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I don’t really consider myself to be that sentimental. I don’t keep movie stubs of first dates, I don’t keep old yearbooks for memories (I barely know where my college diploma is… hmm, I should find that), etc. I was just never good at that stuff.

But today I looked at my counter, which counts down to my wedding day, and my heart gave a little jump. I can’t believe I’m actually getting married this month! So I started thinking about all of our years together. Whenever I get like this, I go to my email account.

As of today, I have 1,300 emails from Mr. Butterfly. I have the very first email he wrote to me, which I love. I have our first email fight on record. I have the first silly rhyme he ever wrote me (of course, he no longer does that). Some days, I will spend hours just reading these emails, remembering all of the things that we’ve been through together. All of the ups and downs are in these emails…and I never want to forget them.

I guess underneath it all, I really am a sentimental fool.

What do you keep in your relationships?

I wrote a post a while back about what to wear to a wedding. Last night, as I was walking down to my acupuncture appointment, I noticed a dress in the window of Ann Taylor Loft. I gotta say, their clothes have really surprised me because they’re pretty trendy and yet perfect for work (although, I have been told that I buy conservative clothes). They have a great petite section too! One of the best I’ve seen.

I will be attending Miss Snail’s wedding in December, and I was wondering what to wear. Also, I needed a dress for my rehearsal dinner, as well as the opening night of a Broadway Show in two weeks! That’s a whole lotta reasons to go shopping!

This is the dress that I bought from Ann Taylor Loft:

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As the date gets closer and closer, I find myself with less and less things to do for the wedding. Aside from confirming every vendor, I barely have anything left to do!

At the moment, my to-do list looks like this:

• Wait for programs, escort cards, menus and table cards to be delivered.
• Make petal cones.
• Write out the responsibilities and schedules to hand out at the rehearsal dinner for bridal party and family (I think this is very important since everyone will need to be at different places at different times, and I certainly do not want to receive phone calls asking me where they are supposed to be).
• Confirm “must play” and “do not play” list with the DJ.
• Final hair touch up - scheduled.
• OOT gift bags for the 3 rooms that we actually booked - already bought, just need to throw into a box.
• Bathroom kits - already bought, just need to throw into a basket.
• Final dress fitting one week before the wedding.
• Create a “must take” photo list, including family portraits.
• Purchase: evening bag, dad’s tie, roses for petal cones, ring bearer’s gift, new hole punch for my story (?), Minnie/Mickey Mouse for the guest book table (don’t ask).
• Put together favors.
• Make a money/gift box.

Not too bad, huh?

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I’m overwhelmed.

Work has been incredibly stressful lately. I really have to finish several projects before I leave for the wedding/honeymoon vacation. I also have a ton of school things to do, including studying for a final, writing a paper, and trying to participate in my group project while I’m on my honeymoon. Add the two things to my hectic schedule and every little thing I have to do for wedding planning, I’m surprised that I’ve gotten this far without having a breakdown.

That all changed on Sunday night. As I was getting ready to go into work (yes, on a Sunday) to finish up a few things, I realized that I just had so much to do on my plate. I got incredibly emotional and upset at nothing, and tears started to leak out of my eyes. Enter Mr. Butterfly (my hero), who catered to my every whim and just said, “give me everything you need to do for the wedding, and I’ll do it.” Which just made me cry harder.

He even offered to come into work with me for several hours, because I hate sitting in this big office suite alone during the weekends.

I ended up only picking up a few things from work because we wanted to go out and eat dinner. Afterwards, we even updated our wedding and household budgets, which really made me think of our future together.

What little things does he do to save you from a meltdown?

Ok….I can barely contain myself as I write this. My photographer is freaking AWESOME. We took the pics last Monday afternoon, and he had them uploaded to pictage on Thursday night. I chose several shots that I wanted to post, and he customized the toning and processed them today! Isn’t he amazing??

Most of the pics are in black and white, since those are the ones I will be using for the table cards. But all of them can be turned into color.

Here is an idea of what my table cards would look like. They will have a champagne backing, not orange, and the image will be a bit darker and clearer. But you get the gist….

So of the pictures below, which three do you think I should choose?

Picture 1

Picture 2

Picture 3

Picture 4

And here are a few color photos, just for fun!

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I cannot thank my bridesmaids enough for my wonderful shower. I absolutely loved everything about it! My favorite part? The shower favors, of course!

I’m not sure, but I think in reponse to my cry for help on my seriously bad habit, the girls came up with such a brilliant idea for shower favors. It’s something that I desperately needed, and yet something that everyone could use!

