i bought another dress!

changing the venue and season of our wedding meant the dress i'd bought before wasn't quite right.  it wasn't terrible, don't get me wrong, but i realized i didn't want to wear a short dress, and to be honest, that dress was $50, so i wasn't worried about not using it.  looking around on-line i found a beautiful dress at david's bridal that is super, super simple, very pretty, and not crazy expensive.  i showed it to my mother this morning and she agreed that it's pretty.  she also bought it for me.  i feel kind of bad about that, but she insisted...and i did pick a very economical one.  i'm so excited for it to show up! 

i also bought the votive candle holders for the tables, the flickering LED tea lights (the grange is really old, no open flames!), the paper for the invites, and ordered some acorns for the centerpieces and tissue paper for the pom poms.  whew.  my brain hurts. 

8 months from now i'll be a married lady

well, maybe not so much a "lady" as "married."

things i learned this week about weddings:

• if you order a dress, it could take 3 or more months to show up. meaning, i should really try on dresses.
• my friend anne is all about me trying them on this weekend, while i visit her in portland.
• if i want to buy a dress that doesn't involve the word "woman" i should think about starting that diet i've been talking about.

whew. so much to do! geez. we found the place, thank goodness, but we really need to put down a deposit so we can actually use it. we need to make our invitations, which also means finalizing our guest list and getting some addresses together. we need to figure out how to decorate our venue. paper plates or rentals? i think the biggest thing we need to do that will be the biggest pain in both our asses will be this: deciding on a caterer. as foodies, we're not sure anyone could do it better than us, our friends, and our family, but the thing is, if we want to actually enjoy the wedding, that means someone other than us need to be in charge of dinner. i've come to terms with this, but i know my dear man is still holding out, still trying to talk me into just doing all the food ourselves. luckily we are having this discussion now, and not three months from now. check back in three months, though, and make sure we've actually come to a decision.

i resolve to start with the planning, the decision making, and some of the purchasing, this very weekend. being with friends will help; i need someone else there to say "yay!" or "ew, gross." plus, i have a lot of married lady friends, who know about throwing big parties and where to get the best stuff. hooray for them!

who wants to look like a cupcake?

ugh. i've been looking at dresses in a lot of places, and realize that as a chub scout, my options are limited. why do people think chubby girls can only wear floor-length gowns? i don't want to! i want a tea length dress, dammit. which means one thing; i'm going to have to lose some weight. not a lot, my groom-to-be likes me curvy and likes my booty, but i suppose i wouldn't mind losing 15 pounds or so. just so i can buy a dress that doesn't pile on the layers and length. or have a dress made for me that isn't embarrassing in yardage amounts. besides, we all know i don't want a white dress.

also, does anyone else get the feeling that's not the right face for this body? girl looks weird, true story.