Update with Me and an Amazing Wedding

Well sorry again for failing at my "try to post daily" goal. I've found that since I got engaged my days tend to fill up so much quicker with things I need to do, that often it's hard to squeeze in a post at the end of it...and my wedding isn't even always the reason. I also added Linked In to my palate today and I'm adding more friends on Twitter, so please add me "@tandtweddings" or email me for information on how to find me if you're not sure. Despite doing all of this, there are no excuses for my lack of posting. I'm still trying to post daily, or at least every other day.

As an update to my wedding, and my business, I am trying to get all of the details finished for my mother's wedding in San Diego on September 5th. We leave Thursday, September 3rd so I only have a week to make sure everything has been taken care of. I'm pretty sure we're completely done with the necessities, but there's always that one thing you forget until the last minute. In a few days I'll walk my brain through the event and make sure we're not forgetting anything, double check with vendors regarding times, meetings, and fees due, and then I'm off to hop a plane. I can't forget the mani/pedi I'm getting Wednesday either, as I'm in dire need of one and it marks the beginning of my "vacation". As soon as we have pics back from my mom's wedding I'll be happy to show you (it's a small wedding held on the beach at Hotel Del Coronado) and same goes for pics from Shanna's wedding (my bride from last weekend). They're two completely different weddings, but I have loved being a part of both of them.

As for me, I've spent the past week or so looking at wedding dresses online, because after my mom's wedding and after our engagement pic trip I get to start looking, trying on, and buying one! It's finally hitting me that I'm getting to be a bride, because until now I haven't done much wedding stuff at all, waiting instead to get my mom through the process first. It's been a hard wait, but now it's almost my turn! Have you ever noticed how no designer lists the price of the dress near the dress? In fact most don't even show a price at all, but instead a few $$$'s to indicate more expensive or less expensive, but probably expensive none-the-less. I know the reasons they do this (they want us to try the dress on, fall in love with it, and then hear the price, hoping we'll buy it anyway) but it's still annoying. I want to fall in love with dresses in my budget, not a million out of magazines that I can't afford. The answer to this is to call up the boutique and ask for pricing on a specific dress, but seeing as how I like a lot of dresses, I'd definitely annoy the boutique..and that's not the thing I'm going for. So for now I'll continue to fall in love with dresses I probably can't afford, and hope that magically when the day comes I try on a dress and absolutely love it, not only because it's "the perfect dress" but also because it's "the perfect price". One can dream right?

So I'll keep you filled in on my dress perusing, but in the meantime, I saw this great wedding on Southern Weddings! It's teal and red, one of my favorite color combinations, and I think the styling and ideas on it are great. Not to mention they had this fabulous dessert bar that anyone would want to copy, myself included. I'm including some pics of the details here, but you'd have to go to the site to really see it for yourself. To do so, click here!


Enjoy your Wednesday night..we're officially half way through the work week!