BM Dresses and FG Dresses

Bridesmaid Dress in Chocolate

Bridesmaid Dress in Burnt Orange

Flower Girl Dress

The Dress!!!!!

Drum roll please......I found my dress!!! Last weekend we went to this salon called Betsy Robinson. I thought that I found THE one there. The one at BR was a dress that actually pulled out of a photo spread in Brides. But Friday we went to this place called Mary's Bridal Boutique which has a lot of designer gowns and even does custom. I went in and pulled two dresses and then the lady helping me pulled two (including the one I picked). When I saw my dress on the hanger I was like "Hmm...Interesting but I don't know" But when I tried it on a nearly passed out! It's incredibly fabulous! It has a very old Hollywood glamour feel to it. And the lady was like "Wow! No one who has tried that dress on yet has been able to pull it off!" It's the kind of dress that you see in a magazine and think "Yeah..interesting...but not realistic" The dress is actually couture. And when they told me that I was sold even more. The really cool part is once I order the dress they take the sample out of the store and no one else is allowed to buy it. I'm also going to do a few custom touches to it to make it uniquely mine. It's the most stunning dress ever...seriously. I don't have any pictures of it yet because you are not allowed to photograph it unless you buy it (to protect the designer) But as soon as I go back and order I'll take a picture and post it (maybe, we'll see) But honestly the dress is amazing. I'm already sad because I know I have to take it off at the end of the night. I think I'm gonna try and sleep in it :-)

We finally decided on a reception site which is great. They have an outdoor facility that we can hold the ceremony in but I'm not crazy about it because my dress and the feel I want to go for (20's 30's 40's Hollywood glamour) doesn't really go. So I still need to find a church location. Picked my girls bridesmaid dresses finally. Just need to decide on a color. The flower girl dresses are going to be custom made as well because I don't want white. Posted in the next post will be the BM dresses and possible choice for FG dresses as well.

He's my paperweight

In case I haven't said it lately. I am wildly, wildly, happy. And just so there's no confusion. I'm not happy because I'm planning a wedding, and I get to wear a pretty expensive dress, and carry nice flowers. It's because I am one of the luckiest girls on the whole damn planet. I feel sorry for people who had to settle for something less then the best. Or people who won't ever get to feel the way I feel everyday. Every morning I wake up I'm surprised at how much more I love him. Whenever I see him it's like the first time. We never run out of things to say to each other. When we first started dating we would have 6 and 7 hour long "phone dates" and now months later, we still have that. It's never forced, and even the awkward silence with him is comfortable. I've always been taught that the person you love and plan on spending the rest of your life with should make you want to be a better person. And he does that! He's my paperweight. He knows when to let me fly, knows when to let me soar. But he also knows how to bring me down and ground me. He's the paperweight on my back. Now that I am with him, not only do I feel complete, but I feel like I am finally the person I was made to be. All the missing links of who I was materialized when I met him. With him it's beyond the material. It's beyond the houses, and cars, the money, the dinners, the celebrities, the vacations. Beyond the flower and candy. The diamonds, and sapphires. The Manolo's and Chanel. It's so much deeper with him. There's a familiarity with him. It's like my soul's known him forever. I'm in complete awe of him. I listen to him speak and sometimes I'm afraid to move because I don't want to miss anything. There will be countless of people who won't understand, who won't agree. People who say this shouldn't work, or it won't work. But I dare these nay-sayers to watch. Watch us and then you'll see. God chose two silly little people to smile upon in the greatest of ways. To bless them beyond what their human minds could comprehend. If you haven't found this yet, I charge you to stay silent. Be still....It will come. I believe everyone gets a chance...But not everyone takes it. Some are busy with others, some choose to ignore, some take it for granted. Be silent, keep your eyes open, and when you see it take it. That's what I did, and I couldn't be happier.

been up all night staring at you
wondering what's on your mind
i've been this way with so many before
but this feels like the first time
you want the sunrise to go back to bed
i want to make you laugh
mess up my bed with me
kick off the covers i'm waiting
every word you say i think
i should write down
don't want to forget come daylight
happy to lay here
just happy to lbe here
i'm happy to know you
play me a song
your newest one
please leave your taste on my tongue
paperweight on my back
cover me like a blanket
mess up my bed with me
kick off the covers i'm waiting
every word you say i think
i should write down
don't want to forget come daylight
and no need to worry
that's wastin time
and no need to wonder
what's been on my mind
it's you
it's you
it's you
every word you say i think
i should write down
don't want to forget come daylight
and i give up
i let you win
you win cause i'm not counting
you made it back
to sleep again
wonder what you're dreaming

Recent Pictures

Pictures from this past weekend:

Busy little Bee

Sorry haven't written for awhile. As you can imagine between work and the wedding I'm pretty swamped. When your 8 flipping through Modern Bride pulling out pictures of dresses and flowers you don't realize all the work you have to do before you get to wear that pretty dress or carry those flowers. Planning a wedding is crazy work. There are so many choices that have to be made, so many little details, and when you only have 8 months everything is exaggerated because of time. Now where thinking of changing the venue location. One of the main reasons is the place it was originally going to be offers a small terrace for the ceremony but I don't like it so we've been looking at different churches in the area but can't really find anything. The new place were looking at is Turf Valley Resort. They do have ceremony location and because it's a resort it has hotels on the premises which will be easier for our bridal party. Transportation was another huge thing because we have a bridal party of 32. 10 Bridesmaids, 11 Groomsmen, 6 Flower girls, 1 Ring bearer, 2 Bell Boys, and the Bride and Groom of course. But with Turf Valley we will only need 1 limo for my family, and Shawn and I's getaway car. Other cool news is we have an appointment with Charm City Cakes. CCC is Ace of Cakes from the Food Network. All of Duff's cakes are very interesting and I really wanted to use him. I've finally narrowed down my bridesmaids dresses 2 two chooses. 2 from Watters & Watters and 1 from Bill Levkoff. I haven't started looking for my dress yet. I've got pictures of ideas and a list of salons that I want to visit. But I guess that's all for now.....