Update, to Tide You Over

This week was very crazy and busy, so no real planning was done ... which has been the story of the past month.

I did make some progress on the invitations. I did some rough sketching and laying out of the invitations. I think I know what I want to do, now I just need to see if I can pull it off cost-wise and time-wise.

In other news, a small stone fell out of my ring. There were 12 teeny diamonds around the setting, but now there are only 11. I'm sure it is covered under the warranty, especially since I have had it inspected regularly, it's just a matter of getting the time and gumption to call them to find out what to do.

Don't look for any updates this weekend. I am leaving Friday for a retreat, and will not return until Sunday afternoon. I don't even want to think about wedding plans during that time. I am escaping from it ALL.

See you on the other side!

SCREEEEEEEECHHH!

Yes, our plans have come to a screeching halt. The only real reason is general busy-ness. We finally finished our wedding class, so that would, theoretically free up Saturdays for planning, but, alas, this is not to happen. In the next two months, I have all of two Saturdays that are not spoken for. ::sigh:: And Jason is possibly going to be out of town all this week. ::ugh::

So, I end up staying up late at night going over all the things I SHOULD be doing. Why does life have to be so stinking busy? ::grumble grumble::

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No Color Change

Thanks for all the advise. I am going to stick with Diamond White for the dress ... for a couple reasons. The main reason being that they cannot change the order. I could probably work it out, but I think Diamond will look better overall. Ivory did look better with my skin than white White, and the "Diamond White" does look very white until you put it up next to a "white White" dress. I asked the Director at my Pre-school (who used to be a wedding coordinator) and Lissa (my fashion consultant) and they both agreed that Diamond White is the way to go. I don't want to look like the dress is glowing, and I'm afraid that's what would happen with "white White".

As far as coordinating, I think I'm going to go with cream for linens and flowers. That should look very nice with the sage and pink, and make the dress look even whiter. I have two different veils that I can borrow, and three different sets of jewelry, so hopefully one of those will work. If not, I guess I will have to buy something to match. I am going to have to buy shoes anyway, and they can dye them to Diamond White if I want. The shirts on the tuxes are barely visible, and the dress will be next to the black of the tux, not the white, so I think that should work out fine (I actually mentioned this when I ordered, and she didn't think it would be a problem).

Fun with the Flowergirls

Today I took the flowergirls shopping for their dresses. They are two girls (ages 5 and 6) who have been in my Sunday School class for the past few years (one for almost 3 years, one for almost 5 respectively). I saw these cute Easter dresses at Target that are exactly the color I want, so I decided to jump on the chance for a cheap, cute, girly dress for the flowergirls.

This is the dress.


So we made a "date" of it. They tried on the dresses and twirled in front of the mirrors, throughly enjoying themselves. Then we went to the little snack shop and had popcorn and Icee, since "you can't have a date without food." Fun times!

Dress Color Query

I'm in quite the quandry over the color dress I ordered. I was going to order straight White, but eventually decided to get Diamond White instead. Diamond White is a bit 'softer' than regular white, and is whiter than Ivory, but ivorier (is that a word?) than White.

Did I make a wrong decision? It's probably not too late to go back and change the order. Should I ask them to change it to white?

Married readers of my blog, what color of white did you have for your dress? Unmarried readers, any advise?

Productive Weekend

I would have posted this last night, but Blogger was being veeeeeeery slooooooow.

We had quite the productive wedding planning weekend. On Saturday we went to Facets 58, got my wedding ring fitted, ordered Jason's ring, and put money down on both. Next we went to Friar Tux to pick out and reserve the tuxes for groom, best man, groomsmen, jr groomsman, and ring bearer. After that we went to Target and spent an hour adding items to our registry. Finally, we went to the 4th class of our Pre-marriage class.

On Sunday, we spent 3 1/2 hours in Bed Bath & Beyond working on another registry. It was quite the adventure going through the whole store basically planning out our future ... everything from pots and pans to bed linens and shower curtains. It took a long time, but was actually very fun. I don't like shopping (I'm WAY too picky), but it was fun to go through and scan in all this stuff, hoping someone else will buy it for us.

Bed Bath & Beyond is the most amazing place for your registry. They are VERY professional and take GOOD care of you. We had probably every associate in the store stop by and ask how we were doing and if we needed help. That might sound annoying, but it was actually refreshing to have folks who work in Customer Service actually give service to the customers. Overall, a fabulous experience and one I recommend for anyone who is getting married and looking for place to register. Not only do they have fabulous products and decent prices, but the service is friendly and attentive. What more could you ask for?