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WTW: The Dresses!

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Ahh, probably the most important part of the attire, besides my wedding dress, was finding the bridesmaid’s dresses. Lucky for my ladies, it was relatively easy!

Monday I took the day off work (Yay banked stat days!) and I dragged C out to the one (and only! Yeesh) bridal salon in town. B was heading into town from up north (her dress is at a store in Kelowna), and Melissa was on stand-by via text/photo message, so it all worked out wonderfully! I’m so glad C was patient with me! I think I made her try on about a dozen dresses and we came out with two favourites, both agreed upon by C and Mel:

Ignore C’s awesome pink bra straps, lol!

The pros to these two dresses: Both the colours of the dress and the sash could be changed to whatever I wanted (which would be black with blue). The Cons? They were expensive. I didn’t want my girls to have to pay more than $200 for their dresses, and that just wasn’t happening at the bridal salon.

We decided to head up to the mall since that’s where we were meeting B and browsed in Sears to see if there was anything that would work. (Not so much) We then headed over to Le Chateau to see what they had, and bingo! C and I stared at the perfect bridesmaid dress!

C tried it on and it fit her perfectly. I sent photos to Mel and she liked it too, and then B showed up and also loved it! Woo! The great thing? They had everyone’s size right there in the store, so we were able to scoop them all up! Yay! ANNND they were a lot cheaper than the dresses in the bridal salon. Ha!

We’re going to see if we can switch out the little black flower for a blue one, if we’re feeling crafty enough. Hopefully we can find some pre-made fabric flowers to easily sew on. (If anyone knows of a place online where I can find some, let me know!)

I’m pretty glad we were able to find the dresses so easily! I was worried that they were going to be impossible to find and that they would take forever to ship. (My wedding dress won’t be here until the end of March! AGG!)

And, the best part? I got to visit my little niece while the girls tried on their dresses:

She’s getting so big!

Ah, and, I may as well tell you that B found bridesmaids dresses for her wedding party this past weekend too. The whole bridal party (minus me because I suck and live “down south” and the roads were horrid) went to Prince George to hunt for dresses. There’s five bridesmaids altogether, so apparently the hunt was difficult. (Especially with everyone being completely different body types, from XS to XXL!)

Anyway, this is the dress that was picked, same colour and anything:

I will say that it’s not something I personally would’ve picked out, but these aren’t for my wedding. I may die of heat stroke in this dress, but oh well. All in the name of duty!

Happy Hump Day!

WTW: Is This Real?

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There have been several moments from when Kyle popped the question to now where I have had to ask myself: Is this actually happening? Are we seriously getting married in a few months?

In so many ways it seems so surreal. Some days I forget that we’re getting married, and then I’ll look at my left hand and see my ring, or I’ll start to get all weepy while watching wedding shows on Slice or TLC, and remember, “Holy man, I’m getting married. This is going to be real! No more just pretending! OMG MY NAME IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT!”

It’s still weird picturing myself in my big, beautiful dress (which I’m still impatiently waiting for its arrival), walking down the aisle, and saying “I Do” to the most amazing man in the world. I have to pinch myself and remind myself that it isn’t a dream.

So very slowly is everything coming together. This past weekend we picked out the tuxes and wedding bands; just another assurance that yes, this is real, especially buying the bands.

Sorry for turning WTW into some sort of sappy ridiculousness. I’m still kind of in shock that Kyle and I are finally getting married.

And just an FYI: In no way is this a Cold Feet post, lol!

So married ladies, or those about to be married, did you have similar feelings?

WTW: Hurry Up and Wait

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What does one do when they’re not working out wedding plans? You think about the time to come when it comes to working out wedding plans.

Right now we’re at the point where we can’t really proceed with wedding plans and details because the date is just a little too far away to do anything major. Invitation aren’t going out until the very end of next month, the cake doesn’t have to be ordered until a couple months before the wedding and the same goes with flowers. It’s a pain in the behind when you have everything planned out but can’t put it into motion!

So now, there’s the other little stuff that can be done: Picking out the boys’ tuxes (Which I’m soooo glad Kyle finally caved to go with. Did I mention he wanted his party to wear CARHARTTS? Lord have mercy …), finally figuring out favours, and picking songs for our entrance, first dance and the “Do Not Play” list (I love my DJ for this option!). I’m sure there’s a zillion things in between too.

I suppose the waiting game happens when you plan everything out within the first two weeks of engagement. I guess I just get excited, go in “Go Fast” mode, then wallow in boredom/anxiety while things to do pop up.

I guess for now I can cut up pieces of ribbon for the invitations. Fun! And I’m more than certain that I bought way too many. Womp womp … Anyone in the market for wedding invites?