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When I visited my mom on Sunday, she gave me a gift that one of her friends had left for me. It was some lingerie. And it came just in time. (BTW, I didn’t know Victoria’s Secret sells Betsy Johnson.)

I had on my mental checklist to purchase a little something for our wedding night, but it was waaaay low on the priority list.

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So, now I don’t have to! It’s white, bridal-y, simple, and fits! I love when unexpected things work out just right!

What does your wedding night lingerie look like?

Reader kristanbalser is selling a lace garter. It is sequined ivory lace with a pearl accents and beading. It is brand new, never worn, and was purchased on Etsy.com. She is asking for $45.

Have a wedding item for sale? Post it with pictures in the Weddingbee classifieds and you might see it featured on the blog!

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One of my goals post-wedding is to not purchase a greeting card for one full year, but to make them all instead. I like to think that card recipients feel a little extra special with they get a homemade card for their special occasion. I make my Christmas cards every year and randomly make birthday cards for friends and family members. With all of the wedding crafting I’ve been doing lately, I haven’t had much of a chance to make birthday cards. I did somehow manage to squeeze in some paper crafting time and put together thank you cards for my bridal shower (which I plan on writing a post about very soon!). Here is what I came up with:

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After Bruschetta’s post a few days ago about ’we-mailing’ I realized that my email address has the initial of what will soon be my maiden name. Although I think it’s perfectly acceptable to keep using this email, a little part of me is really excited to use my new last name.
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While I’m sure we will take a picture of our marriage certificate when the time comes, we haven’t reached that point yet. However, we went all the way down to London for an equally important appointment. Prior to receiving an interview date with the U.S. Embassy, Mr. D had to go to a specific doctor in London to make sure he is fit enough to enter the U.S.

After a 3 hour wait, we were free! We had a RECEIPT! Records have been sent to the embassy! Huzzah!
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I don’t need to tell you that we are currently living in an economic crisis. It’s all over the news, and you really can’t go a day without hearing about it. For some people, this economic crisis hits closer to home than for others. Living in New York City, the financial sector is one of the biggest industries here. Mr. Swan WAS a part of that industry for 5 1/2 years, until early December. Yes, that’s right, Mr. Swan was downsized, laid off, his position was “eliminated”… whatever you want to call it!

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I have to admit that it was initially very hard to want to move forward with the wedding planning.
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The invites are coming along. They’re not finished, but I’m happy (for the most part) with how they’re turning out so far. As a little teaser, here’s the map I came up with that will be on one of the inserts.

Sadly, even the icon of the reception venue is hideous.

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I knew from wedding planning day 1 that I wanted my ladies to wear yellow. Especially after our venue was chosen, I wanted to put them in a color that would POP against the green background of the winery’s gazebo.

This was also about the time I nixed the color green from our color scheme. There was already so much green surrounding our venue; why would I add more?

So, with my yellow dress mission, I hit the internet and started searching for tea-length, flowy, yellow dresses. Oh, and I wanted it to something they could wear again.
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Our anniversary is fast approaching, and I feel like a major dud. Mr. Peng has been asking me for at least 5 months what I’d like to do for our first married anniversary, and I’ve constantly shrugged it off, saying I’d think about it another time. Mr. Peng mentioned his desire to travel the world more intensely in the next few years, before we think about spawning. To tell you the truth, I absolutely hate planning vacations. I’d honestly rather stay at home and watch TV for a week without getting off the couch than have to research, compare, choose, plan, and pay for a trip. I love going on trips, but frankly, having to be involved in even a sliver of the planning discourages me completely from wanting to take the trip at all. Finding the best deal, worrying about what the exact right time to buy a plane ticket, the sinking feeling you get when you book your trip only to find a better deal a month later… it just sounds like a big bunch of bull crap to me. How is that fun, at all?

