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Last night I had a very telling dream. I was in a car with my future in-laws, Mr. Onion and my FBIL’s girlfriend. Mr. Onion’s father was driving, mother in the passenger seat and the rest of us in back. We were on the highway and driving very fast!All of a sudden Mr. Onion’s father got up from the driver’s seat (as if the car were big enough to do that all of a sudden) and walked into the back. I said “What are you doing?!” scared half to death as we were now flying down the highway with no one at the wheel. He said “Oh, this thing practically drives itself,” then he laughed and walked to the “back” (somewhere different than were Mr. Onion and I were) and I woke up so nervous I had to take a few deep breaths to calm down.
Pfew. Inhale…exhale….and repeat. My FBIL and his girlfriend actually got us this great aromatherapy product that was in my shower gift, so I took a few “hits” from this morning after I woke up from my dream.
These were my tiny tokens of appreciation for the lovely ladies who have been such a great part of my life these past years.
- Professional hair and makeup, including tip.
I took off from work early a couple weeks ago to make it to a Trash the Dress bash in Atlantic City. I drove 2 hours from NYC to meet the group there at 5:00pm, and I got there just in time. About 11 brides showed up where the famous Mark Eric and Jason Dominguez greeted us. We were taken up into a suite to get changed and ready for the shoot. It was lively to say the least in the suite, with all the girls running around getting ready, and doing hair and make up. There was also a camera crew there from Germany documenting the bash.
We’ve finished up the designs for the table numbers (yay!) and found ourselves some cute pedestals to put the numbers in. 12 verticals and 4 horizontal… just in case! I imagine we’ll need them for something, and I’d rather be better prepared than scrambling to make something out of wire hanger and spray paint the night before.
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I was just about to head to bed that night, when my cell phone rang. It was FMIL.
She sounded very excited. It turns out that after she had gotten home from work, she thought some more about what I said. She said that she knows I would rather have the reception at a hotel, so she had called around and actually found another hotel that has both a Chinese and Western catering department. She apologized for calling so late, but she wanted to share the good news with me right away, and let me know that she would call them immediately the next morning to try to set something up.
I was completely humbled. I felt like this was a breakthrough (she had actually heard me). Plus, I was in the middle of feeling so frustrated to the point that I was just going to do things my way and stop making compromises, so I felt pretty guilty. The next couple days, she called me several times, giddy with excitement about all these details. I began to realize that she was so excited about this because she just really wants us to have a special, beautiful and unforgettable wedding, and that she was doing all of this for us.
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Martha Stewart was my gateway drug.
I don’t know, she seemed harmless enough. I guess I figured everyone else reads her. The wedding blogs are always showing off her ideas. The local library stocks her wedding how-to videos. Many of the craft tips can be applied in real life — you know, outside the wedding context? — and there are even recipes. Everyone can use new recipes, right??!?
I’ve been on the dress hunt for about a month or two. Most places would tell me that I had plenty of time, maybe a couple months to order the dress. But I’d much rather get it done considering there is that 6 month delivery window plus the alteration time I have to allocate.
The funny thing is, I felt as though I was avoiding dress shopping like the plague. Why was I avoiding it? Honestly, it’s because I’m not as “fit” as I was when I first started dating Mr. CB. Mama CB likes to say he’s fattening me up good, so I was afraid of how awful the shopping experience might be. Anyhoot, the point of this is…. I went to several stores, and at most of them, I spent hours agonizing over “the dress” that I possibly fell in love with but was always out of my budget. The thing I should have done was stick to trying on dresses that I knew would fit my budget. 
It’s a good thing I like to agonize over making big decisions and drive everyone around me nuts.
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So many digital cameras… so many ways to get them from your friends and family! There is an abundance of websites that make collecting photos from others online quite simple, and it can often be difficult to choose how you’re going to do it. Some people opt to hand out CD-mailers to their guests, while others send email links to picture-purchase sites like Shutterfly or Photostation.
I am a shoe girl, but also hate being in pain. Because I’m a short dress bride and everyone will see my shoes, it was important to me that they were fabulous shoes.
Here are my Cynthia Rowley Shoes that I got on www.zappos.com.
It’s countdown time for me - I have but one month ’til my wedding. Eek! So much to do so little time! My RSVPs had been coming en masse, but now it’s down to a slow trickle and I still have those that we are hounding down. To those that have written a little ditty, or a congrats, or blessings on our RSVPs, I thank you. But those that didn’t write anything… booo booooooo to you! 
When I pull the cards outta my mailbox and I see nothing written on it, I literally “booo” aloud.
I’ve been putting my RSVPs in a scrapbook that I will leave at the sign-in table for people to peruse through when they come in. Then they can see what they, and others wrote, and of course to those that didn’t write anything… feel like a loser for not writing anything! But I’m glad you’re attending! 
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In today’s hive:
This past weekend was INSANE! My bachelorette party was Saturday night with my bridal shower following the very next day. I’ll share my bachelorette party in this post. (Please don’t read this at work. There is a suprise at the end.)
It all started with the invitation that included this poem:
Something saucy or something sexy will get you in the door-
At the Hyatt Place Buckhead and on the hoppin’ floor-
Before they seal it with a kiss or before he lifts her veil-
The girls will gather one more time to raise some fun and hell-
So, gather quickly - stand by her side and as you lift your glass-
The crystal will cling, the ring will bling, and we’ll be toasting to her finding permanent-
Love.
Needless to say, I came ready to party:
The responses have been steadily arriving for our wedding. I’m happy to report that almost everyone has said “yes”!
However, while I’m ecstatic that our friends and family can share in our day, I’m also a bit concerned. I actually budgeted for at least a 10% decline rate from our guests, meaning I invited 200 people with the expectation that 180 would be able to make it. Out of seventy-seven replies, only four have declined, three of which I already knew could not come. Most of the guests who have not yet responded are close friends and family that I know will be attending for sure. In the past weeks, I’ve also added unexpected seats to our guest list, like my ring bearer’s baby sitter and a few infants. The babies will not be included for a meal headcount but will still need a space at the table.
The problem is, our venue has size constraints and if we have a guest list of over 180, we’ll need to make use of an awkward “L” section of the banquet room that I was hoping to leave empty. This section is removed and out of sight from the other areas of the banquet room. I’m worried that anyone assigned to the “L” corner will feel neglected or “less important” than the other guests. Oh, the politics of seating arrangements!
I am so happy to be Miss Caramel! “Caramel” has been sort of a nickname for me since college, so REALLY– I love being Miss Caramel!
I’ll cut right to the chase; I have only about 6 weeks until the big day…. and how have I been feeling? Very relaxed. Strange, right? I was going crazy a few weeks ago, but then I had this sudden wave of “Oh well, what good is it if I worry about it all the time?” I’ve also realized that I do not like registry shopping as much as I thought, my diet of losing 10lbs is ridiculous, and that I am looking forward to my honeymoon way more than my wedding day.
I absolutely have to plan ahead, so before I even got engaged I knew that I wanted:
- to get married in a church (this would mean two locations- church & reception site)
- to have a honeymoon in Italy (I studied abroad in Florence)
- to make my wedding as unique, creative and “wow I’ve never seen this before!” as possible.
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