har char char

so my veil stuff came in the mail this week while i was here. the week of thanksgiving probably isn't the best time to get thick russian tulle in a house full of jokesters.

thank you, family, for saving the plastic turkey netting for me, just in case i needed any extra...

at just the right time.

wanna see how chad secretly flew to arizona and surprised me and asked me to marry him? go look on youtube HERE.

everyone was in on it. which explains why my mom wondered why i wasn't planning on ironing my dress, why my sister asked me that morning if i was going to shower or not and when my other sister asked me to do her makeup in the hopes that i would get carried away and do my own makeup as well.

it was perfect. life is so sweet.

updates

in a very fruitful two days, i've acquired the following:
veil material (now i just need to sew it. ahh!)
25 centerpiece vases
napkin fabric (50% of it at least)
photobooth backdrop fabric
120 place settings of silverware
120 glasses (plus 60 little ones for good measure)
8 glass containers fo our sweet-as-heck candy bar (all awesome!)

things i will do tomorrow:
return a few things to C&B, since i found the same things at *ahem* rossdressforless for, well, less.
take my entire cavalcade of a family into tiffany and co. so they can see the ring that is not on my finger yet. (before dec. 6th my darlings!)

what i have decidedly not done:
acquired plates (we're going to rent these as the options were not what we want)
gone to the venue to poke around (this weekend hopefully)
ordered a wedding dress
flower consultation
catering consult/order

oh yeah, i should note that i am not actually engaged. i would tell you the sad story of how i was going to be engaged last week but our esteemed jeweler messed it up real bad. no matter.

i love getting things done. so so good.

big news

i am BESIDE MYSELF to introduce to the blahg, my friend and killer photographer, Kristina! she's offered to fly down and shoot our wedding! everyone should go to her site and look at every photo here. this is awesome for a ton of reasons:

1. she's giving us a killer deal

2. i love love her photography (interesting and creative without being artsy for art's sake)

3. she and jared get to be at my wedding!!!

seriously, if you guys don't have tons of talented friends, i recommend getting some right away.

zapatos

i told chad today that i wanted to get fancy shoes for the wedding. i love these killer, bombastic, go-big-or-go-home Loubs. probably not worth 3x the cost of my wedding dress.

...or are they?

birdcages and froof

just bought stuff to make a veil and shipped it to mom's house. get ready for awesome.

pretty pretty princess

cat told me that i was so prepared for my wedding and totally planning ahead. truth be told, i'm only really excited about planing the cool parts. for example-
bridesmaid jewelry!

i want to make the jewelry. I think i'm going to use round green beads, so i'll have all of them decide the style they want and we'll all have different ones. i love the first one, lyd loves teh second and car loves the third. i'm excited to make them. now, earrings? awesome or too matchy match? i dont like wearing earings because my ears get huge and red and pussy no matter what type of metal it is. maybe i can do earrings for the moms.

thoughts?