Another day, another update...well sorta.
Anyway, I have finally decided on the bridesmaid dresses, with no help from the bridesmaids themselves....love you :P. What I mean by this is that I asked them if they had any preferences (long, short, straps, no straps, etc) and they all came back with some form of response which essentially said "Whatever is fine". Well that really helps to narrow things down.
So I sat down last week and went through the online catalogue at Dessy.com. Holy crap do they have a lot of different styles...Not only do they currently have like 350 different styles, but within each style you can choose different colors for the dress and sometimes some of the details. Talk about an indecision nightmare. I had looked at them a couple months ago and didn't really find anything I really liked, but when I looked again last week, they had their new spring line out so I was able to find one that I like. (If you go to http://www.dessy.com/dresses/bridesmaid/2807/ you can see the dress. To see what it should look like, change the dress color to burgandy and the trim color to white). One interesting thing about the current styles is that they all seemed to have pockets. Yes, pockets in a dress. I am not against pockets in a dress, as long as it is a casual dress. Pockets in a formal dress seem odd. Regardless, I really like this style so I can deal with pockets and will have to make sure my bridesmaids keep their hands out of said pockets *Evil Glare*. That ought to do it. Anyway, so with fingers crossed, I sent a message to my bridesmaids and they all really like it (Phew). So on to the next thing.
I have also found a dress I like for the flower girl (http://www.dessy.com/dresses/flowergirl/fl4009/; White top, burgandy bottom), but I am unsure about sizing and whether it will work for a 2 year old (well 2 years and 3 months by the wedding). I think part of it is that the picture shows a much older girl who is obviously taller. We shall see.
For the photographer, we are currently in email contact with BK Studios (http://www.bullockandkirstein.com/#). They currently have an opening for July 16, and we are trying to see if we can come up with a price/package that we like.
For music, obviously we will have a dj of some sort for the reception, but I kinda like the idea of some sort of live string duo for the ceremony. There seem to be two separate companies that will do this, but I have not looked into prices quite yet. That will be the next thing on the list along with finding an officiant (There was one that I found which will customize everything but they may be a bit expensive...again have not asked for any info yet so will have to do that)
As for other details:
- Jeff has apparently commandeered the responsibility for the cake. Unfortunately we will not be able to go to any sort of tasting so we will be sending Jeff's parents. Lucky them :P.
- As stated in a previous post, I have chosen what kind of flowers I want, but I have yet to find a florist.
- Need to ultimately finalize the guest list and then get addresses for all those on it so we can send invites out in a couple months
- Need to find a DJ
- Need to book our honeymoon (Oahu here we come :) )
- Need to make our registry and make sure that people buy things from there such that we can pick it up at a store here in London since we will not have room to take things back with us (Hint hint to any of you who are reading this...)
- Jeff needs to get the tuxes and such squared away
- Decorations
- Some other things I'm sure I am missing right now
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