We’re officially 75 days out from the wedding, which means the wedding glow up is in FULL swing 💍 In this vlog, I’m taking you along for a very real week of getting my life together before becoming a bride. We’re chatting about some of the less glamorous parts of my GLP-1 journey (hello hair loss 😭), the supplements I’ve added into my daily routine, and all the little things I’m doing to feel my best before the wedding.
I’m also putting my embroidery machine to WORK on wedding DIYs, tackling more things on my never ending wedding to-do list, and finally talking about whether I’m actually changing my last name after being with Ryan for 13 years.
Subscribe to follow along with the rest of my wedding glow up, destination wedding prep, bridal beauty, wedding DIYs, and the final countdown to Cabo!
Hi!! My name is Sonali (sun-all-ee), I'm 29 years old and I have been living in Austin, TX ever since I graduated from University of Central Florida in 2019! I worked in a corporate job for a couple years after, but I recently took the leap to pursue taking on being a full time photographer in the Austin area and full time influencer! Follow along on this journey with me and you can also find me on IG, TikTok, pretty much anywhere!❤️
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Sonali, an Austin-based photographer and content creator, documents her life and preparations 75 days before her destination wedding in Cabo, Mexico. She balances the stresses of wedding planning and DIY projects with her professional commitments, while sharing her journey with weight loss, health management, and daily beauty and fashion routines.
Happy Monday y'all, you know, that means a new vlog. My name is Sonali if you guys are new here
Little quick background about me. I am about to turn 30 in November
Wow, i'm also about to get married 75 days until I say I do that's absolutely insane
So we're kind of in the thick of like planning and stress and i'll kind of get into that a little bit later
Me and my fiance have been living in austin texas for about seven years
We came right after college and we love it. It is gosh darn hot here, but we make do i'm also a serial hobbyist
and especially with
All the wedding preparations like I was the girl who got a cricket
And a printer and I recently got a sewing machine an embroidery machine and this weekend
I tried embroidery for the first time and you guys I was about to shove that sewing machine out the damn window
I could not figure out for the life of me why the thread kept breaking and fraying
I mean the only thing I can think of is the thread quality
so I literally hands-on overnight some new thread and i'm hoping that was the only issue because
Other than that, I think that embroidery should be pretty simple
I have a lot of random little crafts that I want to do for the wedding. We are getting married in Cabo, Mexico
So it's a destination wedding so I can't make too many DIYs because I have to transport everything
And already I feel like i'm gonna have so many bags that i'm gonna have to carry and they will take you to the cleaners
When you're bringing more than two bags, like literally the third bag is 150
I think the last time
and I was just like that it's just I mean I get it but also like
Uh, I wish we had like a little hall pass for you know, things like weddings
I have so many random little chatty things that I want to talk about throughout this vlog
But since we are 75 days out, we are officially kind of honing in on that wedding glow up
I haven't been super intense about it so far
But I obviously want to look and feel my best because number one those photos and videos i'm paying a lot for
And number two, I mean, you know, like it's your wedding day
It's gonna be so many eyes on me like, you know, I just gotta look good
Transparently i've been taking a gop1 since september and I truly think that it has been such a game changer
And I honestly feel like I will continue to do it after the wedding
I mean we'll see but right now I really don't have plans to stop it
Especially like right after the wedding it really really helps with like inflammation in general
but also
I've lost 30 pounds on it and i've been going to the gym for like two years before I started to be totally honest
I just could not lose the weight on my own
Not sure how many days this vlog is going to be but tomorrow I have an appointment to pick up
one of my welcome party outfits because I had to get it tailored and i'm so annoyed about it because
I lost the weight. I basically got this outfit in india when I was there in december and i'm probably 20 pounds
Less than what I was in december. So I had to get it tightened and it costed me a pretty penny
So that really sucked because it was already like custom when I was in india to those measurements
So I had to pay on top of that. I'll probably also get to try on my wedding dress tomorrow
I'm guessing because it's all at the same place. I'm getting my dress custom-made here in austin, texas
I'll have her name on the screen if you guys are interested. I just didn't really see
Too many dresses that I loved
That were in like bridal boutiques around town
There were so many dresses that were beautiful and that I liked but I just never felt like it was mine
Honestly, if you price it out with like buying a dress at a bridal boutique and then doing custom alterations
