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If I could write a whole post on my Super, I swear you would all be entertained for days, but alas this is a wedding blog so it wouldn’t make sense. I’ll just give you a quick bit of back-story.
My Super is a crazy-this-should-be-a-sitcom stereotype of a NYC super. She is a BIG lady who wears long skirts every single day with crazy mismatched sweaters and t-shirts, has a thick Polish accent, says things I can barely interpret, and is super protective of “her” building. She also hoards the crap people leave behind when they move and then sells it. So, there is ALWAYS something weird/old/used/potentially useful to buy when I trek down to the basement to do my laundry.
I walked downstairs one day and VOILA - two old ass HUGE frames.
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After nearly freezing during the group photos, Zeb and I wanted to thank our bridal party for being the best ever. We directed our friends right into Trinity Brew House, a Providence staple. It was there we were able to settle down for just a minute and share a quiet drink with some of our favorite friends and family members. Well, as quiet as 17 people can be.
To toast to finally being husband and wife.
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That would be: Oooh! My Earrings! As in my wedding earrings!
I know, I know I have not picked a veil nor tried on my dress (first fitting is in a week and a half, though! Woohoo!) how could I be picking earrings already!? But the fact of the matter is, they found me. I signed up for Dress Rush when they had that sweet deal here on Weddingbee and scored a $25 dollar gift card to Tigerlilly Jewelry for FREE! I have to say, even if I hadn’t scored the gift card I would have been very happy to learn about Tigerlilly. Beautiful jewelry, fairly reasonable prices, and the option to customize! Sign me up!
So I poked around on the site for awhile, contemplated commissioning a custom piece and then I found The Georgia! (Please forgive the cell phone pictures! I was trying to be super sneaky so Mr. Aardvark wouldn’t see!)
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I feel very privileged to have grown up surrounded by different cultures, nationalities and races. It was no surprise that I ended up in an interracial relationship; with the environment that I grew up in, it’s not really a big deal. Our immediate families are fine with it. A few of the Mr.’s relatives are not OK with it and didn’t come to the wedding. I’ve never been exposed to this kind of blind racism before and I must be honest: it was a little shocking. The fact that they had written me off without even meeting me stings. I guess I’ve had a sheltered life. Lately, my eyes have been opening and I’m becoming more aware of the effect our relationship has on others.
Sometimes it’s a subtle comment. “Oh, another interracial couple. How nice!” Subtext: “Wow, another interracial couple.” Or the ever popular, “Your children will look very exotic.” Subtext: “Your children will look…different.” My hairdresser for more than two years now was shocked to learn that I was in an interracial couple. When I told her she was quiet for a long time before finally asking, “But what does your mother think?!”
Seriously?
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One of the things that can really suck about living 350 miles from home is that I don’t see my Foxy Mama nearly as much as I would like. It’s one of those weird life things where you just want to get away when you’re 17 and off to college, then you’re dying to be closer 10 years later when you’re a bit more mature and realize how super awesome your mom really is.
Mine totally is 
It gets even harder when you’re planning a wedding and can’t have your mom there for most of it.
I definitely missed her being there when I first went wedding-dress shopping, but was so incredibly thrilled that I ended up finding “the one” when I was finally able to go with her last November; thinking back, I’m not sure I would have been 100% certain of the dress had she not been there. She was the one who even pulled it off the rack!
This post is not about the life-changing commitment of marriage or some epic wedding idea that I have concocted. It is just about a simple little thing that makes me smile. I was reading a post on the boards about how it sometimes feels like people have lost all sense of common decency, let alone over-the-top friendliness. I do think this is the case far too often, and the rant was fully warranted, but it got me thinking about the flip side (apparently today was a glass half full kind of day). I got to thinking about the little something extras that a stranger has done to turn my week around, brighten my day, or just make me pause for a moment and smile. You know, warm fuzzies.
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There were what I felt like huge parts of my life going unrepresented in our wedding. After thinking, thinking, and thinking some more of how to tie in all the small odds and ends, it came to me. Simply do that—tie ‘em together!
When I walk down the aisle, not only will I be arm and arm with Mr. Raccoon, I’ll be holding a beautiful bouquet that highlights my interests, shows support from my family, and serves as a remembrance of the ones that are no longer able to be with us. It’s important for me to have this, but in a way that won’t put a damper on the day. Hey, we’re planning a joyous occasion here!
