I'm not saying the snooty friend isn't lying but i have had to pay like 13 cents to get a letter before bc it was short on postage. It happened again more recently and instead of holding my mail hostage I just got a slip w the amount due & I left the correct change in my mailbox

I've also had things short in postage sent back so I've had 3 different experiences. The fact no one else had that problem is definitely suspicious though

1/25/2012 10:26:33 PM

So here's my list of things I've done...this makes me feel good until I list what I haven't done.

Set Date
Booked Venue
Booked Caterer
Picked Colors for Bridesmaids Dresses (they pick their own dress)
Bought My Dress, Undergarments, prepaid for preservation kit
Booked Photographer
Booked Honeymoon
Picked song for processional and recessional.
Booked venue and caterer for Rehearsal Dinner

I have an idea and a place to order my save the dates, but we haven't gotten engagement photos done yet. His aunt is going to help us make the invites. We have 2 DJs that we are choosing between. We haven't looked at any bakeries. Need to book a room for the night before and night of the wedding. Need to book a room for the night before the cruise, his mom is booking our plan tickets. Need to figure out bouquets and boutonnieres. Need to pick a first dance and a song for parents to walk out on. I'm sure I'm missing something.

1/26/2012 12:27:28 AM

This may be random, but can we talk about gowns and undergarments? Are you expected to have undergarments before you go and try on dresses at bridal salons?

What's the norm undergarments? I have no clue.

1/26/2012 10:12:22 AM

they had under garments at davids bridal, so i would assume most places would have them. i dont think i'd buy any before i got a dress, because you don't know what you'll need.

1/26/2012 10:14:28 AM

damn elise you're further along than i am and i'm getting married in 5 months

1/26/2012 10:38:51 AM

mom and I are planners, and his mom is so excited she is just ready to do everything. also, there is a "friend" planning her wedding right on top of ours and it motivates me to get stuff done.


/jealousbridezilla

1/26/2012 10:44:24 AM

Quote :

"Bought My Dress, Undergarments, prepaid for preservation kit"

is this the same dress you emailed me pictures of or is it different?

1/26/2012 10:47:57 AM

i think it's a different one. found a new one in champagne that was just perfect for november and my colors.

1/26/2012 10:49:44 AM

I didn't have any special undergarments - completely forgot my Spanx... it didn't really matter though. A lot of those dresses suck you in like nobody's business

And for my dress, I only need a strapless bra... no spanx required (I'll probably still have some though)

1/26/2012 10:51:43 AM

I got a bustier bra and crinoline underskirt.

1/26/2012 10:59:34 AM

^^^nice, I like it. very pretty!!

1/26/2012 11:34:39 AM

I just was planning on doing some bridal shopping in the next two weeks, and didn't know what I had to come prepared for.

Thanks guys

1/26/2012 3:22:50 PM

2^I'm glad you like it! I absolutely love it!!!!!


In other news, I'm registering online tonight.

Macy's and Royal Caribbean Honeymoons are our 2 choices, but I'm throwing in Belk because we have some people who don't have intarwebs or Macy's in our families.

1/26/2012 9:18:36 PM

foreverbridal.net has the info for the bridal showcase happening at the convention center.. i think its $12 advance ticket and it admits you in for both tomorrow and saturday

1/26/2012 9:24:21 PM

we got our invites in the mail today

1/26/2012 10:14:44 PM

woowoo! congrats!

1/26/2012 10:32:23 PM

Thanks I think if I can get them all stuffed and addressed by next Wednesday I'll have time to send them to Bridal Veil, OR... not sure though...

1/26/2012 11:54:48 PM

http://practicalryangosling.tumblr.com/

1/27/2012 8:45:36 PM

Went to a food tasting at my venue tonight. Nom nom so freaking good! Picking what we want for dinner will be tough. And they let me bring food home because my fiancee couldn't make it.

1/27/2012 9:09:27 PM

Yum! What did you try?

1/27/2012 9:59:53 PM

Um everything. They had appetizers, salad, meat, fish, veggies, 2 different types of cakes, cake pops, open bar.

1/27/2012 10:51:33 PM

Dude that sounds awesome!

1/27/2012 11:20:38 PM

That really does!

1/28/2012 11:59:14 AM

Currently spending the weekend with a few couples, including the ones planning their wedding close to ours. It was going to be about 6 weeks before ours. Slightly annoying because of previous conversations we had regarding our date. Just found out it's gonna be <4 weeks before ours, and our bach. parties are gonna be during that time too. *sigh* oh well.

1/29/2012 1:14:11 AM

Any of you girls have any advice on caterers for the reception? One of my friends did Cafe Luna at 60 bucks a head. We are thinking about doing that but haven't really looked around.

1/31/2012 5:13:53 PM

SpicedCube F-wads and her husband run it - they're great (they're doing ours)

1/31/2012 5:52:17 PM

Also check out Catering by Design. If you care about organic, seasonal ingredients, etc etc I'd sample Green Planet Catering as well. They came and did samples at my work a few weeks ago and it's some of the best catered food I've had in the area.

2/1/2012 10:07:24 AM

Yea we have changed our minds. I got the venue to let us bring in kegs so that will save us a ton of $ and I can actually have decent beer. We were gonna do Cafe Luna because they supplied alcohol with the food for a good price. I was looking at Catering by Design's website last night. I'm assuming the food was hot when it was served. I was looking at the first deal with ziti/chicken marsala and it sounded like what one of my friend's had and it was cold at the reception.

