Today is T-minus 10 Days until our wedding.
We are now officially at Code Kermit.
That is all.
The to do list is slowly but surely getting done. There's still a LOT to accomplish, but I've been checking things off in the midst of packing.
Bouquets still need a lot of work. I've been making beaded flower petals like a mad woman and I'm going to start constructing the flowers and looking to see how I can make the arrangements.
I DID however get a heck of a lot done on our favor front. We decided to get tote bags. More like plastic bags are the bane of my existence and I wanted to give a useful favor. I originally planned on ordering tote bags and screen printing them myself with my handy dandy Yudu, but 4-Imprint was running a promotion and they screen printed them for free!
Hooray!
They arrived last week and I've been folding, tying, and tagging them for the past few nights.
So every guest at the wedding will walk away with a cute little magazine tote. Perfect size for carrying a book, a bottle of water and some sunscreen to the beach!
I love my friends.
No really.
My friends are flipp'n fantastic and I'll tell you why.
When I said I wanted to do the Awesome 80s Prom for my bachelorette party my friend's didn't look at me like I was crazy. No! They didn't think, wtf is wrong with you, why would you want to relive the 80s? No! They didn't scoff at me and tell me it was stupid to get dressed up and hit the town like we did the time warp again.
Instead they rose to the occasion, and boy, did they EVER turn it out for this party!
My fabulous cousin Jaclyn planned everything to a T, organized the girls, and got e-invites out to everyone, all while she was preggers. She couldn't join us day of (nursing a baby is kind of killer on your social life) but she was a very integral part of this fabulous event. Day of, Casey took the lead and hosted 8 girls in her house (we actually were expecting more than 12 originally but some NH ladies stayed in the City instead) and if ever there were an event for Casey to be on point, this was it.
She went all out. I showed up at her house and this is what I was met with:
Chrissy & me, she had the most fabulous dress!
The sister, the soon to be sister, Meg, and me.
Is it just me, or does Julianne look FIERCE in this photo.
Chrissy killing it.
Singing along to Madonna on the train.
We made new friends, they took our photo.
She loves rock and roll.
I love the lurker in this photo, and his expression to Casey trying to lick my face.
The ladies of the Shire!
Although I'll be Jason's wife after July 3rd, Veebs has been my Wifey since college.
Rock'n out. I just realized Mel went for the Sloane Peterson look, LOVE IT.
Laura and Casey take a breather.
I like this one mostly because you get a good look at the fanny pack Casey wore.
And here she is with her killer dance moves.
And like classy bitches we bough more beer in Penn Station.
On Saturday I had my first dress fitting. I'm not going to post a photo since Jason glances at my blog now and then but it fit like a glove. As of right now I need absolutely no alterations.
How awesome is that?
I have my final fitting the first week of June so we'll see if I can manage to lose a few pounds this month, but I'm happy with the way the dress looks and everyone at the salon adored my shoes...and that's really the most important part, right?
I was very worried that there would be SOMETHING wrong with the dress, but really, it's perfect. The added fabric to the top is just high enough on my chest that I'm not in danger of falling out, but the girls still look glorious...and that's really the most important part, right Jason?
When I started dress shopping Jason's only criteria was that I find a "sturdy" dress. At Jaclyn's wedding my boobs popped open the seam on the front of the dress and I was pretty much just hanging out the whole afternoon. At Laura's wedding I had the seamstress reinforce the seam that popped at Jaclyn's wedding, but instead a strap popped.
As for my wedding dress, there are no wrap-like seams, and there are no straps. So the likely hood of me breaking a seam or a strap is nil. Did I mention it fits like a dream?
All of the invitations are in the mail now. It is taking USPS FOREVER to get the invitations to people and to get the RSVPs back to me. I have it on good authority that a friend of mine in Jersey sent her RSVP in over a week and a half ago. Usually it takes two days tops for mail to reach me from NJ...what's up with that? Just adding stress I don't need.
Since we have about 90% of the guest list responded next week we're going to start trying to work on the seating chart. I'm hoping for the most non-traditional seating arrangement we can figure out. A lot of our friends are friendly with each other. My brother is friends with people that Jason's brother is friends with, so we're not separating any of our friends by "side"...meanwhile I'd really like to have all the younger people on one side of the room and have all the family and family friends on the other side. Mix everyone in, you know? So instead of his and hers it's more a generational gap.
I was very happy to get one RSVP from a friend of mine who is very elusive and I was worried wouldn't come. But hooray! He is! There are a few friends we're waiting on but then we're done! YAY!
I still have oh...idk...a dozen beaded flowers to make for the bridesmaids bouquets and the mother/grandmother corsages, ~160 pinwheel escort cards to make once I order the wooden dowels, OOT bags for people staying at the Hilton, favors, and of course I have to stay on top of my two bridesmaids who are making all the chair ties.
But wait, there's more...I'm moving first week of June! So add into that a packing frenzy and you've got yourself one stressed bride.
I just want to give up now.
This weekend we're settling the cake, the rehearsal dinner location, the ceremony details, and I have my hair trial. Now THAT I'll post a photo of, I don't have my veil yet unfortunately so it won't be the entire look, but it'll give me a good idea of what to expect.
Meanwhile I have awesome friends and a fantastic bridal party that's trying to do as much as possible to keep my stress level down.
My Awesome 80s Prom Bachelorette Extravaganza is next weekend, SO excited, SO can't wait to see all the girls, and SO can't wait for the EPIC photos that will ensue.
*sigh* are we there yet?
Today is T-minus 100 Days until our wedding.
100 Days is a funny thing. We had a 100 Days 'till Graduation party in college. It was epic:
Some of the boys I lived with Freshman year. Chris, Glenn & Jar.
Me with my gbf Seth, my favorite shortie Jen, and our friend Aida.When it came to Jason and my Save the Dates (STDs) for our wedding I knew I wanted to do something so over the top quirky and us that people would open them up and be like, well damn, that is SO them!
I can't remember where I first saw it but I came across a couple's wedding invitation that were printed on long skinny posters and basically it was the story of their seven year relationship and how much of a whirlwind it was over the years. Not only was it funny and a little silly, but it was also a brilliant piece of typography. When I saw them I knew THAT was what I wanted to do, so I set out to make a fun little story of us.
This is what I came up with:
I'm not going to attach a photo because I want there to be some small amount of surprise for Jason on our wedding day...
But I did it!
I FINALLY bought my wedding dress on Saturday!!!
The only thing I'm going to say about it is it is from Priscilla of Boston and that I love it to death.
My dress follows specific criteria:
-Sweetheart neckline to make the girls look killer
-Feels lightweight (ideal for July)
-Non-itchy crinoline
-Was comfortably in my price range including any alteration charges
-Doesn't make me want to die on the inside while I wear it!
Hooray!
I'm going back this week to speak with the seamstress about the alterations that will be made in the factory before it comes to the store but YAY.
Back in the beginning of November Jason and I met up with our parents in Troy and had our tastings and spent some time together. Somewhere crammed within the weekend of festivities and eating delicious foods Jason and I snuck off for our engagement session with our photographer Heather.
This post is going to be pretty photo heavy but I just wanted to preface it with the fact that Heather is simply amazing and she's really friendly and fun and very calm. I'm not sure if Jason or I could have handled an in your face photographer so during the whole shoot it was nice to have a little quiet. We were anxious enough!
So without further ado...
