The girls

Oh yes. I almost forgot. We need flower girls haha. And a cake. And on goes the list...

Super cute, the girls would need a white shirt underneath though. ($16.99 from Target)
I've been debating if we want to go more casual or formal with the look of the younger girls. The bridesmaids are slightly more formal looking than perhaps I'd want, but at the same time children prefer to be comfy rather than dressed up and pinned looking.

This is a really cute favorite of mine, still need a shirt under, but it's adorable. ($14.44-$16.99 Target)

As far as the cake itself goes, here are some different styles, but not necessarily exactly what we're looking for:

Oooo! Me likey! Cute, little, and cute :)
Maybe with leaves instead of flowers?

I seem to be leaning towards the squarish cakes.

Also funny story, honestly I have never really understood the whole wedding cake, feeding the cake thingy. The only real reason I wanted a cake was because my maternal grandmother told me that when I got married, she'd make my cake for me. And oh does she make some lovely ones, excellent tasting too. But anyway, when I was talking to Sam about the whole cake thing, he said two-tiered, which, I'm totally good with. I truthfully don't pay attention to cakes at weddings. I mostly eat them.

Oh now this is a lovely one! Rather different.

This is kind of funky but neatly elegant at the same time. Obviously not using the same flowers as they did here, the cake kind of looks as though a napkin had been draped over the top of it (which, I suppose can sound really rather gross and unappealing, it's just the first thing I thought of haha)

Hairstyles

Yet another entry. Hang on to your hats ladies and gentlemen! (haha, funny story. Sam suggested a hat jokingly. I gagged. No hats. I didn't even ever picture me wearing a veil, but that's just me)

This one is a little too loose as far as the curls go, though very pretty
















This one I like a whole lot as well, but then again, it may fall out over the course of the day.

This one is SUPER lovely and my most favorite thus far, but then again, I'm not done looking either. Don't know that I'd have flowers in my hair either.

This is kind of a more dainty look, still a little bit too loose on the curls. I don't care for how the hair is straight on top either











This is more of the look I think we're going for. Wild and crazy. But easily tamed down too. Man I wish I had that much body to my hair :)













Less curly and more of a wavy look, I like it for different reasons. Guess most of these will have to wait til we actually get the dress.












This is more of an up-do, but still has the general idea I'm looking for

The veil, and more!

One more post for the day.


Thankfully, this evening Sam and I got to spend a good deal of time on the phone going over details and wedding plans that really hadn't been all that much discussed.


Here's the update:
~ White Tux for him- with a red shirt that matches the shade of red we're using everywhere else. (YAY!)
~ A red ribbon for me- to match him. (Yes I know it's not exactly traditional, but it'll look cute!)
~ Less formal flowers. He's always liked roses. I love daisies. Like I said. We'll have to mix them :) But then again, since we aren't planning on having a line (yes, GASP!), it'll help relax the atmosphere to have a more casual tone. We still need to get with the florist and figure out what flowers are in season that time of year.
~ The groomsmen are just going to have matching shirts (I'm thinking brown?) and whatever nice black pants they have in their closet.
~ As you have seen in the above photo, my veil. Purchased from Ebay at $9.99. Seriously, it's awesome. I really love that place. And again, free shipping. My hair will be down, so I didn't want something big that will completely hide it since, I have to admit, my hair isn't all that long right now anyway. The hair'll be curled or scrunched or something like that. But not up.
~ As far as the program, we know we're having one. And we know at least one if not two of the numbers. After that? Not so much.
~ Bridal photo shoot. He's gonna be there! Fun times! Except that he's not all that into getting pictures taken. Keep it short and sweet. That's the plan. Oh, and thankfully we've got a few family and friend photographers who do good work and are willing to do it for free. We did toss around the idea of going with the same lady who did Brig and Mandy's reception as well as Mike and Sharon's, Liz Bowles. Her whole wedding package is $300 and she's worth every penny. The only thing is, we don't really have a penny, let alone $300 to spend on a photographer.
~ Dancing. Yes! Super excited about that! And, instead of just the typical Daddy/Daughter dance, we are going to have a Mother/Son dance too. But, to be merciful to all concerned, mostly the onlookers who really don't want to have to sit through three songs simply watching people dance, we are going to combine the Mother/Son and Daddy/Daughter dances by using a song that will work for both. Yay! Still sort of debating if doing a Dollar dance will be of good use or not.
~ We have the location!!!!! A family friend was phoned this evening and it took less than three minutes to have her completely for it :) Best part of all, the only cost will be that of making the yard presentable.
~ Still no exact date, but that's kind of something we can't figure out until other things are taken care of.
~ Oh, and we've decided to get married and have the reception on the same day. The only reserve I had about that, is that if I'm not 100% confident that things will go well and smoothly and that there is a competent person to deal with the managing of it all, I'm going to be the one stressing about it and trying to run around getting things figured out. But, we'll just have to prevent that right?
~ Oh yes, and no recieving line. Sam hates receptions. He does. He's not the kind of person who goes to them just for the sake of going. Really. And his brother's recent reception just added to his shying away from them. He's much more for the small, intimate dinner sort of thingy. But, he's being a sweetheart and granting my wish for a reception.
~ Lol, I never thought I'd be saying this, but we're doing a garter. *nervous laugh* haha. *nervous laugh again*
~ For the bouquet toss, I want to do what James and Martene did, rather than the typical (and stupid) crowding and almost killing, of the unmarried girls.
~ Oh. And I'm wearing big comfy slippers. That is one condition I've had for like a year now. No killer heels. I hate heels. Not so sure how I'll pull off the dancing in the slippers exactly? But then again, there's always barefoot :D

