereout during the pandemic, that
was my show.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
I watched Grey's at least two or three times as well
.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
I was obsessed and people always say like, oh my
God, we're sick of it, they justneed to let it go, they need to
cancel.
Always say like, oh my god,we're sick of it.
They just need to let it go.
They need to cancel.
I'm like no, like the drama'sthere.
I'm like some of us real likehardcore fans, we're here and
like forever, like I don't careif it's repetitive, like keep it
going I know, and it's verydramatized, it's crazy and I
love it and I love it is medicalschool like that, really, like
(06:00):
you know, like it's really not,it's really not, not at all so
it's kind of fun to watch itbecause you're like this is like
this would not happen
Speaker 2 (06:07):
like that is so ridiculous, not how it would go
like the chain of command, butthat's like me and my fiance.
We love watching medical showstogether, which is funny because
, like you, think we've hadenough of it, but we watch them
more.
To be like that would justnever happen there's a new one
that just started.
Um, that's on a boat oh, I sawthe saw the ad for that.
I don't know.
He's like a captain.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Yes, it's a Ryan Murphy show and it it's on the
same night as Grey's Anatomy,cause I think fire station got
or ended, so I think theyreplaced it with with this other
show.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Yeah, and it's a medical show as well.
I think he's supposed to belike the doctor of a big I might
also.
Oh my, goodness.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Okay, we're getting off topic here.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Back to weddings.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
So okay, so I think it's cool.
Yeah, I think it's a good ideato set yourself with a deadline.
That way you get to enjoy thelast few months of being engaged
.
I agree, do you guys ever dolike I can't think of?
How long have you been engaged,I guess?
Speaker 2 (07:02):
let me ask you We've been engaged since April, april,
april, april 2024.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Okay, so time of recording.
Right now it's October 2024.
So it's been a few months.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
And we didn't even start planning until July 2024.
Because I was taking a board.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
I'm always taking a test, but yeah, I was taking my
exam.
So then, once July hit, we'relike, let's get it go okay, so,
okay, so you, you, obviously youknow you got your date, you got
your venue.
What other vendors have you, uh, where?
Let's say for example okay,general question Around, how
many vendors do you already havesecured?
Speaker 2 (07:34):
I probably.
I was actually looking at thelist this morning.
I think I have like six.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Six.
Okay, what were the first three?
Obviously the venue.
What were the other two thatyou were like I need to get on
it right away.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
Let me see, after man , after we got the venue, it got
so much easier because then wehad a date to like tell people.
I got the planner right after.
So that was the second one,okay.
And then I think we gotcatering shortly right after
that.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
All right, so let's, let's do some name drops here.
Where, where are you gettingmarried?
Speaker 2 (08:02):
I'm getting married at the preserve at Canyon Lake.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
It's beautiful.
I'm so, so, so excited.
I love, love, love the preserve.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
I went with my aunt and I went with my mom and my
maid of honor and we went firstand then I was like I have to
bring my fiance back Because hewas in the military training at
the time.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
And so.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
I was like he has to come see this, he's going to
love it.
And then I brought him and mydad on a different trip and both
of them were like it has to behere.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
And I'm like, I'm so glad y'all agree it is and it's
just.
I think it's beautiful.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
And we're hoping the weather.
We looked at the weather on ourdate last year and it was like
highs of like 75s and low oflike 60s and we're like,
hopefully it stays like that forcocktail hour and then we'll
all just move inside.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
That is so perfect.
Yeah, I love it.
And then you said okay, so yousaid you have the venue.
Then the uh, the planner.
Who's your wedding planner?
Speaker 2 (08:55):
oh, you know what, now that I'm thinking about it,
I had a dj along before, but Ididn't have to book that, I mean
he's in the, he's in the family, so of course that you probably
you've had that dj my firstactually that you probably had
the dj, since you were in likemiddle school and be like you're
gonna dj my wedding absolutelyso.
That was technically the firstbut I just texted my aunt and
was like this is the date,Please walk the weekend.
(09:16):
That's so funny so yes,powersounds is a DJ, but then I
got my coordinator and I amusing Greg Recy Vance.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Oh, I love Greg.
I mean, I office with Greg,he's been so helpful.
I've known Greg for I don'tknow 10 years now.
Greg is great.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
And his work is amazing.
And not only is his work justbeautiful, but he's so calm and
he's such a warm presence, andthat's what I want on the day.
I don't want someone runningaround stressing us all out.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
I feel like.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Greg will just grab control.
I've seen him at so many eventsand he is just on top of it,
but he is so poised and I loveit, so that's the vibe we wanted
.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
That's awesome.
And then who's your cateringcompany?
Speaker 2 (09:53):
We went with, got it Covered.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Oh, okay, so we they're great.
I love it yes.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
And they're giving us .
We are able to get a duetdinner and then we're getting
it's going to be plated, they'regoing to do the linens and then
they're doing a late nightsnack also.
So they're doing a lot for usalso.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Do you already know the menu?
Yes, what's the perfect likesober up snack I won't let you
spoil the rest, like the actualmenu, because then I want it to
be a surprise for your guestswhen they when they get there.
