You are invited...

The wedding invitations have been sent out!! Apart from a few late stragglers, which should be out in the next day or two, everything is en route. My parents sent them out Tuesday, and on Wednesday I know 3 different ones had already made it to their houses. Nice, post office. Nice. :)

And since I'm forgetful and didn't blog after mom and I had worked on addressing them, I have a few pictures from that day that I'm gonna throw on here.

all the addresses lie within...

The inserts Bed, Bath, and Beyond gave me for our registration. We were just gonna mention it on an insert, but this was a nice surprise.

In that box is around 65 invitations. And we added more soon after. Insane. But awesome. :)

A Few More Ring Pictures

Michael's ring came in on Friday! So, before taking them to my parents for safe keeping, I took a few random pictures. :)

They're simple, but we love them. :-D

Ring Ring Ring

Sooooooooooo. On Monday we got the pleasure of spending the day with Michael's mom Paula. It was absolutely fabulous to see her. She came up because she wanted to do a few things: mainly check out some potential rehearsal dinner sites and shop for wedding bands.

We went to two places next to the Limestone Club. Columbia Steak House, which is a mere two doors down from the site, and Jonathon's, the restaurant inside the Gratz Park Inn. We loved Jonathon's, but it was a little more expensive than we were planning to pay. So, Columbia Steak House has officially been booked for the dinner.

That took about an hour, and then off we went to the mall. Michael was gonna be getting some new clothes for his birthday, so we figured we'd check ou

t the jewelry places in the mall. One stop shop! So we headed into the first one we found, which happened to be Zales.

We both got our fingers sized and looked at our options. Michael ended up going with a really nice dark grey tungsten ring. Tungsten is the kind that won't scratch or chip, so if you use your hands a lot, is real good for that. But it's ALSO not the one that won't cut or shatter (that's titanium) so if his finger were to swell up we wouldn't have to cut the whole finger off. Always a plus. I just went with a basic gold band, something that will go really well with my engagement ring, and compliment it nicely.

As you can see, mine was ready to come on home with me! And we sent me engagement ring off to be sized, so I feel a tad naked right now without it. Shouldn't be too much longer before I get it back! Michael's ring won't be in for another week or so. With tungsten, they have to mold it to the correct size. Not so easy to size in store. But soon. :)

Oh, look at that. It's like looking into the future, haha.

:-D

I got a text from my mom today. The invitations came in!! And while I have yet to see them for myself, mommy dearest was sweet enough to send me a picture. :)

Yay! So pretty!! I can't wait to see them in person. Gotta gather up the rest of the addresses I need so these suckers can get put in the mail by the end of the month!

Another cool thing - I downloaded an app for my phone that's a calender countdown type of thing. So now, every time I unlock my phone, I see this cute little reminder:

108 days left! ^_^

And Now For Some Good News

All the bridesmaid dresses are in and picked up! Yaaaaay!! They showed up A LOT quicker than I expected them to. I was ready for mid August haha. It was a very pleasant surprise getting the first notification email. They sent me two, and when I went to go get those two, the third was there with them! I was excited.

Only one alteration appointment has been set up at this point - Jessica's - but it's all good. She scheduled it for...one of the first weekends in September. I'm gonna try getting the other girls set up around the same time, hopefully. The girls at David's Bridal need around a month to get everything done, so that'll still be plenty of time. Should work out very nicely.

Was able to get a few pictures of Jinni in hers. It looks so lovely. :)

She gots a bouquet and everything! lol Iron Man is her groomsman ;)

Bridezilla Rears Her Head

I was wondering when we would hit a bump in the road. Well, we ran smack into it tonight.

The site we're having the ceremony/reception at has a bridal suite two doors down from it that was included in our reservation. It's something you can either include in with your wedding celebration, or it's something that has been available to rent out for extended stays.

My mom got an email from the owner of the place tonight with some bad news. Unforeseen circumstances, and events out of their control (his words), has made the bridal suite no longer available. Permanently. Not gonna lie, pretty upset about it. When we first visited the place and toured the suite, I absolutely fell in love with it. It wasn't the main factor in deciding on the Limestone Club by any means, but it was quite the motivator. Not to mention how CONVENIENT it was going to be. We were planning on getting ready and dressed there (us girls, anyway). Mom was going to use the refrigerator in its' little kitchen to store some stuff. It was going to be sooooooo easy.

But...I'm doing my best to think positive. Trying to push Bridezilla back down in her hole. It's still early enough that we have options available, that mom is going to start looking into as early as tomorrow. We should be able to get our hands on something nice that's nearby to change in and stay. Not to mention, the owner is being more than accommodating about it. He's going to refund us $300, even though we really didn't pay any extra to begin with. I think this is amazing, I'm blown away by how sweet these guys have been since day one. I'm bummed, I'm angry, and I'd like to absolutely throttle whoever caused this to happen. But I'm gonna move past it.

Below are some parting pictures, as we say a bitter farewell to the gorgeous Limestone Club Bridal Suite.

the bedroom

<3

the amazing bathroom

<3 <3 <3

Marriage Nightmare

Yes... It finally happened. Friday night I had my first nightmare involving the wedding.

It was the day of, and everything was going wrong. One of my bridesmaids got sick right before it was time to take pictures, and yes, she was already in her dress. Needless to say...the dress was messed. We were missing decorations. For some reason, Michael was nowhere to be found. And right before the ceremony was scheduled to start, still sans Michael, I find out one of the wedding rings got accidentally dropped down a gutter. Oh! And that the cake was utterly destroyed in transit to the site. ;_;

Oh my god. It was absolutely terrible. I don't remember full details about everything that was going on, but those are what stuck with me after I woke up. I really hope those don't occur too frequently. I don't know how I'd handle it.

Though, through it all, I can STILL say that my mom had one of these nightmares well before I did...haha