Wedding Dress Shopping

Yay for wedding dress shopping! I've always been told once you buy the dress, the wedding's a done deal. Well I guess it's done then! =)

Last weekend was a pretty eventful weekend. We went out with a bunch of friends for dinner on Friday and had game night at the house. Mom & Joe came to town that night. My grandparents decided to come down on Saturday. I had an appointment at 1 p.m. at David's Bridal with Krystle (who's wedding I'm in). Tracy (BM) and Christie (MOH) were able to come as well as my friend Melissa.
Before I even started searching through the dresses, I gave each of the girls, including Krystle, a gift to open. Krystle, Melissa and I have recently all became close and I wanted them to be a part of the special day. So I bought each of the girls a cute Tumbler Glass with a "BRIDESMAID" logo on it, wrapped it up and boxed it. Inside the box of Melissa & Krystle's... I wrote "I would love for you to be a Bridesmaid in my wedding." Both were so happy and said yes. I think Melissa even shed a little tear ;)

I guess I probably tried on 12 or so dresses....but it was the 5th one ... when I knew! Of course I can't say much about it, as Dave reads my blog. But it's perfect. Things I was considering while looking for a dress besides looking good .. I had to remember the wedding is planned for outdoors in May. So it should be pretty warm so I didn't want anything to fitting or heavy. The dress is perfect!! As soon as I walked out in, everyone smiled and nodded their head. =) So we decided to go ahead and buy it!

While we were there, we decided to look at some bridesmaid dresses and boy am I glad we did. As stated before, the colors are Pink and Orange. We looked at the two colors and boy oh boy is David's Bridals Tangerine color BRIGHT!! So we've decided for the girls to wear "Watermelon" and will carry orange flowers. We'll do something else to make to MOHs stand out.

We picked out two different dresses...but we decided to go with this Y-neck that Christie and Melissa have on in this picture.

YAY!!! More things to mark off the list.

Dave and I are doing the Bridge Run this weekend, but will be heading to Men's Warehouse next weekend to start looking at options for the guys to wear. He's still set on letting the guys wear Rainbows with their suits. So luckily David's Bridal makes "Watermelon" flip flops that match perfectly so the girls can wear those for the reception.

Until next time!

Great Weekend, Great Friends!

What a great weekend!
On Friday... My friends Krystle and Joe invited me over to their apartment for dinner since Dave is out of town. They are getting married this May in Conway. Dave is actually a groomsman.

They started telling me about some bridal party issues that had came up...long story short

...she was now short one bridesmaid. To my surprise, Krystle asked me if I wouldn't mine filling in and becoming a bridesmaid! I was so honored she asked me. So Saturday, I went and got fitted for a dress. So excited about it!
<--- This is it...exact color and everything! LOVE IT!! While I was there, I saw a dress I really liked for my bridal party...same fabric as the one I'll be wearing for Krystle's dress...cotton sateen..which is great for a may wedding..especially outside. Here's a link to it..for some reason I can't post the picture. David's Bridal - Bridesmaid Dresses.
Check it out in "Watermelon."

Hoping to schedule our engagement photo shoot soon. I keep forgetting to call since I've been so busy.

Well until next time!

And the blogging/planning begins....

Well it's been just almost 6 months since Dave and I got engaged and so much has happened in those few short months.
I've moved to Charleston and starting working at a new news station now as a producer, putting together the 7pm newscast for ABC News 4. So far, I'm loving it. We live in West Ashley in a great apartment in the middle of everything. Life's great.

As for wedding planning... the ball is finally rolling. Date is set. May 21, 2011.

We started looking at some different venues before I moved down. Christmas weekend we drove out to Ft Jackson to check out the Officer's Club while Dave's mom was in town and we really liked it.
So back in January..we headed back to Columbia to check it out the Officer's Club and fell in love with it...so we booked it!
We plan on having an outdoor ceremony right in front of the lake with a reception to follow inside the Regimental Room. They do all the catering there, so that makes things easier. We don't have to go out and find one. And from what I remember from high school, their food is delicious!

That same weekend with met with a photographer. I seriously think I was driving everyone crazy while I looking at photographers on line. I kept sending out links to Dave, his mom and my mom just about every day for feed back. We met with Judy Kay and Wayne Bryan of Photography by Judy Kay at Starbucks in the Vista and we just clicked. Their work is amazing and they care so much about the couples they work with. We booked them right on the spot. Check out her site: www.photosbyjkay.com

Valentine's Day-- I talked Dave into going to a bridal show with me here in Charleston since he'd be out of town during the one that was taken place in Columbia. Believe it or not.. he liked it!! He didn't complain one bit. I think he's glad he went as he got to talk to some guys about suits for the wedding. This is what he likes..except with an orange tie and he wants to wear flip flops.

Well this past weekend, I went to Columbia to attend the WNOK Bridal Expo with mom and mama and was looking to find out more about a DJ as well as invitations and maybe a cake. We two out of three were there. I was shocked that there weren't any bakeries there. There were a few stationary places...some stuff stood out but I still like some other invitations I found.
The hard part of the day... the DJ. There were 4 different ones there... including one whom I've said I've always wanted for my wedding. (They shall remain nameless as I was very disappointed with their presentation to me.)

I talked to the people of Sound Quest DJ's out of Irmo and was pretty impressed with their setup and price. They were offering a special if you booked that day. I knew it was something I needed to consider. So after calling Dave since he's out of town on travel and talking it over with him, a DJ was booked.
I'm pretty excited about them as well. They'll be doing our ceremony as well as reception.

Lots more to do. Over the next few days... I'll start sharing ideas. That way I won't forget about all the wonderful things I want!