What a week!

OK, so I wasn't so good about posting what was happening while in Texas and I have been back for a couple of weeks and still nothing so here it goes:

It went by so fast, from dawn till dusk it was go go go go go!!

• I bought my dress, veil and head piece, over budget.
• Booked cake baker, over budget.
• Booked caterer, over budget.
• florist, over budget.
• picked linens, over budget
• bought flower girl dress material and pattern, wasn't in the budget.
• met with DJ
• Decided on table placement at reception venue.
• went to the church to see and visualize placement of everyone/everything.
• went to Hobby Lobby to see about rental of candle stands etc.
• Saw my dad and Beth.
• Went swimming (and FRIED) at Barton Springs with Courtney and Bailey.
• Got some out of town guest stuff.
• Checked out some hotels for out of town guests as well as Rich and I for our first night as Husband and Wife.
• Picked out 3 of 4 of my bridesmaids dresses.
• picked out the tuxes etc for the guys.
• Birthday celebration for DJ
• Dinner with DJ and my fake sister Mandy
• Family dinner at Chuy's
  
  
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• Rich and I booked our honeymoon, a 7 day Eastern Caribbean cruise
• Ordered Champagne flutes, cocktail napkins, favor bags
• picked bridesmaids shoes
• tentatively decided on our wedding invitations and the wording for them.
• figured out that weddings are expensive and tried to win the $300 million + lottery, unsuccessfully :(
• went shopping with Sasha and picked out her bridesmaid dress
• changed my choices for the guys tuxes (Thank you Missie for helping me!)
• have started to stress out more about money and affording all of this!!!

It was a crazy 10 days but it was awesome to have such wonderful family and friends to support me while I was running from place to place!! Thanks especially to Mom, Natalie, David and Blythe for being my tasters and Sheila for helping being my secretary and note keeper (among other things). I couldn't have done this alone and I certainly couldn't have done as much in such a short time!!! You are all very special to me and I am so thankful and very blessed to have you all in my life!!!

Watch out Texas, Here I come

I will be boarding the plane at 4:55 EST tomorrow afternoon to head for Texas. Appointments are scheduled, catering tastings, dress shopping, cake tasting, florist, and reception venue. I hope I can get everything done that I need to get done while I am there. I'm not sure that I have everything scheduled that I should during this time. Fingers crossed I don't miss anything.

I am looking forward to seeing the family and doing wedding stuff, I think this will finally make it real that in about 8 months I will be walking down the isle. For a girl who has thought about this day since her first breath out of the womb, you would think it was all planned and it was just a mater of making payments...so not the case. Who would have thought that there was so many details that go into such a big day.

I will try to keep up with the blog day by day while I am home, no promises, i will do what I can to keep updates posted on the days events and what I liked/didn't like from the caterers etc.

See you soon Texas!

Get your tasters ready!!!

I got my ticket and I will be home on August 5-14 for wedding planning galore. I need to figure out who my caterer is, who will be doing my cake, meet with the florist, meet with the reception venue, go to the church, ask the rest of my attendants, find bridesmaids dresses OH and mine. Not to mention I need to spend some time with my family to get some much needed TLC. All of this in a few short 10 days....

She-Ra, Mom, Nat, Blythe and everyone else....I hope you are ready for a whirl wind week!! Cant wait to see you all. I love you very much and miss you tons

Favors, Favors and more Favors

I found one of the wedding favors I want. They are great and go perfectly with our theme, not to mention they come individually wrapped in a pretty box with a bow that matches our colors, AND I found them on eBay even cheaper...what more could a girl ask for? The only problem is we have not set our definite budget nor have we decided on a definite number of people so I don't know how many to order. I am not opposed to having a few left over but I don't want 75-100 left over, what ever will I do with them? I'm afraid too if I wait the awesome deal that I found ($1.20 each) will go bye-bye.

Here's to great friends and family!

Thank you, Thank you and Thank you.

Momma and She-Ra, thanks for doing the dirty work for me. I'm sure you both have better things to do but instead you are taking care of minor wedding details and planning for me. Asking the questions and collecting the answers that I would be doing if I was there. I don't know where I would be without you two.

And to Beth, thank you for always offering to run errands and see what is out there and willing to pick up ideas and glass containers for me. That is such a big load off, shipping alone on those would be outrageous and might just be enough for me to give up part of my vision for the big day.

To Natalie, Thanks for being willing to take the time to put together a slide show for us (when I get you the pictures). You have many other talents I will be taking advantage of as the day draws nearer! ;) You are the best Sista anyone could have!!!

Thank you to all of you for what you have already done and for what you will continue to do for me to help make our wedding the wedding of my dreams! I love and miss you all!!!

Why cant i find what I want?

All I want are bridesmaids dresses and flower girl dresses that I like and that are in the colors I want. I wouldn't think this is too much to ask but apparently it is. I do not want my flower girls to wear a white or ivory dress. I want some color but I haven't found any that are "must have" dresses (well, I did but it was $119 and i refuse to do that to my flower girls parents!!!).
The same is true for my bridesmaids. I have a vision but I am having trouble figuring out exactly how i want the girls to look, or the look I'm going for with the dresses. I want a magic wedding wand, a flick of the wrist and my visions come to life, just like that.

All for Natalie

As most of you know, my wonderful sister in law Natalie has a blog for the Gumpl Gang. She told me that I should blog about my engagement and wedding plans that are taking place for the blessed event on April 17, 2010.

SO...here you go Nat, all for you. I make no promises as to how often I will be blogging but here it is, up and running! :)