That is just so expensive. So doing it fully custom from the start is actually saving you money
the last vlog that I posted was kind of all over the place, so I apologize about that, but I was kind of
Getting sick and then recovering and i'm pretty sure i'm fully recovered now
So i'm really really hoping and praying that that is the last time I get sick
Until after the wedding like I just need to hold off until after the wedding
But we have a lot of work to do because I just want to book as many photography sessions as I can
Before the wedding and not really have to worry about it after or like, you know, two weeks surrounding the wedding
i'm, just really worried about that because
That is my busy season. Sorry
I forgot to add this in my little about me section if you guys are new
But i'm a photographer here in austin and a full-time content creator
So that is what I do for work and I just want to get as much work as I can
obviously, you know to pay the bills for the wedding and
Just to like work as much as I can right now
And then we can just be in our wedding bliss because I know i'll probably not want to work
Maybe like a week and a half before the wedding i'm
Just already scared that i'm going to be so stressed. I feel like right when I hit 100 days. I started freaking the f out
so if you have any
Advice on how to stay calm throughout this, please
Let me know getting ready pretty late in the day kind of regretting that because I wanted to like film a couple of things
Before we headed out for a happy hour. I did something new to my hair, which is kind of already falling but
I love
Like the shape it gave my hair especially the bangs look how big this barrel is it's from t3
I think it's called the body waver and just gave like a really nice like sheen to my hair as well
Just like gave it a little bit of life because it was
Natural. I just washed it last night
and
Let it air dry. I also just unboxed this new top from
Tiktok shop you guys like I actually have been purchasing a couple of things on there
Um, I did get my size wrong for like almost a whole order which really sucked so i'm gonna have to do some returns
Later on I think all those closer from addicted. So just a heads up order up for addicted
I can't remember what this brand is, but this is a bandage top you guys bandage is coming back
Do you remember those bandage dresses when we were younger?
Like it's literally that same material just in like a tank top version
so I feel like I need to be better about sharing my look combo because
Look at this
This isn't even all of my lip liners like probably one tenth of all my lip liners. I
am obsessed with buying lip liners just
All brown colors, of course, sometimes i'll get questions from instagram stories or like tiktok
what lip combo are you wearing and i'm just like girl, I couldn't even tell you because
I usually always switch it up, but I will say this is one of my absolute go-tos. This is from juvia's place
I think it's in the color
So rare, it's just a really really good brown. I'll swatch it
It's like a perfect neutral
A little bit of a cool toned brown. This is what it looks like kind of blend it out
So you can make it darker or you can blend it out and make it a little bit
Like more natural. This is the gloss I used today from huda beauty
It's the faux filler in the color rich sealer, but I will say this is one of my favorite glosses
This is the ysl. My friend got this for us as bridesmaids gifts and it has my name engraved on the side
It's kind of dirty. Sorry
It's kind of like leaking out of the cap, but it is just such a perfect pink color. I think it's oh three
In the ysl gloss. It does have a little bit of plumping
So I don't always use it because sometimes i'm just not in the mood for that
But even in my purse has like five lip liners at all times and i'm yes
I know I have a problem
I bought this skirt so long ago and I haven't figured out a way to wear it because of this like
Asymmetrical thing that's going on and i'm not even really confident about this tank top with it
But this is probably the best option I have found
So we're sticking with our bandage top and then this skirt is I think h&m
Maybe it's alright, but I think h&m and for a bag i'm just bringing this anthropology bag. It is such a good bag
It holds so much. I think i've said this in many vlogs before but it is beautiful
It matches so many outfits and I will try to link this outfit below. Oh, I forgot my shoes
I definitely want to tell you guys about these shoes
Even though you can't really see them
But these are from amazon and i'm pretty sure the last time I checked they were twenty dollars
And I got my best friend to buy them too because they're so cute. They're very versatile and comfy
We're going to la piscina for happy hour. So let's go head out. I think it's about a 20 minute drive
We're at la piscina for happy hour and I forgot how good these chips are because they're so thick they are perfectly salty
I appreciate this. I don't want some unsalted thin chip. I got some salsas. I think we're gonna do some guac
and some fresh seafood
We got home a while ago
I did some work and ryan went to play golf of course because the man can't even take a day off actually yesterday
I think he didn't play golf but like hitting balls and playing golf. They're the same thing to me
So, I don't know i'm in my cutie little austin pjs. I think i've shown you guys these before but they're