Speaker 2 (10:26):
Yeah, I think we all we went and did the sit down
tasting and we're all like thisis great, I love tasting.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
I I mean, I I normally don't tastings because
I just show up to the event, butyou know they normally have the
vendor meals and you know weget to eat at the events as well
.
But I did help a friend onetime.
She was planning an event.
She's from out of town and shewas coming to San Antonio and
she's like hey, marco, I needyou to do the scouting for me.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Oh, that's so nice.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
So I like sure you know what do you need.
I know every vendor in town andyou know I I helped her get a
lot of the vendors, but myfavorite one was the, the
catering, because I got to go tothe tastings.
I'm like, oh my god, this iswhat it's like wow, I'm getting
a free meal.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
It's getting coming.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
It is so good coming out in different phases, the
appetizer phase and all thephases is so fun it is so good.
And I mean, and again, we get toeat everywhere we go.
I mean, whenever we do thewedding expos, whenever we do
the open houses at venues, youknow, the catering company is
always so nice and they, youknow, normally bring plates to
us at the towards the end of theevent and, uh, yeah, we get
really excited, you know.
And then, of course, all thedesserts, and it is so good, oh,
(11:29):
my goodness, I can talk aboutfood all day long.
So do you already have a vibelike what's that?
What's the vibe that you wantfor your wedding?
Speaker 2 (11:37):
we are going very.
We want it to be very elegant,very warm, very romantic.
So we want to play on a winterinspired theme, but we don't
want it to be christmas themedif that makes sense because at
first when I was building thepinterest board and I had put
like burgundies and stuff, I waslike it feels like you're going
into a christmas event and nota wedding.
(11:57):
So then we took the burgundy outand we kept like the deep
emerald greens and like theivories and the champagnes, and
then it felt very like warm andromantic and elegant, while also
playing on like the winter,because we want to have
christmas trees up.
We're just not going to haveany decorated ones, we're just
gonna have them like the treeslit up and just as background
decor and stuff.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
I've done a couple of weddings like that that are
closer to um to to christmas andsame thing, you know, very
elegant.
It doesn't feel christmassy butit's still.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
You can feel that it's christmas time, like it's
so pretty, you want to.
We really want to embrace, likethe season of it.
We just don't want to be toolike you're walking into a
christmas party.
That is so cool.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
I did have a wedding last year.
It was really close toChristmas I can't remember the
date and they ended up bringingI guess like for one hour.
They ended up having a Santaand he was by the photo booth
the entire night.
So everybody took photos withSanta, but they were not cheesy
because everybody was so dressedup and so elegant.
(12:54):
Oh my God, the photos lookstunning.
I've actually never thoughtabout that.
So we use.
I'll show you the photos.
So we used.
It was like a black, sparklybackdrop, so not Christmassy at
all.
It was just black, shiny,everybody wearing tuxedos, like
dark colored dresses, and thenjust the red of Santa in the
middle of them.
That's pretty cool.
It looked middle of them, itlooked actually really good and
(13:14):
it was so much fun.
Again, it didn't feelchristmassy, didn't feel like oh
, like the mall photos, you know, with santa.
It just felt like a party andhe was just there to photobomb
everyone yes, it was really cool.
It was really fun and I love thephotos yeah, that's really fun
there's I mean there's differentthings that you can do, you
know, to make it feel likechristmas, but not be
(13:35):
christmassy if that makes sense,right, I think we want to do
like I don't know.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
We're thinking about like what kind of gifts we can
give to our guests that can playon the Christmas theme too.
So we're looking on Pinterestand stuff and a lot of people
have done it before, so we'rereally excited to just pick one
and maybe like run with it.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
I'm really excited for you.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
I was like what if I ruin it for all my guests?
Speaker 1 (13:53):
Don't say it, don't say it, girl.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
You can tell me off the air.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
So what are you most excited about the planning
process?
Because I know again, it couldbe stressful sometimes, but what
is it that you're like?
Speaker 2 (14:07):
oh my.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
God, this is so exciting.
Like certain vendors, or again,maybe looking at things on
Pinterest.
What is it that you're like, mygod, I love this I don't know
I'm really excited for a lot ofit.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
I think each time like I go into a um, like a deep
dive into different type ofvendors, I get really excited
for that vendor.
So, like we went into thecatering, I got really excited.
When we went into thephotography, I got super excited
for the potential of all thepictures and stuff.
And you, when you're bookingthe vendor, you're booking their
vibe, right, you're bookingwhat like what they do, and so
we were really excited.
Each time we got one we'rereally into.
We haven't booked one yet, butwe're really into super eight
(14:41):
right now, the super eight filmsokay yeah, like old and like
vintagey and time.
So we're really excited rightnow.
Currently we're looking so hardfor one that is really cool and
I'm so excited because I thinkthose feel like a memory.
When you watch them it feelslike what a memory yeah and so I
am just like so excited we'relike we're gonna find one, we're
gonna find it sounds like yourwedding is gonna be very unique.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
I love that oh, thank you.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
We're so excited.
I'm so excited to not only justget married, but to like have
this big celebration for us toowith all of our closest family
and friends and he has familyfrom out of state flying in.
