Sunday, January 23, 2011

Recapping Everything So Far!!

Recapping my wedding dress search makes me want to recap all the other things I've done for the wedding. I'm in full writing mode funny enough. This is bad because I really don't have time to waste to recap a bunch of stuff. Yet, the good news is that I haven't done a lot of stuff at all so there's not much to recap...LOL!

I guess the only big things are....engagement ring, photographer, and venue.

As far as the engagement ring goes, in a nutshell, I thought I wanted something for about 6 months. We started looking probably around beginning to middle of 2009. I thought I found the perfect Ritani, channel setting engagement ring at Robbins Bros. but as it got to being beginning of 2010...I realized it was so boring and not what I wanted. So the search pretty much started over from scratch. I looked around some more and was more open minded. The theme of going with things you don't originally expect resonates in my wedding planning. Glenn and I decided to go to Tyler Mall one weekend in the beginning of 2010 to look for rings. Funny enough, we went to Ben Bridge and they were having a diamond show. I saw this beautiful ring. I actually saw a few. What really caught my eye were the Calla cuts. They were so unique. Calla Cuts are specially cut four stones to make it look like a Calla lily flower. I actually was intrigued because I had seen this type of ring for an Ed Pingol bride and was surprised I actually found what it was! When I saw the photo, the ring caught my eye but I had no idea how I would actually track down the ring. So I was so happy to see it here. There was this one type of Calla cut ring that was so amazing but was over $6000, I gave up hope and concluded right there and then that I loved this ring but I would no way be able to afford it! Since the restart of my engagement ring search, we had continued to look for more unique designs and I was so attracted to the halo style and I still am. But to go with the Calla cut style, I could never regret it because it's so unique. I would've loved to have a halo ring too but it wouldn't have been as cost effective to get one whole diamond stone to go in the halo. And from what I remember, there weren't really a whole lot of halo options with a split shank that I actually liked. Glenn's eye caught this type of style (what we were looking for for halo and split) at Ben Bridge the same day. And it was actually really nice and a contender too. We went to other jewelry stores like Helzberg and Jared and got some options but really didn't find the one. We went back to Robbins Bros. and saw my old Ritani ring that was so BLECH to me now and I thought how could I ever like this. It was pretty and simple but wasn't unique enough for me and didn't have character. We were in touch with Ben Bridge back and forth to see if we could find a good stone to go in the halo but we never really committed. I then looked up authorized dealers for Calla cut rings and found one in the jewelry district in Downtown L.A. I contacted them to just ask how much that one Calla cut ring would cost if we got it from them and to my pleasant surprise, it was soooo much more affordable than how much it would've cost at Ben Bridge at the retail jeweler. Glenn was so resistant to getting it from this place because he thought they weren't legit but I looked them up on the BBB and Yelp and they were authorized from the Calla website. I just knew this was our option. Before finally committing to that purchase, we went back to Ben Bridge one last time to make sure this was the ring. I knew this was the ring. Though I liked Glenn's halo option, it would've cost too much. To be able to my ring for cheaper with Bridal Rings in Downtown L.A. and to just be able to say I could get the ring I thought I couldn't have was good enough for me. I pretty much knew this was the ring and I was so amazed that I could get it for a better cost. I really thought at first that I could never be able to afford such a gorgeous ring but now it's on my ring finger as I type and so yes, dreams can come true.

My wedding planning started back in May 2009 when I had a wake up call that Ed Pingol was not available on the date I had selected (9.10.11). I was so disappointed but I got over it as I don't think I would've been able to afford him and I'm so happy with my wedding photographer choice now. I hurried up and looked around and found Ezra Primack of Kiss the Bride Weddings. His work just caught my eye and when I contacted him, he had another couple ready to book him for 9.10.11 so I hurried and booked him. He was the first vendor that I booked and I have no regrets at all about him, his work, and the price. I was ready to splurge on wedding photograph as that is high on my priority list for getting quality services. Funny that the reason I booked him fast was the first date and that changed to Friday, 10.21.11.

Speaking of dates, aside from looking at rings, that's how my wedding planning started. Yea, you know spreadsheets, date analysis, date numerology etc. was how I chose the date. First 9.10.11 but now 10.21.11 and I have no regrets! That was around late 2009 to beginning of 2010.