Mr. Peng wanted to go to Paris this year, and we put it off for too long to really plan an international trip for our anniversary. Strangely, I’m not really that disappointed. If Mr. Peng didn’t take the lead on planning such a trip, I really have no motivation to do so myself. We’ve resolved to take a trip closer to home… right now we’re thinking of spending a few nights in the Napa Valley, a mere 38 miles from home. I’m really keen on the idea… we can stay in a nice hotel if we like, and would feel WAYYYY less guilty about spending money on really schmancy meals (French Laundry? OK… probably not. I’m not sure I could ever enjoy a $500 meal, unless the meal came home with me and cleaned my house for a month). But, I have a feeling Mr. Peng is a little disappointed.
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A dear friend of mine mentioned a tradition she’d seen at a wedding she’d been to recently. She’s not getting married, nor is she really paying attention to details at weddings, but this one stuck with her for some reason. She mentioned love letters, a wooden box, two wine glasses, and a bottle of wine. It’s supposed to work something like a unity candle, or pouring grains of sand into one vessel. But when she explained it to me, I liked it more than these two options. And so did Mr. CB.

The tradition goes something like this: The couple writes love letters to each other. In their letters, they detail why they fell in love with each other and what they really, truly admire about the other person. The letters get sealed up before they are read by the person they are intended for.

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If all it takes is some draped fabric to make a garage look this dreamy, I’m convinced everything will work out for my own ugly venue as well. This is me breathing another sigh of relief. *sigh* I feel better.

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Does anyone else look for inspiration to convince themselves that everything will be okay?

What’s not to love about a crazy, spherical updo? That was my thought after both my initial and second trials with Natalie. But several carefully-worded comments in response to my post, mixed with some of my own lingering doubts, led me to wonder if another ’do might suit me better, and so I started perusing for styles.

~~~ Mr. Bruschetta, you know the drill by now! ~~~
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Thanks to everyone who entered and voted on the recent Kathlin Argiro bridesmaid dress contest! Kathlin loved looking through all your inspiration boards so much, she wanted to offer a couple of special promotions for Weddingbee readers — anyone who purchases 5 bridesmaid dresses gets 10% off all the dresses, and a free cocktail dress/rehearsal dinner dress for the bride!  Purchase 7 dresses and get 15% off each dress.  For more information, please go here!

Kathlin is actually a friend of mine, and I recently visited her in her studio where I saw some of her latest dresses up close.  The Zoe dress (center dress, lower center picture) is absolutely adorable, and it has pockets!

Congrats once again to all our Kathlin winners Alicherri1, Lizz C., and Jennifer C.!

And remember you only have 2 more days to enter the $1k cash + MAC laptop + Microsoft Office Giveaway and the FTD Mother’s Day bouquets Giveaway!

{Yea, yea, my post titles suck lately. Oh, well.}

I’ve had a post brewing in my brain for a while, a post about how the best advice I could have given my newly-engaged self would have been to sit down and take an inventory of myself. Who am I? What do I know about myself? What do I love? What can’t I help but being?

I put off writing the post because I wanted to find the right words, and the particular brand of eloquence for which I’d hoped only comes along every so often. With all of our wedding details swimming in my brain, though, I’ve decided to accept good enough words for now. Perhaps eloquence will hit me some other time and I’ll rewrite this.

Sitting at dinner the other night, I looked down at my engagement ring and realized how much I loved it, a rather delayed revelation nine months after the morning he handed it to me. For heavens sake, I picked it out, but I wasn’t ever really sure that I loved it, and the pressure of choosing Something I’d Wear and Love Forever and Ever made me indecisive. I thought about all of the other loves I’ve ever had, and not one was an immediate reaction. Not one. No, not even him.

See, that’s how I am.
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Today’s photo of the day was uploaded by Angiepie. She asked her bridesmaids to bring a pair of boots and their black peacoats on the day of the wedding to catch this sweet shot! Her BMs were able to stay warm on that cold Michigan day!

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Be sure to upload your photos to the gallery this week for your chance to win a 11″x20″ Custom Vows or Wedding Song Lyrics on canvas from GeeZees Custom Canvas! Remember, your pictures have to be under 5MB, or they won’t load. We look forward to seeing your inspirational wedding pics!