So adorable. They have like all these cute little icons
of the city
and they're from
Pjs by pj I think but I will link them below. They have a ton of cities and they are so cute
It's honestly like a really perfect gift. They are super comfy and they wash really well
I have the short set it is finally time to try
The new thread on my embroidery machine praying that this works you guys
Otherwise, I don't even know what i'm gonna do
I have so many like random diys that I want to do for the wedding
Involving the embroidery machine and I just need the freaking thread to stop snapping
And I think we'll be in good shape the thread that came with my embroidery machine is polyester
Which is what you're supposed to use. So it seems like it was the right thread
but I don't know just really hoping that whatever I just thought will work and
That will be that and then it can be just smooth sailing from here
We're not gonna judge how messy my office is you can judge me after the wedding but right now it's not happening
Okay, i'm gonna try the embroidery machine. I just re-threaded with the new thread. Please god, please
Make this work because I have no idea what to do other than this. I like changed the needle a couple of times I
Re-threaded I tried to like get this needle or not needle. Um thread stand the thread unravels a little bit better
I'm just like at a loss of things to try so
Really really hoping that this works
Let's do this
You guys
I don't I don't even know what to do. I know I could like test out the tension
But I tried that and it didn't work. I don't even know if I have like the brain power to troubleshoot it right now
But i'm like I need to figure this out because it's gonna bother me
We only have 75 days and I have so many diy's that I want to do
We got to figure this out
Um you guys
I think I was putting the needle in wrong
Yeah, and I remember
like looking at tutorials and
I remember reading that instruction and I thought I had it in right but I didn't
Yeah, so let's hope this is it because i'm just so tired
I need to like go to sleep knowing that this ---- works. So let's do this
This is going to work babe, I have a feeling
Okay, now it's not ******* working threading it you guys hear that it's going way longer than usual
The needle the needle is not facing the right direction
You guys I think we're getting somewhere
Wow
It's not great, but it's definitely better than the first couple of tries. Good morning
It is tuesday and we are parked and ready to go see our welcome party dress and possibly wedding dress
I'm, not sure if i'm gonna try that on but I would like to just to feel a little bit better about myself
I think I may have said this before but the last time I tried it on I just like didn't love my upper body in
It honestly and i'm feeling a little bit better about myself
So just to like put my mind at ease, I would like to try it on again, especially while we're here might as well
I think it was folded. Yeah
Lift or I was nice and gave you guys a little sneak peek
I'm, so excited about the outfit, but it's so heavy. I literally just tried on the skirt
It's so heavy. My appointment was at one. It's 107. I'm already in my car and have the goods
It's actually kind of nice because usually when i'm here
it takes
around an hour to try on the dress and just like
Make notes and I am filming a whole youtube video about the process of designing and customizing a dress
So i'm excited about that, but then i'm like filming whenever i'm at these appointments
So today was definitely the first and was in and out and now we are going to go back to austin
She is out in lakeway. Is it lakeway?
Or like steiner ranch area if you know one thing about me, you know that I hate driving so far away
Mainly for the reason that I always feel like i'm gonna fall asleep in the car
Like i'm not even joking. I get so so sleepy, especially when the sun's beating down on me
And no one's talking to me. So I actually just called my dad
I think i'm gonna call my mom on the way home just to be able to talk to someone because I
Get so damn sleepy, but let's go home
Feeling really good about myself because on the way home
I stopped by ups and made some returns that i've been pushing off for a very long time
It's always a small task that literally take two seconds that I
Don't ever want to do
But I okay, but I just applied some new press-ons. My nails were looking a little janky
These are from mani muse my first time using this brand of press-on and they seem pretty thick
I've been using just like the glue that comes with the press-ons recently and so far so good
I love this pattern this like chrome polka dot. It's so cute
So bridal speaking of bridal and wedding planning. I was supposed to have a call with my wedding planner today
but we rescheduled for tomorrow because
Apparently there's maybe a power outage something going on with the weather over there. So hopefully everything's okay
But we just went ahead and rescheduled for tomorrow and honestly that works out
Perfect for me because I am going to a brand dinner tonight
And I don't know if I told you guys this but I literally got
The email last night after we got home from la piscina that this brand dinner is at la piscina. I just
Expected it to be at the other restaurant in the proper hotel because originally they said proper hotel. What is this hair?