2/1/2012 10:27:50 AM

Quote :

"Currently spending the weekend with a few couples, including the ones planning their wedding close to ours. It was going to be about 6 weeks before ours. Slightly annoying because of previous conversations we had regarding our date. Just found out it's gonna be <4 weeks before ours, and our bach. parties are gonna be during that time too. *sigh* oh well."

I hope you're kidding. I don't mean to be mean but so what if they are planning a wedding in the same season/month/time frame as you? You get your day and everyone else is allowed their day also. They are happy and have invited you to share in that happiness with them, sounds like a privilege and not something to "sigh" about.

2/1/2012 10:42:02 AM

It's a long story. But basically the four weekends before my wedding are all planned already. I'm not really mad, just annoyed a little. week one, her bach party, week two, her wedding, week three my bach party, week four my wedding. only annoyed because they got engaged really close to us and we sat down and talked about dates and decided we'd get married in the fall and they'd get married in the spring, then we set our date and they changed their minds.

2/1/2012 10:52:12 AM

I can see how that's frustrating. But I will say, I took no one else into consideration when planning my wedding date, except my husband, and possibly parents. I can't imagine tiptoeing around a season because of a friend's wedding.

2/1/2012 10:55:37 AM

i know, but that post was from the night i found out and it was annoying, and instead of saying hey, guys, we decided to do this date, instead of what we talked about, well, they whispered behind our backs all weekend about it. i just wish they were honest and open about it. guess i was hurt more about the secrets than i was by the actual date thing.

i'm over it now.

my wedding will be wonderful no matter what.

[Edited on February 1, 2012 at 11:09 AM. Reason : .]

2/1/2012 11:03:22 AM

Good. I'm sure it will. And you'll have the advantage. If there's anything at her wedding that doesn't work well, you'll be able to make sure yours is better.

2/1/2012 11:04:59 AM

I wish these came in green

http://www.dsw.com/shoe/lulu+townsend+antoinette+sandal?prodId=225158&productRef=SEARCH

Though I'm tempted to get them even though they're yellow because I got these for the reception

http://www.toms.com/womens/mint-metallic-linen-women-s-classics


So at least I'll have green shoes for most of the night. But I also love these green heels:

http://www.lovemydress.net/blog/2011/11/lime-green-wedding-inspiration.html

Third row of pics on the right

[Edited on February 7, 2012 at 10:53 AM. Reason : .]

2/7/2012 10:52:20 AM

love them both, but I think the green ones are better!

2/7/2012 10:56:08 AM

The good (or annoying) thing about the green ones is I would have to have them dyed... But at least I would know they would be the color I want

2/7/2012 11:02:41 AM

I'm wearing toms for the ceremony and reception, but my dress is a floor length ball gown and you can't see mah toes. My bridesmaids will most likely be in Tom's as well, but with tea length dresses. I was planning on some sparkly originals for them, but now that they have the ballet flats I might change my mind.

2/7/2012 11:11:28 AM

the tungsten carbide band i ordered came back too large, i fear. maybe just a half size, but it's kinda loose. Cannot be re-sized.

FWP.

2/7/2012 11:30:51 AM

^ That happened to me too. Got a ring insert thingy to help it fit better.

2/7/2012 12:01:15 PM

where's a good place to buy a tungsten ring? online or brick and mortar

2/7/2012 7:32:52 PM

My groomsmaid has asked me to help plan and coordinate her wedding in July. Kind of excited/honored but stressed at the same time. Its not the same when its not your wedding.

2/7/2012 10:13:08 PM

^^ We got ours from Etsy.

^ I know what you mean. The worst is when you see them making a decision that is SUCH A BAD IDEA and after a certain point you just have to hold your tongue or risk pissing them off haha.

For example, my friend booked a wedding venue that a) only holds 100 people and she invited 180 people and b) even if only 100 people show up, there's not enough space to have everyone in the same room for the dinner. Granted on the first point, it's very likely she'll have less than 100 people show up since it's a destination wedding for most of her guests, but on the 2nd point I have no idea what she was thinking. She's going to end up with guests in three different rooms and she keeps talking about how her wedding party is going to make sure everyone from the two side rooms gets up and stands in the doorway of the main room so they can hear the toasts/first dance/whatever. I'm like EFF THAT.

2/8/2012 8:48:08 AM

fuck it, it's her deal, not yours.

no one likes pushy people telling them what to do for their wedding. family or otherwise.

2/8/2012 8:57:33 AM

eh I personally appreciated it if someone told me an idea I had was logistically dumb. There were a few ideas I threw out after someone talked some sense into me. But trust me, if the initial, "You know... I just don't see how that's going to work the way you want it to..." doesn't get a dialog going then I drop it.

2/8/2012 9:00:06 AM

So I put it on FB, but I want to say it here, too


Only 100 more days


And to think, we started out at 848

2/9/2012 9:03:49 AM

I know this will draw a LOT of tears out of this group but it had to be posted.

Shows you what true happiness and optimism is.

http://bolstablog.wordpress.com/2009/04/19/katie/

2/9/2012 3:08:34 PM

Damn, JT3bucky, that's depressing.

DO NOT CLICK UNLESS YOU HAVE AN EMPTY RESERVOIR OF TEARS

2/9/2012 6:24:40 PM

Very sweet story! But why oh why did they wait so long to get married?

2/9/2012 7:00:59 PM

I imagine in a situation like that money had a lot to do with it.

2/9/2012 8:34:29 PM

I didn't think about that. But that's so sad. That's a cause I definitely would have paid for.

2/9/2012 8:42:19 PM