and i thought i was done with posting...

blog was down for two days - then i saw that in dec some people were randomly popping in so i put it back up.  not sure who is out there, but if the ramblings of this crazy ex-bride can somehow help so be it.  blog stays up for now.

bye bye

obviously, for those of you who still check back. I haven't posted in a really long time. I'm super busy with my research and honestly don't really feel the need to relive the wedding on the blog. It was amazing. The pictures are amazing. I would recommend all of my vendors. but not to leave you completely without some love - a few pics from the wedding.

My beautiful dress by Marisa purchased at Jacqueline's Bridal

The boys in their ties (Nautica from Macy's) and socks (Banana Republic)

My fabulous bouquet by Arenas (note the green strawberries and the succulents - love it!)

The tables - arrangements in my antique bottles by Arenas

*All images by the wonderful Tammy Swales (whom I just love)

so for now, good bye.

maybe one day I will have another blog or continue writing here.

2 months from today...

So none of the promised posts have materialized yet - YET! But maybe while I'm on the airplane to Israel in 17 DAYS!!!! I will write some posts! Also, kind of weirded out that the wedding is in exactly 2 MONTHS! Handed over all the remaining planning and putting together of stuff to Beau because I have no time. Its a little weird letting go after being in control for over a year - though I do check things over and he runs things by me. I think it will be good for me and good for us as a couple. He needs to learn that I won't always be able to do everything (sometimes I think he doesn't do things because he knows that I will do it), and I need to experience (because I already theoretically know) that he is completely capable of doing everything that I do, just maybe not in the exact same way that I would do it.

Anyways - pretty picture because I might have final found a dress to wear at the party in Israel, its more than I wanted to spend, but at least on the model its perfect and JCrew is having a 30% Off sale with free shipping - so I might as well get it and see, since I have nothing else to wear.

"Ribbon Cut-Wave Dress" by J.Crew

Remind you of anything?

And since the likelihood of me ever getting to a post about the bachelorette party and the distinct lack of acceptable pictures to post I will put up this one picture.

Yes, that is me wearing short silver sequin skirt.

(My purchase, everything else by some of my besties)

And a giant plastic engagement ring.

And a t-shirt that says "I'm getting married Bi***es".

And a pin that said something like "Sexy Bride"

And a veil. (Not visible in this picture, but I assure you it was on)

And to top it all off a crown that said "I'm tying the knot, buy me a shot"

WITH a detachable plastic shot glass.

I just love my friends. Anyways, fun night, bad morning after - no vomiting - extra good!

Thats all for now. Back to the grind.

hopefully back

hey, i've been super busy with lab work, and i promise that despite the lack of posting i haven't forgotten about this little blog. i will hopefully have a couple nice posts over the weekend and next week about my bridal shower/bachelorette party weekend and some really awesome (unexpected) wedding shopping that got done last night.

Teaser picture - from Banana Republic

kind of stoked

today 3 packages are on their way to me, all should be arriving by friday (i hope)

1. veil i custom ordered from etsy seller Simple Beauty Veils
2. shoes from Gilt.com
3. two tour books of Israel from B&N - the Fodor's Guide and the 2010 update of Lonely Planet (very excited to plan our trip - just over a month away!)

invites printed and picked up by thursday

mom and sis arriving friday

saturday schedule:

• tailor shop for alterations to sis's BM dress
• drop by bakery to assess apple strudel as a possible alternative to wedding cake
• bridal shower
• change clothes (hehe - there may, possibly, probably be a sequin skirt involved)
• bachelorette party...

sunday:

• bye to sis :(
• crafting invites with mom, beau and others unknown
• if time stopping by another bakery
• bye to mom :(
• (lab to get data... not fun but necessary)

wedding shoes?

ah shoes... one of the many wedding related "projects" that makes me want to bash my head in. not being able to stand, let alone walk, in heels over 3 inches its been quite difficult to find cute/classy/sexy/whatever - not ugly shoes to wear at the wedding.

i've already purchased and returned 3 pairs. one of them was actually perfect, EXCEPT, it was about 1/2 size too small. it was purple glitter and it made me smile and it looked awesome with my dress. Drat my unusually sized feet (small but wide) and the lack of options on the clearance racks of DSW.

today, I may have found wedding shoes on Gilt. shocking, I know (sarcasm). i've only purchased 3 wedding related items from Gilt since the Dr introduced it to me a few months ago. anyways, these shoes are about 3x what i was hoping to spend ($50) including tax and shipping, however, they are "designer" (Jean-Michel Cazabat, if that means something to you) and (according to Gilt) normally retail for $475, so thats something - right?

these shoes are also glitter (holla!) but this time in "gunmetal" so they have more before/after wedding use potential than the purple shoes. they also only have a 2 3/4" heel - score! and are returnable for credit within 21 days, double score. oh, and their name makes me chuckle to myself - "Louloub peep toe pumps". am i the only one that finds that amusing? not actually sure why.

anyways, since i'm sure you've already scrolled down here are the pics.

*images from Gilt.com

the DIY-wedding and graduate school and having a life

I was initially planning on diy-ing as many things as possible for the wedding. Especially things that seemed either easy and/or way over priced (huppah, flowers, veil, invitations...). Well, over the past few months many of those plans have been thrown out the window (or defenestrated as I would generally say- Beau would be disappointed if I did not use my favorite word in a total appropriate context). The flowers (for my family's sanity) were the first to go. The huppah was nixed from the DIY-list a few months ago when our florist came in a few hundred dollars under our budget and I was so swamped that I decided to throw money at the problem.

The most recent addition to the "just pay for it" list is my veil. Over the last month I realized that I really don't have the time, energy, (possibly) skill to make a veil I would be happy with, so off I went to the bridal store... and as I initially suspected my (VERY) plain veil is priced around $120 - not cool.

Disappointment.

Annoyance.

Frustration.

Then, AH! Etsy!

Serendipitiously (truly, while not even looking for veils) I found Simple Beauty Veils and now Lora is making me exactly the veil I want, and answering all my SUPER annoying questions, like - "do you think the clear plastic comb or the small wire comb will be less noticeable and less likely to get tangled in my dark curly hair?" Obsessive much? yes! Extremely nervous? Hell yes! Super stoked that my veil is being handmade by a real person not in a sweat shop, out of quality materials and for about 60% less (including shipping) than a bridal store veil all in about 2 weeks? Duh! Yes! So, I may not be DIY-ing my veil, but I feel good that at the end of the day it's one less thing to stress over, and that I'm not completely giving into the WIC.

And just because a post, isn't a post with out pictures - here are some of Lora's beautiful veils currently available for purchase.

"Sweet Pea"

"Gracie"

"Tiny Double Blusher"

- possibly my favorite, just not for me, please someone buy this

*All images from Simple Beauty Veils