Yay!!

The dress fit wonderfully! The only thing the alterations lady did was take in the slip just a little to help keep the dress from sliding down. The dress itself did not have to be taken in at all but it had to be hemmed and pinned for the bustle. Oh, it's going to be so awesome!! I cannot wait to wear it!!!

Let's try this again

Mom and I are off to Raleigh for my 2nd dress fitting. I hope everything works out better this time!! I am so excited!

Quick note: David and I (99% David) have finished the master bedroom painting. It looks awesome! I will post a few pics when I get a spare moment : ) Those "spare" moments are few and far between lately, but we are having fun planning the wedding and making his house into our home.

Opposites attract...

That's true, especially today. We registered at Bed, Bath & Beyond tonight and we definitely have different tastes!! When we got home, after a partly quiet ride (usually we are talking non-stop), we deleted a few things. I thought it was going to be fun just walking around and scanning things we needed, but little did we know there would be so many choices and differing opinions : ) No worries! Everything turned out like it was supposed to. We are going to keep looking for everyday china that would work well with Davids' grandmother's fine china (which actually inspired the color scheme for the kitchen).

Dress is almost here!

I have to say that my husband-to-be came to my rescue this week. He called David's Bridal on Tuesday after he saw how stressed out I was about having to wait for another dress to arrive. He was very nice, but got his point across. He asked the manager to do everything she could to get the dress by the end of the month. She called today and said it should be here by May 20th. WOW!!! He's awesome and I love him very much!!

Dress update

On Tuesday I logged onto my computer at home and found the "other" dress again. I thought I should look into it this time because of the situation with the other dress, a plan B of sorts. I found out it was a Fall 2010 collection dress that the stores did not even have yet. So, I called a few stores and one store said they will have it in about a month, then to order it would take 12 weeks and I hate to even mention the price.....................$1890.
Here is the link, if you wanted to see:
http://weddings.theknot.com/Wedding-Dresses/65904/detailview.aspx?id=65904&type=5&Gown_Type=50+Best+Fall+2010

WOW! For some people that would be nothing, but for me that's a fortune!! Oh well. I just hope the dress I ordered will come in sooner rather than later! Both David and my Mom said to pray about it. I will have the dress I am supposed to have!

Flower Farm

Good news from the weekend. My Mom, David and I went to a flower farm on Saturday. They are going to provide the flowers for our wedding, including the reception table centerpieces and our bouquets.

Oh, before I forget, something new we decided on...I am going to use part of my Mom's sleeve from her wedding dress for around my bouquet!!! It's a lace piece with pearl buttons. I am so excited to be able to use something from her dress on my wedding day. And I am going to carry the same Bible she carried on her wedding day! And use the cake knife they used, as well.

I wanted a "hand-picked from Grandma's garden" look for our flowers and this place was perfect for that!! We had a great time walking around the farm! It's going to be a great location for my bridal portraits, too!! I cannot wait! Check it out http://www.fishingcreekflowers.com/

Too Big

My dress was 2 sizes too big!!! The day I picked out my dress they measured me and ordered a size 4 (there was talk of ordering a 6, no way!!). Well, I tried it on yesterday and it was falling off of me. They decided to order a smaller size and now I have to wait another 12 weeks for my dress (hopefully it will come in quicker like the first one did). How can you measure me and be off 2 dress sizes? Whatever?! But everything happens for a reason, right?! Before it was not available in a size 0 because it was just a preview dress, but it has sold well since I first ordered it and now it is available in more sizes. But now that pushes back bridal portraits. Can you imagine bridal portraits in August??? Ahhhhh!!!! And they mentioned a $25 rush fee for alterations...um, I don't think so!!! I don't want to be rude, but we will not be paying any rush fees for their mistake! We figured they knew what they were doing when the alterations lady came out to measure me! Oh well, I am trying not to stress out about it, I just hope it comes in sooner rather than later!

It's HERE!!!

My beautiful dress is HERE!!!!!!! I just got an email this morning!!!! Mom and I are going for the fitting on Monday. AHHHHHH, I am super excited, can you tell? I cannot wait to try it on again : ) It's a shame that the most beautiful dress you will ever wear, you will only wear it one day. What a bummer!! But I guess it's really more than one day when you count the bridal portraits (which might be 2 days of shooting). My head is spinning right now : ) By the way, I have had no thoughts of the "other" dress in a long while. No doubts!!!

Everyday I wake up and feel so blessed. I am so thankful that God has blessed us!

150 days...

and counting!! We cannot believe we only have 150 days and we will be married. Yay, yay, yay!!!!!!!

Our House, Our Dog

This is David's house, soon to be "our" house and the same goes for his dog, Max : ) We still have lots of things we want to do with the house, but for 100 years old, I guess it's not too bad. The previous owner must have thought she needed to post the house numbers 3 times for some logical reason??? I am still trying to figure out why. Anyway, like I said, we still have so many things to do. You can see our new flower beds next to the steps. They add so much color to the front of the house.

Check this out!!

This wedding is totally awesome. We love everything about it!!

http://greenweddingshoes.com/real-wedding-catie-bens-vintage-inspired-backyard-wedding/

5 months

We have only 5 months to go. WOW time flies when you are planning a wedding!!! I cannot wait to be Mrs. David Aloisio : )

Myrtle Grove

David, my Mom and I met with Joe at Myrle Grove today. He is so wonderful. Everything we asked, he agreed to...from putting a settee outside to hanging a swing in the huge pecan tree!!! The ceremony will be under that huge pecan tree : ) it's just beautiful. We are super excited about having our wedding there. It's a PERFECT place for the type of wedding we want. He even let us look through his barn to pick out things to use for the wedding. And the food, it's going to be amazing!