we made it to the 100 mark!

Today was the day that the 100th person viewed our wedding web page on theknot.com! That is pretty exciting I think out of that 100 I have probably looked at it 10 times... that is pretty good! We are now less that 6 months away from the wedding.... I have told most of the bridesmaids to order their dresses and by the end of the month they should all be ordered.... that is exciting! I found some cute shoes for my bridesmaids, they are a light color wood on the 3 inch heel, and the top of them (the cloth part) are yellow with white polka dots! I found these ADORABLE flower girl dresses for a very affordable price at target.com, which now we are getting bows made for them (big ones... yea, I know it's cute!). Some of our wedding decorations for the kid's table came in this week along with our candy favor boxes... they are awesome. I actually ordered them from oriental trading. (again... great prices!) I'm such a penny pincher, so when I find something for such a good deal I get really excited!

For the groomsmen, we are looking for brown jackets (suit like) to be worn with khaki colored pants. We are having trouble finding some though... I figured that target, gap, or somewhere like that would have some but no luck yet... hopefully soon though. If anyone has seen any chocolate brown jackets please let me know! That's all for now... more wedding updates soon!

just want to dance, dance dance!

OK, so yesterday I was with my wedding coordinator (we went out to lunch) and we began to talk about wedding and reception music. I haven't decided what I want to be played at the wedding ceremony, or what any of the music will be to our special dances, such as: first dance, father/daughter, mother/son, and everything else. On the way back when we were leaving, she remembered that she had some CDs left in her car from the last wedding she had coordinated, so we pulled them out and started going through them. We listened to the first CD and on the third song through.... I found the song that we will be walking back down the isle when we leave!! It is so cute... and I am so excited!!! I would share.. but then, it won't be as special if everyone knew what it was! You'll just have to see when the wedding is here! Now I am getting more and more excited about planning what music will be played... any ideas... please let me know!

An Insider's look about the planning...

Hello Everyone! So, I'm kind of new to this whole blog thing, but I figured I'd give it a try. I wanted to just blog about my wedding and all the fun, stressful, annoying, and time consuming things that a normal bride, like myself gets to go through. I've been engaged for 5 months now.... wow, I can't believe it! And yes, I've dreamed of being engaged my whole life and planning a wedding. It's fnally here!!!

A couple of things I've noticed about being engaged, when I'm in class, I stare at my ring, people probably think... "What is that girl doing?" Then, when I go to work, I realize that in a certain room, it seems more sparkly. I seem to be obsessed with it! But hey, if you had a 1 carat diamond ring on your finger, you wouldn't be proud of it? Another thing is , I run through things in my head all day long like, how many tables do we need and where are they going at in the reception, what the centerpieces will be like, who is going to be my photographer (which I'm still trying to find the perfect one), what I'm going to put in the Welcome bags for the out of town guests, which of my attendants will be walking with Mike's attendants, what kind of side items do I need to pick for the food... and the list continues!! I find myself drawing the wedding party and what it is going to look like on the stage at the chapel, how I am going to wear my veil, and what order my flowergirls and ring bearers are going to walk in.

One thing I am super excited about is my bride planning book (I made it) now has tabs, and it is labled in catagories! It's expanding with all my ideas, lists, drawings, and cut outs of my 20 wedding magazines (I'm not exaggerating) I have in a stack on my bedroom floor. It's pretty serious and so much fun, I think I could be a professional.

My Dress: I have ordered my dress from a really good shop called Bridals by Jodi. I love that place, and the girl who helped me there, Candice (She is amazing!). I will recommend it to anyone!

Just some other info about my big day if you are interested:

Place: Seacoast Chapel
Reception: Alhambra Hall (It's so georgeous!!!)
Colors: YELLOW, pink, and tiffany blue
Flowers: Gerber Daisies and roses

Weddings, weddings, I love them!