Royal Wedding

I've had such a good time watching the royal wedding today!! Kate's gorgeous dress and all the pomp & circumstance is just so fun.  The family weddings this spring + royal wedding have me so excited for June!  My wedding stress has been almost non-existent (credit I give to many lists and excel spreadsheets keeping everything on track), and now I am so ready for the big day.

5 weeks from right now we will be at our rehearsal :)

THE Shoes??

So I know I said after the first dress fitting I would finally choose my shoes, but after nine full months of wedding shoe hunting you can't just cut a girl off.  If you recall I ordered my first pair back in August before I had even found my dress.  So last week I ordered another pair (#13 or 14 maybe - I've honestly lost count).  Because they didn't hem my dress at all I thought, why not keep browsing.  And then I found them.  And ordered them and they arrived last night and are so beautiful!  Now because I've talked about the shoe hunt so much I think its only fair to share a peek. 

I'm in love.  And at just under 3 inches I will still be shorter than the groom.  I hadn't thought of "seafoam green" before but I love that they aren't white.  And "seafoam" what a perfect color to incorporate with my seaside color pallet!  The broach is just enough sparkle to be fun and a little vintage flare.  I think I will keep the other pair as backup - they are very practical shoes.  And of course I can't 100% commit to these beauties until I see them with the dress at my 2nd fitting on Tuesday.  Here's a look at my practical and maybe reception shoes.



40 Days!!

Saturday was my lovely cousin's (and bridesmaid) wedding which means we are now in the home stretch!!  Plus I caught her bouquet, so now I have to get married!  It's going to be a busy (less than) six weeks, but I can't wait. 

2 1/2 weeks until Arthur's bachelor party and 3 1/2 weeks until I'm off to Montreal with my girls. Yay!

This week: hair & make up trial & meeting with our DJ.

Marriage License - signed!

Yesterday really was a very big wedding planning day.  It's rare that both Arthur and I are in Portsmouth together on a weekday (actually I think yesterday was the first time) so now that the wedding is less than 90 days away we went to city hall to get our marriage license.  At first I didn't really think much of it, but as we were walking from lunch to city hall my stomach started getting really nervous; excited, but nervous.  The closer we got, the more butterflies I had.  Arthur made fun of me a bit at first, but then he started feeling it too.  We are realllly getting married!!  We filled out the paperwork and the lady took our IDs, checked it over, brought us a test copy, etc.  Finally she came back with the actual license.  We both signed it and I felt instantly better.  It was the strangest thing, but I have a feeling it is exactly how I will feel the morning of June 4.  

46 days to go!    

First Dress Fitting & other Accessories

In addition to seeing the completed invitations for the first time yesterday I also had my first dress fitting.  I've heard some brides are nervous for their first fitting because it's usually been quite awhile since they have seen their dress, but for some reason I wasn't nervous at all - just super excited!  I ordered my dress back in August and so hadn't seen it since, but it was just, if not more, beautiful than I had remembered.  It fit wonderfully, and will need very little alternations. 

As I had mentioned in previous posts, first dressing fitting = deadline for deciding on shoes.  Well ladies - I have my shoes!! What really sealed the deal is when I put the dress on with the shoes the hemline was perfect! When I ordered the dress the stylists thought if I wore 3 1/2 - 4 inch heels I wouldn't need it hemmed, but my 2 inch heels worked great.  I think if I went any higher the dress might have been a tad short, and if I had gone with the flats I definitely would have needed it hemmed.  So the search for shoes is over (lucky pair #11 out of 12).  Just 1 pair left to return :)

The last item left is my veil and I received notification that it shipped yesterday.  My next fitting is in 2 weeks, so I should have everything in my possession by then, including the wedding bands that we dropped off this weekend at the jeweler for engraving.

Invitation Arrival!

Invitations began arriving yesterday!! While I had seen the proofs 100+ times yesterday was the first day I got to hold the entire invitation packet in my hands.  I am so happy with how they turned out.  Thank you Ellen & Lauren from Signed, Sealed, & Delivered!!  I am so excited to start receiving response cards from all our guests.

Accessories

Well it's been a big wedding preparation week and I'm excited to say that I've found all of my bridal accessories!  Veils, hair items, undergarments, jewelry, garters, and a few other decorative items are all set.  I'm so happy with everything I found!!  Now if I could just decide on shoes.  I've got another 4 pairs coming this week (which I think makes my total pairs ordered 10?).  With the first dress fitting 2 weeks from tomorrow I've decided to bring the 5 pairs I still have and just decide when I see the shoes with the dress.  Once the alterations begin I'll be locked in (at least for shoe height...haha).   While it's a bit ridiculous how indecisive I've been about the shoes, it's really the only area of wedding planning this has happened, so I'm actually pretty amused at how much I've been dragging my heels about this decision (pun intended..). 

Only 62 days left - sooo excited!!