wedding planning weekend!

i went to raleigh this weekend to take care of some wedding planning stuff with my mom.  i ordered my dress! which is a secret, so you'll have to wait to see it still unless you happen to be a bridesmaid or a lucky family member :) i also went and looked at china with my mom.  i haven't found one pattern that i really liked...until saturday afternoon! i actually have put 3 different patterns together so that they coordinate and its unique just for me! i am really excited about them...especially since fish are on certain pieces...the main place setting just has the fish pattern on the soup/salad bowl.  here are some pictures of that, because they aren't a secret!

seeing more clearly now

i went to the eye doctor and got glasses while in college because i found i couldn't read the board or the projector screen in classes.  i also noticed i couldn't really see as well at night when i was driving. i didn't realize how poor my vision had gotten until recently.  i couldn't see road signs during the day, and oh, i didn't know you were supposed to see blades of grass so clearly!

so last wednesday i went back to my new eye doctor and got "fitted" for contacts.  welllllllll sort of. i am apparently the only person in the world who couldn't get them in at the doctor's office. three, yes THREE, different techs tried to get them in and no success.  they told me i have good reflexes and strong eyelid muscles...ummmmm ok?

the dreaded contact!

well i was sent home with my trial pair of contacts and was to get them in myself...and the lady told me she hoped i could get them out once, if i ever did, get them in! (gee thanks) well it took 48 hours, but yes i did manage to get them both in! i am determined to not be stuck with eye glasses for the rest of my life.  my mom suggested lasik..which i do hope to get eventually- but its too early because my eyes haven't stayed the same prescription long enough yet...oh one day...

so now i have finally gotten the hang of these things..somewhat.  it still takes a little longer for my left eye, and my left contact doesn't even fit quite right when it is in. so at my one week appointment next monday, i guess i'll be ordering a different size or brand to try to see if it will ease my uncomfortable eye! my right one seems to be perfect. and it is so cool to see again without having something on my face all the time!

hopefully by my appointment i will be a pro at getting them in and out! tonight it only took 2 tries to get each of them out so that was some MAJOR progress. saturday night i couldn't get the left one out for my life and everyone who was over at my house tried to explain to me how to do it! i guess its just one of those things you have to learn on your own! 

The DRESS!!

So I found the dress..but besides select family members and bridesmaids..nobody can see it until the weekend of the wedding!!! I am so excited about it, but we haven't offiically ordered it yet.  August 28 I will return to the bridal shop to place the order..better get in shape fast I guess! Ahhh! Checking off more and more as we go on...and I am soo excited!

Oh, the dress was the very first one I tried on at my very first appointment on Saturday.  Of course, that's how things tend to work for me! We still had fun at the other appointments and everything was gorgeous! This one just gave me the best feeling and I really felt like it was real when they put a veil on with it! I am going to try to use my mom's veil though, so keep your fingers crossed it will work out with us redoing it a little and maybe adding some sparkle to it!

Now to wait for the call back from the florist..........

wedding update

the countdown is down to 285 days! amazing since we started out at over 500! i can't believe how quickly time has gone by, yet i feel like we still have a while to go.  i have started a wedding scrapbook, which i update every so often when something is finalized or happens! the latest update has been for the engagement party our bridal party and friends threw for us in beaufort. it was so much fun and we missed those who couldn't be there! the rest of the book so far just documents our engagement night, the places where everything is going to take place, and the bridesmaids dresses i picked out.  i am so excited that we will have those ordered september 3 so they will be here in december! i refuse to run into fitting problems too close to the wedding, so that is why we are getting them in early enough so we don't have to worry and we will have plenty of time to reorder should anyone's dress come in completely wrong (But we hope they are all perfect!!)

i am, by far, most excited for this coming weekend because i'm going wedding dress shopping! unfortunately, this part will have to have a blank page in the book for a while so robbie won't be able to snoop...not that he would ever admit to wanting to do that! :) i guess i could hide the scrapbook..but i may just have to put it off for a while til i can add the wedding dress page! we have 3 appointments between saturday and sunday, so hopefully ill be able to find something!! 9 months to go doesn't leave a lot of time for waiting around for a dress to come to me! i have found one online that i love, but we will have to wait to see what it looks like on!! more to come later...