So, like we've told everyoneahead of time, like we already
booked it.
So start preparing, startthinking about your flight.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
Yeah, oh my goodness, that is so cool.
So when it comes right now thatyou bring up the the, you know
people traveling from out oftown and things like that, um,
of course, you know, during theholidays can get a little pricey
, but I just I feel like youpicked a date that is just right
before the flights are going toget really expensive that was
really.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
We thought that about that really hard because we
wanted it to be kind of close,so that way when we play off
like the winter theme and thechristmas era of the season, we
wanted it to be around the dateof christmas, but we didn't want
it to be where it's just likeman, like this is the worst time
that they could have done thisand we have?
Speaker 1 (15:49):
yeah, because then you take people away from their
family during that time.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
And I forgot when christmas falls that year.
But christmas and new year, wewere gonna do that weekend in
between.
It would have been like the28th or the 29th I don't
remember, but we're like my mombrought it up.
She's like flights are gonna beso expensive yeah, she goes and
you're taking away people's timeto like they might not be able
to go home with their family,you know, or they might not be
able to do other things, and shewas like I think it would be
better the weekend before or theweekend after, but then the
(16:12):
weekend after, but then theweekend after is January and it
felt weird.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
Yeah, so I was like it has to be before, so then we
were right before it.
I like that.
You know.
It's so nice that you, you knowyou thought about all of those
things.
You know, not just about you,but also your guests.
You want to make sure you knowthat people come to your wedding
to where they can come and it'seasy for them to be there Like
we want it to be.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
We don't want it to be so difficult that it's just
the most expensive flight in theworld.
Yeah, you know, and everyonewas like just don't worry about
it, just pick what you want topick.
And I'm like no, because ourguests are our family.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
Yeah, and I feel like the people that are that need
to family.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
So so I think it's uh yeah, I mean, right before
christmas it's alwayseverybody's so excited.
It's how it's.
I think december is a happymonth in general.
It is, it's so exciting a lotof our friends from medical
school who will be in the bridaluh, the bridal party and also
just attending the wedding.
They're all from differentparts of the us and different
parts of texas too, so we wantedto make sure, like we're not,
as soon as winter break hits,they're gonna go home, and then
they'd have to come all the wayback for the wedding and then go
all the way back home.
You know what?
I mean yeah or they'd have tojust stay.
And so we were like that'sanother group of people that we
were trying to look out for islike, if we do it early, then
(17:23):
once they go home they can stayhome for the whole break and
they don't have to do all thatvery true, look at you I love
how you thought about everything.
Oh my goodness that is so coolwe really tried, we put a lot of
effort into it was that waskind of stressful because we
were trying to make sureeveryone was accommodated for I
like that.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
I like that, thank you as a as a, you know,
sometimes we go to events andand, yeah, sometimes the days
just don't work out.
And so me, as a guest thatsometimes I go to, I go to
events all the time.
You know, sometimes they don'tthink about this thing.
So, you know, I'm sureeverybody's gonna thank you for
that, you know, I mean peopleget to see their family when
they, when they come, you know,from out of town and things like
(17:59):
that.
So that's super cool, all right.
So now let's talk about and youknow we don't have to be
specific um but, for example,budget um, you know everybody's
a little different.
You know there's there's brides, there's grooms.
You know that they want to gowith like a, you know, like a
low-key wedding.
Some people want to go over thetop.
Like, what do you feel yoursfalls under?
(18:20):
Is it like somewhere in themiddle?
Are you spending a lot?
of money are you trying to getlike you know what is your.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
Your, I guess, like your vibe when it comes to to
that so we, we, initially I waslike we can just elope, like we
can do something really nice,like we can, can fly somewhere
and do something really nice.
But my fiance really wants tocelebrate with everybody and I
was like, okay, like I'm down,but my side of the family is
huge.
So, it's automatically going tobe big, no matter what happens,
(18:45):
you know.
And then I'm so glad he pushedthat though, because I'm so, so,
so excited to have a wedding,and so is the whole family, so
we're excited, we're doing that,but I feel like we're falling,
maybe like in the middle.
It's like we're planning forlike 250 guests.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
So it's going to be larger and I feel like the
budget just keeps moving up.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
It's always going to move, it's always.
The more things you look at,the more you want, and it just
gets expensive.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
And we shuffle around a lot too.
We're like, okay, on thepriority list, this is now moved
, so let's move the budget inthat direction too, and we can
actually live without this, solet's do that.
So we keep moving stuff aroundto make it work too.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
Oh my God, I feel like we can just talk, and talk,
and talk, and talk for a longtime about all these things
which I have a feeling that wemight have a part two of this
episode, yeah, I am veryintrigued to know about.
Like you said, you know how,how do you prioritize?
You know what goes up the list,what comes down.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
then you start adding things you have to make the
list.
You have to, if not, like youend up putting money.
When you're like making yourspreadsheet and stuff, you end
up putting money in things thatweren't as important, and so you
have to make the list of likefor your and for you.
Like what's the most importantthings and what do you want to
put the most money into?
Speaker 1 (19:58):
oh, my goodness, it sounds, I mean, I think.
