Dresses!

Went dress shopping on Tuesday and I really feel like I found my dress! Can you believe it? That soon! I went to David's Bridal first and hated the experience. Yuck, all the dresses that did not have a big poofy slip under it, were see through! And everyone always says that they have great deals or whatever, not in my opinion, the one dress I semi-liked was $699. I didn't expect that from them. So after David's Bridal I wanted to stop into another dress store just to see what it was like, they didn't turn me away because I didn't have an appointment, they didn't just hand me a catalog they actually let me look through the dresses they had in the store and I had my own personal bridal consultant, and she was awesome! They had beautiful dresses for $299, better prices than David's Bridal and better looking dresses too. I tried on 3 dresses and then the consultant, Amber, asked me what I liked and didn't like about each. So then we went out into the store together and picked out 3 more. The first one I put on I loved. It was what I had thought I wanted to begin with. Mom was speechless, my Grandma cried and I think I smiled the biggest with that dress on! We put a payment on it, so it is hanging safely in the back of the store with my name on it. I have talked to a bunch of people, some say try on more dresses, some say "why bother, you know you love this dress". The more I look at the picture of it online the more I love it. Matt is pouting that he can't see the dress until the wedding, I think that is too cute. Too bad though, its like the wedding rule or something.

New Poll

Matt and I are very happy to see that Vegas won the last poll! We would really like to know who the wise guy is that said we should stay in Mamers *cough* Jamie *cough*.

Anyways, just a little update to say that after an appointment on Tuesday I will be trying on wedding gowns, how exciting! I just can't wait! This is something I have been really looking forward to. Also, Matt and I had a long discussion about what song should be our first dance, we are still debating. It will come to us, we will know it when we think of it... could be a great poll question... we will see. Speaking of questions, check out the new poll, Matt and I really need your input on this one...

Very Pleased

Matt and I are excited! The photographer that we want to use is open for our date! She has a wedding the weekend before, how lucky are we?! We are going with DWA Photography out of Sanford. Here is her website if you would like to check her out http://www.dwaphotography.com/ She was so easy to talk to and all of her pictures are gorgeous.

We have scheduled engagement photos for December when Matt is done with exams. We have a long list of things to do when Matt is done because he will finally be able to go and do things! Haha!

So far the list has on it: meet with the pastor to discuss our wedding, go out to dinner a lot, pick out wedding bands, check out invitations, and plan our honeymoon! Looks like Vegas is winning according to the poll, that is awesome! But if you would like to see Matt and I attempt to get a tan in one of the other fabulous locations listed, please vote.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, we wish all of our readers a Happy Turkey Day!

Cross It Off The List

And boy is it a LONG list! But, Matt and I have 2 biggies crossed off, we have a place to get married and a place to have our reception! Yay! We will have the wedding at St. Thomas Episcopal Church (where Matt's family attends) and the reception at Carolina Trace Country Club, all on our special day, July 26th, 2008. We are really really pleased with how this all worked out. A big thank you to everyone who made this possible!!! Matt and I really appreciate all the help!

Since Church Wedding was the big winner last poll, we decided to see what our faithful readers would say about Honeymoon destinations, please remember when you vote, that I don't tan easily...

We have a couple of pictures, because pictures make the blog much more entertaining....

Here is the church on the outside, the inside was being painted.


Oh, and here's a question for you.... Who has 2 thumbs and is pretty stoked about Matt and I getting married?

This guy right here... Alex!

3 Weeks So Far...

Plans are going well. I am going to try on dresses at the end of the month. Yay! Nothing really to new to report... I did order 2 books that are going to be very helpful. One is Easy Wedding Planner, Organizer & Keepsake Book and the other is Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette. Helpful time lines and how to address an invitation, wedding budgets and other stuff like that. I also downloaded some excel pages to help with budgeting and getting guest lists together. It is amazing what Google can do!

I also found this funny cartoon that I thought I would share, makes me think of the show "Bridezilla"...



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We All Have Things To Do...

Matt has his things....


I have mine...

And Dutchie has her's too... watching TV

Things are still the same as last week, we are hoping to have a place for ceremony and reception by Thanksgiving. And according to the poll, looks like we need to be looking for a church and not plane tickets to Vegas! :)

2 Weeks

Today marks our 2 week engagement. 2 weeks down, only 8 months and 3 weeks to go until the big day!

After talking to a few people I feel better about preparations for the wedding. Lots of help and support. To everyone who has been so helpful, thank you! We really appreciate everything you have done.

Sunday is New Poll day. Since we had a tie on the last poll, 9 for Church Wedding and 9 for Vegas, we decided to have a tie breaker! So get those votes in!

Nothing really to add, still looking for ceremony and reception venues. As soon as that is taken care of all the other exciting things will follow... dress shopping, photographer hunting and honeymoon planning! Yay!