Missing the boat on Ed Pingol for 9.10.11 (which is a nonexistent issue now...it's funny how wedding planning turns out), I realized I had a wake-up call to start and look for venues because if I wanted 9.10.11, heck if I was going to miss out on other things too! So before we even got engaged, we started looking for venues. I did research on venue options and planned an OC day and an LA day. I took 2 days off of work and designated these days as venue search days. I actually found Seven Degrees on my birthday. It was an awesome beautiful day in OC on my birthday. I remember we had lunch at Las Brisas...my favorite restaurant ever! From when I did venue research on the Internet, Seven Degrees always caught my eye. After seeing some quotes on prices, I really didn't think I could afford it. We still made an appointment to go and after it, I wasn't sure it could work out. But after another day in LA and seeing the rest of the venues in OC, Glenn and I knew that we really needed to get this location. The other places just didn't do much for us at all! Seven Degrees holds a soft spot in our hearts. It is different and unique. It is contemporary and artsy. I love it! As my previous posts showed, I was anxious to see what proposal they would have for us. It was awesome to work with Dora because she was very accommodating and really tried to make it work for us. It finally did after 3-4 revisions and changing the date and making some sacrifices, but I'm glad to say we got Seven Degrees for our reception venue and I can't wait! I know what I want when I see it and I get it too. Yay!

Geez, I can't believe I started all of this in May, got engaged in July, and really lost my steam during the last part of 2010. Partly because I was getting all caught up and having issues with stationery design....BLACHHHHHH I would prefer not to think or recall this time at all! Partly because we were busy preparing for our engagement party. (Note on engagement party in a little bit). So I lost all this time and now I'm having to make up for it. Ivy and I had a good pow wow to break up all of the items and attach deadlines. Even with that, I still get lazy and haven't done as much at that point since she has. It feels chorish sometimes unfortunately!

Anyway, speaking of the engagement party, it was off the hook!!!!!!!!! I think we overspent on this but I guess it was okay because it was sooo fun and we had a good turnout. I think after counting everyone we had about 70-75 people come to our house for our party!!!! It was amazing. We had an awesome lineup of food (Filipino and Indonesian food and a pig!). On the Filipino side, we catered from Banig. We had Chicken/Baby Corn/Mushroom, Chicken Afritada, Beef & Pepper Steak, Beef & Onion, Shrimp, Fish, Pork Adobo, and Sisig. Ben's dad even made us his special chocolate meat too. We had rice cake and cassava desserts! My mom made this whole awesome array of yellow rice with chicken and perkedel among other fun things for that yellow rice. We had 2 types of wonton and corn soup too! We had Indonesian desserts. We had a whole pig - which the Indonesians were amazed at seeing because they're not used to seeing that. We had soooo much alcohol it was insane. We even had our own shot fairy who contributed to me and Glenn's doom. The alcohol was fun at first and it was our doom at the end. I regret that we couldn't stay up more for our party because it sounds like everyone kept having more fun and I just couldn't hang at all. I was so tired from preparing for the party. That's a significant regret but it's okay since I still think the turnout and entire experience was awesome. Cleaning the next day actually wasn't all that bad...it was feasible and we did it. House was clean by the end of Sunday for the most part. It was sooo fun. Pictures could've been better I guess but the pictures were okay. I have my memories and I knew we all had fun! It was a party for the record books and one that I'll never forget! If the engagement party was this fun, imagine how much more out of this world the wedding reception is gonna be! I'm ready to dance!

We also did our engagement photo session with Ezra on December 27th. LOL, I called in sick to Target for the first time in 3.5 years and actually got sick after. Another regret with this is that we didn't take pictures of this experience and we didn't ask Ivy to come with us to memorialize the day. The day started with us going to Ezra's studio in Pasadena. Take that back, the day started when I woke up and Susan did my hair at her salon. We went to Pasadena and Alana did my make up. That was awesome! We started out by taking our shots in Pasadena's City Hall. It was awkward to begin with but I guess we got the hang of it. We just said the most ridiculous things to made sure we smiled (like watermelon watermelon watermelon and cantaloupe cantaloupe cantaloupe). Ezra was really awesome because he told us what to do and gave us that direction that we really needed. We did a dress change and did some fun shots at some phone booths. Then crazy enough, we went to Brea Canyon (where I've driven all my life) and went to that area off the freeway to take our nature shots. We were racing against the time because the sun was going down but hopefully the shots will be good (still waiting for them!). On this day, we had just finished a bunch of rain from the previous week so everything was still wet and gross. To this day, I still need to clean my shoes that has all that mud from the marshy area. We then headed to Downtown L.A. (love this area at night!) and took some shots at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Apparently we missed out on being able to take pictures at the DWP building but we ended the night at the bridge (don't know what it's called)....It was crazy because we took our pictures in the middle of the bridge with all the cars around us! I asked Ezra, "Is this safe?" and he told us no but we did it anyway!! Anyway, huge regret not getting behind-the-scene pictures of this experience but I guess it's all just in my memory.