Okay
My bad for just assuming it was going to be in the other restaurant at the proper hotel
But yeah, so going to la piscina in two nights in a row
I mean I truly cannot complain and I just got my rent the runway order in perfect timing because
I really needed a dress in there for tonight the dress codes like cocktail or like elevated cocktail
Um, I had no nice dresses in my closet
I got rid of a lot of stuff
And I just like don't really have nicer dresses in general because I just like buy them for events that I need to go to
Also, I have tea for you guys. I was gonna go to the olivia dean concert this friday with a brand
But they just sent out an email saying that they're canceling like the suite like the concert is obviously still going on
but they're canceling like just inviting us and I was like
Obviously this sucks
But the worst part about it is that I fully had like a whole
cute little spritz party planned for
Some friends and just like I wanted to host some girly pops at my house and I planned it for that date
And then I ended up having to reschedule because I wanted to take this opportunity
Because it was like, you know with a brand obviously it's olivia dean like how cool would that be so I rescheduled my party
And now i'm so pissed because I could have had my party
On this friday a couple of people are actually coming to town this weekend
So I was even more excited to like have my spritz party this weekend, but now they can't come because I rescheduled it
so
I'm determined to make this weekend super super fun because that just sucks
I literally just booked a boat for me and my friends and in lake tahoe
I don't know if I like posted that vlog. I don't know if I will I wanted to do a full vlog
But I got sick in lake tahoe and I just was not feeling it
But hopefully I can salvage some clips and like throw in a vlog
But our friend dane taught us how to wake surf there
And so we were like we have to get a wake surfing boat in austin because usually we just do a pontoon boat
So I made sure to book a wake surfing boat on lake austin for saturday
So i'm excited for that random pivot, but I wanted to talk about like glp1's weight loss
Wedding stress all of the things I cannot pinpoint what is going on, but I am losing a good amount of hair
And it's actually kind of freaking me out
Like it's gotten to a point where i'm more concerned than usual like, you know
Obviously your hair falls out in the shower and when you brush it
I don't know the other day I pulled out kind of a big chunk and I was like what is going on?
And the worst part about it is that I cannot even pinpoint what it could be because it could be so many different things
like i'm on a glp1 and i've
Said to so many people that have asked me if I had side effects. I don't have any
But now people are saying oh hair loss only comes when you're on glp1 for you know
A long time and i've been on it since last september
So i'm like, okay
That could be it. I'm also feeling all the wedding stress
And you know, I might not be eating enough protein i'm not gonna lie like I have been slacking on
Just getting nutrients in my body. Like I really really need to like prioritize
I don't know just eating better in general with the wedding coming up but also
You know eating better foods like when I cook at home, like it's usually pretty healthy
But I got some advice from my followers. Some people said to start taking
Vitamin d so I got these symbiotica packets and i've heard so much about this company for years
And I really never thought i'd be the one to
Buy this but they're little packets
That you basically slurp down
And i'm just gonna take mine
Right now. It's a daily kind of thing. They don't taste horrible, but they don't taste amazing
There's like a little bit of bitterness to it
It's for bone joint and immune system support
Which is also great because again
I'm, really not trying to get sick again before the wedding at least and then another thing I recently got per my dad's recommendation
Actually, he was talking about this pro mix creatine. He said it doesn't taste like anything
He just pours it in some water and it literally just tastes like water
We'll see about that. But you guys know i've been taking this creatine for I want to say like
At least two years the tone gummies from array
And i've been really really liking them. Like I actually do think that they do something
And i've never experienced bloating on them, but i've also never tried another creatine
So I don't really know like what that would feel like it's literally made for women
So you don't bloat from creatine?