Uh, I think that would be the.
I guess.
Have you, you and your fiance,ever had a disagreement on, on
like certain, like little things, or?
Speaker 2 (20:10):
absolutely.
He was like that is aridiculous price.
You should not.
The more you see vendors,prices come back and you see the
quality, the more you startconvincing yourself like that's
not a lot of money.
And me and my best friend areboth getting married around the
same time.
We both are doing that and wefind ourselves doing that and we
have to talk ourselves out ofit like that is a lot of money.
Oh my goodness, but my fiance isalways like that's a lot of
money, jess, and I'm like, oh,you're right, it actually is a
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lot of money.
I just convinced myself that itwas a good thing.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
I mean it's a good thing that you have a friend
that's getting married aroundthe same time it is.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
It's very nice.
Speaker 1 (20:37):
Are you guys using some of the same vendors or are
you guys going complete oppositedirections?
Speaker 2 (20:42):
We actually haven't had very similar vendors at all,
because what we've learned isdifferent venues and different
places have different vendorsthat they will make you work
with.
So they have their preferredvendors but then they have, like
, the required vendors.
The Preserve doesn't have anyrequired vendors, they just give
you all they're recommended,but her venue actually has like
three or four that are required.
So we ended up going a lot ofdifferent directions but we send
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each other vendors all the timebecause we have very similar
vibes.
So I feel like we're having verysimilar style weddings, just
with different vendors, so justwith different vendors.
So it'll be interesting to seehow they both turn out.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
That is so cool.
Is she going to be part of yourwedding?
Yes, and are you part of hers?
That is so fun we're actuallydoing a joint bachelorette party
.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
We decided we're like let's just do it together.
Let's just, we've been friendsfor like maybe 10 years.
We were college roommates.
Speaker 1 (21:29):
Like we were like, let's just do it and, out of
time for this episode, I thinkI'm going to have you back for a
part two.
I mean, there's still so muchmore that we can talk about, but
we can definitely do this for adifferent episode.
And let's you know we'll haveit next week.
This is your open invitation.
We will have a part two nextweek.
Amazing, all right to ourlisteners.
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Thank you so much for tuning inthis week of the Tipsy Guest,
jessica.
Again thank you, I am soexcited for you and oh my gosh,
you're getting married.
Speaker 2 (21:58):
I know, thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
We're so excited, yeah, but we'll talk next week,
okay, yes, all right.
Thank you, listeners.
Tell your BFFs we have a bridein the studio, so stick around,
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Hey guys, marco with the TipsyGuest, welcome back.
I am really excited for today'sepisode because we're doing
things a little different thistime around.
You're used to hearing vendorsand we talk all things.
You know weddings when it comesto each individual vendor, but
this time I have an actual bridewith me.
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Hey, jessica.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Hi Marco, Thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
I am so excited to have you.
I've known you for a very longtime.
How long has it been?
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Oh wow, six, seven, eight years, probably right
after you met Matt fromPowerSounds, yeah, so Jessica,
she is Matt's cousin.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Matt is from PowerSense that we've had him in
the in the past here in theshow.
But you're getting married.
I'm so excited.
Oh my god.
I feel like I met you when youwere little.
Probably.
I think I was like in highschool.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Oh my goodness, congratulations.
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
So how has it been?
Are stressed?
Are you relaxed?
Are you excited?
Like talk to me about that?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
I think I've gone through so many different
emotions.
I think I have hit alldifferent phases.
So I go through the stressphase and then the really
excited phase, and then I'll letit go because I'll finally book
a bunch of things, and then Iget really stressed out again.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
So it's a constant circle oh, my goodness, and are
you the one doing all theplanning like?
Or is your fiance as wellinvolved and he's stressed like
you, or excited like you, orgoing through all the emotions?
Speaker 2 (01:48):
I don't think he's stressed like me.
I think we're both doing it.
I'm doing a good bulk of it,but I give him tasks.
I go give him three at a time.
Go look up these differentvendors and then report back.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
What was one vendor that you sent him to he?
Speaker 2 (02:03):
really wants a getaway car.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
That's very important to him.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
And so I said you go find the getaway cars and then
you compare all the prices.
So then, while he was on thatboat, I was like, while you're
there, go ahead and look uptransportation for our guests.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Oh my goodness, and go find those vendors too and
report back and then we'll talkabout it again.
That's so funny.
Do you the getaway car, or areyou gonna have some input, like
if he gets something crazy?
Speaker 2 (02:26):
he'll probably ask I don't think he's gonna get
anything crazy.
He feels very classic okay so Ithink he'll pick a classic car
and he'll ask for sure.
He's definitely just gonna makesure it just fits in the budget
.
Then like, please, let's dothis one.
I'll be like, yay, I'm justexcited that he's excited too.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
So that's cool.
I like it when both you knowwhen both parties are involved.
You know, for me, most of thetime with the photo booth, I
either get an email from thebride or the planner.
It's very rare that I get anemail or a call from the groom I
have in the past, which I thinkit's really cool.
You know when they are the onesreaching out.