Pink, purple, and Fuchsia were the colors of the day at tanbarr’s wedding.
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Of the many things that I love about my appearance, perhaps my very favorite physical features are my eyes and my hair. Nearly every time I look in the mirror, I notice one or both of those and I can’t help but smile at my reflection. It’s not vanity, and I hope it doesn’t come across that way. It’s just that I truly believe everyone should have aspects of themselves (physical, relational, emotional, intellectual, etc.) that they can acknowledge as strong, positive features (even if, at times, it’s simultaneous with less positive features—for instance my acne-prone skin).
So, given this love affair I have with my eyes and hair, you’d think I’d have spent more time considering my wedding hair and makeup. But, in actuality, I had one very brief moment of hair inspiration and zero ideas about makeup. I don’t know if it was anxiety or just feeling overwhelmed with other stuff, but I showed up to my trial session with one inspiration picture and almost no ability to articulate what I was looking for. Thankfully my amazing hair and makeup artist Lucy Flint knew just what questions to ask to get a sense of my wedding day vision, and then she began to work her magic. (Side note: She even continued with said magic as the building was rocked by a 3.8 magnitude earthquake. That’s running a business in the Bay Area for ya!)
Over the course of a few hours we tried out a makeup look, with and without false lashes, and two different hairstyles. I was so pleased, relieved, and excited about how great everything turned out that I wanted to go back for a second trial to do a bit of a different hair version. You know how I love me some options!
Forgive the poor lighting—it was dark by the time we finished.
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For a number of reasons, including the fact that our six-year anniversary was fast approaching, I had a feeling my beautiful ring, which I had chosen months earlier, was probably hidden somewhere in our apartment. Being a little bit crazy ridiculous, and not dealing well with surprises, I found myself browsing the areas of the apartment I thought were most likely to safely house her. After days of this browsing and pretty much exploring every possibility I had given up…until two days before our anniversary. While changing into comfy clothes after school, my eyes glanced up and I realized there was a heap of clothing Mr. Elk never touched at the top of the closet, almost completely out of my reach. I had never checked under this heap! I stuck my hand under, got on my tippy toes, and felt the edge of something hard…this was it!!! I couldn’t stop myself. In all my craziness I grabbed it and tried on the ring.
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It was GORGEOUS, and now that I knew it was there I could put it back and leave it be until the proposal, right? WRONG. I was so excited that, even though I placed the box back in its hiding spot, I found myself drawn back to try it on again. I reached up and grabbed it and…the box BROKE!!! AHHHHH! I didn’t know what to do. Mr. Elk was in the other room, and there was no fixing the box. I shoved the broken box back in its hiding spot and prayed that he would think he was the one who broke it.
I absolutely love dancing. I look ridiculous while doing it, but it’s just so much fun I can’t help it. Mr. EB, however, is not a fan of dancing. But he promised to dance with me at our wedding, and he more than lived up to that promise (and I’m pretty sure he had some fun, too!).
A few weeks ago Mr. Buck and I were at Shane Co getting my engagement ring cleaned and inspected. Since we were there, we decided to go ahead and try on some wedding bands. We didn’t have an exact timeline of when we were going to purchase wedding bands. We figured when we found ones we liked, we would buy them.
Mr. Buck does not wear any type of jewelry…not even a watch. The salesman told him that he doesn’t like to wear jewelry either, only a watch and his wedding band. Mr. Buck proceeded to tell him that the only jewelry he wears is his sunglasses. Sorry Mr. Buck, sunglasses don’t count as jewelry! This means that we needed to find a wedding band for him that was comfortable and not flashy.
His first question to the salesman was, “what ring is lowest on the conductivity rating?”
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(That doesn’t mean I have tuberculosis. It actually stands for: Miss Fox, Licensed Massage Therapist, Tattooed Bride.)
While we’re on the topic of tattoos…
JellyBelly_Luv is selling a BGBG reception dress with asymmetrical hemline. She’s asking $300 for the altered size-10 dress.
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While wedding planning, I came across a lot of fun photography ideas on blogs. I really wanted a photo of the groomsmen picking me up…and another one of my girls holding up Mr. Lion. I had told my photographer about this, but we didn’t really anticipate how much thought would have to go into picking up a bride in a wedding dress! In my opinion, the “logistics” picture was funnier than the actual posed picture!
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