04 October, 2010

Planning, more planning and... Something unexpected

So at this point in the wedding planning process, we find ourselves saving our pennies for our venue.  Our way over budget but killer venue.  Make no mistake--we can handle it, and really, the Boulevard Brewery in KC is perfect (with lots of extras like tables, chairs, audio/visual equipment that make it worth the extra cash).  But that means a lot of other wedding planning details have to be pushed back until our budget recovers from the temporary strain...

Hence, late at night I find myself thinking of stuff to plan that is--free.  Ceremony planning, color palate brainstorming, research, research, research, and beginning to (manually) price the cost of making cupcakes vs. a cake (which, for some ungodly reason, I've become determined to DIY).

But something magic has happened!

My fabulous Maid-of-Honor, Ariel Petersen heard about a bridal store in Hamilton that was going out of business a couple weeks ago.  Due to her crazy (some might say, truly heroic) school schedule, we were only able to finangle the two-hour round-trip on the last day the store was open.  Gazing over the racks of taffeta and toule, I figured we'd get Ariel in some bridesmaids dresses (just to get a good idea for cuts and styles), look at some super-cheap accessories and I would try on anything that I even remotely liked from their meager wedding dress selection.

Ladies and Gentlemen, hours later--I HAD A WEDDING DRESS.

Not only that, but after struggling between two dresses for almost an hour, breaking for lunch and coming back... I had a very cheap wedding dress.  I certainly didn't plan on buying anything!  But let me tell you--this dress is just like Dennis... "the one"!!!!!  Who's excited?!

More later,
-L

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