It's been a while, but I have good news!

Sorry for the long absence...Jordan and I spent a wonderful few days in New York City!! :D It was absolutely fabulous, and didn't cost more than $500 TOTAL! We were so lucky; he won a free plane ticket and hotel for three nights for being a Peabody Award student judge!

I think the best part was seeing The Little Mermaid on Broadway...omg it was AMAZING! Since this is my wedding blog, I've attached a picture of Ariel in her wedding dress. ;)

More good news: my wedding dress has arrived!! I went and tried it on Tuesday night and it fits wonderfully! I am having the halter strap and bustle added, but will wait for the size alterations until closer to next September. While in the store, I decided to glance through the veils one more time just hoping that one would be affordable. Well, I found a GORGEOUS veil that matched every requirement I had and it was only $59! It has white ribbon edging and scattered pearls and rhinestones. Apparently, they had received some new ones in very recently. The store manager was nice enough to give me 10% off since I had purchased my dress from there about a month earlier. Yay! Here's a picture of it:

A little indecisive

So I thought my decisions about flowers were already made, but I am faced with a quandary! I still want the same bouquet, but the reception decor is a little trickier... Would it be bad to have a different kind of flower in the vases for the reception?

Here's my idea. I was thinking of maybe having hot pink gerbera daisies in clear vases with turquoise vase gems... Would that clash or create a problem since our bouquets will be peonies? I just can't decide how it will look.

Here's a picture of pink peonies

And here are the pink gerberas

We would only have two or three stems in each slender vase per table. Any suggestions?!

Wedding party woes

The first picture shows the kind of jacket Leslie might wear. The second two are pictures of the color of the bridesmaids dresses (and the two styles I like). The last picture is the kind of black dress Leslie might wear.

It has been quite a hectic few days. Jordan and I visited his family in North Carolina over the weekend, and now it's back to work for me (and a summer class starting this Thursday).

While we were in North Carolina, Jordan asked his dad to be his Best Man and he asked his brother to be a groomsman. We also know that his best friend Leslie is going to be another "Honor Attendant". Okay, so that's three of five down...he hasn't exactly been on the ball about figuring out his side of the wedding party. Blech. >.< I keep bugging him to figure it out, haha.

I have had my party picked for several months. My Matron of Honor is going to be my older sister, Sonia. I will have three bridesmaids: Whitney (a best friend from high school), Amelia (another best friend from high school, who also goes to UGA), and Whitney (a wonderful friend I met here at UGA). My niece Brianna will be a junior bridesmaid and my youngest niece, Ashlynn, will be our flowergirl. I like David's Bridal's bridesmaids dresses in the color Pool. I've picked out my favorite styles, but I'm going to leave it up to the girls to decide what they feel best in. :)

Leslie will probably wear a black dress in a style similar to that of the bridesmaids, and with a sash or something in the bridesmaids color. She might wear a little black jacket or something, but we're not sure yet. We are quite aware that this is not traditional, but Leslie means so much to both of us, so we are quite willing to break tradition in order to have her be a part of the wedding party. If his grandmother has a fit, so be it.

PS: We bought 120 of those hot pink and turquoise fans for the ceremony, as well as the last two of the bridesmaids flower purses. After that plus the photography deposit, we are absolutely broke! But it's for a good cause. ;)