Despite all of this semi-made-progress, I haven't had as much progress in the stationery realm. Makes sense I guess because I'm so particular when it comes to this. I do have a secret Save the Date Flipbook that's being worked on. THIS IS MY SPLURGE! It's still being worked on right now. I hope it'll be done soon. I'm happy with how the engagement party invitation came out. Now I need to start focusing on the actual wedding invitations! I can't wait for Kristy Rice from Rice Ink to finish with our special flipbooks! THIS IS MY SPLURGE!!!!!!!!

Hmmmm.....damn it I gotta get cracking on my to do list. Ivy is going to totally beat me. Maybe thinking of it as a competition will help get my butt into gear since I'm very competitive!! Even though now I've wasted TWO HOURS updating this blog, I think now finally this BLOG is getting the attention it deserves and this was the whole point of starting it so that I can think back and remember how my wedding planning experience went since it's only going to happen once in my life. Life goes by too fast and we don't stop often enough to reflect on it. I don't want this time of my life to just pass me by without being able to memorialize it. So even though I've wasted two hours this morning when I could've done other stuff, I feel that this is important to do! As I type this, freakin Glenn is criticizing me about updating this blog saying it's a waste of time and saying I could be doing other things for planning. Whatever, I told him to just read what I'm writing.

Alright...well till next time. Hopefully I can come back and provide more updates more frequently. I need to make progress and I'm determined!

P.S. I just made fun of my mom because the funny thing when we were looking for dresses is that she can't pronounce SASH...HAHAHHAHAHH FUNNY!!!

By the way, I'm so happy and excited because Mariposa just told us we can come in at 2:30 pm for an appointment to try on the dress one more time and finally order it!

Wedding Dresses on the Brain!!

I think I may have come to the conclusion now that the perfect wedding dress really does exist! Here I am making another entry because I actually have wedding planning on the brain. This is a rare moment...R-A-R-E. Because I've been really lazy recently and haven't done much! I delegated a whole bunch of stuff to the wonderful BFF and she already got way of a head start to her list than I did. I hate to say that sometimes the wedding planning becomes a CHORE.

Anyway, just to recap on the wedding dress search. It all started a couple of days before Christmas when Myla, Ivy, and I went to have our appointment at Alfred Angelo. What threw me off there is that the very first dress they had me try on was way beyond my budget. It was something like around $2500!! WTF...the consultant knew how much my budget was. So this appointment really wasn't successful because we tried on probably 5-6 dresses but nothing was really working. The 3 of us weren't satisfied so we actually went to David's Bridal in Brea down the street. They actually took us in last minute. The consultant there was much nicer. Really didn't find anything here either except for one contender. But I still didn't feel like it was the dress. The problem was we kept seeing plain dresses. Either the top or the bottom of the dress but it really wasn't the perfect combination.

So the search continued the following week when I went to a couple of boutiques in the IE! Both my parents actually came. Uniquely Elegant Attire had a consultant that was funny and helpful. She was awesome! There was one contender (that we don't have a picture of) but from what I remember, it just wasn't it because it was too plain (on top I think!). Then I headed over to Bellasposa which just looks like an awesome wedding boutique on the outside but the service was so crappy there! Mind you at this point I'm totally early on into my dress search and the consultant pretty much put all the dresses in the room for me and said, well you can go ahead and just try these on. Myself?! WTF! They said they weren't even able to give me a strapless bra cuz they didn't have any in the right size...WTF...you are a boutique! (My mom said it's because they thought my budget was too low). Whatever! I'll take my money elsewhere. (I know if I have money to spend and I'm passionate on it...it will be spent! Save the Date Flipbook...DUH!) Anyway, at Bellasposa after she actually did help. Found some dresses, "the mushroom", and another one that was similar to the David's Bridal one but still plain. UGH....and so the search continues.

