The Wedding Ring

I purchased Angela's wedding ring day before yesterday. I must admit, it was a whole lot less stressful than buying the e-ring (the fact that I used the term "e-ring" means that I know more about wedding planning than any man should have to know). It helps that the wedding rings are a joint decision venture between the two of you, so you KNOW she is going to like it.
The fun part to me was choosing the ring. Angela had about three or so rings that she likes, she will find out in a few days how it looks on her finger.

FYI: This is NOT the ring...I WISH! LOL

Bridal party (BP) dresses have been selected.

Once I found my dream gown I knew that I couldn't wait much longer to decide on the BP dresses. Clyde picked out the guys tux's months ago. Should I be ashamed of myself and feel bad that it took me so long? Naaah. I don't think so. Some people were telling me that I needed to place the order for the girls dresses months ago. But I didn't want to pick out their dresses before I selected my gown. What if they did not compliment one another? That would not be a good look.

I was looking for a particular color, and a particular style, and I wasn't going to just pick "a" dress just for the sake of keeping on track with my monthly wedding checklist or what others felt that I should be doing at this time in my wedding planning. Additionally, I had to find a dress that fit various body types. I was going to offer two choices, but decided against it. I knew that time was passing by and there was nothing to be done about it but get it done. No need in fretting over it. I truly love the dresses that the girls will be wearing. One of my Matron of Honors (Trice) and my BM and sister (Darlena) went with me and I am so happy that they did. We had fun! Well...here are the dresses!

Peace, The Future Mrs.

We had our food tasting with the caterer!

As I mentioned last month, our food tasting was coming up. When we decided to create our menu we put alot of thought into it. We wanted it to be fun, unique and of course, great tasting. We decided to incorporate my Kentucky side of southern cooking and his Charleston side of seafood and low country delicacies in order to have a fabulous fusion of both. We were both nervous & excited about our tasting. We had never eaten any of the head chefs food so we did not know how good or bad his skills were.

I will proudly admit that we are both foodies and somewhat snobs about it so we were really going to take this time to get a feel for our head chef and let him know what needed to be tweaked, completely changed or left as is. I must admit that we were pleasantly surprised with the taste and quality of food. They normally don't serve alcohol at tastings, but since Clyde invented a signature drink for our reception in honor of ME, they went ahead. It was wonderful! Even the chef was impressed. With the way that the tasting went, we are more than comfortable knowing that our guests are going to enjoy every part of the dining experience at the reception. We are so very excited!


Cheers!

Peace, The Future Mrs.

Purchased THE DRESS today!

Whew! Over the years I have heard brides say that you "just know" when you have on the perfect wedding gown. Some brides cry, some brides look in the mirror as if they cannot believe it, other brides say that they finally felt like they were REALLY about to marry when they found THE ONE! Well I am happy to say, that the wedding gown search is over and THE DRESS has been chosen, paid for and ordered. It has been months of trying on, looking online, jumping into, wiggling out, zipping up, lacing up and sliding into different dresses. I mean, really, I have had to do all of those things in the quest for the PERFECT dress. Now, if I must say so myself, and I will, it's absolutely STUNNING! Regardless of the other dresses that I tried on, they did not compare to the chosen one. I am elated to have that taken care of. Now, the search begins for stunning shoes. It's on now!

Peace, The Future Mrs.

Angelica Glass Photography...

Here is another FAB photographer with a great eye. The original website is being worked on, but check out the blog here: http://angelicaglass.bigfolioblog.com/

Peace, The Future Mrs.

15 pounds down, 7 more to go!

I am elated to report that I have reached the 15 pound weight loss marker! Woohoo! I can now fit clothes that I had outgrown and even some that I had refused to give away. Yes, I can admit it. There were two pair of fly jeans that fit my body to perfection and I was determined to get back in those babies. Come on ladies, admit it. You know the ONES....those jeans that hug your curves and the ones that you know makes men and women alike look. We all have at least one pair of jeans like that. If not, step your game up and get like those of us that do :-) It's such a GREAT feeling. It's been a journey and will continue to be one. I am also happy to report that I am slowly falling back in love with running. I feel refreshed after my workouts now. There are actually days that I look forward to going to the gym and even running a couple or few miles. Imagine that! Dress, here I come.

Peace, The Future Mrs.

A tasting of our menu...

We will be doing our tasting next week with our caterer. Since we are both foodies and somewhat snobs about it, we are really going to take this time to get a feel for our head chef. We are so very excited about tasting all of our selections. We want all of our guests to eat great food, enjoy fab drinks and have a blast at our reception. Below are some of the selections that our caterering vendor has to offer. I love how they present their items.

Peace, The Future Mrs.