Wedding Wednesday

In honor of my new resolve to blog more, I'm jumping on the bandwagon and participating in wedding-themed posting on Wednesday ... because it's not like my whole blog is about the wedding or anything. ;-)

So here's what's on my plate for the wedding today/this week:
- finalize menu with caterer (needed to get this done, like, yesterday/last week)
- once that's done, finish editing wording for the invitation suite (printing everything at once, including menus, to get a discount, hence the need for the menu to be finalized!), so that they can revise my quote and get started on the proofs (I'm trying to have these go to print BEFORE I leave for Las Vegas on May 28th)
- talk w/ Diana (my wedding planner/coordinator) about flowers and ideas to trim the budget for rentals, flowers, table settings, decorations, etc.

I left my wedding folders at home, so those are the most pressing things that I can think of right now.

The other HUGE thing is that my dress is in!! Ahhhhh! It has actually been in for a couple weeks, but it had been SO long since I ordered it, I didn't know where all the paperwork was, couldn't remember if I sent the form for it to be shipped yet, and all that stuff. Anyway, I have been procrastinating calling back just because I have been SO busy at work and in general.

I feel like I'm not ready to have my wedding dress be HERE. Umm, for starters, where am I going to put it?!? Not in our tiny apartment, that's for sure! I decided awhile back that I would have alterations done around here, because multiple trips to NYC would be rather inconvenient - time consuming, expensive, etc. PLUS, I want my final fitting to be as close to the wedding as possible. But, I still don't know where or who I'm going to go to for alterations, and I did have a wedding-related nightmare a few weeks ago that my dress did not fit me AT ALL. It was way too big, which is an actual possibility as I am convinced they ordered me the wrong size, yet I never did anything about it because I kept forgetting/procrastinating/worrying they wouldn't listen to me anyway, and I just figured, well, better too big than too small. In the dream it was also too short and I couldn't wear my beautiful, fabulous, BLUE, Kate Spade wedding shoes. Needless to say, I was very upset.

One of my other "fears" about my dress at one point was that it was TOO big and poofy - not something I would normally have a problem with whatsoever. However, my mom made a comment at one point that it might not fit down the aisle of the church! I am sure that will not be the case, I mean, it's not like it's this dress:

Now THAT'S a dress!

So I think we'll be good. BUT, I do plan to visit the church and measure, and have a layer or two of tulle removed if necessary. My dad will have to come to the fitting to make sure he's taken into account in this measurement.

Time to get to work on this rainy Wednesday, but I will leave you with a shot of my shoes, since I missed Tuesday Shoes-day and purchased them a few months ago! I remain in love and super excited about my absolutely perfect something blue.

Happy Hump Day! xoxo