(02:59):
You know like hey, you know I'mgetting married, you know my
wife is looking at certainthings.
Like hey, you know I'm gettingmarried, you know my wife is
looking at certain things, butyou know, I want to get a photo
booth.
Blah, blah, blah.
I'm like look at you.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
That's pretty cool.
I think a lot of it comes from,like my fiance's, like I really
want to help.
I don't want this to be all onyou, I just don't know what to
do, and so that's when I started.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
I, okay, like I know how to make this work.
Well, you can give him a taskthat I'm going to give you.
Just give him the link to thetipsy guest and we will give him
all the advice.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Go listen and binge them all, like I did.
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
So, no, okay.
So when it comes to, I guess,selecting your vendors, what I
mean?
I've always said it I thinkvenue is one of the most
important parts, because thenyou know you can plan around.
That I agree.
Did you come up with yourwedding date first, or did you
have to go to make sure, I guess, that the venue was available
(03:54):
and then select your date?
How was that?
Speaker 2 (03:57):
It kind of was both.
But luckily we were so far inadvance looking at venues that a
lot of people were like, oh, wehaven't even opened up 2025 yet
.
Well, at the time we're lookingat 2026.
Okay.
So like we hadn't even lookedat that part of the calendar yet
.
So we were very early.
We're in a very uniquesituation where we're both third
years in medical school and sowe're planning a wedding for a
fourth year in medical school.
So we're planning around ourboards, around our graduation,
(04:18):
around all these differentevents.
So like there are very specificwindows that we have to have it
in, and so we were very earlyon.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
So when is the wedding?
Speaker 2 (04:26):
December 19th 2025.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Okay, all right, so you have over like more than a
year.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
And we booked that in July.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Oh, so a year and a half.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
We booked it a year and a half and they were like
y'all are so early, like it'samazing.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
We love it because you have your.
Did you set yourself a deadlineto where you would be like?
Okay, I want to make sure thatI have everything booked by a
certain month so that I don'tstress the last few months of
you know, leading up to the tothe wedding you know, that's a
good point.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
We probably should put a deadline.
We haven't put a deadline on it, but a lot of stuff is getting
done so early that it makes mefeel like we're on the right
track to making sure, because wehave to get it done.
This summer we take anotherboard another board exam.
So it has to be most of itneeds to be done before we start
prepping for that, because onceI go into that little
hibernation, that's so excitingand I know how stressful medical
school is.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
I mean, I watched grace anatomy, so now you're an
expert.
I seriously think I graduatedfrom medical school because I
watched all 20, what 22 seasons?
It's still going.
It's still going.
I mean, whatever seasons wereout during the pandemic, that
was my show.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
I watched Grey's at least two or three times as well
.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
I was obsessed and people always say like, oh my
God, we're sick of it, they justneed to let it go, they need to
cancel.
Always say like, oh my god,we're sick of it.
They just need to let it go.
They need to cancel.
I'm like no, like the drama'sthere.
I'm like some of us real likehardcore fans, we're here and
like forever, like I don't careif it's repetitive, like keep it
going I know, and it's verydramatized, it's crazy and I
love it and I love it is medicalschool like that, really, like
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you know, like it's really not,it's really not, not at all so
it's kind of fun to watch itbecause you're like this is like
this would not happen
Speaker 2 (06:07):
like that is so ridiculous, not how it would go
like the chain of command, butthat's like me and my fiance.
We love watching medical showstogether, which is funny because
, like you, think we've hadenough of it, but we watch them
more.
To be like that would justnever happen there's a new one
that just started.
Um, that's on a boat oh, I sawthe saw the ad for that.
I don't know.
He's like a captain.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Yes, it's a Ryan Murphy show and it it's on the
same night as Grey's Anatomy,cause I think fire station got
or ended, so I think theyreplaced it with with this other
show.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Yeah, and it's a medical show as well.
I think he's supposed to belike the doctor of a big I might
also.
Oh my, goodness.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Okay, we're getting off topic here.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Back to weddings.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
So okay, so I think it's cool.
Yeah, I think it's a good ideato set yourself with a deadline.
That way you get to enjoy thelast few months of being engaged
.
I agree, do you guys ever dolike I can't think of?
How long have you been engaged,I guess?
Speaker 2 (07:02):
let me ask you We've been engaged since April, april,
april, april 2024.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Okay, so time of recording.
Right now it's October 2024.
So it's been a few months.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
And we didn't even start planning until July 2024.
Because I was taking a board.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
I'm always taking a test, but yeah, I was taking my
exam.
So then, once July hit, we'relike, let's get it go okay, so,
okay, so you, you, obviously youknow you got your date, you got
your venue.
What other vendors have you, uh, where?
Let's say for example okay,general question Around, how
many vendors do you already havesecured?
Speaker 2 (07:34):
I probably.
I was actually looking at thelist this morning.
I think I have like six.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Six.
Okay, what were the first three?
Obviously the venue.
What were the other two thatyou were like I need to get on
it right away.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
Let me see, after man , after we got the venue, it got
so much easier because then wehad a date to like tell people.
I got the planner right after.
So that was the second one,okay.