And now we go into these last couple days that I had off from Target in my last week of my mental vacation. The entire search pretty much boils down to these 2 days. Ivy came with us the first day. But the first day really sucked because I still didn't really know what I wanted truly. So I kept trying on dresses that I thought I wanted but really still never found the right combination of the dress. At The Dresser in Fullerton, I tried on some gorgeous dresses but they were still so plain! We then went to Mary Me Bridal in Orange and actually found a contender there. This "9.3 dress" as my mom refers to it and as Ivy HATES to refer to it as. It was gorgeous with more detail but pretty pricey for the boringness of the dress that it was. But it was still a gorgeous Lunanovias/Pronovias dress! We also tried on "the mushroom" again and the Maggie contender from The Dresser again. But we walked out of there with a good feeling on the 9.3! On a side note, I actually tried on a dress from here that couldn't even make it as a contender but subtly hints at the silhouette that I would ultimately end up with. Little did I know at the time that that would be the silhoutte I would choose!! We continued on to Mon Amie in Costa Mesa. This was a joke appointment because all their dresses there were so expensive and out of my price range! The poor consultant...I really wasn't honest with her. She was nice but we really were just wasting her time. I couldn't fake it but Ivy tried to and I couldn't figure out when she was fake or not. UGH...we tried on so many dresses here and really didn't walk out with any contenders! What a waste of time. So the first day truly was unproductive because I couldn't find THE DRESS, couldn't find the right combination..........BLAH!!! My mom and I still were curious so we daringly said, "Let's go to Las Tunas in Temple City and look at the Chinese boutiques there!". Ivy was gone at this point and threw in the towel, probably pretty frustrated with us for having an unproductive day. So we dropped her off and my mom and I headed to Temple City. I tried on a few dresses at about 4-5 boutiques that were really nice but still weren't contenders. The prices at these Chinese boutiques were soooo cheap though! All in all, they had nice dresses but they were too traditional I felt and not contemporary enough. Tired after a long day...we inhaled food at Ajisen Ramen.

So I was supposed to go home to Beaumont on Monday but we were still so unsatisfied that I planned another last minute trip and route for the next day Tuesday. My mom and I went out again to Orange County after she got off work from Target. By the way, I got smarter on the second day because I went to the furthest southwest location first to avoid traffic on the way back home....I'm so awesome! The theme of the second day is that we started experimenting outside the box and tried on dresses that I didn't expect I would like but wow, I actually liked them. So at Jinny's in Huntington Beach (which was so annoying because it was so far off the freeway)...the lady was very helpful. They had soooo many dresses! And the final contender from this location (too bad the designer name escapes me for now!) was a whimsical, free floating asymmetrical, organza-ish different type of dress. On the second day, we actually went to less contemporary boutiques and to more of the low-key, unadvertised bridal locations. We continued on to Ferndale's and they had a lot of dresses too! They actually had a Maggie trunk show going on at the time. But still...the dresses from the trunk show really weren't it either. So then we went to this other little place called Tom's Bridal. For the very first time here, I actually tried on this very, very gorgeous Mori Lee dress. Now this was a memorable moment because for the very first time after at least 50+ dresses I tried on, this was the very first time I actually felt the magical, princess-y, bridal feeling. My mom looooved the dress and actually started pestering Rit on the phone while we were there so she could look at it. Of course, she failed in sending the pictures out from her phone. But anyway, I was concerned that it was too poofy. This was my most pestering concern ever since the first day at Alfred Angelo. It was gorgeous on the top but the bottom and the back particularly was just too much. It was the organza material pick-ups that made it too billowy. But this is where the outside-the-box mentality kept kicking in subtly saying, "go outside the box......inside the box is stuffy!". Ok anyway...I'm weird! Hmmm...so we continued to our final location (well actually second to last place as I will explain later). This next place is the beautiful Mariposa boutique in Anaheim. They are closed on Mondays which is why we couldn't put it as part of our route on Monday. Unfortunately, the only reason why I decided to do Monday instead of Tuesday was to ensure that I made it to Mon Amie which is closed on Tuesdays (well that's a joke because the Mon Amie visit was a joke!). So we couldn't go to Mariposa on Monday but I was glad that we did the Tuesday trip to make it there. This was the only reason why we wanted to go out on Tuesday but I added the 3 other additional OC places since we were going to be out anyway. (Yes, poor Civic and what a waste of gas.... :( ) Necessary, I suppose. My consultant at Mariposa was awesome. I went in there with the intent of being completely honest about my dilemma. That I couldn't find the perfect dress with a good bottom and top, that we were dancing with outside-the-box syndrome today, and that I really needed her opinion and help! I was determined to find it!! One of the great things about this place is that it carried all of the contenders from Tuesday in one place and we were actually able to take pictures for memories sake. So it was nice because I was able to try on all the Tuesday contenders (all the Monday contenders really weren't contenders after all) so that we can compare them all and take pictures. So before I continue on with this story....one side note...

