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I am adjusting to adding the color “marine” to our color palette. I am not second guessing it… I am excited, but must admit that I am nervous. I decided I’d better update my inspiration board, and headed to one of my favorite blogs to get inspiration. I read the AMAZING Snippet & Ink Blog every single day. It is put together so incredibly. I decided to try and find some inspiration boards that will work with my “marine” choice. I found this inspiration board, which seems to fit with my colors.
So… I was supposed to let Mr. D surprise me with the honeymoon. Here’s the thing though: I’m terrible with surprises. I’m so bad with surprises that it’s difficult for me to surprise others because I usually tell them what the surprise is. Basically, I’m a big surprise FAIL.
So I’ve begun taking a preliminary look into destinations. As the D’orsays, we have a few complicating factors. For instance, is Mr. D even allowed to leave the country after we get married? Once we receive the government approval to marry, we have to apply for the Adjustment of Status so Mr. D can do things like live/work/function in the USA. Because he’ll be in limbo, we aren’t sure of what the rules are. But enough serious talk - let’s just hope we can leave the country!
New Zealand, Australia, Egypt and Hawaii were high on my “go-to” list. Unfortunately, the airfare is also high. So let’s forget those for now (we’ve got visas to pay for!). Next I turned to Miss Gloss who is also hunting for a hurricane-free honeymoon. I started with researching airfare on sidestep, because if we can’t afford to get there then what’s the point? For example, flights from Baltimore/DC to Egypt are about $1390. Although the exchange rate in Egypt would be to our advantage, getting the flights together AND finding somewhere to stay and eat would be difficult.
All of these prices are from the Baltimore/DC area. There are 3 airports we could use, so all of these are averages for late August/early September. Hawaii came in around $700, Aruba around $400, Curacao around $620, Bermuda at $350, Cabo San Lucas at $440, and Puerto Vallarta at $400. Hmmmmm… would Curacao and Hawaii please leave the arena? All other destinations can stay.
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In order to find the perfect decoration for our cake, I learned all about the birds and the bees.
Mrs. Canary found Lauren Alane through Etsy, and together, they created a duo that captured the couple’s “nerdy” and “music-loving” personalities.
Today’s picture of the day was uploaded by Something blue. Check out her sweet ride… a splitter VW, which could also double as her “something blue”!
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Grey’s Anatomy has been one of the only shows I’ve ever watched religiously ever since the first episode. I love the medical/soap opera combination… I also enjoy seeing the products that my company makes in each episode (I’m a nerd like that). Tonight’s episode added another element to the formula that made me enjoy it even more! That’s right… weddings!
Here’s the synopsis (at least for the wedding part of the plot):
Meredith and Derek are getting married, and Izzie throws herself into planning the wedding in hopes that it will help her avoid the side effects of chemotherapy. Meredith wants a simple wedding, and her and Derek joke that they want to get married in their scrubs and hold surgical instruments as her bouquet. Izzie tells them a large, traditional wedding is a requirement, and sets up a makeshift bridal boutique in her hospital room, forcing Meredith to try on poofy white dresses against her will. Meredith obliges because she feels bad that Izzie is sick. All in all, it made for a pretty entertaining episode!
I’ll admit though, I was a little surprised when Meredith came out in “the” dress. I was envisioning her in a modern gown with no beading or tulle and made of luxurious fabric, like this one from Melissa Sweet.
Instead, she walked out in this dress.
So I mentioned before that Mr.Joey was apparently inspired by the last wedding we attended. Never has he willingly wanted to discuss the ceremony apart from what music will be played. Now he talks of readings, personal touches, and traditions we can add. I’m blown away.
And then I was blown away again. Last night I came down with another awful sinus headache after dinner and went straight to bed. This morning, when I checked my email, I saw one from Mr. Joey, titled “rings”. I opened it up to find that last night while I was asleep, he searched online for his wedding band. He’ll do wedding research, but I have to ask him to do it. He researched rings all on his own. Um, hello? Is that really you, Mr. Joey?
He not only looked up rings but he also asked married friends about their rings. After collecting all his data, this is the ring he decided on:
Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
I couldn’t sleep for some reason, so I decided to make the most of my insomnia and create an inspiration board for the wedding. Without further ado, I present my “Southern Romantic Charm” inspiration board!
What do you think?
We are planning on having lots of little ones scurrying around at the wedding. Not only do two of our friends have buns in the oven, but Mr. Cowboy Boot has two young nieces, and I have one young cousin. When I say “young”, I’m talking around four. Beyond that, there are others with wee little ones all the way up to twelve year olds. We love kids and couldn’t imagine our wedding without them. I mean, if we considered dogs, how could we nix kids?
