Wedding Blog

As of approximately 8:11 this morning, the invitations are in the mail. I’ve worked so long and hard on those things, I feel like I’ve given birth to them! I packed them up as carefully as possible last night and then handed them over this morning to a perfect stranger who is sure to mangle and otherwise attempt to destroy those beautiful little pieces of…

Well, I’ve done it. I’ve admitted wedding planning defeat. (Yes, I am being a little dramatic) I sent the most pathetic email to our day of coordinator yesterday, swallowing my pride and confessing that I can’t make it through the next two months without her help. It takes a lot for me to admit I can’t handle something myself but with the last few weeks of…

I arrived home to a package last week…our envelopes are back from the calligrapher! As you all know, the past few weeks haven’t been the easiest in terms of wedding plans, so having the envelopes in my hot little hands was better than Christmas.

I had my first fitting on Saturday and of Wednesday afternoon, I still didn’t have any undergarments to wear with my dress. I am someone who requires, shall we say, a lot of support up top so I knew that I needed to seek out a professional. In all honesty, I had been avoiding it. I have had so many bad experiences searching for the…

A few people have asked for details on the makeup used in my last trial, and I honestly don’t have much information. I’ll definitely find out more about what was used, but in the meantime I can tell you about two of the products that were so great I bought them on the spot (I am such a sucker for beauty products!)

When I told Marla…

First of all, thank you so much for the helpful comments and band suggestions! The outpouring of support never ceases to amaze me. We still haven’t reached a resolution but I’ll be sure to let you know how it turns out. In the meantime, I finally have some good news to share.

Last weekend I had yet another makeup trial…and I couldn’t have been happier…

I am going to start with the bad news because, well, that’s how I like to go about things. When I was a kid I would eat all the things on my plate that I hated first, so I could get them out of the way and enjoy the goodness that was my mashed potatoes. Yes that’s right, I just compared wedding planning to mashed…

Despite my occasional feelings of burnout, I am still crazy enough to take on tasks like this. I just can’t help myself! A few weeks ago, I found this really great paper at JoAnn Fabrics and a few seconds later I found a green satin ribbon that matched it exactly. I wanted to line our invitation envelopes and use ribbon as a “belly band” for…

I was so excited to get this in the mail - an invitation to my own shower! Mr. Sundae and I are almost the last of my friends to get married, so I’ve received a lot of shower invitations. I knew it was coming but was still clueless when I opened the envelope…it was completely surreal to see my name in print!

Part One

I didn’t intend for there to be a part two to this post, but I wanted to pass along something I learned after attempting to have Lola actually wear the collar. But first, a brief refresher for those of you that might have missed the first post and like me, don’t want to go back and read the whole thing. I made Lola a…

Next month will mark one year since our engagement, and I am tired people. I am tired. Just a few weeks ago I was writing about all the little decisions driving me bananas and suddenly, I don’t care anymore. I think I’ve lost the will to plan.

It must be some sort of phenomenon that work gets exponentially busier as your wedding gets closer. I am…

So…I had another hair trial on Saturday. ((Pause for disgusted eye roll)). I won’t tell you where it took place because I don’t want any angry mobs hunting me down after I write this, but it was not good folks. Not good at all. Since the last disaster I was convinced that it can’t be that hard, so I did a quick little mock-up myself:

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The jcrew satin clutch I’ve been coveting (and I know some of you have too) is on sale! Its now $69.99 but another 20% off until Friday. Hello newly purchased wedding clutch…

I might sleep with it under my pillow.

I’ve learned a lot about myself through the wedding planning process. One of the most glaring lessons being, I am a glutton for punishment. I think I’ve made a decision and then I keep looking, and keep looking, and keep looking, almost inviting something better to come along that I just have to have. The escort cards were one of those things.

Before I became completely sick…

Our ceremony and reception sites are exactly 1.3 miles apart - about a 3 minute car ride. Because they’re so close, a mode of transportation for the wedding party never even crossed my mind. Of all people, Mr. Sundae is actually the one who thought of it ((stunned silence)).

My stance on the issue was that I really didn’t care, it seemed like an added expense…