Monday, February 15, 2010

6 weeks and counting!

Alrighty, my maid of honor is correct...a lot has happened in the past two weeks and I have simply not had a chance to write. :-) I've been a busy, busy bride to be, that's for sure!

Let's see...over the past couple of weeks I got the invitations in and they are beautiful! My lovely maid of honor, Ashley addressed them all because she has pretty handwriting...unlike mine. Thanks boo for all your help on that! They are stamped and ready to go, hopefully will be mailed out this weeks.

We are officially 6 weeks from the wedding today! Last week, I wrote out a detailed list of instructions for set up for Oakhurst staff and for everyone else. I want to make sure that no one has a question on anything.

I got the bridesmaids gifts ordered and though I'm in Blairsville today my mom called and said that they have already arrived and I cannot wait to see them!

Last Thursday night, Kathryn and I went to David's Bridal for alterations. This was the first time since I purchased my dress that I had put it back on.

Sweet Ashley is letting me borrow the tiara, necklace and earrings that she wore on her wedding day and when I tried everything on all at once I just LOVED it!!! I had forgotten how much I loved my dress until I saw it on again. I know for sure I made the right choice. I had to remember to ask the folks there about steaming and cleaning...and I had to buy a strapless bra. $79.00 yall--I nearly had a stroke. $79 for a BRA?!?!?!?! It's amazing how fast you can spend money on a wedding. I also asked the sales associate there for a deatiled description of my dress incase I need it for the newspaper...I haven't made up my mind whether or not I want to do that, but I think my mom really wants me to.

We looked it up in the catalog together and it simply said, "A satin ball gown with pick up skirt and halter neckline..." But the way the sales associate said it almost made it sound magical.

When I looked at the dress in the catalog I thought..."It really doesn't look that pretty." I remember look at the dress on the hanger in the bag and thinking...no way--that's not the dress....but when you put it on me it looks like it was made for me. :-)

It took a really long time to get all pinned up but after she was done I did a little Macarena and Electric Slide around the Bridal Shop. I said, "Well, I've gotta make sure I can do it in this dress!" HA HA!

I must admit, it was nice to get all the attention that night. There were girls coming in to try on dress and were looking at me and saying ooooh's and aahhhh's :-) Another mother of a bride looked over at me and said, "You look really beautiful, but more than that, you look really happy."

And I thought to myself as I danced and pranced around in my dress, "I really am. I am Cinderella and my prince is finally here!"

Kathryn was such a trooper while waiting her turn...she was so tired by the time they cam to her that she wasn't having much fun any more. Me and mom kept ourselves busy by trying on different dresses. Mom is still looking for something to wear to the wedding and I was looking for a pretty dress to wear to the rehearsal. I found lots of pretty things but they were all way out of my budget.

Over this weekend we had to cancel our studio session for the wedding song AGAIN because of the snow. Don't remember if I've written about that yet but Danny and I are pre-recording, "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You" to be played at the wedding ceremony. Hopefully I'll be able to cross that off my list soon.

So because the canceling of another appointment was making me anxious I felt as though I must be doing SOMETHING productive for the wedding so I started working on the wedding programs. I created them myself and printed them at Staples. Because I am anal about everything I am cutting them by hand, punching holes and tying them together with black ribbon. A very tedious job let me tell you! I spent 3 hours on them on Saturday and got 50 out of 200 completed.

Yesterday was Valentine's Day and Danny and I both decided on a different kind of gift because we are both low on money. Our wedding photographer offered us a really good deal on an engagement photo session and since we never had one we are going in together and buying this for each other. The photo session is next weekend.

So for Valentine's Day we stayed in away from the cold snow and icy roads and just hung out...watching movies, playing scrabble and checkers...Then I moved back the coffee table and had the fire going in the fire place and we cut on our song and practiced dancing for the wedding. Let me tell you....I've got a long way to go. We may end up just holding each other and swaying back and forth.... :-)

But practicing in the living room was one of the sweetest Valentine memories I think I'll ever have.