The Wedding Chronicles: PROLOGUE "Bridal Party Time"

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Hey there wedding friends! Wanted to keep you all in the loop about the latest with the wedding. Lot's has been happening in this last week:

1. I tried on about a million dresses (ahem, like 30) and found THE ONE. Shout out to Erin at Mia's Bridal - thanks for making the experience so easy! It's ordered and on it's way in 4 to 6 months. Don't ask me why it takes that long. It's seems like forever. Plus with only 7 months 'til our big day I might be cutting it close with the 4 to 8 weeks for alterations situation... Alas, that is a conniption for another day. 
2. My boo and I went to the Galleria and spent some major insurance money to get some stuff back. It was fun and crazy all at the same time. It was like we won the lotto in the saddest and most traumatizing way ever. Had to get my daily spending limit increased because my debit card has NEVER seen action like that... I actually got shopped out. Stop bragging? I know. Sorry.
3. I've started gathering addresses from everyone (good bye weekend free time) and boy is it going slower than expected. Some lady-genius at Google in her 20% free time clearly created a Google Wedding lab for her own wedding planning and it's helped me quite a lot too. Check it out here. 
4. We have officially put Figaro the cat on Prozac. Now we  lovingly refer to him as Prozac Cat. Apparently he has the cat version of PTSD from all the moving in his four year life. I feel for him, but come on. 

That is basically all for now. Dad has been hard at work negotiating with the Salamanders aka his favorite country club cover band. I was able to finally see some videos and they actually look great. Very relieved. Bach party planning underway (thanks, sis!). Watch out NOLA!! Hopefully this time next week I will have some Save the Date proofs to share. XO. 

The Wedding Chronicles: ACT TWO "Mood Board Edition"

It's all happening! The wedding planning has taken on a new level of speed with the final "all clear" from my father on final budget. We have meetings scheduled with a florist, negotiations with a band that my father swears by (who else has a dad that has such an opinion on bands?!) and I am looking at white dresses this weekend! Or as my friend, Kate and I have decided to call it, we are just going 'shopping'... This helps with the anxiety? I think. 

We also have a wedding planner secured that has planned dozens of events including many for the Sundance Film Festival (thanks, Pam!) and a photographer flying in from Dallas. I also recently placed an order with a custom stationery company here in Houston, the Seahorse Bend Press (check out their Etsy shop here). They are going to do all of our paper goods including save the dates, invites, monogram, and programs. This is the original suite that caught my eye. What do you think? I am going to do it in different colors and patterns (see above - the brighter, the better!), but am SO excited to see the final product. Also, have a tentative booking with the fabulous, super-talented Julie Soefer for bridal portraits for later this spring (once my body is banging, of course).

I am getting really, really excited and thanks to a long relaxing week in the BVIs I am just about ready to conquer anything. The love and support of the fiance, family and friends (wedding dress team! Brooke, the sister/wedding planner/father wrangler!) is the main thing propelling me forward. 

Promise to keep you posted on invite proofs and wedding dress selections! Stay tuned. XO.