5 days!!!

Weather Update

So yesterday was the first day I could look at June 4 in the 10 day forecast and it wasn't ideal: 69F & 60% chance of rain on both the 3rd and 4th.

Today: Partly sunny, 67 with only 20% chance of rain.  Perfect!  Fingers crossed it holds.

Next Week!

I woke up this morning and realized this time next week I'll be heading up to Portsmouth with my Mom for the start of our wedding weekend!!  As excited as I am for June 4, I am really looking forward to Thursday and Friday too.  Thursday will just be me and my mom for some special alone time.  We did the same thing the night before I went to college and it was really wonderful to be able to have some quiet moments during these milestone occasions.  I am so blessed and thankful for our close relationship.  She definitely is one of my best friends.  Friday our girl time continues with a 1/2 day at the spa - a massage, mani/pedi, & blow outs.  I really don't want to be running around like crazy that day so as a Mother's Day present I booked all of our appointments for some scheduled relaxation.  Later in the day lots of family & the wedding party will arrive and we will have the rehearsal and then the clam bake rehearsal dinner (can't wait for some lobster & steamers!) at the Stage Neck Inn.  Even without the wedding & honeymoon this so much to look forward to! 

This is making it very hard to concentrate at work...

Last night I sent in our final counts to the Wentworth and Signed, Sealed, & Delivered!  And tonight I have my final meeting with our wonderful photographers. 

There are lots of smiles in my cubical today, despite a rainy 10 day forecast.  Plenty of time for that predicted rain to go away, right?

10 days!!!

Wow.  The big day is so close!! And I have tons of things to write about still!  Unfortunately work has picked up again, so hopefully I can play some catch up this weekend/next week.  Only 2 1/2 more days of work until my 24 days off!

Upcoming topics:
-My Bridal shower (I started this post back in March...oops.  It's Deloitte's fault)
-Bachelorette weekends
-My last marathon planning day (I had a blast at my 5 appointments yesterday!  As Laurie said "all your ducks are in a row")

Will write more soon :)

25 Days

Or 24 days until the wedding.  They should make an "advent" calendar for eager brides.  I suppose opening RSVPs is kind similar, haha.

So the big day is coming fast, but not fast enough.  Today's accomplishment was ordering the programs, which I think is the last major element on my to do list. 

I'm also getting really excited for my bachelorette weekend!  At first I was worried about planning to be to be away for an entire weekend only 2 weeks before wedding, but now that everything is in place I'm really looking forward to our roadtrip & girl time up to Montreal!!  I'm being doubly spoiled by my girls with a girls night in Boston too.  One of my bridesmaids who couldn't make it to Montreal because of her little sister's graduation (yay!!) is planning a fun night for the Boston group too.  What a sweetheart!

Florist & 2nd Dress Fitting!

Yesterday I again went up to Portsmouth and met with our florist, Jardinière. I had an initial meeting with Kathie back in November, so this meeting was really just to finalize the choices we had discussed earlier. I think our whimsical choices like peonies and hydrangeas are going to add a wonderfully romantic element to the day.

After the florist I went for my 2nd dress fitting.  It was perfect.  The dress was so beautiful 2 weeks ago when I saw it, but now that it has been tailored just to me it is even better.  Really all that is left for them to do is iron the dress.  Cheryl, my seamstress, was so happy with how it fit and said "no offense to the other brides I've seen in this dress, but you are totally owning this style".  Yes, I know she works in a bridal shop and probably says that kind of stuff all the time, but it still made me feel so pretty and excited to walk down the aisle wearing my perfect dress. 

Now onto the shoes.  I brought the new seafoam shoes with me and LOVED how they looked with the dress.  The styles compliment each other so perfectly.  The only maybe issue is hemline.  As I mentioned before, my dress did not need to be hemmed at all, but with the new shoes it no longer touches the floor.  The seamstress thought the dress needed to be 1/2 inch longer, while my stylist thought it was perfect.  I kind of liked how the shoes just peeked out from under my dress while I walked, but will now need to decide if I want the front to actually touch the ground or not.  Decisions, decisions.  

After the whirlwind of 5 wedding appointments in 7 days, I have the next 3 weeks off!  Plenty of time to wrap up the final details and enjoy my bachelorette weekends :)  

Hair Trial & Weekend recap

A week ago today I went for my hair & make up trial. I went to the salon with several ideas, but I had found so many cute styles I wanted to see what Betsy came up with. First style did not wow me, but because I didn't have a set vision in my head I was having trouble articulating what I wanted. Betsy was great (and my Mom helped too) and together we picked apart what we liked and didn't like. 2 1/2 hours later we nailed it, but at that point none of us really wanted to power through make up. I was so happy with the final result and definitely glad I went for the trial so on the big day we will all be on the same page.


Sunday we made another trip up to Portsmouth to meet with Laurie, our coordinator for the weekend. Arthur had not met her yet, so it was good they were able to meet and Arthur was able to express his thoughts on the weekend. While I have been having so much fun planning, I am really glad I have Laurie to help execute all my plans. It is so important to me that my family and bridal party are able to concentrate on having fun and being guests, rather than stress about details and trouble shoot any issues that might come up. Between Laurie and Gina, the coordinator at the Wentworth, I am feeling so stress free about the wedding.



After we met with Laurie, Arthur and I met our DJ, Nik. The DJ is definitely the vendor I was the most nervous about booking, because unless you or a close friend has actually attended a wedding with the DJ, I don't know how you can really tell if it's the right fit. I had spoken to Nik several times over the last nine months and he had great reviews, but I was still a little apprehensive. Arthur was also a bit worried about the DJ, mostly in the sense that the music plays such an integral role in the atmosphere of the reception and we really want it to be right. Our 2 1/2 hour meeting went great - by the end we both felt Nik understood our preferences. I'm super excited about our song choices and very glad we decided to do the final meeting in person rather than over the phone.

Everything is really coming together!!

1 Month!!!

I can't even describe how exciting I am getting!!