From left top to right: A buffing thing, an emory board, cuticle oil, base coat, pink polish, top coat, yogurt sheet mask for your face, yogurt foam cleanser, and a sugar glow rub for your hands.

I wanted my nails to look pretty for my engagement photos, so I used all of the nail products last week. Of course, I suck at polishing my own nails and they looked like a 3 year old did my nails, but it did the trick! My nails were just long enough for a French manicure for my photo shoot! Yay!

And that concludes my bridal shower.

I know I posted some of these pictures before, but I wanted to elaborate on them just a little bit.

Ok, I have never been a scrapbooking type of person. But after receiving this scrapbook, I really can see myself getting into it! Who knows? I may make a scrapbook of my honeymoon after I get back.

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I’ve been a gooood girl. I sent out my thank you cards for the bridal shower gifts one week after receiving them. Aren’t you so proud? Ok, to be honest, I just really wanted to use my thank you gift box that I received from Mrs. Bee.

Deluxe Bridal Gift Box from Paper Bride

This box contains the cutest, most adorable thank you cards ever!

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I’m in love with my progams. Seriously, I never thought of myself as a very creative type, and I haven’t particularly been that creative during my wedding planning process. But with a ton of help from Custom-Programs, my invitations, programs and menus came out beautifully!

Here is the mock-up of my program.

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Mr. Butterfly picked up the rest of the groomsmen’s gifts yesterday! Yay! Another thing off our to-do list.

We decided to go with the fake business cards for the groomsmen and ushers, with fake wedding titles. I absolutely loved the idea, but we needed something else aside from just the cards. At first, we wanted to get them business card holders, but to be honest, most people do not use them. After months of thinking about it (being lazy about it), Mr. Butterfly found these.

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I had to do my own makeup for the engagement pictures but I don’t know how to apply makeup. I learned a little from my friends during my clubbing days, but usually I just let them put it on me. For day to day (when I used to wear makeup to work), I just put on a little powder, eyeliner, mascara and blush. I am seriously lacking skills in the makeup department.

However, since I must do my own makeup, and since I just bought all this makeup from MAC, I thought I would play around a bit. Because of my love for blogging (and you readers!) I must have taken about 100 pictures of my own face in order to get the lighting right. It kept coming out too orange or too bright and my digital camera has so many settings.

Please ignore my facial expression. I got tired of smiling.

Aside from my facial expression, does it look horrible?

This past weekend, I went to Bliss Spa to get a facial. I don’t usually get facials, but since my friends got me a gift certificate, I figured I should go. And boy, am I glad I did!

I wanted to get the Steep Clean, but based on my skin type, my facialist thought I should get the Triple Oxygen Treatment with some adjustments. It included the facial, a mini microdermabrasion, a seaweed mask, and deep extractions. Since I don’t have sensitive skin, she thought that it would be OK to get this facial only 2 days before the engagement photo session.

Let me just say, there is a reason why this facial costs 300 bucks (I could never spend this much on my own). Heated tables, arm and leg massage, and 120 minutes of undivided attention to my pores, and voila! My face is so soft and I had absolutely no redness whatsoever. I’m hoping the smoothness of my skin will show through on the photos. I get the pictures back later this week so we’ll see. I will definitely post pictures, I promise!

Even now, I still have really smooth skin and all my blackheads have disappeared! I also bought their exfoliating facial cleanser and their light mask to use on my T-Zone 3 times a week. This was recommended by my technician.

I highly recommend Bliss for any bride, because what bride doesn’t need to be pampered and spoiled right before the wedding?

Final Rating: A++!

In less than a month, I will be getting married. Woah.

During the entire engagement period, I never felt the impact of those words. It just felt like Mr. Butterfly and I were living together, and we happened to be planning a wedding. It didn’t feel like we were getting married… until Monday. We both took a day off from work and headed downtown to get our marriage license. A money order for $35, two driver’s licenses, and 30 minutes later, we had our license. Yup, it’s now official. We are getting married!!

Some funny things happened in that licensing office. While we were waiting, there was another couple next to us trying to get their license. I say “trying” because they did not end up getting one. Why? Well, in NY State, you must report all of your previous marriages. The groom in this case, apparently forgot that he was married once before. He actually didn’t remember until the lady behind the computer pulled up his record to show him.

Five minutes later, a foreign couple walked in the office, and all I heard them say was “We need two witnesses?”

I wanted to stick around a bit longer to listen, but alas, we had to prep for our engagement photos…

Remember my idea about mini-bells for the menus? Well, they’re finally in and I love them! Look how small they are!

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Fooooooood!!!!!!

Yummy sandwiches made by my bridesmaids.

Home made pigs in the blanket (a blanket?). Soooooo goood. Gimme the recipes!

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