Going to Texas

I am going to Texas December 26/27-30 to finalize all my plans, sign all my contracts, take all my vases to Kara's house and find a salon. It is actually starting to sink in that we're getting married now!  I had to share the text message I got from Kara today too" I am such a ditz. I forgot I got my dress and just called Davids Bridal and made them look and see if it had shipped. In the middle of the conversation I realized it was hanging in my closet." haha. I laughed so hard when she sent me that this morning.

90 days until we get married

The Christmas ornament Lillie got me!

Well a little bit has happened since the last update. :-)  I would like to congratulate our groomsman and bridesmaid Brett McMillan and Lillie Neal!!!!!! They have been engaged for 2 weeks! I would also like to congratulate one of the girls we went to Ireland with, Colby Baker, on her engagement as well! We had a Christmas party at my apartment this past weekend and Brett and Lillie got to come up. Brett and David went and got fitted for tuxes and I think they have decided on the one they want. While they were doing that, Lillie and I went finished up all my RSVP cards. Lillie also got me an "engagement" ornament. I passed this semester with all A's so hopefully I can get in to the nursing program. We gotta start getting my apartment all boxed up because it will be a little stressful trying to finish wedding planning,  the semester, getting married, and trying to pack and move on top of it all. I am going to try to get down to Texas while I am off work for a few days and sign all the paper work for the florist, linen rentals, preacher, etc. Things are slowly but surely getting done! I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Lillie's engagement ring!

Wedding Shower

Over Thanksgiving break, me, Lyndi, Lori, Kara and mom started discussing the wedding shower. We are going to have it on Saturday February 19 at Aunt Naomi's house. That's about as far as we got. I am still working with my florist to get everything finalized. I called my cake baker today  and touched base with them; The cake I chose is a 6X9X12 round white cake with lemon/raspberry filling.I just wanted to make sure everything was still going as planned since they are coming from Fort Smith. My dad used to work with the Co-owner so he agreed to drive it to Granbury since her husband, Larry, has family in Kerrville which is about a 4 hour drive from Granbury.

Katie and Jake's Wedding

I would like to congratulate a good friend and co-worker of mine, Katie Hardman (now Mittag!!). They got married tonight! I had the pleasure of making food for her reception. It was a beautiful wedding, and I only cried like three times! Despite all the mishaps she encountered during her engagement, her wedding was beautiful and so was she. I also learned a lot of great tips and stuff to do at my wedding. For one, bring floral bouquet bags (the clear plastic ones) to put flower in and send home with guests. Donna (my boss) and the whole team of decorating/setup/etc crew had some great decorating ideas I loved! And most of all, despite the people that don't share your enthusiasm or aren't as supportive as you hope them to be, share your enthusiasm and lean on your support from your best friends and those who love you most. Katie has been blessed with some wonderful friends. Her bridesmaids and maid of honor care a lot about her and helped her out so much, as did our boss, Donna. Congratulations Katie and Jake.

Wedding Punch

I know we went through this a long time ago but somewhere in the midst of the move I have lost the wedding punch recipe we were going to use. So if you have any recipes can you email them to me again please!! (Oh and I know this isn't wedding related but does anyone know where I can get a casserole carrier without having to order one online?)

Wedding Night Hotel Booked!

We have officially booked our first Wedding Night hotel to the Courtyard Marriott downtown Fort Worth! Kara has agreed to drive us to DFW that morning for our flight to Jamaica (thank you Kara, we love you!). I am probably going to book that $39 flight from Tulsa to Dallas for Thursday March 17 at 9:35pm so that I can be there Friday morning getting things done (trial run on makeup with the artist, hair stylist, etc, etc). We're still trying to figure out all the travel arrangements and stuff though.

137 days until the wedding!

I sign up for classes on November 8th for next semester. I should be able to work my schedule so that I have no classes on Friday. Ryan (our Usher), Jourdan (groomsman), Lacy (Bridesmaid), Brett (groomsman), and Kara (bridesmaid) will not have to worry about working around class schedules. I'm not sure about anyone elses schedules as of right now but hopefully it will be good for everyone else so that taking off on Friday or something may not be an issue. I may try to fly down there on that day so I can get some stuff done, I'm not sure yet. I am not sure how we are going to work the vehicles out and who drives our vehicles back or what. If anyone is interested in carpooling you might want to try to start figuring that out so we know who has reliable vehicles, etc. You can actually book flights now from Tulsa to Dallas Love for around $34 (non-refundable) but you would probably want to rent a car once you were down there. Does anyone else know about their schedule? I'm not sure when rehearsal or the rehearsal will be so I don't want to schedule or plan that until I know who can be here at what time. I know it's still early but as those of you who register for classes know you schedule, if you don't mind let me know what your Friday's look like so we can start planning the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner.

Update October 27

The flowers the florist designed this morning.

Things are slowly but surely coming together. As I mentioned in the last blog Lillie and I went to Garden Ridge last weekend and bought all my wedding vases. My florist sent me a text message with a picture this morning that was an example of what she was thinking for the aisles. I will post the picture, she had to leave the stems on the Bells of Ireland because she needed them for another arrangement she was making. Of course, the vase will be much larger and I think I would prefer clear beads as to pink ones. I love how personable my florist is to just send me text messages and play around with ideas in her flower shop and let me know how things are going. I measured my vases today and sent her the numbers as well so we can get that moving along. Last Friday night, Kim, Kelsey (two girls I went to Ireland with) and Asa came over and we watched movies and did some wedding stuff. I have a bunch of matchbooks that I had bought to stamp with a rubber stamp that says "I Do" on them but the matchbooks were so slick that the ink wouldn't dry; it just rubbed off. So I went to Hobby Lobby yesterday and they had their scrapbooking stickers 1/2 price and I bought those and put them on the matchbooks. I have decided where we are going for the bridal lunch, we will go to Mimi's Cafe. We can't get too far away from Granbury since we will need to be back at the hotel around 3 or so. I figure we will get our nails done someplace in that area as well. Remember bridesmaids, I am paying for your manicure at the salon. I think the plan is to go to Mimi's for lunch then go get our nails done (or vice versa) then go back to the hotel and a lady that Kara knows that has her own sandwhich shop will bring us sandwiches at the hotel while we are getting ready there before the wedding.

Matchbooks

Quick Update

David and I drove to Tulsa yeterday and we went to Garden Ridge to pick up all my vases for the wedding. We have also officially got an usher now, Ryan Greig who is one of David's friends that used to work at the radio station with him. I think I have found the rental place chairs, chair covers and sashes as well.

Yay for Insurance!

Hilton Garden Inn, Granbury

With the new insurance law, David and I will be able to remain on our parent's insurance until we either get our own insurance or until we are 26! So we still have good insurance once we are married! I spoke with a few people from cosmetic departments at malls around Granbury yesterday hoping to hire out one of the consultants to come to the wedding venue and do makeup. The way that works is it is on their own time and the cosmetic department doesn't get the money, the individual consultant does. So some places are not even willing to talk to their employees while others were. One lady from Macy's Clinique counter called me last night and she charges just one flat rate and will do the makeup for as many people that want their makeup done as long as their is enough time. She was gonna get some prices together and call me back in the next couple of days. So things are slowly coming together...slowly. :-)