Ladies we have a dress and a registry!

With exactly 146 days to go, the mother of the bride has found her dress and it is fabulous!

We also went to Macys and put one of the registries together; Thalia will join me at the Pottery Barn in two weeks to finish the next one. I can't believe I registered for China! I always thought I would just wait to get my mother's when she inevitably got tired of her. But I did like how everything came together and I do want to be able to reach for the "good" dishes every so often (hopefully more that my grandmother, whose good dishes I have eaten on once, when I was nine, haha!).

I did find some possible shoes but they are 4 inches high and I was really struggling with them. I need to consider if 5 months is enough for me to develop the grace that has eluded my adult life thus far...

Finally, I have to confess that I had a Johnny Rockets shake....so good! I will be doing 45 minutes on the eliptical Machine on Tuesday to compensate but it was well worth it. Here is completely random picture of me and the girls in California having fun. I wish we could get together more often but it takes a miracle of God to find an opening in everyone's schedule! Too bad we don't all live in the same neighborhood because I sure enough would be at somebody's front step when they g0t home ;-)

No progress this weekend

On my way to the test photo shoot, I got a call from the photographer saying that her sister was bent over in pain and she had to rush her to the hospital. So that didn't happen. When I got home, Todd and I took a break to relax and watcth "Blood Diamonds" which made me real sad but it is a great movie and everyone should watch it. I am feeling pretty guilty about my little diamonds at the moment but I am glad that I opted for a blue sapphire which comes from Australia were there are no warloads killing people and chopping their arms off (not that I am aware of). I am seriously considering going with an estate or reclaimed gold wedding band now because although I am not Condolezza and I can't make a big different I like to make a statements in my own little world.
But I digress, somehow on Saturday night I brought up the fact that I would prefer a townhouse or a condo in Hudson county because I feel that I am too young to do the house in the suburbs with a lawn thing. This lead to a 3 hour discussion and we failed to make it to the store to do this Registry thing. I wonder if it is normal for engaged couples to argue about silly hypothetical situations? Maybe we need more counseling? And of course, it's not like it changed anything because we are still not going to purchase a condo in Dowtown Jersey City...we can't afford it! Moral of the story: I should pick the right time to bring up contraversial things because nothing gets done!

Flowers and Favors

As you all know, Shellewah is not longer in the wedding. I am working on getting a finalized list of everyone who is in the wedding by the end of this week.

It is getting to that time were I need to start thinking about the flowers. I have some thoughts in my head but I need to start researching if I can make them happen within my limited flower budget (there shall be no calla lilies at my wedding, sorry!). Here are some flowers that I am considering:

This one minus the Berries for the bridesmaids

This one for the Bride in all Fuscia

Hey, here is apicture of a black and white wedding just like mine! Gosh, I am starting to act corny and emotional...maybe is the cold medication that I am taking.

Here are some of my favorite favors thus far...as always I welcome your suggestion :-)

Hot Chocolate or Tea...

Love Notes Pad....or Tin Mints!

I am seriously considering doing the black table cloth like this picture....except I want short vases for the flowers...

Maybe something like this...