Weekend Update!

Friday Night my cousin, and one of my bridesmaids, came up from Staten Island for a visit. On Saturday, my Gramma, my Mom, my cousin, another bridesmaid, and I went to 4 different dress shops (would have been 5 but they changed their hours, so we got their after they closed). My 3'rd Bridesmaid came down with the flu and couldn't come...And my sister (my MOH) had to work and only made it to one of the stores.

I have narrowed down my favorite Bridesmaid Dresses to two top choices.

I hadn't really planned on trying any gowns on for myself. But while we were at the shops, I tried a couple on.

I now have a better idea of what looks good and bad for my body and height.

I also now know that if the dress doesn't have very much sparkle or bling...I apparently don't like it on me.

I tried on some styles that I never imagined liking...Such as the Mermaid...And it surprisingly looked good on me.

But I learned that I seem to love the ballgown styles the best. AND not every poofy dress looks like it is eating all 5 feet of me! :) So that's exciting. I just don't know how I am going to be able to pick just ONE dress!!

So we hit up all of the local shops on Saturday that we wanted to accomplish...Minus the 5th that was closed.

My Mom is trying to plan a trip to a big bridal store that is like 2 1/2 hours away. We want to do it before December and snow. She decided that we should give my girls this weekend off from dresses...And plan our trip instead for November 21st. Jon's Mom is going to try to meet us there, too!

On a different note...I went to my third Bridal Show yesterday. I didn't win anything, but it was still fun.

The weather outside was uncharacteristically gorgeous!!

It would have been PERFECT for some outdoor Engagement Photos.

Forget the turning leaf photos, because that is over.

Plus I really wanted Fall Engagement Photos more when I thought our wedding would be in the fall. But now that our wedding is technically the Summer, I don't really care what weather our Engagement Photos are in.

But by the time I got home from the Bridal Show...And would have had Jon and my friend who is taking our pictures, meet me at my parent's house (it was nice and sunny out, and my parent's have a GORGEOUS view!) the sun would have went in.

So we are probably going to end up doing indoor photos at the train station in Utica.

It sounds strange to me...But it is a VERY popular location for wedding photos.

The train station is actually quite beautiful.

And now I have to stress over what to wear in the photographs.

If we ended up doing them outside yesterday, I would have just worn jeans and my black pea coat and maybe a cute scarf.

But for indoor photos, I am thinking I need a cute skirt or dress or something.

OK So maybe need isn't the correct word...Just more like really want.

So hopefully we can get that done this weekend.

Misc. Wedding Love

I'm ADDICTED to criss-cross designed wedding cakes!!



ADORABLE!!



So Unique!





Cute!



Pretty Aisle!


Cute Hair Accessory



BEAUTIFUL Hair Jewel



I Love These Shoes!



This photograph is just too perfect!
I am insanely jealous of it!

More Random Wedding Pretties!

Since I am still awake...Why not more cute random wedding related photography?
Fantastic!




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PINK FLOWER GIRL!



SOOOO PRECIOUS!!!




Bridesmaid Gown



HOTT PINK Bridesmaid



Another HOTT PINK Bridesmaid Dress


I love pink and brown together!

And I love that it has matching dresses with slightly differing tops.
One for the flower girl, one for the maid of honor, one for the bridesmaids, and one for the junior bridesmaid.



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I love this garter!




Wedding Brownie Pops




Escort Card Holder AND Candle!

More Photographs...

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Just some random photos that make me smile.
Mostly pictures that I totally want to duplicate with Jonno some day! :)



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I once came across this ADORABLE picture (that I of course cannot find now!) of a couple holding hands on a beach, but you only saw their shadow in the picture...And the way they were standing kind of formed a heart shaped shadow. And in the middle of that was their initials in a heart drawn in the sand.
I would ADORE it if Jon and I could get a similar picture of us like that.
What a cute Save-The-Date or Wedding Invite that would make!!

Photographs that make me Swoon...

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More Misc. Wedding Pix

I'm still determined to find a picture of a door between a bride and a groom, damnit!

In the meantime, I found this:

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OK, so I wanted the point to be that they couldn't see each other...But, there is a door between them! You can't deny that! :)

So speaking of photographer.

I was thinking, I am definitely going to want photographs of me and my girls getting ready for my wedding...You know, getting our nails, hair, makeup all done up...And then whoever helping me put my dress on...Etc.

But I also want pictures of Jon getting ready with the guys.

I am not going to hire two photographers to be at each location am I?

What does everyone else usually do?

I guess I get the photographer to come to the location where I am getting ready, and a close friend or family member not in the bridal party can go to the location where Jon is getting ready and can hopefully take pictures for us.

Great, something new for me to stress out over now!

Let's see if I can find more happy pictures to look at and display...To help alleviate my suddenly high stress level.

OK, I totally want one of these "Carrying the bride over the threshold" pictures done:

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OK I feel better now...Back to work I go.