William's HOME!!!!!!

This weekend Will came home, it was the first time I have seen him in about 10 weeks.  It was a long wait but it is worth it because he is doing an awesome job at work!! It's weird to think it was the first time we have seen each other since the weekend we got engaged.  Will road the Grey Hound home and decided he was never going to ride it again because "it smelled like feet the whole bus ride." It was an eventful weekend home because Will bought a new car and now he doesn't have to take the bus back and watch Saquatia eat noodles with her 3 inch finger nails. :)  I love his new car because it has heated seats...my favorite car feature.  Will loves it because it gets 42 miles a gallon because it is a TDI.  Overall, a fabulous weekend together :)

PS. we found our future dog...I named her Bailey

In Honor of the Royal Wedding!

Today as everyone knows was the Royal Wedding!!! All I really wanted to see was the dress but it ends up that my mom and I got an idea for our rehearsal dinner.  After seeing outrageous hats we decided that we should incorporate outrageous hats into the rehearsal dinner for a fun twist.  :) Check out some of these wonderful hat pictures from today to get your hat ideas ready, thanks to people magazines website.  

 A blue canoe? 

 UFO landing?

 Evil Step Sisters?

 More Evil Step Sisters?

 Bird Nest?

Are you getting any signal with that TV antenna on top of your head?

 Going for a garden look?

 I think we have black netting in our garden too to protect those flowers from the deer.

 Kate and her sister looking ravishing!

Day #3 of Dress Shopping!

Third time = the lucky charm! We found the dress today at Hitched! My mom, Joey, and I first went to a place in Old Town Alexandra and found a few fancy (as our dear friend Drew would say) dresses but despite having an appointment we were very rushed by the bridal consultant and we ended up leaving empty handed. Since we had plenty of time until our next appointment, we stopped for lunch at a little Greek restaurant for a few laughs and to feel like we were eating at the restaurant from the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding".  Then we went in to Georgetown/D.C. and had an AMAZING appointment at Hitched.  Everyone that worked there was so helpful and friendly. I had found a dress that I liked online and we went to Hitched because they were the only place that had the designer that I was looking for.  It also ended up that the designer was having a trunk show so I got to try on dresses right off the runway!!! Man are those models skinny!! I was able to put on the dresses but they were snug.  However, I ended up loving the original dress that I had gone in there to see.  Of course I knew it was the dress after crying :) I must have tried on about 50 dresses over this past week and this dress was the only one that brought tears to my eyes...that or they were tears of shock over the price.  I was told it was "the Mercedes of wedding gown fabric" by the Amsale representative LOL! I put my down payment down and the dress is being ordered!!! It is an Amsale dress...which is a little ironic because the first movie Will and I ever saw together was the movie "The Hangover" and in the movie the bride is wearing an Amsale dress. Must be meant to be ;)  I can't wait to wear the dress on the big day!

Photo of the day: Joey being inventive with veils

Overall, one very successful day!! 

Day #2 of Dress Shopping

Today was defiantly not like Monday! First we went to Ann's Boutique right near my house.  It was such a let down...never go there to buy ANYTHING! They are sooo rude and know nothing about dresses. I wanted to add a beaded belt to a plain dress but she didn't know what a belt was and she only brought me sashes. Also, a high schooler was in the dressing room with me to "assist" me while putting on the dresses but really all she did was take the dresses off the hangers instead of helping me zip them up.  It was very unprofessional as this high schooler also had large black X's on her hands from her wild night out the night before.  Also, their selection of dresses was sad.  Overall, it was a let down.  However, for laughs I had my mom try on this dress and she looks like Cruella De Vil (minus the black and white hair).

Thanks Mom for being a good sport and entertaining me :)

After that we went to a small boutique and found a dress for a very reasonable price. My mom loved it but I am still liking the dress from Janette's more.  We shall see... 

On Friday we are venturing out to Olde town Alexandria and Georgetown to look at dresses with Joey!!! I am looking forward to Joey coming with us because we are sure to have some good laughs whenever he is around :) More to follow...

Day #1 of Dress Shopping

Today my mom and I went to Jeanette's Bridal and we were there for 3 hours! I tried on about 15 dresses and I found 2 dresses that I really liked but I am not 100% sure if one of them is "the one."  We shall see after the week is over and I have tried on about 100 dresses.  ;)

However, on a more exciting note my mom found her Mother of the Bride dress after trying on her second dress.  It is BEAUTIFUL on her and she looks stunning! It is so classy and we picked a cute little quarter length sleeve jacket to go with it.  I am so excited for her.  We also found a very cute bridesmaid dress that we both really liked.  I can't wait to have some of my future bridesmaids try it on soon. 

Our next dress adventure is on Wednesday so stay tuned!

"Marry Me"

I love this song by Train! Ironically the first time I heard it I was driving home from school the day before Will proposed :)

Dress Designers!

After weeks and weeks of looking online and in catalogs I have found a few dress designers that I like! I first fell in love with an Amsale dress and am going to try it on this Friday at a bridal shop in D.C. called Hitched! My mom and I are beginning the dress search tomorrow though! I have an appointment for tomorrow afternoon and two appointments for Wednesday as well.  Besides Amsale I have found a few other designers that I like such as Lazaro, Jim Hjelm, and Alvina Valenta.  I do not want Will to know anything about the dress so unfortunately for all you blogger fans I will not be post any pictures of the dress or hinting to style, silhouette, etc.  So it will be a big surprise on the big day.  However, along with my dress I have been looking a bridesmaid dresses here and there.  Even though I am far away from truly looking at bridesmaid dresses here are a few dresses by Jim Hjelm that have caught my eye :)

 Love the color, not so sure about those ruffles though

 Love the one shoulder

Beautiful back, but most likely not in red

*These photos are from http://www.jlmcouture.com