Wedding Planning
Planning a wedding is fun, but a little bit scary. Matt and I put down the deposit today for the Sheraton. The event coordinator is awesome. She always calls and checks in with us, and she's getting a lot of extra stuff set up for us. For example, she decided to have a food tasting anddd a cake tasting from the 2 cake vendors all in one evening, free of charge of course. All of the available meals will be cooked and we can sample everything in order to choose our own personalized menu. Plus, Matt's parents and my mom are allowed to come too. She said at least one other couple will be doing the same thing that night, but she's shooting for 5 couples total. That won't happen until the end of February, but I'm looking forward to it!
Beside reception stuff, I've been to David's Bridal twice to go dress shopping. The first time I went I thought I found THE dress, buuuut now I'm having second thoughts. I tried on like six more the second time I went, and found some I liked but didn't love. It might be b/c of my size. I'm a six in regular clothes, but dresses run smaller so I have to wear an 8. My chest seems to be fitting a size 6 and my hips an 8. So I try on 8s and I have to hold it up so I don't flash the store. Next time I go, I think I'm going to ask for a 6 just to see if I can get my tush in it. Ash and my sisters have also been trying on bridesmaids dresses lately. We're doing a summer citrus theme of lemon and lime, so we're doing green dresses for the girls. I liked the clover green but now I'm thinking it's a little too St. Patty's parade-ish. Plus, I'm thinking of going back to redhead... that's just too much Irish pride. I do like the softer green, the sages, etc. I think the color at David's Bridal that I like is called Peridot. I kind of wish I was better with color palettes, more artistic. I'd be willing to do different shades of green on the girls if it worked. I'm already letting them do different dress styles that work with their individual body types- no clones at this wedding. Liz and Gretchen found some very flattering gowns. I'm still stuck on the colors though. I'm also trying to think of a way to have Sarah stand out in an elegant way as the maid of honor.
Other than those two big things, Matt and I have ideas for favors, and we bought cake knives, the guestbook, an aisle runner, and a whole bunch of ribbon. We also bought Save-the-Dates. I'm trying to buy the little things slowly over time so it's not one huge shopping trip 3 months before the wedding. We're doing ok... lots of ideas, just a matter of narrowing things down and pulling it all together in an elegant way. That's all for now!
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