Freaking Out!

I took a little break from Wedding planning the last couple of weeks...I needed to focus on me...And get ready for Christmas.
I actually enjoyed the time off...Which is VERY un-Christinalike of me!!


All day I was excited that there are only 8 months left until the Wedding.
Until it just hit me...And now I am freaking out.
So it just hit me that starting tomorrow there are less than 8 months until the Wedding...So now I am freaking out that with only 7 months and change left to go, I am quite behind!! :(


How can I, the Queen of Wedding Planning, be so behind in planning my own Wedding?!


I don't have any Save-The-Dates, Invitations, or Favors picked out.

I don't have a photographer, a videographer, a baker, a florist, a DJ, a limo, a tuxedo place...

*Sighs*

Countdown

EXACTLY 8 MONTHS UNTIL OUR WEDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!

Twitter

Last night I decided to join Twitter.
I have no idea why...But, why not?


So if anyone is interested, here is my URL: http://twitter.com/Born2BMrsHines


Anyone else use Twitter, so I can follow you?

Hi!!

I have been so sick and so busy trying to catch up on all of my Christmas shopping that I got behind on that I really have not done any wedding planning in like 2 weeks!!

This is the first time that I am attempting to blog from my new iPod Touch...Early Christmas present from my Great Aunt! :)

Wedding Jewlery

For the last several years I decided that I would wear a pearl necklace for my wedding. I have never owned pearls, but I think they are so classy and elegant.

However my wedding dress is quite busy on the neckline to have a full strand of pearls. The halter is just like the rest of the dress; covered in lace, pearls, and diamonds. So it would look bad to have a big necklace.

When I first tried the dress on I also tried on different necklaces for ideas. I am a jewelry person, so I definitely want to wear a necklace, but the more simple ones looked the best with my dress. And I really didn't want to wear costume jewelry.


Well my Mom found a jewelry set that she thought would be perfect...But she wanted to make sure I loved it before she bought it.

So she took me to go see them, and I loved them...So she bought them. But I will wait until August to get them. If she tries to give them to me for Christmas, I won't let her. :)


The set (which doesn't come together, but I am just calling it a 'set') is 14K White Gold, Freshwater pearls, and diamonds:

Necklace


Matching Earrings

So I would obviously wear those studs in my first earring holes...But I have a total of three holes in each ear. So do I not wear any earrings in my second and third holes?
And actually, I have the upper cartilage in my left ear pierced, I usually wear a heart-shaped diamond stud in it every day...But I can leave it out for the wedding if it will look better.

Speaking of ear piercings, Jon has a barbell in his cartilage...I haven't decided if I will ask him to take it out for the wedding or not.
Maybe we do the classier, less earring look for the Church Ceremony...And then wear whatever earrings we want during the reception?
I dunno yet.

Wedding Dress Update

So my dress came in last week...And my Mom, my Gramma, and I went to David's Bridal yesterday to pick it up. So of course I tried it on, and we found some flaws. On the front part of the halter, right by my collarbone, there is a lace finish on one side and no matching trim on the other side...I don't really know how to explain it, but it is totally noticeable.
Also, I think one of the pearl beads fell off.
And there was a pull in the train.
Also, at the top of the dress...Like the top of my chest...Where there is a 'bone' something-or-rather, one side noticeably sticks out and one side does not. Ideally, neither side would be sticking out the top at all.

So they got the seamstress or the manager or someone important to come look at it. And without hesitation she said they will just order me a new dress. Because the issues were too delicate and important to risk trying to fix on the dress...And possibly not even being able to fix it.

So that was nice of them...Considering how rude they have been some of the time.
So that's cool.
She asked how long until my wedding, and I told her 8 1/2 months. She said my new dress should come in after the New Year...And that will be plenty of time before my wedding.
So that is one thing I am NOT stressing about right now, surprisingly.

I am glad we don't have to try to ignore the dress issues, since they will not only be fixed, but they will be non-existent since it will be another new dress.

It worked out well, since the dress would only be chillaxin' in the closet for several more months. Since we got the dress in a Petite, it shouldn't have to be shortened...As long as I have a heel of probably at least 3 inches. (Which means that Jon will need shoes with a heel or a lift or something...Since on flat feet he is only like 3 inches taller than me...But that's another post for another time!)

So the only alterations that really need to be done are to the halter strap...It is way too big. And the chest and waist have to be taken in a little bit.

But I am holding off on those alterations until closer to the wedding, because I have no idea how much more weight I will lose by then...And I don't want to keep taking it in a million times. So I will wait until closer to the wedding...Not the last minute of course, but just a bit closer.

I really don't know how much weight I will lose...Presumably I won't gain any weight.
I go to my personal trainer for Boot Camp Class every single night, Monday through Friday..And sometimes Saturdays too.
I have lost 10 inches since mid-September. So, we'll see what happens.

Too bad we can't go back to a few years ago when I was still underweight. I mean, I am not overweight now or anything...But just definitely not underweight.
Anyway, the whole weight topic can be a post for another time as well.

So that is the update about my wedding dress.

I don't feel like it was a waste of a 2 hour trip, since we came home empty handed...Because we did accomplish something...I am going to get another new dress in a month that will hopefully be perfect. And we have plenty of time. So, hopefully everything will be wonderful.


EDIT: I found the shoes I tried on with the dress...I don't know how high the heel is...But this should hopefully give an idea of how high the heel needs to be about:

Willow

My Centerpieces

More detail about Update Topic # 2...My Centerpieces!

There it is! Gorgeous, right?

Well, of course that is just the stock photo...But the idea is still the same.

It is hard to know how many of them to buy right now...Since we do not have a final guest count yet...But I was not willing to wait until the summer to start purchasing these.

Last Friday Mama Hines and I went to the local Joann's Fabrics and Michael's stores and bought every centerpiece they had in stock...So we ended up with 7 of them. And the stores said they are probably not getting any more in. I can order them online, but I would rather hold off on the extra added cost for shipping and handling right now.

On Friday my Mom and whoever else from my family that she forced to help me, ran around and bought 9 more.

Mom and I went looking all around on Saturday and Sunday, but came up empty-handed.

So for now we have 16 of these guys. My guess is we need about 20 of them.

They do not come with the tea light candles...So since there are room for 6 candles, I originally wanted each centerpiece to have 2 white candles, 2 black candles, and 2 fuchsia candles.

But I CANNOT even begin to explain how difficult it is to find any shade of pink tea light candles! If you are lucky, you can find a pale pink color...But that seems to be it.

Minus of course if you want to spend a fortune on actually making your own custom candles.

So I might have to settle on black & white candles...Or just white. The base is more like pewter than black, but that's close enough to black I guess.

And then I can just do hot pink flowers.

It looks like you can fit a dozen roses in each vase...But there is no way I am spending that much money for each centerpiece to have a dozen of any flower.

So one of these days I will buy some experimental flowers to make some mock-up centerpieces...And see what flowers and what quantity look good, without looking too cheap.

Also, I am determined to try out bamboo in them. If it doesn't look good, at least I will know that I tried it out!

Also, I am going to buy some mirrors to see how necessary mirrors under the centerpiece are.

Well, I guess that is about all I have to say about my centerpieces right now.

Oh, and if anyone is in a 3 hour radius of me and is looking for those centerpieces...Sorry, I probably bought them all! :(

K, 1 update down...6 more to go! ;-)