But then my mom told me that she read an article saying that gummy creatine doesn't work as well as like
Pure like powder creatine. So that's another reason why I was like, okay might as well try something else
Especially because i'm putting in all this hard work at the gym
And this is nice because it comes in little travel packets
Just like the symbiotica ones. It's like who wants to travel with something big like this
I took my gummies earlier this morning. I usually take them before I work out
but
You know, why not do a little bit more? Like I said, we have 75 days
I think it's 74 now to look and feel our best for the wedding
And so i'm gonna try my absolute hardest
Although I don't really want to stick to like an intense diet because that's just like not
Me and I feel like I would be absolutely miserable. I've also heard people staying away from the alcohol
but like
I'm already a lightweight and I feel like that would just do way more harm than good
Imagine my first drink at my welcome party getting me like on my ass drunk
Like that does not sound good. Creatine is supposed to help you like really build your muscles
And also you guys look at my shoulders
What I don't even think i'm flexing right but still that looked pretty cool to me like
this
I mean, I never used to have that like
Muscle right there. I just I don't know. I feel really good about my workouts and like
Just feeling really good about myself. And obviously that is amazing going into my wedding
So yes, it helps to build muscle and also my dad said it helps with like cognitive
Something or another like it just helps you like think better and go throughout your day better
I mean my mind is so scatterbrained right now, so I will take anything that helps it a little bit
Interesting I did buy both of these with my own money. This isn't an ad I got it on amazon
So if you guys are interested in taking either one of these i'll have the link in the description box
I just called uber and this is my outfit
How freaking cute is this and you guys it actually kind of worked out that'll be a dean got canceled
I mean, obviously it's unfortunate, but I was gonna wear this to the concert and another dress for tonight, but the dress
That I was gonna wear for tonight the material just like wasn't as elevated as I thought it looks like online
So this definitely fits a little bit more of the vibe
I'm wearing these shoes that I got for my engagement photos. They are so freaking cute
They definitely got very dirty though
because we were like running in grass and stuff, but
I have like little sequins all over them brushed up my hair a little bit added some more curls and then
Did some body glow?
I have no idea where my bangles are from but thought this would be a fun
Touch and then I have these earrings on from amazon
We're gonna meet up with ria a little bit before so we can take some photos before we go into the dinner
They said get there at 6 p.m
Sharp, so I think my eta is like 5 37. I think that's more than enough time to take
Some photos i'm bringing like my whole camera set up my flash my big sony camera. So we're gonna get some good content
It literally transformed this space since yesterday
Look how cute it's a huge brand dinner. It's so cool
So we can finalize the code as it is and anything will be considered an upgrade and an add-on
Maybe we can make it like a little bit of a brighter like terracotta color. I mean it could be cool to have like the mirror
With the bangles in the back like if the mirror is like actually like separate from
the bangle bar
So another question
Is will there be like an attendant? It's eight by four by four happy wednesday
I was about to say good morning, but it is not the morning
It's 1 p.m
And I just got off the call with my wedding planner because sometimes I just like to set up
you know catch-up calls because I literally have a running list of random things that i'm like
thinking about all the time
That need to be answered like it's a little insane, but I feel like if I don't write it down i'm going to forget
I've been feeling so scatterbrained recently and it's not a great feeling when there's so many things on your mind
So I just wanted to kind of get that call going and hopefully we'll start having
calls a little bit more often just to go through like random little details like
It's like the tiniest details. You wouldn't even think about still waiting on some quotes
And hopefully they can send it over this week. I ordered custom cups on alibaba
I ordered the most gorgeous custom bands on alibaba and I really want to look into custom
Packaging especially for the after party food. I feel like that would look so cute
So i'm gonna try to work on that today
I did another pilates class this morning with a new instructor. Well new to me
I guess i've only been to like maybe four at this point at lifetime
She was a lot harder than the first girl, which i'm so glad i'm like trying out new instructors because the first girl was like
Okay, we're so used to our alpha classes kicking our freaking butt
So at first pilates didn't feel like it was doing a lot and honestly like sometimes whenever I even do yoga
I kind of feel like it's
not a waste of time because I
Understand it's like intentional and like you should be slowing down and you know being with your body
But also like I want to just like burn calories if i'm gonna be there for an hour
I want to burn as many calories as I possibly can and feel really good after the workout
so like I just have been feeling like the pilates classes i've been going to
