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You read that right. No bachelor party for Mr. Fro Yo. Now, before you think I’m some psycho bride that isn’t allowing him this right of passage, hear me out. It’s not because of me. In fact, I’ve encouraged him to put something together with his friends and even offered to leave for the weekend so they could all get together at our house. I’ve also suggested that he go to Dallas and meet up with his friends. I even reminded him that bachelor parties don’t have to be full of debauchery, they can simply be a time for some male bonding.
I suggested baseball games, golf, and video games. It doesn’t matter.
Now that the winter has definitely dragged on a bit too long, it’s the perfect time to daydream about our Bali honeymoon and spend unreasonable amounts of time on the internet searching for goodies to fully prepare myself for the trip. Because you can never be too prepared to relax, get massages, and eat and drink to your heart’s content for 2 weeks.
So, how to be a Bali Boy Scout? (Naturally I would be a Girl Scout but the Bs were irresistible.)
Swimsuits! I have this bikini at home.
I would try it on for you and post a pic of myself, but I don’t want to burn your corneas. Instead, my pug “decided” to model it.
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After Mr. Starfish proposed, the real fun began—the pictures!
I happen to love pictures. I take way too many photos, and I’m known for my quick Facebook photo updates—as in they are up the next morning—before you are. I scrapbook. I stalk photo blogs. I’m pretty obsessed. I thinks it’s my obsession with capturing a memory of a second of time that you can never get back. With a photo you get to hold on to that moment forever. Some people are content with their memory, I on the other hand, am much more visual.
Surprisingly, after our proposal Mr. Starfish was the one to initiate “the photo shoot”. I was so caught up in my happiness that I didn’t really think to take pictures.
After some time basking in our newly fiancee’d status, the camera started clicking.
First came some photos of the ring…
One of the things I’m really looking forward to on our wedding day is my walk down the aisle. It will be the last walk I will take as a single gal, all eyes will be on me in my beautiful dress, and I’ll be walking toward my future together with my best friend, Mr. Cola.
And an important part of this walk will be having my father walk me down the aisle. I’ve always been a bit of a daddy’s little girl, and couldn’t imagine him not by my side. But there are some difficulties with this, since my dad had a stroke several years ago that left him partially disabled. A recent boards post touched on the subject of how to handle the walk down the aisle with a disabled father, so I thought I would share my plan with the hive. It will be so worth it for me to make a few changes from the traditional walk to have my dad walk with me.
Our ceremony and reception are at the same place, but the ceremony site is across a good sized meadow, which poses a bit of a problem as my father usually uses his wheelchair for long walks, but can walk short distances with his leg brace and cane. But walking this far would take him a very long time, and he is not very steady on uneven surfaces like grass.
This is a picture I took, standing at our ceremony site in the meadow, looking back toward the lodge and deck, to give you a better idea of the distance (and it’s even further than it looks):
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Yeah, I know. I was pretty sure I had settled on this hairstyle. But after realizing how heavy it looked (and finding out they added a lot of extensions in her hair), I know that gorgeous hair style would be a hot mess after a few hours.
So, I’ve been thinking I will probably opt for something like this, instead. And, luckily, my hair trial this month, so I can finally make a decision, rather than just sit around dreaming of options.
Topping my list of bridal attire to-dos is jewelry. I began looking for jewelry a couple of months ago and purchased something I really loved. I was going for a vintage look and picked this set up.
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Come on now hive, you didn’t think our registry problems ended with unwanted items appearing on our list, did you? Nah, that would have been toooooo easy!
Mommy Buttons and I made a trip to Bed Bath & Beyond so that she could help me finish our registry. I wanted her opinions on pots and pans, as well as a few other items. And, she thought that our registry was pretty dismal… so I obliged and added to it slightly (I’m still a “registry rebel,” don’t get me wrong…). We spent over an hour walking the aisles, picking out kitchen gadgets, some more sheet sets, and cookware. When we finished, I turned my scanner in to the customer service rep… and once again we were on our merry way (sound familiar???).
