Another Update

It has been so long since I've updated here. So what have we been up to?

Well, the major thing is that on Easter Vigil I received all three sacraments and I am now Catholic. This has been taking up a lot of our time and energy, but it has all been worth it. It was wonderful to have both sets of our parents there for that night.

I went shopping with my Mom and Saturday and I *think* I have found a dress. I'm not sure what's holding me back from ordering it because it's really perfect for me. I guess I just need to bite the bullet and make a decision! (I'm not good with decisions).

I have been fairly crafty lately and it has been so much fun. I've been making coasters for the reception and also a monogrammed runner for the cake table. I have so many other projects lined up!

Last weekend we worked more on our registry, which has been both fun and frustrating. Again, I'm not good at making decisions! But really, we're not finding everything we like at one store so we might have to branch out to another.

This weekend we're going to a wedding band expo so hopefully we'll be able to find a good deal on our bands. We both know what we want, it's just a matter of buying them.

Things are going really great with wedding planning and I hope it continues that way! I can't wait to share our special day with all of our family and friends!

Today's February 27th!

That means just 7 months until the wedding!

We're getting excited and anxious for September to be here already. We can't wait to celebrate with all of our family and friends! Speaking of that, I need to check the hotel block that I've set up to make sure there are enough rooms!

I have started buying all the supplies for our centerpieces. Our living room has been taken over by wedding supplies lately. When you're buying items for 20 tables it takes up a lot of room!

There is so much left to do, but I know it will all come together. I hope all the personal touches I'm hoping to include will add something to the day. Even if they don't, I'm having a blast doing them!

What's your dress like?

I get this question all the time. My answer is "I don't know." Why don't I know? Well, because I simply hate clothes shopping. I have been dreading buying a dress ever since the ring went on my finger. Seriously, why can't I walk down the aisle in jeans?!

The one thing I've always been excited for (since I was a teenager) was Filene's Basement's Running of the Brides in Boston (http://filenesbasement.com/bridal.jsp). It was always my dream to do this, although I have no idea why. Much to my disappointment I missed last year's event. Then I learned that the store in Boston was closing. My dream wouldn't be reached.

This morning when I was reading a wedding blog, I learned they were doing it again, just at Hynes Convention Center in Boston! I was so excited, frantically trying to find out when it was happening.

It's happening on Friday!!!

I called my Mom and she agreed to go with me to the madness. So maybe, just maybe, after Friday I'll have a real answer as to what my dress looks like!

It's our wedding year!

So my first post in 2008, the year we're getting married!

Not much has happened on the wedding front lately. I think we've decided on a design for our cake, I just need to call and set up a tasting. I've ordered some invitation samples that should be here soon. I'll be designing these and creating them myself, and I'm very excited about them.

So far most big things have been figured out. We still need to figure out transportation on the day of the wedding. It's these logistical things that can be frustrating. We also don't know the exact time of our ceremony yet...it will depend on whether we can get Father Bob to officiate or not. So that's still up in the air as well. However, we're only talking about an hour or so difference and Martindale is completely flexible so I'm not overly concerned.

I guess that's pretty much all that's going on at this point. Very soon I'll be going to look for gowns and bridesmaid dresses. I also need to meet with a florist to discuss some options. Thank God I still have eight months left!

Let Them Eat Cake!

Pat and I met with a potential cake baker on Saturday. Her shop was cute and clean and she was nice. She's delivered to Martindale before and she's fairly close by (huge plus). I have been worried about how the wedding cake was going to get to the reception site. Apparently it's just driven there in a car. Very interesting. I wish I could have cake insurance or something like that.

So it turns out that the cake is actually something Pat feels very strongly about. He wants a big cake! This is a good thing, because I do too. It's easier to spend the amount of money that cakes cost when you're both in agreement about what your perfect cake is.

We'll probably set up a tasting with her in January. I can't wait to try all the combinations. We'll probably have each layer be a different flavor and let everyone choose which one they want. What's your favorite cake flavor?

So people do read this!

I've learned over the past few days that people do actually check in here and there! That's great news! Things are going great in wedding world. We're gathering tons of ideas and supplies. Our next project will be designing our invitations. I purchased a great machine called a Gocco which is essentially an at home screen printer! It can print in any color ink on any color paper. So we're going to try and do our invitations at home with this little guy. Wish us luck! I'm hopeful that they'll turn out great. I'm sure they'll be quite the labor of love!

We're getting ready for Christmas. This weekend we might put up the tree - if we ever get around to it. We probably won't be celebrating at our house at all and instead just go to each family. This is the first year we've had to split up time and it's a new adventure for me!

So keep checking in. There are so many things that I want to post, but I'm keeping some surprises. Rest assured we are working on a bunch of things that I hope you'll all love!

TEN MONTHS!!

Yes, today marks the ten month mark for us. Some days I feel like we have a lot done and other days I feel like there is so much left to do!

We hope you all had nice Thanksgivings. Ours was good, we went to my Gram's house and then visited with Pat's parents on Sunday. We ate way too much, but it was nice to see everyone.

The only other wedding news is that we met with Father Murray at our church last night and he gave us his stamp of approval to get married. So that's one more thing checked off - I guess we answered all of his questions properly! We still hope that Father Bob will be able to perform the ceremony, but we won't know that until the end of March.