So, we are trying to order our invitations, but can't decide what time. We want the ceremony to be during the day, ending with a sunset then night reception. I can't figure out the farmer's almanac. Wedding at 6 or 6:30? 7?
When does it get dark May 1st, 2010, in St. Francisville, LA?

Something blue and super cute

Found my shoes, and they are exactly what I was looking for!

So this past week we:
-Bought shoes
-Booked Adam Hudson Photo (!!)
-Decided on groomsman pants
-Got everyone to buy their pants (I think..)

I want to say this stuff is not so hard, but I don't want to speak too soon!

WEDDING DRESS- SUCCESS!!

So Jean-Paul's e-mails and phone calls really paid off when they led us to Mimi's.

They were selling a couple of samples from older collections at a discount to make room for the newer collections. I didn't find "dream dress", but I certainly found a dreamy one that happened to be part of the sample sale. I didn't want to make the decision on the spot, but when I woke up today I decided that if someone else bought my dress I would be heartbroken. I called mom and told her, and she bought it over the phone- I think she was sold on it before I even tried it on.

I'm so relieved! I thought I would be nauseous after going through with it, but surprisingly, I feel very calm about it. I think it will be absolutely perfect for the kind of wedding we want. I don't want to give anything away, but I will show off a little and tell you..

Its Vera Wang :)
It was 50% off :) :)

Ok, so I sometimes refer to him as the groomzilla, but I have to acknowledge that I have the best fiance imaginable. I have spent hours on the internet trying to find the "dream dress"with no luck, and while I was at work yesterday he emailed Vera Wang and asked her if she still had it.. and she does! She also told him that we may be able to find it in New Orleans at Mimi's. So he called up Mimi and found out about a trunk sale with discounted Vera Wang. Soo I'm packing up a jeep full of bridesmaids and mom and heading there now.
So cute that Jean-Paul

Mini Vacay!!

We are planning a mini vacation to Atlanta for our 6 or 7 year anniversary (we can't decide what year it is), and I am so excited about checking out the bridal boutiques! Priscilla of Boston has a shop there, and I have fallen in love with one of her dresses that I can't afford. Not to mention my good friend has just moved there, so I'll have someone to shop with me.

Now we have to figure out how to get a hotel room since we decided to meet each other on a day that LSU would be playing Georgia. (It's October 3rd, even though Jean-Paul thinks its October 2nd.)

Anyone have any ATL suggestions?

Dream dress

This is from Vera Wang's Fall 2006 collection. Does anyone know how to get your hands on a dress from a collection that far back? Ive been eyeing this one for years. love love love it

Two months in..

We put a deposit down for the Glynns in St. Francisville.. and SET THE DATE!
I really wanted to have an April wedding, but Jean-Paul said it'd be too risky, because of a silly rhyme involving showers. So, we set it for May 1st. I think it has a pretty good ring to it, which is important. But now I'm realizing it's also when rent is due, so we'll never be able to afford anniversary presents! And I've been told its "May Day", which I'm not really sure if that's a good or bad thing, the only time I've heard MayDay is when planes are crashing in movies.

So now that we have the date set we can start making some plans, which is exciting and nerve wracking. As it turned out the photographer I had decided on was booked for May 1st, and then it turned out that everyone I looked at was booked! I was lead to this really cool website modernphotographers.com where I typed in my date and location and they contacted all of their available photographers and within hours we had five emails from really great and AVAILABLE photographers. And we found one very similar to the first one we fell in love with.

So today we met with Adam and Allison Hudson of Adam Hudson Photo, to get to know each other and ask some questions and see if we are a good match. It went pretty well, aside from us being an our late. He seemed very excited to hear it was an outside vintage inspired wedding, so that was cool. We still need to do some price comparing, and I'm so nervous to make the decision, but I think these folks may be the one.

Still no wedding dress. I'm started to get veryy nervous on this, because I know it takes up to six months for some places to get dresses in after they are ordered (not to mention the time it takes for alterations). And we're working with less then 8 Months! aagh I just stressed myself out again.

One of the biggest surprises for me thus far has been how involved Jean-Paul has been.
He actually found the photographers and said, " OH MY GOD, This is the one! (while flapping his hand around) I mean all that matters is how I look in the pictures." I have been calling him the groomzilla, and I mean it, he's the one everyone needs to worry about, not me. He even gets this 'fabulous' voice when he talks about the wedding. I can't complain though, I am very happy to have his help in everything, and make the decisions together. The wedding is sure to be about "us" and not just me.

Ill have more updates as they happen, crossing my fingers the next will be about a dress.
Even though JeanPaul has pointed out- not a single person reads this. It's ok to pretend to be a blogger :)