Tuesday morning as my mom was at Target working and as I was planning my route for the day...I had this inkling to just Google Disney Bridal dresses. So I did just that and saw again the Ariel Disney Bridal dress and thought to myself....OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG could this be the dress that could be THE DRESS!??!?!? I sent Ivy a message so fast on Facebook. I had seen all the Disney Bridal dresses before but never really thought any could be it...plus I considered the cheesiness of having a Disney bridal dress. But this Ariel dress really could be the one perfect top and bottom combination I was looking for. Soooo, I actually tagged on one final appointment after Mariposa for Tuesday. I had done the full appointment at Alfred Angelo but I just wanted to try on the Ariel dress to see how it would be (which funny enough is similar to the first 410 I tried on). Alright...back to the Mariposa story!

I was at Mariposa and we looked around to pull all the dresses I would try. (Wedding dress shopping is soooo fun by the way!). I came across this one dress at the end of an aisle hanging from the rack. It wasn't like all the other dresses that were just hanging off the rack. It was special. It was on display at the end of the rack with its beauty for everyone to see. At this point, this really wasn't the style I had in mind from the Monday adventures. But remember, we were in desperate, outside-the-box mode by this time. So I determined that this would be one of the ones we would try on for the appointment. I didn't really have a whole lot of other new dresses this time around. Two of them were already previous dresses that I tried on that day. So the first dress I tried on was this one at the end of the rack. Wow, it was beautiful. Not quite the princess-y feeling again cuz I think that feeling can just come and go once in life (which for me happened at Tom's Bridal). But it was beautiful and I absolutely just loved and adored it. Still wanting to be thorough, we tried on all the other dresses but none of them just struck my interest as the first one did. Tried the Mori Lee on again....still too billowy. Tried the Jinny's contender again (mystery brand name?), but as unique and different (and cheap!) as it was, it just wasn't as exciting and bridal-ish as the first one. So O-M-G, W-O-W! We finally reached the conclusion that I've been looking for finally deciding that my Sottero and Midgley dress at the front of the rack was THE ONE-THE DRESS for me. But wait...CRAP what about the Ariel Dress at Alfred Angelo! We were about to even go ahead and put the deposit down on the dress and we could've gotten a 10% discount but I had to be thorough and just hold off since we were going to Alfred Angelo. Nevertheless, I was pretty convinced leaving Mariposa that this was my dress.

So we went to Alfred Angelo. And geez, we hit a huge problem! The ARIEL Disney Bridal dress was gorgeous. Had I not seen the Sottero and Midgley dress at Mariposa, this really would've been the one. The one that would've solved my Monday and Tuesday woes. I tried it on in white which was barfy. They unfortunately didn't have it in Diamond White. But I saw it in Diamond White. It was beautiful in white but would've been even more gorgeous in Diamond White. We left Alfred Angelo feeling confused. Lots of feelings actually. Happy that Tuesday was a much better day (I really regret Ivy going with us on Monday). Happy that we found "the one" at Mariposa. So confused now that we have a desire for the Ariel dress too. But still relieved that after trying on 80+ dresses, I was able to reach the point of limiting it down to just 2 dresses. And relieved at the time that we didn't put the deposit down at Mariposa because now we had seen that Ariel was another serious contender.

