My Matron Of Honor

I want to tell you all a little about my bridal party ....like our background, when we met etc etc.

My Matron-of-Honor is Suzanne Burnett.

Suzanne and I met back in 2007 at WTLX. I started there as an assignment editor. She was the 6 p.m. producer. I really couldn't tell you when we hit it off and really started talking.
I just really remember her being their for me during some really rough times around December 2008.

We'd always hang out together at going away dinners for other co-workers and we'd talk a lot at work because he desk was right in front of mine.

Like I said, Suzanne and I always talked every day at work and even after she left and I'd be stuck there til after the 11 p.m. news, we'd call to talk ..okay not really talk but gossip more. =) It was last May when my best friend left me and accepted a job as a producer in Jacksonville, Florida. But hey I can't blame her, I left there a few months later.

Even though she's 5 hours away now, we still talk just about every day..even if it's just an email or on Facebook.

She's had some rough days over the last few months, so it's been great to be able to help her out just like she did for me.

Suzanne's been a really great friend to me and I'm so thankful for that. She was the first person I called as soon as the cruise ship pulled back into port and I turned my phone on. That was when I asked her to be my Matron of Honor.

Even though she's now in Florida, I've got to see a few times since she moved. She came all the way up to go to dinner with us back in January for my birthday and I recently saw her at one of our old co-workers' wedding in Columbia.

Suzanne is such an amazing person with such a big heart. I'm so lucky to have her as a friend!

E-Session

Yay for pictures! I love taking pictures, being in pictures... I love it all.

This past weekend Dave and I had our engagement pictures done by Judy Kay & Wayne Bryan. (www.photosbyjkay.com) Loved it!

We had so much fun. We met the two of them Downtown near the Market Sunday afternoon and within moments, JK had already spotted out a place to start.

We started at the US Custom House on East Bay... in the garden area and upstairs.. it's such a pretty building. Afterward, we headed to Waterfront Park and took lots of pictures there around the fountains, down the pier, and along the cobblestone streets.

After Downtown, we headed up near the Visitors Center where we found some churches and had a lot of fun there. Mom was tagging along and brought Daisy. She got to be in some of the pictures there.

Just as we were finishing up there, the sun was starting to go down so we headed out to Sullivan's Island and Fort Moultrie. Boy was the Fort a bad
idea!!

I have never seen so many bugs and sand gnats in my life! We were covered in them. Between the bugs and hundreds and dead jellyfish washed up on beach, we maybe stayed there 15 minutes before heading down the beach to another area to finish up the shoot.
Overall the day we so amazing and we had such a great time. Judy Kay & Wayne are so artistic and are so great at what they do. JK hopes to have some teaser pictures ready within a week, so I'll be sure to post them. Until then, check out her site and she how amazing the Bryan duo is!

A Guy's Day

Well for the first time really, yesterday we took care of figure out what the guys would wear for the wedding. We had some special visitors in town, Dave's mom Suzanne and Kelly, so we decided to start looking at suits/tuxes.

We first headed to Men's Warehouse, since it's a national chain and those who don't live in the area can rent from there. Plus they match David's Bridal colors. Luckily, there is store right next to our apartment so we headed there. What a bad experience we had. And to make matters worse, it was the manager who was helping us. We walked in, telling him what we were looking for -- tan suit to go with brown Rainbows and ties that would match our colors of pink and orange. The manager kept insisting Dave wear a brown, burnt orange and blue tie with a light blue shirt under a linen suit. I kept asking my self "What don't you get about pink and orange?" We first started looking at suits that the groomsmen would have to buy. I then asked to see what options we had to rent. The manager pulled out the rental book, showed me a dark brown tux. Closed the book and walked off. Seriously??? At this point, Dave & I were both frustrated so we left.

We came back to the house to see what our other options were. We had found Jim's Formal Wear online with a night khaki colored suit that would be great for outside. (the one we previously posted in my first blog.) Luckily, there's a retailer on Folly Road. So we headed down there. Charpia's Formal Wear was great. The owner Terri was such a help, listened to us and showed us exactly what we described. Needless to say, we went through them for the rentals. The better part... Dave paid about $180 dollars for a tux rental for an upcoming wedding. Our rental price.. just $109 plus tax!

<----Here's the tux. Dave will be wearing a solid orange tie.... seen on the right with a vest in the color on the far right. The groomsmen will just be wearing the stripped tie. The colors online look red and dull compared to the actual fabric.

We're pretty excited! The woman was kinda busy with some prom goers when we stopped in so we'll be going back in a few weeks to work out the details because the card she gave me says the groom gets a free rental with 5 other rentals. Our problem is we have some out of town renters so how does that work? Oh well! Minor details we can worry about later!