And then I think we gotcatering shortly right after
that.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
All right, so let's, let's do some name drops here.
Where, where are you gettingmarried?
Speaker 2 (08:02):
I'm getting married at the preserve at Canyon Lake.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
It's beautiful.
I'm so, so, so excited.
I love, love, love the preserve.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
I went with my aunt and I went with my mom and my
maid of honor and we went firstand then I was like I have to
bring my fiance back Because hewas in the military training at
the time.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
And so.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
I was like he has to come see this, he's going to
love it.
And then I brought him and mydad on a different trip and both
of them were like it has to behere.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
And I'm like, I'm so glad y'all agree it is and it's
just.
I think it's beautiful.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
And we're hoping the weather.
We looked at the weather on ourdate last year and it was like
highs of like 75s and low oflike 60s and we're like,
hopefully it stays like that forcocktail hour and then we'll
all just move inside.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
That is so perfect.
Yeah, I love it.
And then you said okay, so yousaid you have the venue.
Then the uh, the planner.
Who's your wedding planner?
Speaker 2 (08:55):
oh, you know what, now that I'm thinking about it,
I had a dj along before, but Ididn't have to book that, I mean
he's in the, he's in the family, so of course that you probably
you've had that dj my firstactually that you probably had
the dj, since you were in likemiddle school and be like you're
gonna dj my wedding absolutelyso.
That was technically the firstbut I just texted my aunt and
was like this is the date,Please walk the weekend.
(09:16):
That's so funny so yes,powersounds is a DJ, but then I
got my coordinator and I amusing Greg Recy Vance.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Oh, I love Greg.
I mean, I office with Greg,he's been so helpful.
I've known Greg for I don'tknow 10 years now.
Greg is great.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
And his work is amazing.
And not only is his work justbeautiful, but he's so calm and
he's such a warm presence, andthat's what I want on the day.
I don't want someone runningaround stressing us all out.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
I feel like.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Greg will just grab control.
I've seen him at so many eventsand he is just on top of it,
but he is so poised and I loveit, so that's the vibe we wanted
.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
That's awesome.
And then who's your cateringcompany?
Speaker 2 (09:53):
We went with, got it Covered.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Oh, okay, so we they're great.
I love it yes.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
And they're giving us .
We are able to get a duetdinner and then we're getting
it's going to be plated, they'regoing to do the linens and then
they're doing a late nightsnack also.
So they're doing a lot for usalso.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Do you already know the menu?
Yes, what's the perfect likesober up snack I won't let you
spoil the rest, like the actualmenu, because then I want it to
be a surprise for your guestswhen they when they get there.
Speaker 2 (10:26):
Yeah, I think we all we went and did the sit down
tasting and we're all like thisis great, I love tasting.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
I I mean, I I normally don't tastings because
I just show up to the event, butyou know they normally have the
vendor meals and you know weget to eat at the events as well
.
But I did help a friend onetime.
She was planning an event.
She's from out of town and shewas coming to San Antonio and
she's like hey, marco, I needyou to do the scouting for me.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Oh, that's so nice.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
So I like sure you know what do you need.
I know every vendor in town andyou know I I helped her get a
lot of the vendors, but myfavorite one was the, the
catering, because I got to go tothe tastings.
I'm like, oh my god, this iswhat it's like wow, I'm getting
a free meal.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
It's getting coming.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
It is so good coming out in different phases, the
appetizer phase and all thephases is so fun it is so good.
And I mean, and again, we get toeat everywhere we go.
I mean, whenever we do thewedding expos, whenever we do
the open houses at venues, youknow, the catering company is
always so nice and they, youknow, normally bring plates to
us at the towards the end of theevent and, uh, yeah, we get
really excited, you know.
And then, of course, all thedesserts, and it is so good, oh,
(11:29):
my goodness, I can talk aboutfood all day long.
So do you already have a vibelike what's that?
What's the vibe that you wantfor your wedding?
Speaker 2 (11:37):
we are going very.
We want it to be very elegant,very warm, very romantic.
So we want to play on a winterinspired theme, but we don't
want it to be christmas themedif that makes sense because at
first when I was building thepinterest board and I had put
like burgundies and stuff, I waslike it feels like you're going
into a christmas event and nota wedding.
(11:57):
So then we took the burgundy outand we kept like the deep
emerald greens and like theivories and the champagnes, and
then it felt very like warm andromantic and elegant, while also
playing on like the winter,because we want to have
christmas trees up.
We're just not going to haveany decorated ones, we're just
gonna have them like the treeslit up and just as background
decor and stuff.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
I've done a couple of weddings like that that are
closer to um to to christmas andsame thing, you know, very
elegant.
It doesn't feel christmassy butit's still.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
You can feel that it's christmas time, like it's
so pretty, you want to.
We really want to embrace, likethe season of it.
We just don't want to be toolike you're walking into a
christmas party.
That is so cool.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
I did have a wedding last year.
It was really close toChristmas I can't remember the
date and they ended up bringingI guess like for one hour.
They ended up having a Santaand he was by the photo booth
the entire night.
So everybody took photos withSanta, but they were not cheesy
because everybody was so dressedup and so elegant.