Can I just tell you how much more fun it is to do things together than it is doing it alone? I love hearing his input. Knowing that it's 'us' deciding rather than just me, myself and I

Mostly all this has been me getting thoughts down so that I won't lose them. To those who were utterly bored by it, I apologize.

Bridesmaid Dresses

These are the ones I've found. Thankfully for only $40 at Allyse's Bridal.



They come in both brown and red, I'm thinking I'll let the girls themselves decide which they want since they're paying for them.



Flattering to almost every figure, they're a safe, but elegant and not too dressy look.




Other shots of the dress:

Now we just need to see how they look on my bridesmaids instead of the models haha

Flowers?

NOTE: This is mostly just me compiling ideas so if you don't care to look, don't :)




I REALLY like this one for a bridal bouquet. It's a combination of roses (which are rather typical, I honestly... they aren't exactly a favorite of mine simply because they are so expected) and these new flowers I discovered called Gloriosa lilies. As well as a few other things as you can see. I like the open stem design, they last longer but do tend to drip a little more, and have a little bit more of an unpolished look to them, which can be a good thing, or a bad one depending.
Other designs I liked:

[It's those daisies I love with the roses] [Simple yet elegant-and rather typical]


[LARGE. But pretty] [Rather different than I'd envision, but gorgeous] [ditto from the last one]





These are daisies. Not your typical ones, and I love them a lot. Probably wouldn't use them for my bouquet, but the bridesmaid's is a definish possibility. Although in order for them to look good with the colors (which happen to be white, red, brown and yellow- as well as typical black for the sake of the fact that everyone looks at least half decent with black accenting) I'd have to use them sparingly if at all since they tend to take over and create a style completely their own (which is probably why I love them haha) *and don't you just love the little girl modeling them?*





These are three different corsage ideas for the bridal party, I prefer the one with the Lilies of Peru (right) most. The only thing with roses is they are a safe bet, it takes a lot to be able to go wrong with roses. Plus, Sam likes Baby's Breath

This one though, is by far the best liked as far as going with roses. Simple, and not overdone, yet enough.

Oh, and last but not least, the sunflowers.

This one actually kind of cheats since it has a daisy and a sunflower, which, I suppose you can do, but just pretend like these are both sunflowers.

And yes, in case you hadn't guessed yet, mostly I just haven't quite figured out the exact look we're going for here, it'd help if a certain groom and I were at least in the same state so we could see each other more often. haha, but you do what you can.

Five Months Later

I'm still having to deal with reinfections from the wisdom teeth extraction.
I'm SO done with this.
Tired of the aching and swelling and frustration. It's NOT NORMAL!
Actually, another one of our patients went to the same doctor and she came back absolutely traumatized. You're not supposed to come away from an experience still bawling about it three weeks later. But the anesthesiologist was very rude. I didn't like him when I went there, and apparently he never really did completely get the other girl to sleep. She was awake through the whole thing. Completely conscious, and could give you the names of every person that had been in the room.
The worst thing a doctor can say to a patient is "Oh no, you just imagined what happened, that didn't really happen" When in fact, it did.
Needless to say, I'm pretty sure Dr. Johnson won't be referring many patients over to him anymore. Even if he did, there have been enough people talking about the horror stories that most of them are asking for anyone but this other doctor.

It's said that removing a tooth causes trauma, but I didn't have any clue just how much was even remotely possible until this experience. If it has done any good at all, dealing with this has made me even more determined that I won't lose a tooth unless ABSOLUTELY necessary, and even then, there are other options such as titanium implants that work just as well.
Sorry if this has struck anyone as boring, it's just the Dental Assistant coming out in me and the frustrated patient.

Wedding dress!

This is the one I picked, though it will have sleeves added, either from a jacket (which I'm hoping won't be the case) or actually sewn on. Super pretty and happy to have found it for a whopping $99! Custom made to my size too.
Pretty sure I'm in love with Ebay. It can definitely be addicting.
Confession though. The original dress I wanted and actually ordered from a different company, Quickgowns.com was only available in my size in Ivory/blue rather than the White/white that I wanted. Rather saddened and at the time frustrated by that, but this works out better than I'd hoped because while it's not exactly my first choice, it's cheaper, it's custom made to me, and it's there. Plus, it's only a dress :)
I know I could have pulled off just about any style of dress (a big blessing of inheriting some good looking genetics) but I've always loved big poofy dresses and come on, how often is there actually an occasion to wear something like this?