Something [White].

I FINALLY found my dress! I cannot tell you how excited I am about it. I've probably looked at it a thousand times by now! I wish I could post pictures, but this is something I will, obviously, be keeping a secret.

There haven't been a lot of updates as of late; sorry. I'm really slacking on the wedding planning. Really, the dress was holding me back. I've been so stressed about it lately that I haven't been in the mood to plan anything else. But now that the dress has been purchased, I can move on, pick out bridesmaid dresses, shoes, flowers, and other things, and be sure of the direction we're going as far as decor and style of the wedding.

I've recently been working on our wedding registry...which is harder than I thought. Who knew that registering would be so difficult? I guess doing so online isn't the best, but oh well. So far we're registered on Target's Club Wed, but I'm also thinking of registering on Amazon which seems to be the smartest. At least it could incorporate items from a lot of different websites.

We received our engagement session proofs disc last weekend. This means I can really get into some Save-The-Dates...which I really wanted to send out soon, but obviously won't. I'm hoping for a January send out : )

So that's about all that's going on with wedding planning. Maybe with this Thanksgiving break I have coming up, I can pick up some cardstock and get bloggin' about something worth reading!

Happy Holidays : )

So much for blogging...

I have been a pretty terrible blogger. I wanted to keep track of everything going on with my wedding, but to be honest, I haven't done a lot with it lately. We do officially have our venue, DJ, and photographer.

Our venue is Happy Days Lodge at Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The park is a place we go to a lot, especially since we practically live in it. The venue has the option to do an outdoor ceremony, which is what I really want, but I guess we'll see once we get closer to the day. There's also an old cemetery right next to the venue in the woods that has piqued my interest. Tyler and I love to take walks through cemeteries (as morbid as that sounds, I know) and I was really hoping to have our bridal pictures taken there.

Our photographer is Margaret Janicki. I looked at her website and photos before scheduling an appointment and was pretty sure she was who I wanted for my wedding. So meeting her for coffee, she was the nicest woman; she showed me some of her prints which were gorgeous. At the end of the meeting, she gave me this little box that she told me to open when I got home. It had a bridal magazine, page flags, and a sharpie pen; a wedding planning start up kit. I thought this was really nice and something completely unnecessary for her to do, but it only reinforced my decision to pick her.

As for our entertainment, we're going with The DJ Crew. They would DJ at a bar we used frequent, and last summer they did one of our close friend's wedding. They're very detailed, and they make sure all my events going according as planned, and that the photographer gets the shots she needs to. They act as almost a wedding coordinator, which I love love love, because I need all the help I can get. They'll also be doing our ceremony since it will take place at the reception site.

I will finally be trying on dresses this coming weekend with two of my bridesmaids. I'm very excited about it, but very nervous! I'm such a picky shopper, so cross your fingers that my inner bridezilla doesn't make an appearance.