The following day, I logged on to the registry website to show Mr. Buttons what we added. When I pulled up the list, none of the items I had registered for were there… it was the same as before. Frustrated, I just closed the laptop and told Mr. Buttons that it must take 24 hours for the items to appear, so we would check again the next day.
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I booked our DJ today! I’m so excited because I was not only able to get the DJ I wanted, but I also negotiated $200 off his fee! Who thought that was possible? Certainly not me. I don’t consider myself a very good haggler/bargainer. Mostly, I think I’m usually too nervous to try and bargain, but in this craptastic economy, everything’s fair game in my mind. So I figured, you never know unless you try, right? What’s the worst that can happen? And it worked!
(The story with our DJ is that he used to DJ for my favorite radio station growing up, Mix 106.5. So when I saw him DJ at a wedding two years ago, I immediately remembered his name from the radio and we struck up a conversation. He ended up being a great DJ and got everyone on the dance floor. He also showed good judgment when my inebriated self asked him to play the Pussycat Dolls “Buttons” and he told me that was inappropriate wedding music. Normally, I’d be miffed, but this guy had such tact that I found myself agreeing with him. Anyway, I digress.)
So how did I manage to score $200 off his fee?
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I told you the final choice of our venue here, but gosh darn it, it took a whole year to decide to have it there! That’s because Professor Paisley and I have had a very long engagement, since Sept. 2008, because we needed time to save up for the wedding. And, we would have chosen the family lake house from the get-go, but at first the family wasn’t sure if we were going to sell it or not. Thankfully, for us, the answer is not.
What were the other contenders? Well, we were picky. We wanted someplace that would allow us to party late (think 2 AM) and loud (live band). That’s hard to find! Honestly, hells wedding bells, why must most venues shut down at 9 or 10 PM?!?!
We also wanted someplace of significance to us. The main contenders were:
Nestldown, in Los Gatos.
Congratulations to our winner, Joels Girl!
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The winner of this contest will be able to mix and match labels to fit your wedding needs! To enter this contest, check out their wedding designs and tell us what you’d choose if you won. This contest ends Friday, March 5th at midnight PST. Good luck!
I thought that I would take a moment to update you on the state of my current DIY projects. Remember those fabric flower escort cards that I am making?
They’re safely hidden away in a hot chocolate mix can. Does it look like there are 200 of them in there? And my picture frame table numbers? Well, see for yourself:
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Before the ceremony, Bluebook and her man posed with her uncle’s restored Buick which served as both a great photo op and getaway car.
Keep on loading your inspirational wedding pics to the gallery to see them featured here on the blog! Remember, your images must be under 1MB in size, or they won’t load.
So, for attempt #2, I sent Mr. Hot Wings and Twin Brother Hot Wings down to Macy’s to try on suits and pick out a couple options. They decided to pick out 2 suits: one for larger guys and one for the slimmer guys. (Interesting that they thought this was a good idea, but I let it go) This time they got help from a salesperson immediately. Here’s what they chose:
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Friends, Mr. Sew has a problem. Actually, he has two problems.
First, he gets sick when he travels. Every. Single. Time. For example, on our planning trip a couple months ago, he was sick upon arrival—fever, snot, the works. By the end of the week it had petered down to a cough, but he was still miserable for a while.
Secondly, he gets sick when he’s nervous. Well, I think most people do, but he gets REALLY sick. He was sick for an entire month when we first started dating. I think it’s really sweet now, but at for a while all I could remember is him throwing up on my roommate’s rug and her being seriously mad. He even went to the doctor, who (like any good college doctor) tested him for mono, and then sent him home with the pronouncement that there was nothing wrong with him. Uh, other than the fact that he was vomiting at least once a day. But eventually I stopped scaring him or something, because the stomach lurches luckily ended.
I think you can see the problem here. Wedding = travel & nerves.
The last thing I want is a sick husband the day-of. And we definitely don’t need his illnesses keeping us from enjoying our limited honeymoon vacation.
So, how can I keep him well?
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