Half Full Friday

Thank goodness its Friday!!!!!!! Recently Life As Eye See It started Half Full Friday where you try to find something good in every day. Here is my list for this week and please dont forget to check out Life As Eye See It.

• I am happy that we met with the DJ this week and gave them the must have songs list.
• I am  happy that today is Friday and I have a half day at work today!
• I am happy to see the Colts play on Sunday and hopefully win the SuperBowl!
• I am happy that Joey still has a job for now.
• I am happy that I received my income tax $ today even though is going in savings!!!!!!
• I am happy that I have two funny cats.
• I am  happy that I am marrying the man I love in 78 days!
• I am happy that I stared Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred workout dvd today and have 29 more days to go!!

Another Wedding Nightmare

So early this morning I work up from my 2nd wedding nightmare!!!!!! Since we only have 79 days now until the big day I think all the little things is whats stressing me out. My nightmare was so vivid the worst part is I could see this happening.

It was our wedding day and we were all at the location getting ready when about 30 minutes before start time I realized that we left all of our wedding essentials at home!!!!!! This includes the aisle runner, guest book, unity candle, flower girl baskets, my hair piece and even our rings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I get someone to go tell Joey that he has to drive home and go get the stuff because we cant have a wedding without it. Well by this time people are already starting to get there and the trip takes about an hour round trip. So its almost already an hour since the ceremony is supposed to start and everyone is wondering whats going on and is ready to leave.

I of course start freaking out and decide since its already gotten off to a bad start to just cancel it and try to have it the next day. Thats when I woke up. Lets just hope this isnt a sign and instead will make sure I really dont forget anything!

Tisk Task Tuesdays

Countdown: 88 Days!

Yes we are finally under the 3 month mark! Holly Crap!!!!!!!! Now its time to get down to the nitty gritty! Last night we chose our pics that will be our guest book picture and the one that will get blown up for everyone to see as they walk into the hall. So now I just have to get them ordered which is on my to-do list for this weekend.

I am also going this weekend to look for a veil! I know I said back on this post that I really didn't care for veils and that if I chose to do one that it would be a birdcage veil. Well I asked the fiance his opinion and he said that he didnt like the birdcage veils. So I started looking for ideas and finally realized that because my dress doesn't have a train and that my wedding is now a little bit fancier that I kinda want a cathedral veil like this one. But they are SOOOOO EXPENSIVE! So as I was having lunch with a friend last week she suggested I try to find one on Harwin street.  For those of you not from Houston and not familiar with Harwin street it is a long street with stores and stores of anything you could think of to buy and for really really cheap. It is where I bought my prom dress which looked like this:

Wish me luck!!!!!!!!

Also Im not sure if you recall that Joey and I had first decided not to have alcohol at the reception because we really couldnt afford an open bar. Well we decided to call our venue and ask how much it would cost us for a cash bar and we think its in our budget. That way if our friends want to drink they can they just have to pay for it. What do yall think about this? Were you able to afford an open bar or did you have a cash bar or no alcohol at all?

Another Blog Award!!!!!!!!!!

I just found out that my blog was awarded another blog award from my friend and fellow blogger Val from Next to Heaven

Thanks so much Val!!!!!!!!!!!! I dont have very many people that follow my blog and this is my first blog and im just writing about wedding planning at the moment. Hopefully after the wedding I can make a new blog and be able to write a lot more.

So since there are no rules that came with this blog I am going to give it to the blogs that I currently follow. Sorry if this is a repeat award for any of you. Here are the names of the blogs that I give this award to:

Next to Heaven (of course)

Life As Eye See It

and if it's a hero that you want, i can save you

the future mrs. smith

The Pittman Show

My Life in Purple

Enjoy the award ladies!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wedding Frustration

OK I really just need to vent! I have 3 months to go until wedding day and I have to say I'm ready for it to be OVER with already! For the most part I have enjoyed planning our wedding and even though Ive done most of it by myself I havent been too overwhelmed. The only thing that keeps upsetting me is talk about people getting invited or not invited.

IM SORRY but I cant afford to invite everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have had to make a lot of sacrifices on my end of not inviting some friends of mine and yet there are some people in our family who feel like they can invite whoever they want. First of all this should not still be going on!!!!!!!!!!!! We made our guest list in the first few months we got engaged and now all of a sudden some family members want to invite their friends. HELLO but its my wedding NOT yours!!!!!!!!!! I hate telling people no which is part of my problem but I just wish people would be more considerate. If Ive told you OVER & OVER again that ive had to tell some of my friends they cant be invited why would you insist of me inviting yours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Look I wish I had all the money in the world to spend on my wedding and anyone who wanted to come could but unfortunately we dont! You didnt know this person a year ago when we made our list and now because youve known them for past couple of months you want us to invite them. ITS NOT FAIR!!!!!!

OK im done ranting and if anyone else is having or has had this problem in the past PLEASE let me know how you got through it.

Tisk Task Tuesday

Countdown: 95 days!!!!!!!!!!

This past week I did a whole lot of wedding stuff. Joey and his brother who is one of our ushers got fitted for their tuxs on Wednesday nite and then Thursday nite Joey and I had dinner at the resturant we were considering for our rehearsal dinner. The food was really good and the place is very nice. So after our dinner we spoke with the manager to look at the rooms and to see if they had our date available. And they did!!!!!!!!!!

So our rehearsal dinner location is a mexican resturant called Los Cucos and is located off of Westherimer. We have about 40 people in our wedding party alone including parents and grandparents and about 10 more or so of out of town guests that will be invited to the rehearsal dinner. I know thats a lot of people for a rehersal dinner! Because there are so many people we had to find a place that was cheap enough for us to pay for everyone. When pricing around most places were around $18/$19 per person for a buffet style. When we heard the prices at Los Cucos I couldnt believe it! We will be having a fajita buffet for $11.99 per person! I know way cheaper than the other places right! So our rehearsal will take place the nite before the wedding at 5 p.m. and then will head to dinner around 6 p.m.

Now on to the other stuff I did wedding related last week. We purchased our aisle runner, unity candle and a monogram decal for the dance floor! We purchased all of these from Rexcraft. Our next things to do are to order our ceremony programs, wedding favors and place cards. I can't believe we are almost to our 3 month mark and i'm getting a little nervous that im going to forget something. I am also getting anxious as to how everything is going to look when its all put together. Its so hard for me to imagine things and I just hope it all goes together.

Tisk Task Tuesday

Countdown: 102 days!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe how much closer it is until the wedding. I have to say I'm starting to freak out just a little. I'm so scared that I am going to totally forget something. Well for now Im going to tell you about this past week.

As most of you know I had my bachelorette party and bridal shower this past weekend. They were both just fabulous! I have to thank all my bridesmaids for all their hard work. I truly have the best friends a girl could ask for. My favorite color is pink so my bridal shower decorations were all pink and silver and it was very feminine and beautiful. My fiances aunt's best friend made the cake and it was stunning and also tasted very good. The first layer was a chocolate cake and the bottom layer was a white cake. Here are a couple of pics:

              

This weekend I also sent out our wedding invitations!!!!!!!! I am soo excited to have those out! Here are some pics.

This week, Joey is getting fitted for his tux and we are going to reserve the resturant for our rehersal dinner.