Lists, lists, and more lists...

Yesterday we:
~mailed thank you cards
~mailed the check to reserve the park for the rehearsal
~reserved a table at Willimantic Brewery for drinks on Thursday (5/7)
~finalized the drink menu with the bartender
~confirmed the rehearsal dinner plans with the restaurant
~printed rehearsal dinner invitations

Today I:
~mailed rehearsal invitations
~will send out an E-vite for Thursday drinks @ Willibrew
~will try to finalize the seating chart
~will start making seating cards
~will harass the Etsy seller who's supposed to be making our groomsmen's gifts, but has dropped off the planet. AFTER I sent payment, of course. :/

strikethough = done!

ring pillow

ring pillow, originally uploaded by krista's secret wedding stuff.

Home made ring pillow...27 days and counting! YIKES!!!

Kickin' Patootie and Takin' Names!

T minus 53 days and things are really starting to come together. We've had a productive past week--booked our rental car and hotel room; found, price negotiated, and reserved a rehearsal dinner location; discussed cake with the Donna from Creative Cakes, and started planning week-of-the-wedding events. And of course, we've been getting ready for our respective bachelor/bachelorette parties this weekend!

I know that's not much of an update, but I'm at work right now. I'll post more soon!

dress fitting and invitations!

dress fitting, originally uploaded by krista's secret wedding stuff.

pictures from my first dress fitting are up on my flickr site...it went well, but i'm a little bit worried. i bought the dress almost a year ago, and have been working out a lot since then. the dress is way too big now, and they had to do a LOT of pinning to make it fit. even with all of the pinning, it's still a little looser than i'd like in the bust and booty areas. the bill for the alterations was $264...that's half the price of the dress to begin with! jody, who came with me, helped me talk through the list of alterations with the seamstress and knock it back to $150. that meant taking off the bustling alterations, which i'll now have to figure out myself. the seamstress was very helpful, though, and offered to show me at the second fitting where i can sew on a couple of hooks and eyes to bustle everything (there are lots of folds in the dress to "hide" the hooks under, so it shouldn't be too bad). i just hadn't budgeted for over $250 in alterations...yikes.

in better news, the invitations were mailed today! you should all have them by the shower on saturday! i can't wait to see everyone!!!

Dress Fitting

My dress fitting is coming up next weekend, and I need to have all of my undergarments purchased before then. Any recommendations for a strapless bra/bustier that will effectively support a C cup, and stay supportive all day long?

Invitation Sneak Peak!

Here's a sneak peak on the invitations--I'll be mailing them out this week! There are still some components that I don't have printed yet, but here's what's ready to go so far. A huge, ginormous thank you to Erika for designing the electronic versions of these, and for bearing with me while I tweaked font styles and shades of blue. You're the best, Erika!!

Ladies, ladies, ladies...

...we bought my wedding band today! (that link shows a 1/2 carat band; we went with the 1/4 carat.)

We had intended on just going to get ideas on what we wanted for wedding bands, and hit up the Fiesta Mall in Mesa with the plan of perusing the jewelry stores there. Our first stop was Helzberg diamonds, and I have to say, we were thrilled with the customer service. The first girl we spoke with was very helpful and not at all pushy. She showed us several rings and really listed to our input. A second woman came over to help as well, and they were both just so friendly, helpful, and not at all pushy. I really loved two of the rings there; one was a milgrain diamond band w/ a bit more of an antique feel, and the other was the contour band (the link above). We made a record of the two rings, and went on our merry way to look at other stores. We looked at only two other places before realizing that a) I really, really loved the contour band, b) the pricing was pretty much the same from store to store, and c) the customer service had been so fabulous that we really wanted to make our purchase at Helzberg. So we went back and bought it! Since we hadn't really planned on buying anything today I was only able to put ~ 1/2 the money down, but I'll go back next week to pay the rest of it off and have it sized. It's definitely more than we'd intended on spending, but it fits next to my solitaire absolutely perfectly and I'm 100% in love with it. Yay!!