(12:54):
Oh my God, the photos lookstunning.
I've actually never thoughtabout that.
So we use.
I'll show you the photos.
So we used.
It was like a black, sparklybackdrop, so not Christmassy at
all.
It was just black, shiny,everybody wearing tuxedos, like
dark colored dresses, and thenjust the red of Santa in the
middle of them.
That's pretty cool.
It looked middle of them, itlooked actually really good and
(13:14):
it was so much fun.
Again, it didn't feelchristmassy, didn't feel like oh
, like the mall photos, you know, with santa.
It just felt like a party andhe was just there to photobomb
everyone yes, it was really cool.
It was really fun and I love thephotos yeah, that's really fun
there's I mean there's differentthings that you can do, you
know, to make it feel likechristmas, but not be
(13:35):
christmassy if that makes sense,right, I think we want to do
like I don't know.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
We're thinking about like what kind of gifts we can
give to our guests that can playon the Christmas theme too.
So we're looking on Pinterestand stuff and a lot of people
have done it before, so we'rereally excited to just pick one
and maybe like run with it.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
I'm really excited for you.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
I was like what if I ruin it for all my guests?
Speaker 1 (13:53):
Don't say it, don't say it, girl.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
You can tell me off the air.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
So what are you most excited about the planning
process?
Because I know again, it couldbe stressful sometimes, but what
is it that you're like?
Speaker 2 (14:07):
oh my.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
God, this is so exciting.
Like certain vendors, or again,maybe looking at things on
Pinterest.
What is it that you're like, mygod, I love this I don't know
I'm really excited for a lot ofit.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
I think each time like I go into a um, like a deep
dive into different type ofvendors, I get really excited
for that vendor.
So, like we went into thecatering, I got really excited.
When we went into thephotography, I got super excited
for the potential of all thepictures and stuff.
And you, when you're bookingthe vendor, you're booking their
vibe, right, you're bookingwhat like what they do, and so
we were really excited.
Each time we got one we'rereally into.
We haven't booked one yet, butwe're really into super eight
(14:41):
right now, the super eight filmsokay yeah, like old and like
vintagey and time.
So we're really excited rightnow.
Currently we're looking so hardfor one that is really cool and
I'm so excited because I thinkthose feel like a memory.
When you watch them it feelslike what a memory yeah and so I
am just like so excited we'relike we're gonna find one, we're
gonna find it sounds like yourwedding is gonna be very unique.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
I love that oh, thank you.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
We're so excited.
I'm so excited to not only justget married, but to like have
this big celebration for us toowith all of our closest family
and friends and he has familyfrom out of state flying in.
So, like we've told everyoneahead of time, like we already
booked it.
So start preparing, startthinking about your flight.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
Yeah, oh my goodness, that is so cool.
So when it comes right now thatyou bring up the the, you know
people traveling from out oftown and things like that, um,
of course, you know, during theholidays can get a little pricey
, but I just I feel like youpicked a date that is just right
before the flights are going toget really expensive that was
really.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
We thought that about that really hard because we
wanted it to be kind of close,so that way when we play off
like the winter theme and thechristmas era of the season, we
wanted it to be around the dateof christmas, but we didn't want
it to be where it's just likeman, like this is the worst time
that they could have done thisand we have?
Speaker 1 (15:49):
yeah, because then you take people away from their
family during that time.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
And I forgot when christmas falls that year.
But christmas and new year, wewere gonna do that weekend in
between.
It would have been like the28th or the 29th I don't
remember, but we're like my mombrought it up.
She's like flights are gonna beso expensive yeah, she goes and
you're taking away people's timeto like they might not be able
to go home with their family,you know, or they might not be
able to do other things, and shewas like I think it would be
better the weekend before or theweekend after, but then the
(16:12):
weekend after, but then theweekend after is January and it
felt weird.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
Yeah, so I was like it has to be before, so then we
were right before it.
I like that.
You know.
It's so nice that you, you knowyou thought about all of those
things.
You know, not just about you,but also your guests.
You want to make sure you knowthat people come to your wedding
to where they can come and it'seasy for them to be there Like
we want it to be.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
We don't want it to be so difficult that it's just
the most expensive flight in theworld.
Yeah, you know, and everyonewas like just don't worry about
it, just pick what you want topick.
And I'm like no, because ourguests are our family.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
Yeah, and I feel like the people that are that need
to family.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
So so I think it's uh yeah, I mean, right before
christmas it's alwayseverybody's so excited.
It's how it's.
I think december is a happymonth in general.
It is, it's so exciting a lotof our friends from medical
school who will be in the bridaluh, the bridal party and also
just attending the wedding.
They're all from differentparts of the us and different
parts of texas too, so we wantedto make sure, like we're not,
as soon as winter break hits,they're gonna go home, and then
they'd have to come all the wayback for the wedding and then go
all the way back home.
You know what?
I mean yeah or they'd have tojust stay.
And so we were like that'sanother group of people that we
were trying to look out for islike, if we do it early, then
(17:23):
once they go home they can stayhome for the whole break and
they don't have to do all thatvery true, look at you I love
how you thought about everything.