Ms. Cowboy Boot’s Cousin
These three lovely little ladies (CB’s nieces and my cousin) will make up our flower girl trio.
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I’m planning to write about our budget in detail soon, but today I want to share the details of the biggest money-saving decision we’ve made so far, one that’s sure to raise controversy due to its importance.
I love wedding and engagement photos. Love. Them. Even before I was engaged, I spent way too much time stalking photography blogs. Mr. Mary Jane and I are amateur photographers; it’s one of the hobbies that brought us together. We have a couple of nice cameras and enjoy going out and taking photos of anything and everything we see. Whenever people talk about cutting their wedding budgets, the last thing to go is the photography. I fully support that decision. Photos are IMPORTANT. They’re memories.
So it might come as a surprise to you that we’re not going to hire a photographer to record our marriage ceremony.
There are several factors weighing on this decision. For one, Mr. Mary Jane thinks pro-photographers are a little creepy. I have to agree at least partially. They follow you around, paparazzi-style, squatting in the middle of your ceremony aisle, snapping photos of your guests with their mouths full and poking their big, beautiful, expensive lenses into your face at every opportune moment. And while it’s true that during touching, important moments, most people would not even notice a camera’s presence… we’re not most people. The officiant would be asking us for “I Dos” and our camera-geek selves would be whispering lens specs to each other. This factor alone isn’t influencing our decision, but it’s something to consider.
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A while back, I stumbled across this artist. (Read more about her here). Her work is amazing, and if I had the space and some extra cash, I would dedicate an entire wall in our home just for her art. 
About shoes, that is. After months of searching for the perfect blue shoe, I gave up on looking and bought a pair of dyeables from the new Lela Rose Unforgettable Moments collection. I chose the “Jackie” style.
Here they are, in Oasis, which perfectly matches our wedding colors!
I’ll admit it. I really wanted to see tears from Mr. Kitten as I walked down the aisle on our wedding day! Okay, maybe I didn’t want him to break down like this guy, but I was hoping for one little tear, or some seriously watery eyes, at the least!
Mr. K and I aren’t very emotional people. I have only seen him tear up once–when he proposed to me, 2.5 years ago! And I hardly ever cry myself–he has probably seen me cry only a handful of times during our 4.5 year relationship (one of those times was on our minimoon, but I’ll save that for a later post!).
I wrote earlier about our decision not to do a “first look”, which is largely based on the fact that I wanted to save up all that emotion (a.k.a. Mr. Kitten’s tears!) for our wedding ceremony.
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Like Ms. Mascara and Mrs. Dumpling, various bees before me have blogged about doing Pre-Cana and taking the FOCCUS test. Like most men I know, Mr. Joey was not really interested in any type of pre-marital counseling. He’s willing to spill the beans on our checking accounts with a financial planner but not discuss our relationship with counselor or other certified person. I totally understand. I’m not really comfortable talking about my feelings in front of a stranger, either.
Since our chapel doesn’t offer marriage prep classes, I set about trying to find somewhere else to take them. Engaged Encounter was out. Mr. Joey can’t afford to lose his entire weekend at this point in the school year. Doing it in the summer would be fine, but our officiant said that that would be cutting it too close. I called some local Catholic Churches but had no luck either. Classes had already started, or they only allowed parishioners to participate. I looked into private non-Catholic counseling, but the price tag was hefty and Mr. Joey wasn’t willing to shell out that kind of money for something he didn’t think we needed.
I was about to give up and force Mr. Joey into taking the Engaged Encounter when my sister suggested I look at Seattle University. I had planned to get married in their chapel but the date that was available didn’t work with our schedule, and I had to give it up. I wasn’t sure they’d let us take Pre-Cana there since we weren’t getting married in their chapel, but thought I’d try anyway.
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My wedding is next month and as I’ve been told: IT WILL BE THE GREATEST DAY OF MY LIFE!!
I am sorry, but I kinda think that’s crap. I have no problems with it being ONE of the greatest days of my life, but I actually don’t want it to be my best day.
I see my life as a series of days: days that are happy, days that are sad, days where I don’t want to get off the couch, and days where I just want to get away from it all. I see my life today—and in the future—as a fantastic adventure full of ups and downs. I also see Mr. Peep standing (or sitting) right beside me each and every one of those days. I see him adding to my joy, making my life more interesting, and all in all, making me a better, happier person.
On our wedding day, we will be standing beside each other, holding hands, making a life-long commitment. I can only imagine that I will be crying tears of joy and smiling ear to ear, but I can’t imagine waking up Sunday morning and thinking, ’That was it. The best day of our life. GONE!! Over. Downhill from here.’
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