Were just a little bit easier than I what i'm used to
But no this girl today she she kicks my butt
I mean, I didn't sweat as much as I do in alpha, which is so nice because
You know, I didn't have to wash my hair today and I was definitely expecting to wash my hair
But because that workout kicked my ass I have been so tired
I also had a headshot session right after I went to the gym
So I went there and on the way home. I was so sleepy in the car
It was like concerning just drank my creatine and I mixed it with a crystal light raspberry lemonade packet
And those were so good to me. I'm like obsessed with them
Like I said, the creatine doesn't taste like anything
but
I'm, not gonna just sit there and like chug just water
So I feel like the crystal light helped me drink it a little bit faster. I don't have anything planned for this evening
So i'm really really just hoping that I can get just some random
---- done and I do want to try out the embroidery machine again because like I said, I have a lot of like
DIYs that I have in my head for my wedding
So I need to like perfect that before I mess up, you know, like a lid in for the wedding
It's a requirement to have like one or two days that you just look not your best during the work week
And today is that I do want to show you guys my workout set that I am wearing today
This is from popflex and usually I don't love like this crisscross thing
But I feel like this works because it hits at a good point on my waist
But I love the things that popflex does my first ever set
Was this one and it just like looks so feminine and the owner of the brand is blogilates
If you're an og youtube girl, like you know who that is
And I always see her tiktoks come up on my for you page of her legit designing everything to be so innovative
and I just think it's a really cool brand but
Also, the workout sets are really good. Just finished up prepping for dinner
I mean, it's pretty much all done
All I have to do is like scoop it in a bowl and add my toppings
I'm, pretty sure I make this at least every week
Maybe every other week if I like forget about this
But it is my go-to meal when I do not know what the hell to do with chicken
I just use chicken taco seasoning and put some red bell peppers and onions hits the spot every single time
I mean if brian could eat anything for the rest of his life, I think it would be chipotle
So it's kind of like a chipotle at home
But it's just really good and simple and I don't have to think about
The recipe because I just have done it so many times. Obviously, it's high in protein with all the chicken
Sometimes I do split up the chicken thigh pack and just do half for these bowls and half for something else
but honestly
I just did it all because I want a lot of leftovers
so I don't have to think about any other meals like I kind of miss being
creative in the kitchen and having a lot of
motivation to try new recipes, but
There's so much on my mind with like the wedding and everything coming up so
I just feel like that's the last thing I want to do is like try a new recipe and spend more time in the kitchen
Than I have to so this has definitely been a go-to if you're new here
I love gardening and i've been really getting into it. It's my third year gardening and this year was a struggle
I will say because we had like a lot of rain that we don't usually have so
You would think that would make the garden bloom and just thrive. But honestly, I feel like it slowed down
Everything and only now where my zinnias thriving usually they bloom way early in the summer
But anyways, I have an okra plant and I have to stay on top of it because if they get too big
They're too woody and you can't eat them. I get to pick like one at a time
So obviously i'm not just gonna eat one okra. So i've been cutting them up and freezing them
I don't know what i'm gonna do with them
But all I know is I do love fried okra
But I feel like there's all these
Indian dishes I can also make it's gonna take me forever to fill up this gallon bag of okra
I mean, I guess I don't need
That much but I want like a good amount to
Make a dish with so i've just been adding to this every time I get to pick an okra
This is dinner you guys. It's so good. I did avocado as a topping salsa
Sour cream a little bit of cheese. It is really hitting the spot. Good morning. I have been having such bad
I don't know what it's called
Is it called paralysis where I just feel like I have so many things that I need to get done
for my personal brand for my photography business and then wedding planning I
feel so so grateful that I am self-employed during this wedding planning process, I
Seriously cannot imagine having a full-time job on top of this and I again have a full-service wedding planner
but like all these little things that I want to do and
Need to do just feel like they are a cloud over my head and I just have to get
some of this stuff done before it just feels like it's too late because
I think the biggest thing i'm worried about is being so stressed the month of or like even two weeks before
I want to try to eliminate that as much as I can right now while I have the time to be doing stuff
And for some reason I can't do things like I cannot start things
I don't know if it's just the perfectionism in me or thinking i'm gonna find a better idea to do
Closer to the wedding. I don't know what it is
But I need someone to come shake me and be like bitch just get it done
so I purchased some sticky notes to make it a little bit more visual for me and more like