Oh my goodness that is so coolwe really tried, we put a lot of
effort into it was that waskind of stressful because we
were trying to make sureeveryone was accommodated for I
like that.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
I like that, thank you as a as a, you know,
sometimes we go to events andand, yeah, sometimes the days
just don't work out.
And so me, as a guest thatsometimes I go to, I go to
events all the time.
You know, sometimes they don'tthink about this thing.
So, you know, I'm sureeverybody's gonna thank you for
that, you know, I mean peopleget to see their family when
they, when they come, you know,from out of town and things like
(17:59):
that.
So that's super cool, all right.
So now let's talk about and youknow we don't have to be
specific um but, for example,budget um, you know everybody's
a little different.
You know there's there's brides, there's grooms.
You know that they want to gowith like a, you know, like a
low-key wedding.
Some people want to go over thetop.
Like, what do you feel yoursfalls under?
(18:20):
Is it like somewhere in themiddle?
Are you spending a lot?
of money are you trying to getlike you know what is your.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
Your, I guess, like your vibe when it comes to to
that so we, we, initially I waslike we can just elope, like we
can do something really nice,like we can, can fly somewhere
and do something really nice.
But my fiance really wants tocelebrate with everybody and I
was like, okay, like I'm down,but my side of the family is
huge.
So, it's automatically going tobe big, no matter what happens,
(18:45):
you know.
And then I'm so glad he pushedthat though, because I'm so, so,
so excited to have a wedding,and so is the whole family, so
we're excited, we're doing that,but I feel like we're falling,
maybe like in the middle.
It's like we're planning forlike 250 guests.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
So it's going to be larger and I feel like the
budget just keeps moving up.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
It's always going to move, it's always.
The more things you look at,the more you want, and it just
gets expensive.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
And we shuffle around a lot too.
We're like, okay, on thepriority list, this is now moved
, so let's move the budget inthat direction too, and we can
actually live without this, solet's do that.
So we keep moving stuff aroundto make it work too.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
Oh my God, I feel like we can just talk, and talk,
and talk, and talk for a longtime about all these things
which I have a feeling that wemight have a part two of this
episode, yeah, I am veryintrigued to know about.
Like you said, you know how,how do you prioritize?
You know what goes up the list,what comes down.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
then you start adding things you have to make the
list.
You have to, if not, like youend up putting money.
When you're like making yourspreadsheet and stuff, you end
up putting money in things thatweren't as important, and so you
have to make the list of likefor your and for you.
Like what's the most importantthings and what do you want to
put the most money into?
Speaker 1 (19:58):
oh, my goodness, it sounds, I mean, I think.
Uh, I think that would be the.
I guess.
Have you, you and your fiance,ever had a disagreement on, on
like certain, like little things, or?
Speaker 2 (20:10):
absolutely.
He was like that is aridiculous price.
You should not.
The more you see vendors,prices come back and you see the
quality, the more you startconvincing yourself like that's
not a lot of money.
And me and my best friend areboth getting married around the
same time.
We both are doing that and wefind ourselves doing that and we
have to talk ourselves out ofit like that is a lot of money.
Oh my goodness, but my fiance isalways like that's a lot of
money, jess, and I'm like, oh,you're right, it actually is a
(20:31):
lot of money.
I just convinced myself that itwas a good thing.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
I mean it's a good thing that you have a friend
that's getting married aroundthe same time it is.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
It's very nice.
Speaker 1 (20:37):
Are you guys using some of the same vendors or are
you guys going complete oppositedirections?
Speaker 2 (20:42):
We actually haven't had very similar vendors at all,
because what we've learned isdifferent venues and different
places have different vendorsthat they will make you work
with.
So they have their preferredvendors but then they have, like
, the required vendors.
The Preserve doesn't have anyrequired vendors, they just give
you all they're recommended,but her venue actually has like
three or four that are required.
So we ended up going a lot ofdifferent directions but we send
(21:05):
each other vendors all the timebecause we have very similar
vibes.
So I feel like we're having verysimilar style weddings, just
with different vendors, so justwith different vendors.
So it'll be interesting to seehow they both turn out.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
That is so cool.
Is she going to be part of yourwedding?
Yes, and are you part of hers?
That is so fun we're actuallydoing a joint bachelorette party
.
Speaker 2 (21:20):
We decided we're like let's just do it together.
Let's just, we've been friendsfor like maybe 10 years.
We were college roommates.
Speaker 1 (21:29):
Like we were like, let's just do it and, out of
time for this episode, I thinkI'm going to have you back for a
part two.
I mean, there's still so muchmore that we can talk about, but
we can definitely do this for adifferent episode.
And let's you know we'll haveit next week.
This is your open invitation.
We will have a part two nextweek.
Amazing, all right to ourlisteners.
(21:50):
Thank you so much for tuning inthis week of the Tipsy Guest,
jessica.
Again thank you, I am soexcited for you and oh my gosh,
you're getting married.
Speaker 2 (21:58):
I know, thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
We're so excited, yeah, but we'll talk next week,
okay, yes, all right.
Thank you, listeners.
Tell your BFFs we have a bridein the studio, so stick around,
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