THE dress

Yesterday I went to the Muddy Rudder with Karen and Mom to show them the place as well as put down a deposit (Karen, being the sweetest sister paid for the deposit!) Then we went dress shopping. This was our 2nd time shopping and again we had such a great time! I feel I may have found THE ONE. I'm nervous though. It seems so soon to pick a dress. I thought for sure I would be like "okay, this one will do" and boom I'd buy it. The dress I found is within the price range I want and I look absolutely fabulous in it!! But there are just so many dresses to choose from so many different options! I find this all a little funny that I'm even fretting about it because like I just said the dress wasn't a big deal to me (or I should say as big of a deal as it is to others). Only one other dress did I get hung up on, but it was $800! I guess I'll admit the dress is important to me but still not THAT important! :) I'm going to try the other one on again on Tuesday (the shop's not open Monday's) and see if I get that same Oh My God This Is It feeling.

My Game Camera

Snip Snip for Obie

We got Obie fixed yesterday. Totally NOT a happy camper last night. He cried all night!!! I felt like I had a newborn and a worthless husband haha (okay okay to be fair Tim wasn't feeling good)! :) I spent the night on the couch with the dog. I took the cone off his head and held him while I slept. He was up and down all night crying therefore I was up and down all night, annoyed! Hopefully tonight will be better. yawn* He seems to be okay when he's not moving around too much. So I'm wondering if I dare not put the cone back on his head and just let him sleep in his crate. Poor little guy.


Wedding Stuff:
We decided to have the ceremony/reception at the Muddy Rudder. I have a couple of quotes being mailed to me for flowers. I got my first quote today, $400! YIKES* We'll see what the other quote comes in at and go from there. This Saturday I'm going dress shopping again with Mom and Karen. :) YAY*

Bride Stuff!

I went to the Bridal Show today at Spectacular Events. My mom and sister went with me and we had a really great time even though we didn't win anything! At first I was totally turned off by the psycho sales people that were there. Everyone would attack me the second I made eye contact (exaggeration), but seriously it was so annoying. But I did come away with a few ideas and a couple of free (cheap-ass) pens! WAHOO* Afterwards we went to try on some wedding dresses and I had a super awesome time trying on dresses!! I tried on about 8-10 dresses and there were a couple of ones I liked. The first one I put on I fell right in love with except for the fact it didn't fit... the zipper didn't exactly go all the way up! haha* I still loved it though I got some ideas on the style I want to get and the styles I DO NOT want to get haha.

Tears? What Tears?

And why is it so expensive to have a wedding? People are just ridiculous! Friday night we went to check out Morgan Hill Event Center, to rent the room for 5 hours it would cost $2,300 AND an additional $500 to get married outside. Food would have been about another $1,200! GIVE ME A FREAKIN' BREAK!! For those poor at quick math that's $4,000 (you're welcome Rick, HAHA) just to eat and have a place to get married. Sigh* We ended up not bothering to go down to Alamoosook Lakeside Inn yesterday, it would have been only more of the same (I got some figures over the phone from them).

I've called 7 places, all are either booked or are just too expensive for us. I have one more place to look at, the Isaac Farrar Mansion. They are a little more our price range, but I've never been there although I have heard some good things about the place.

We really would prefer to spend less on the wedding so we can have a better honeymoon. But what the heck! I could get a trip to Mexico for a week cheaper than this wedding is turning out to be!

Welcome to 2009!

Tim and I had some friends over last night. We had a great time! The night went by really quickly. Jared and Leigh left around 1:30, I went to bed around 2:30, Tim came to bed around 3:30. Paul and Crystal spent the night. We played card games and watched the ball drop.

I didn't set any New Years resolutions. I figured I got enough going on planning this wedding, how could I possibly do anything else! haha I bought my first bridal magazine yesterday. I've looked through it about 3 times and have tabbed some pages with things I like. I feel like everyone has had really helpful suggestions and input. Although, I don't agree with what everyone likes I feel it's the one time people don't get offended or hurt when I say "I don't really like that though" :) Tomorrow is our first appointment to visit one of the possible Ceremony/Reception places. YAY* September 26th here we come! :) This year will go by so quickly!!