Even physical so I can move around and like stack them on top of each other once i'm done with the task
because right now
This is such a bad way to do things. I know this
But this is what my calendar looks like. I pretty much treat my calendar like a to-do list
And I know that's horrible. And then in general, I just have so many notes everywhere
Like I have things in my notes app and then I have tasks and to-do's on notion
It is so funny to me because a lot of the creators here in austin
they're always like you are so put together like you're so organized you're so productive i'm like
Girl like if you only saw what my house looks like right now, I mean I did clean up my office
It's feeling very very clean right now. Thank god except for my like little embroidery corner
But when it comes to organization, i'm not great at it. Like I know where things are
But it could be a lot better a lot cleaner a lot tidier
I just kind of like throw things together and like hide them
That's how I organize and I wish it wasn't like that
But yeah when it comes to my brain dump, I don't know why but it's just like all over the place and then
You know when i'm trying to find that one note for my wedding planner, I can't find it. So
i'm going to try to be a little bit more organized with
All this and I was thinking I could even do this for
Some of the things I want to get done for my personal brand and my photography brand in college
I was attached to my day designer planner. It was the best planner. Honestly, I think it still is and
I feel like I do want to get back into like writing things out
But the only issue with that is that like if somebody's trying to make plans with me or I get an email
That i'm invited to this one event
I won't be able to see it until I get home and I like to like reply to people as soon as possible
So that they get their answer and you know having it all on my phone
It's just easier that way just so I can reference it myself
What color should wedding planning be?
I feel like this bridal blue
Ryan's passport was going to expire six months from the day that we were getting married
And so I think that the law is that mexico won't let you in six months before that happens
Which is stupid like what the frick is an expiration date even for?
Anyways, he just renewed his passport. I took his passport photos yesterday and it says it's gonna get here like october 13th
That's like less than a month from our wedding it's gonna be fine. It's gonna be fine
it's gonna get here right on time and you know, if
if there's an issue like you could always go to houston or
Go back to atlanta and figure it out. Mine expires next year and I still
Don't know if i'm changing my name. I don't think i've like talked about it on the vlog at all
Originally, I was like hell no. I'm not gonna change my name to willis
Because I feel like it just sounds weird sonali willis
But then you guys I forgot that I have an american middle name if you didn't know i'm catholic
So my middle name is mary
So it's sonali mary peru when you say it fully out like that sonali mary willis like it doesn't sound
You know that weird and on my instagram and tiktok like I probably just would keep it as sonali peru because my handle itself
Doesn't need to be changed. Thank god. It's just so gnarly but for our future, you know, and just to be
One I feel like it would just be nice to have the same last name but for public records
I think i'll probably just end up doing it but friends that recently got married
Are always complaining how hard the process is to change your last name because you have to change it on everything
so thank god my passport is
expiring next year
So that I at least have time to like change my name while I renew my passport because I would be so annoyed if I
Had to renew it right now and then again
Well, the sticky notes aren't sticking up so now they're falling off the freaking wood if you would just tape them like
This is so annoying
Thought this was such a great idea. I ended up just taping them on there
This is what it looks like so far
And there's so many more
My mom's supposed to help me with this one
I really really want to try to take a lot of the extend family photos on the welcome party day
So i'm going to try to have my family come a little bit earlier so it can get that out of the way
I definitely need to do these two
this weekend
I don't know why i'm pushing it off
This is definitely at the top of my list because i'm scared that it's not going to get there in time
I've been purchasing a couple things off of alibaba. I've already purchased cups and fans and then let's see
Oh, that's definitely an important one
I think I want to end the vlog here because I want to start a new one for the weekend
I booked the most last minute boat
We went wake surfing in tahoe and we want to do it again in austin and to be honest
It was a little tough trying to find people to join the boat day
Because I feel like all of my friends have moved away and it's just so sad
But there are two girls visiting this weekend
So that's the main reason we wanted to do the boat
But please bear with me here on youtube with the vlogs from now
Until even like a little bit after the wedding. There's just not enough hours in the day and
Editing these youtube videos is just so time consuming
I love doing it when I actually like sit down and knock it out
But there's just so much going on
There's just no I want to share like everything and anything also
Let me know if there's anything specific you guys want me to include in the vlogs
But I will see you guys in the next video. Bye