But these 2 dresses were truly a quandary! They were completely different in style. Can't compare them....apples and oranges. Both so beautiful. Now my task is to choose between the two. How would I do that?!?!??! Per my mom's command, she had me put the pictures of both side to side. I was becoming more convinced that I loooved the Ariel dress more. Because it was pretty much the style I wanted to begin with. And it was Disney Little Mermaid...that's coincidental! I LLLLOOOOOOVVVVVVVVEEEE Disney! Pricing was similar so that's out of the question. I had to think about...well which dress would be more suitable for the reception venue and the bridesmaids' dresses, etc. Actually, I knew that the Sottero and Midgley gown would be a better value because it was the same price as the Ariel but it was Couture! How that Ariel dress is similar in price to Sottero and Midgley is only due to the fact that I'm paying for the Disney name. I was sure that Ariel was the one now and happy I didn't put a deposit down at Mariposa. My mom asked all her friends and they liked the Sottero and Midgley gown. I reasoned that was because they are older and had more of an affinity to traditional gowns. I told myself that I liked the Ariel dress because it was more contemporary.

After training in La Mirada for my new job, Ivy and I decided to go to Alfred Angelo to see Ariel. Wow, the Diamond White Ariel actually arrived!! I got to try it on in Diamond White. Ivy loooved the dress too and said it was really awesome. But I guess she's good at keeping an open mind. I was still sure at the time that Ariel was the one. I told Ivy that this is it and that she might be more concerned about seeing the SM dress because I had more concerns with it. I was only 95% sure it was the one because I kept lingering on the fact that the back was still too poofy for me. I knew that the Ariel dress was a perfect combination of top and bottom I was looking for. So I told Ivy....Ariel is the one and you might not like this one at Mariposa. So we actually went to Mariposa on surface streets. From Brea to Anaheim on surface streets with Ivy's Benz and her GPS....Ivy was driving me...Wow, that's unheard of! So we went to Mariposa and I tried on the SM dress. I still looooooved that dress. The feeling of dilemma came rushing back. For a week and a half, I was convinced Ariel was the one. But I guess I wasn't that convinced if I just loooved being in the SM dress. I just still loved it and I knew this was a difficult decision if I was this in love with the SM dress. Ivy LOOOOVED the SM dress way more. She kept trying to reason with me that the back isn't even that poofy. The consultant at Mariposa (a different one from the first time) actually brought up the possibility that the mermaid type of dress doesn't work for short people because it shortens the frame. That it's better for tall people if you have long legs. If I have short legs, the mermaid poof at the bottom actually seems to diminish the legs. This was the first time I heard of this and I took it into serious consideration. I guess yes, it did kind of make me shorter. This wasn't the ultimate reason for the decision but part of it for sure. So this was it, I finally was 110% convinced that the SM dress was MY dress. It was gorgeous. I loved it. And now I'm so at peace with my decision. Today is Sunday, 1/23 and we are going to try and go back today to make the purchase. And hopefully try it on again one more time because it's just so gorgeous and fun!

So as crazy as it was trying on 80+ dresses, I'm very happy with my final decision. As crazy as it was, the experience was so fun and I'm so sad that it's over. This is it. I won't be doing this again in life. Even if I just wanted the fun, I can't just lie to be a bride-to-be and go places and try on dresses. Really, no one has the time for that. Second, I'd be a horrible liar (as I was at Mon Amie). So this is it. The wedding dress search experience is over. So sad but it was so much fun! Now I just have to look forward to the one day that I'll be wearing it in life.

And WTF, I wasted ONE HOUR writing this damn post. This is the kind of BS I distract myself with instead of actually wedding planning! This post in itself was probably longer than all my (what 3 posts since the start) posts in the whole blog. But I thought it would be really important to showcase my experience because it was so memorable and fun.

UGH...back to wedding planning now!!!

LOVE MY DRESS!

Monday, January 3, 2011

Does the Perfect Wedding Dress Really Exist?

So I haven't posted an entry in almost 6 months on this thing....WTF is wrong with me?!?!?


BUSY TIMES....

Have had a mental vacation for the last six weeks and I've barely made progress on anything...I figure now that it's January, it's really time to kick my butt into full gear for wedding planning and really commit for sustainability in planning.

In a nutshell, what's happened these past few months have focused on stationery and planning the engagement party. Engagement party was a success and so were the invitations for it. I've started making the save the date announcements, which is my big splurge that I just can't resist!

I have to start thinking about the invitations now and making a stop motion save the date video......hopefully some friends will help.

We also did our engagement shoot a week ago which went amazing...I can't wait to see the pictures!

Now I'm on a full search to find a wedding gown...but I don't know if the perfect wedding dress exists!! I like some tops and some bottoms but there is no WOW that just has the perfect top and bottom....DILEMMA!

Tired...hopefully I update soon again....??