Wedding updates

I started filling out a blog on our chapel website but thought this would be a better place so I am transferring the early entries;

Feb. 28th
I went on my first dress shopping adventure yesterday and it was challenging and exhausting. I went to two bridal shops and tried on plenty of dresses which I am glad I did. The dresses online do NOT look the same when you put them on. There were some really great ones and some really not so great ones and at about 8:00pm, I found one I really liked. Maybe it was the exhaustion, maybe it was really the one. As soon as I get it squared away I can focus on other details, thankfully. Who knew that picking a wedding dress could be so stressful! I posted some of the "fail" dresses, I will save the other dress to be seen live and in person on my wedding day :) Parker was the photographer and apparently she felt the need to be-head me in most of the photos.

Feb. 26th
How do you chose a dress? I have spent hours online trying to figure out which style, material, neckline, etc I want. And of course, I have also found out that if you aren't willing to spend a small fortune on a wedding dress, you will look ugly on your special day. That's right, I think some wedding dress manufacturer makes select ugly wedding dresses that do not cost a lot of money on purpose. They must get some kick-back from the pretty wedding dress manufacturers. Because of their ugly dresses, women are forced to dig deeper in their pockets so they don't look like they borrowed their mothers dress from the 60's. I am trying on dresses tomorrow, it is my first hands-on experience so I hope it goes well. We only have a couple of options in my town so my hands-on experience will be short lived. I will be sure to let you know how it went. 

Feb. 25th
From the day Dustin proposed (about two weeks ago) 'til today, my head has been spinning. Feelings of excitement and overwhelming craziness have consumed me, especially when I found out that Dustin wanted to get married this summer! "How hard can it be" he says "We're good at throwing parties".... I quickly began to figure out details and budget numbers and from the start I realized that a wedding would set us back the equivalent of about 26.6 Pomeranian puppies. I can't spend that type of money on nuptials, not that they aren't important, there are just other things that are MORE important in our lives (functioning plumbing, Sydney's college....my college) So here we are, planning a small and fun wedding in Las Vegas! Just to bring you up to speed, we booked our flight, hotel and chapel yesterday. Stay tuned.....