uh, yeah, she's gonna be the queen.

Ah, Chelsea Lately, you and your round table are my favorite. If i could register for tickets to see Chelsea Handler and friends and their standups, I would. And you'd buy them for us.

Speaking of registering, Dave told me that I registered for dumb crap. I told him that I gave hm the option of going to the store with me and zapping crap with a gun, and he said no.To which he replied, well, we're going to have to fix things, and get rid of your inane shit....or something along the line that. Then I told him that this is another example of times when he says i can do things, and then after its "done," he swoops in and does it his way.

Except this time, it was my way all along, doing it together.Point for the missus!
I think it was the slap chop that got him. Or the panini maker. I hope it wasnt the bake and take cookware, because he can obviously suck it if he thinks that piece of gold is coming off.

Also, this morning at work, I had to be there at 10am for a meeting, and then back at 12 for my bar volume (til 8...), the meeting was only a half an hour, so i went back home in between, at which time we consolidated the lists we both wrote into one list, and I called my dad to pester him to write his.

SO I AM APOLOGIZING IN ADVANCE: if we can't invite you,we're truly sorry. Our budget and space is limited, and we may not be able to invite everyone we had originally hoped. It doesn't mean we don't still care about you, it just means BASICALLY that becausemydadispayingwehavetoinvitemorefamilywenevertalktoinsteadofpeopleilikespendingtimewit h.
It's that old Italian thing: you only see each other on weddings,christenings,annnnnnnd funerals.

Is there any other news?Not exactly. We're getting down to the friggen wire, and we are going to need to hire a DJ, sign a contract with Phoenix Studios for photos, (PS AWESOME idea for where we are going to take at least 3 photos),we need to select a florist and what flowers are doing, OH might hire a band for 5 minutes....
we cant afford a lot, but we are going to work with what we have to do what we want, and to make it as "US" as possible.

Loveeeeee you.

absolutely not.Except we are gettign down to the wire

But I was Hoping You'd Write My List...

Nope. haha!

So lots of productive things happening this week! Still on a super-high from purchasing my dress the other day, and last night at Pathmark there were lots of halloween things on sale, like 35 black silk roses with black stems and black leaves, ans fuschia glitter on the petal tips.I think that spending less than 7 dollars on 35 roses is not an impulse buy. I have no idea what i'm going to so with these, but i dont care. I'll totally find something.

On Friday AM, Dave suggested to me that we start writing our guest list (which is LIMITED). I told him that I wrote mine...like...months ago. He told me he was kinda hoping I'd write his list.

Saturday I come home, and his D&D crew were over, so i pretty much just went to bed. Then Sunday morning while I was cleaning up some papers before work, i saw a piece of lined paper on top of the TV...He wrote his list! Hooray! We spent some time talking about it, and now all we have to do is get my dad and cathy and his parents to write their lists, and then dave and I can start to narrow things down and get addresses and send stuff out.


HOORAY!

Speaking of which....I need to email the pastor again. <3

November 14,

E L E V E N
M O N T H S.


shuthefckupppppppppppp.


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after a few fights and some sitdown discussions....

Dave went to Jacques yesterday to speak with Steve, the owner, and explain that we may not end up getting married there cuz we don't have as much to work with as we'd like.Not that my dad wasnt generous, things are a little tight on our end.

Steve worked with Dave on some things, and let us use a package that isn't usually available this time of year.

AWESOME.

Dave said that going there reaffirms that he really wants to have the reception there, not just blame it on me.

So yay! We might be able to swing a honeymoon now(YAYYYY!!!!!!), AND we can invite people that we want to invite- it was starting to be a very "intimate" guestlist...We've started working on the guestlist (aka: I wrote mine,and Dave suggested we start writing it, and he assumed I wrote his LOL!!!!)


I'm going later today for my first fitting (YAY!!!!) and I'm going to try not to cry.

So without getting too much accomplished, we are at a GREAT place in planning right now! Our awesome Save the Dates, which our friend LeeAnn is helping us design, will be printed up soon. Bridesmaids dresses are right around the corner as well, and Isabella (my beautiful niece and flowergirl,) let me know that she wants a hotpink dress (done, lil monster!!!)

and also, this is going to be the most badass amazing wedding ever.


Just over 11 months to go!!!!!!

so i got my dress today, no big whoop.

OMFG if you believe that, than you dont know me at all.

After 3 trips to 3 different boutiques...I found my dress. =) I was having a tough time deciding between a few, and Laura @ ultimate fashions had me go through books. She was already calling Mary's Bridal to place an order for another bride, who is getting married at the end of the month...and getting her dress TODAY. Last minute much? Anyway....So she had me give her numbers of dresses I liked, so she could get me prices.

Again with the knowing me: IF you know me at all, you know i am NOT an extravagant person I don't like to try things on. It's an annoying waste of time. I usually have an idea of what i like/want, find the one most similar/most on sale...and go with that.

But you can't do that with bridal gowns. And now, all of a sudden...the girl that HATEEEESSSSS spending money is getting dirty looks when she tells people she'd like a dress UNDER $900. REALLY?!?!?! DO YOU KNOW WHAT I CAN DO WITH $900?!?!?! i could redo my wardrobe, pay some bills, etc... But it is what it is. So, Laura is on the phone with the lady at Mary's and she writes down a number, all of a sudden, she puts her hand over the receiver...and tells me that one particular dress overstocked...so it's being discounted. When she told me how much it was discounted...I flipped out. THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS OFF!!!!!!! FTW!!!!

I'm so pumped. I couldn't even handle it. I called my dad to see if he could donate to my downpayment. And he DID. AND I LOVE HIM. And it will be in on Tuesday. And I will be going to my first fitting next week. =)....I was so excited. Laura asked me if i was about to jump out of my skin. I was trying to figure out if I was going to....I was getting super stoked by the minute. I changed out of the dress I was in, and i flipped out. I suggested that any girls there under 18 cover their ears-it was about to get REAL EXPLETIVE-Y. ...

I believe my words were somewhere along the lines of...."HOLY CRAAAAAAAAP I JUST FOUND MY DRESS! I got my fucking dress...holy shittttttttttt that's fucking awesomeeee!!!! SO FUCKING PUMPEDDDDDDD!!!!!!" I jumped up and down. repeatedly. and air punched. 'Cuz I was pumped.

Everytime I close my eyes, I see it. I envision if I'm going to get a short satin skirt to add it it so I can party my fanny off later in the evening, but still have my"dress".

I feel like a weight has been lifted. Now that the dress is coming,it is starting to feel very real. I have Jacques, sure...but now I have a DRESS. I know about centerpieces, I know about music,(mostly)...everythnig will be MUCHHHHH easier. For real.

I can't even tell you how much more PsYcHeD I am right now.


<3
YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAAYYYYY!!!!!!