At Least It Will Be Official Now

Woo hoo we have double checked with our minister and she has agreed to marry us. It's so nice to know that our officiant is out of the way. I'm not sure why but this was one area that I was not looking forward to interviewing for. I really like the idea that she's someone we both know and get along with. I think I'll be a bit more comfortable knowing the person who is performing our ceremony rather than having some stranger standing up there marrying us.

We got the engagement photos back and I'm really happy with the way they turned out. I love the location that we shot at. There were actually so many to choose it was really hard for us to narrow them all down. In the end we have 28 really good shots that we're going to try and make into an album for our guest book. I'm impressed though at how well the shots turned out since we were giggling through out the whole shoot. Didn't think he would get anything decent.

Found the limos we wanted and in the price range we like so I went to go book them but they won't take bookings until the new year. Sigh looks like it's going to be a busy January since we'll have the limos, caterers and meeting the minister all squeezed into one month. Oh well at least January won't be a boring month.

The next thing on the chopping block is the girls dresses, decorators and chair rentals. It looks like we might be making the girls dresses since most of the ones in stores don't quite look right (think lingerie). Next week we're going to go try on a couple of separates and I'm going to try on the wedding dress at Everything But the Groom. I'm thinking that that dress could be "the one!"

Bringing It All Together

We'll I'm very happy with the work I've gotten done wedding wise over the weekend. I just hope I can keep this vibe going. On Saturday I dragged my fiance out (willing though I might add) to the Tartan store and finally buckled down and bought the material to make my sash for. It is the Cameron tartan (modern) in scarf weight which you think would be heavy but is actually very, very light weight. I'm just hoping it comes in soon because it will make looking for dresses a lot easier (I hope).

Also went to a wedding show on Sunday and was very impressed with the limo company I had read about. Originally I wanted to book them but they did not have the cars I needed but they were highly recommended. After talking to them and finding out that they actually have sedan cars as well as a new 10 person seater limo (not SUV) I think I'm going to get a quote and book them if they are free. Limo's are one of those things that seem to be hit or miss with people. You can get great rates but crappy cars and drivers or pay through the nose for good service.

The last thing on my plate this week will be going shopping with the girls. I realize that if I want them to wear either black or red dresses then they should go shopping before New Years as those are the colours that are out right now. Shopping around the mall with 4 girls and at least 1-2 little ones could be entertaining but I just hope we can even narrow down a few ideas. If the girls find their dresses maybe it will inspire me to find mine!

10 more to go

So we're at the 10 month mark now and still plugging away. Things are going a little bit better now. Still looking for a dress as I love a certain style but just can't justify the price. When did a white dress become so expensive. It's just a dress people. But I'm weighing my options and I'm not done looking yet so we'll see what happens.

Otherwise not too much in the way of progress is going on right now. The catering has been put on hold until Jan as the 2 companies that got back to us, and are in our price range would prefer that we wait until after Christmas as it is their busy season right now.

I suppose I should really be looking at limos and I have sent out a few quotes but with Christmas coming up I must say my mind is leaning towards that rather than wedding related material. I am getting together though with the girls to go shopping. Most of the stores have their Christmas dresses out right now an they're in the colours I'm looking at so hopefully in the next few weeks we might be able to find something that works and is in everyone's price range.

Mainly it's just keeping my head wrapped around all the things going on. We were suppose to look at engagement photos but that keeps getting postponed. Can't seem to find time to get out to the tartan store to look at material for the dress. Need to schedule shopping times not only for the girls but also for me to try dresses. There's upcoming wedding shows, baby showers, dinners, hockey games, etc, etc, etc that is making my poor little calendar fill up like crazy. Here's hoping that after Christmas things get a little quieter...if not here's hoping it's after the wedding. 10 months is going to come so fast yet so slowly!

Shop 'til you drop!

So many dresses...so little time. Well I started the search and I must say it's really fun going into a store and looking through all those dresses and trying them on. I started with an old fashion, book an appointment, pick 5 or so dresses and try them on. Very formal setting, you have a lady who comes and helps you, etc. All very nice and she actually managed to figure out what I liked right away which was very helpful. I tried on this wonderful dress she found for me in the clearance section and I tell you I'm seriously thinking about it. It would have to have major work done to it which I don't like the thought of but I really did love the cut of it.

We walked down the street and went to the next store which was the complete opposite of the previous one. This one you basically walk right in, pick a dress off of the rack and go try it on. Never mind the sales people just chose what you like. No contenders there but did find out that they are decorators so I might go back and talk to them about that.

The third store was somewhere in the middle (I feel like I'm describing the three bears here). It allowed you to go in and pick what you'd like, then the sales girl would give you the options one at a time and help you try them on. Very casual, could even take photos if you want. Found 2 more contenders at this store so now I'm really confused what to do. I think I'll head back out to a couple of stores I still want to see but as much as I love the one at the first store I can't justify the alterations and cost and therefore will probably go with the last store. I'm curious to see what else I find out there!