I Found THE DRESS!!!!

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Okay, back to the blog


You all have seen my posts stressing about "the dress." Was this "dress" a mythical legend, does a dress really speak to you, how do you even know it's the one? Well, I don't know how to explain it, but yesterday I went dress shopping at a lovely boutique in SF called The Paris Connection and found the dress. Most of the dresses that I've tried on have either not been my style, had too much fabric going on, or made me look as big as a house. But as soon as I stepped into that store, I knew I had found something more up my alley. I tried on several dresses, even one that looked just like the dress from David's Bridal that I loved, but nothing spoke to me till I tried on this one.

I know, I know, nothing special right?

That's how all dresses look like on the models...a little lame...

But here it is on me...


I'm holding it up because the sample size is a bit too big, also there's a tear on the front that Marie (the owner of the shop) and her seamstress are working on, and I'm wearing it in champagne, I'd probably get it in ivory...

Hope you like it! I love it and want to wear it right now! :-)

Glammy Theme Board

So I was doing my daily snoop of some wedding blogs and found a really awesome inspiration board at Snippet and Ink

I love the white and lime green combination and I think it'll go wonderfully the outdoor space where the reception will be. Plus, the mojitos and cigars add a little Havana glam to the event...

Does anyone see a theme brewing?

Squeezing it all in

Lately, Anthony and I have been stressing a bit about the guest list. There's quite a lot of people on the list, and definitely not enough room for everyone at the house. I've mapped it out, and i know for a fact that we can fit 146 people outside at my parent's house...and that's a tight squeeze. Unfortunately, or fortunately since we have a lot of family and friends, there are 190 people on the list. And that's with our parents being incredibly gracious and not inviting everyone they would like to. It also leaves little room for Ant and I to add new friends to the list or include the complete families of guests on our list.

I know what you're thinking...our wedding reception depends on a LOT of people not coming.

So, we've bounced around ideas. Cutting more people, which I'd really rather not do because weddings are supposed to be big fun parties where all of your family and friends are in attendance. Cutting people would leave out some family and friends. The next idea was to "strategically" send out Save the Dates, only to people who were "must invites." This practice is now seeming a bit tacky to me...

So, now the new idea.

Hors d'oeuvres wedding reception!!!!!!

So, here's my little plan. Having the wedding at my parent's house is really important to me. It's the place I've called home since I was eleven and it's a beautiful home. Soooo, to fit everyone, we're just going to cut out a bit of seating. Instead of having tables seating everyone at all times, there will be like half the amount of tables, plenty of seating outside (there's bench seating everywhere on the porch), and a big area to dance. I was also tossing around having an outdoor furniture area on the lower patio by the pool where people could sit and "lounge" while everyone is dancing. So, yeah, that's the plan for now...

But you know me, I change my mind a million times.

The Big White Dress

Apparently my theknot.com time line suggests that I should be in the process of ordering my dress. However, like all things that theknot.com has suggested, I am behind. I've been dress shopping twice now and haven't found the dress that I must have. I'm starting to believe that finding the dress is somewhat of a farce created by the wedding industry to convince you that you must spend $3000 on a dress you only wear for one day. But, on the other hand, I have found a dress that I think is
1. Beautiful
2. Inexpensive (Thank you David's Bridal)

But it doesn't "feel" like the dress.

If you've known me for a while, you probably know that I picked out my dream dress a long time ago...the Melissa Sweet "Hallie"


Should I go to Needless Markup...ahem...Neiman Marcus...to try it on?