Ok.so.lets.go.
September~I have been real lack in the blogging world...Ok, so I have only blogged once before now. Lots has gone one. My fiancé and I went on vacation to the Ozarks over the weekend of my birthday in September. It was awesome to get away from everything. It was the first time we had ever taken a vacation together. The weather was rainy and cold the whole time we were there. We still got to go shopping, ate at some delicious places on the lake and drank....lots. Then back to reality. Wedding planning...or so it goes. Everyone keeps asking me "hows the wedding planning going?" I had no idea where to start when it came to planning everything. What do I do first? Who should I call first? AHHHH! I haven't ever done this before LOL!
October~ The weekend of Oct 2 my mom came up to help out with some wedding things. We went and looked at reception site, Mike met us there and we loved it. It was a huge room, full kitchen, dance floor and a sitting area. We decided not to look at any other venus because we wanted that one, plus it was reasonably priced...or so we thought. After we looked at the venue, Mike and his daughter went home and mom and I went to look for a wedding dress at this little shop on Main St. We walked in and were greeted right away from a really nice gal. She gave me the rings and told me to tag whatever dresses I liked. I found 4 (I think) that I wanted to look at.
As you may know, wedding shops only carry a select few dress sizes to actually try on. And being a girl that is curvy and weighs to much there was like one that truly fit. However, the first one I tried fit me like a glove. It was a really pretty V neck dress covered in sequens and jewels. I really liked it but the V neck was a little much for a wedding dress aka too much cleavage...and I have a lot of natural cleavage. The second dress I tried on was totally me, it was abit flowy and roomy, ivory white with a beautiful broach on the side. At this point don't want to get into too much detail but I will post wedding pictures. After trying on a few dresses, the gal wrote down my dress information and we left to go to another shop. The 2nd shop totally sucked, I didn't like anything they had and they were way over priced. We went then to a 3rd shop and I tried on 3 really gorgeous dresses. They were a lot bigger and more ballgown then I wanted...but it was a lot of fun trying them on and looking like a princess! I took a card from the gal with the name of the dress I like from there. When we left, we decided to go eat a late lunch. On the way to the shop I asked mom how long the bridal shop was open on Main St. She said "I know exactly what your thinking, lets go back before we eat."
We went back to the shop and I tried on the dress for a 3rd time. I knew this dress was it. We were making it custom by adding a beautiful floral piece to the neckline of the dress. It made the dress. I can't wait for the day I get to wear it for my husband walking down the isle. :) I just have yet to go get fitted which I need to do soon.....I have 7 months and counting!!!
We are back to square one on finding a reception hall. The place we wanted doubled the rental price, said we needed to hire a security guard and there were other fees they were going to charge us. So, needless to say Mike and I started looking around for other places again. This week I am going to get off early and go take a look at 2 of the places we were supposed to go see with mom but didn't end up going. I hope we find something soon because time is running out on trying to find a venue. We also need to keep looking for a place to have our wedding. Since we aren't from here we don't belong to any chuch. One said we could do it at their chuch but we have a minister in mind, so he wasn't going to be able to do the vows but the rest of the wedding. And one church said they couldn't help us. Hmmm. Nice. An outside wedding is always beautiful, but with how screwy Iowa weather can be it will be hit or miss. But it is always an option to have a small ceremony at a pretty park. Anyways, so need to keep truckin on that one too. We should have just eloped to somewhere tropical then had a big reception when we got back. It's frustraiting trying to find a place to host my reception especially since we don't have a huge wedding budget. If I had all the money in the world then it would be a hell of a lot easier....c'est la vie!
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