.:.Ceremony Site Booked and Ring Bearer Suits.:.

It is official! Ceremony site is booked! I now have both venues booked! This is a major stress relief. I no longer have to worry about not being able to have the venues we were hoping for!

Also--my little ring bearer's suits came in!! I'll need to get a different tie, (or make them) but they are absolutely precious and perfect and they were also on clearance sale! Frugal FTW! ("For the win" for all of you interwebz n00bz :P)


I'm so excited! 


Next things on my to-do list are:
1. contact (again) our hopeful officiant
2. get our cake topper (which now can be found at David's Bridal!)
3. continue to find on-sale flowers for centerpieces and bouquets :)
4. get the clay to make the faux fiddlehead ferns for the bridal bouquet and the guy's boutonnieres.
5. start looking for inexpensive table linens! :) (I may have found some already ;) hehe)


I CANNOT WAIT! :)


.:.429 days.:.

.:.Guys' Fashion.:.

Ben and I went to Men's Wearhouse yesterday to pick out the tuxes for him and his groomsmen! SO excited!


They'll be wearing brown tuxes. Ben's vest/euro tie is Ivory in the "Tuscany" pattern.

The groomsmen's tuxes will also be brown. Their vests are in Malibu, also in the "Tuscany" print. =]

Their shoes will be some sort of shoe similar to Converse or slip-on Vans. Not entirely sure which, it all depends on which Ben prefers and which is more comfortable for him. 

SO excited!

We think their boutonnieres will look something like this:

And their shoes something along these lines:

I can't wait to see how he looks on our wedding day!! 

.:.437 days!.:.

.:.Picked Up my Dress!.:.

Well, today I had a doctor's appointment. My doctor happens to be located just down the road from David's Bridal. As I was headed home I thought, *gasp* I could get my dress!


So I did!


I went in, picked it up, and even tried it on. Also tried on some accessories to think about! I am SO excited that my dress is now just a few feet from me! 


Also, I re-ordered my save-the-dates. MOST of them were free this time, just not all. (I paid for about 25 of them, which came to be about $3. I think I'll be ok.) I couldn't handle where they had been cut off, so I fixed it. I decided that I'd just use the 50 free prints I had, (again) instead of filing a complaint and making a big deal out of it. It wasn't worth the trouble, not when I'm getting 50 free already. 


Our engagement pictures came in today, too! They turned out BEAUTIFULLY. Our photobook should be here within a few days, and so should our re-ordered save-the-dates.


And no, I won't be posting pictures! :P

.:.My Free Save the Dates.:.

Hehehehe


I really like when wedding things are free.


Thanks to shutterfly.com, I now have:


1. All my save the dates--free,
2. a 12"x12" photo book of our engagement pictures--free, (a $55 value.)
and 
3. double copies of all of our engagement pictures--free,


We also have two separate $20 off any order deals as long as I use them before the expiration date. :D


I was so ecstatic at the idea of getting my save the dates free, because not only is free awesome, but I got to design them myself!


We obviously won't be sending them out anytime soon, but we needed to order them because my free deal was going to expire. 


I've been a little less productive lately. I still need to: (and I mean soon)


1. put the deposit on the gazebo,
2. pick up my dress,
3. go to Men's Wearhouse,
and
4. get ahold of the officiant (I've been trying, but I keep missing her)


Ben and I plan to go to Men's Wearhouse Tuesday. We have been told that in order to be positive that the vests and styles we want will be available for our wedding we need to put the information in the computer by April. We also have a little deal-thing that needs to be put in the computer by March. So we're doing that a.s.a.p. because we like inexpensive. ;)


I hope to get the deposit into the gazebo by next week at the latest. I'll keep trying to get ahold of our desired officiant, and hope to talk with her really soon. As for the dress, I need to make room in my closet! >.<


.:.450 days.:.