Our Married Life

This past weekend was Brian’s family reunion.  We asked Emma, his 4 year old cousin, to be our flowergirl.  She was being bashful and shook her head no.  Unfortunately for her she’ll still have to do it ;-).  I guess it just depends on her mood that day, but I already bought the dress!  I got at celebrations from the Sam Moon shopping center.  There are actually two stores in that area that sells flowergirl dresses and mini tuxedos.  All in a reasonable price and so very cute.  The one I got is white with a sash that ties around the back and a white flower in the front.  Plain and simple. 

Also thanks for the prayers for Brian’s test yesterday.  It turned out normal, thank goodness for that.  Hehe, it was so funny seeing him completely out of it because of the anesthesia.  I swears he doesn’t remember a thing. 

Anyway, I’m working on the invitations right now.  I need to take the paper samples to Staples to see if they can print them.  I don’t think they’ll have a problem with these.  Unfortunately though, they can’t print on vellum, which I was planning on using for the map and hotel information.  I guess we can always print those at home.

Just as much as I enjoy planning my own wedding, Yi just asked me to be in hers this summer. It’s going to be fun!!

Well turns out that the veil is too ivory. So I’ll be selling it to whomever wants it for 15 bucks. I’ll just have to get another one in white. The quality was good so I’m happy with getting it from Ebay. Secondly, when I got the veil, I decided to try on the dress for the first time since I tried it on at the bridal store. It’s loose!! Yay. I did notice that the security tag is still on the dress..arrg, so I have to take it back so they can remove it. Now I need to call someone to schedule the dress for alterations, but I’ll have to wait till the last possible minute.

Also, the bridesmaids dresses are here. That was fast. Julie and Yi are picking them up, so hopefully there’s nothing wrong with them. The other night I had a dream that they both got the dresses, and one of them was orange and the other was jade. The two got into a fight about who gets what color. Arg. I’m sick of getting these dreams.

Here are my lovely bridesmaids in the both the orange and jade dress. We decided to go with the jade since it looks more like a wearable color. I like them both. The orange was burnt orange and I though that was kinda hokey since Brian went to UT and all. These girls are tall and skinny. I’m gonna look like a frump next to them, what was I thinking?? Anyway, Julie (right) and I have known each other since the 8th grade. She was one of the original friends I made since transferring to Liberty Jr. High. Yi (left) and I have known each other since freshman year in college and she the first good friend I made in college, in fact she knows most of my secrets and stories about Brian. Both are extremely intelligent and interesting and I’m glad we’ve kept in touch and have remained friends throughout the years.

Ok, I was playing with photoshop and decided to come up with some color combos. Which ones look better? From this first combo, I think the orange needs to be a little darker. We also might need to get rid of the fushia color. Gerber daisies are cute. Speaking of flowers I might combine gerber daisies with roses, peonies, lilies and of course orchids.

I like this combo. The orange really pops. I really don’t want to get away from the orange. I think I may end up with this, since both Brian and I were set on this color combo. We both agree not to combine several different colors, so we might just do two colors.

I think this works really well together. What do you think? I like the idea of the rich jade color with a rich purplish color. If we were to add a third color I might add purple instead. I don’t know, I’m so color blind and have no idea. I like colors of all kinds :-)

Eh. I don’t know. The purple by itself with the jade doesn’t go well together. I think I might stick with dark orange and add more white instead of fushia. I got tired of looking for pictures….Maybe a florist would know.

Well, we got the bridesmaid’s dresses. Guess what? It’s not orange or fushia. But I do love this color and always have. It’s very rich and can coordinate with the tropical colors I’m going for. They did have an orange one, but I just didn’t like it. The orange dresses out there are just too bright or just not quite right. A fushia dress would’ve been too tacky….So I’ve been worried about finding the right color combo. We did see the Raylia dress at Whatchamacallit, and almost settled for it, but decided to go elsewhere. Anyway I need to make sure orange and fushia goes well with this jade colored dress.

Edit: I registered at David’s Bridal one day because I wanted to try on dresses back when I was looking for one. Anyway, when ordering the bridesmaid’s dresses, we got 20 dollars off each bc she thought I bought my dress from there. Tehe! Whooopeee.

I found the bridesmaid dresses. I think. I’d have to get Julie and Yi to see if they like it. It’s the colors I’m looking for. I did find another one, but the dress was only one color (coral), and I was hoping for a two-toned dress. Anyway, you can find a picture here. The other one was also longer and much more formal than this one, plus I think it’s more of a prom dress than a bridesmaid dress. I’m not sure I want to go ultra formal for the bridesmaid’s dresses, it’s silly to have them stand out like that. Both dresses were 199. We’ll see. You can find the dresses at Whatchamacalit off Beltline and Preston. They moved from the Frankford location. We’ll definitely have to go check out their other selections. The store is like a giant formalwear warehouse. Too bad I’m stuck on having coral and fushia because their other selections are super cute. Anyway, what do you think?

On a side note, I hate how all these formalwear stores only carry samples. Why can’t we just go in an buy the dresses off the rack like department stores?

So I have a friend that I wanted to be in my wedding from day one. I wanted to ask her as a bridesmaid, but I had a strong feeling that she would say no. I knew that she is very school oriented and thus will probably not have time to commit to be in the wedding especially when the date is the beginning of the school year. So it was easier for me to avoid getting a “No” than to ask this person. So today, I chatting with her and talking about random stuff. Then I mentioned that I had wanted her in my wedding. She said she was disappointed that I had not asked her and even asked someone else before her. So right then, I asked her to be my bridesmaid. Of course she said no….and of course I got upset and almost cried. It’s silly to say you wanted to be a part of it but can’t. Maybe she only said no because she was offended in the first place. Who knows. That’s all I have to say for this subject. I still want her to be a part of it somehow. May be a reader? That doesn’t take any planning. Sigh!

Speaking of attendants. I found the dress and got a great price quote. It’s from Watters and Watters and I’ve posted on this site before. The color of the dress will be watermelon and the sash will be in the color called Flirt. It’s kinda like coral and fushia. It was quoted for 158 each. Not bad!!!I’ll have to check the next trunk show to make sure they have the sizes and color and hopefully get a better deal then.