Bridesmaids Dresses...check!

Well, one of the biggest tasks that was stressing me out the most has been taken care of this weekend. Thanks to God & my little sister. Friday we searched Dallas high & low for what I had envisioned to absolute, no success. Apparently, our colors are not in style this year. It seems the colors for 2012 will be jewel tones & fluorescents.

Anyway, Saturday, Kim (my sis), Anthony, & I

went over to the chapel to sign the contract & show Kim the place. She fell in love with it immediately. It was also the first time we have had the opportunity to see it in the daylight and we were most definitely not disappointed. This place is gorgeous. Afterward, we drove to Frisco and Kim & I went into Alfred Angelo just to see what they had to offer. We found several dresses that were great. I decided each girl would wear a different style but the same color. Kim tried on several & we narrowed the choices down to 3 & Kim bought one. After dropping Kim off with her mother-in-law & saying goodbye (it was the last time I will see her until the week before the wedding), Anthony & I drove to his parents house to get his sisters to go get them measured & try on dresses. When they tried o

n the two other styles we had decided on they did not like either (& I must say, while they lo

oked adorable, there were better ones for them). It is always interesting to see how one dress can look completely different on one person vs another. However, after trying on a couple of more dresses, each of them found one that fit them perfectly. The looked beautiful.

While this was not my original idea, each of them have dresses that look great on them & we are all happy with. Whew! What a relief.

Today, Anthony & I started working on some of the decorations we are going to have at the reception. We are making bunting. I'll post a separate post about that later once I get the pics uploaded.

Now, this week is to decide on a photographer & florist.

Planning, Planning, Planning

Well, so far we have the place, the caterer, the cake, a friend designing the invitations, & my dress in the works.

We have a meeting with a photographer hopefully we will get a good feeling about and consultations with 3 florists next week.

I'm still stressing about the girls dresses but Kim & I are going to go looking tomorrow. I'm not really much of a fan of the traditional bridesmaids dresses, even the ones where they are different styles/same colors or different colors/same style. There is nothing wrong with that, it just isn't what I imagine for my wedding. I'm looking for dresses that each girl would pick for themselves but in the color scheme of we have chosen for the wedding. And, to be honest, with what I am seeing in the blogosphere, the days of the traditional dress is fading & it is becoming very popular to have dresses of different styles & different colors. It was actually fairly common during WWII for bridesmaids not to match. One reason for this is, many weddings were planned in just a matter of days during a soldier's shore leave so they just didn't really have time to shop around. Another reason was due to financial woes & rationing. Most bridesmaids would just wear the best dress they owned or one they had worn to another wedding. During this time, the wedding was more about the marriage than about the show...I like that.

Something else common to 1940's weddings was that family members donated baking goods like flour, sugar, & eggs so that the bride could bake the celebratory cake.

So, we have a few tasks left (decide on ceremony music/musicians, choose florist, choose photographer, get bridesmaids dresses, get guys outfits, etc...). Once we get the big things out of the way, I'll feel a little more relaxed, however, I'll probably get those out of the way to work on the "little tasks" only to find I've delayed time wise that now the "little" task is now a "HUGE" task. Oh well. It will all be fine. If I've learned nothing over the last couple of years it is that, "it all works out in the end." It won't really matter. I want to have a nice party, a nice time & everything to go well, but in the end, all that will matter it that I will be married to my best friend for life. :)