Sweetest Day is 300 Days!!

Happy Sweetest Day!!!
Today is also exactly 300 days until the wedding, and we started our registry at Bed Bath and Beyond!!

Hotel

We have booked the hotel for guests to stay in Cleveland! It is located downtown, minutes from the reception venue! The Hyatt Regency at the Arcade. This was also an option for the reception but Windows won us over!

And...most importantly...today is exactly 10 months from the wedding and 6 months since we've been engaged!!! We truly are enjoying the "engagement phase" of our life. It makes it that much easier to live and work in separate places!

Happy 10 months to go! Happy 6 months of engagement!

Flowers, Food, and Misc.

So...I think I mentioned we ordered our Save-the-Dates and an engagement picture book. Well, they came this week!!! And they are AWESOME!!! And thankfully Greg was able to come visit me Saturday evening so he got to see them too!

This week we ordered our matches, napkins, bubbles, toasting flutes, and cake server. We had a coupon. =) Can't wait for those things to come!! It's all coming together!

October 26th I meet with the florist to discuss all our flowers and decorations. The pictures I posted are from my inspiration folder on the computer, but that's all they are...inspiration! Colors and ideas, hopefully the florist will be able to help me figure it all out! And hopefully we will be talking about lowering cost where we can! Yikes! I don't even have a quote yet, but I've only heard horror stories of how expensive flowers can get. So I'm scared, and hope they can work with the budget I have set in my head!

And we officially have our entree tasting on November 13th!! We get to try: chicken vinaigrette with tomato relish, prime rib, baked halibut, and chicken marsala!! Yum! And Greg and I plan to order some favors...although not officially decided on...for tasting that day too!

Less about wedding, more about life: Last weekend Greg got to come up for Saturday evening. We went pumpkin picking at Lynd's Fruit Farm here in Columbus. That was our second year in a row! We also bought honeycrisp apples, hot kettle corn, and mini pumpkins for decoration. Next weekend, my mom and her best friend Kathy are coming to stay with me Friday night. I love visitors! And Saturday Greg comes up for the weekend!! It's my birthday, AND my LAST birthday NOT married! Kinda weird.

305 days to go!!! <3

The Dress

The dress has been ordered!!! And the little black envelope was 10% off!! Woohoo!

And as I can't share my dress with you, I'll atleast share the bridesmaids dress wtih you!

Little Black Envelope

I cannot express how excited I am about the little black envelope they gave me today at Catan's!!! Brigitte and I went in to try on the bridesmaids dress we were 98% sure about next to my dress that I am 1000% sure about! As we were leaving we stopped to ask a sales lady how much of a deposit is needed to order my wedding dress. After a little conversation she asked if I had received my black envelope. I had no clue what she was talking about! She then took me over to the desk where we had half a shoe box of little black envelopes. She said I have to bring it back...UN-OPENED...when I order my dress! There is a special discount inside each envelope, anything from 10% off, to 50% off, to free shoes, or a free veil! AND there is ONE FREE DRESS in the mix!! Half the envelopes have been claimed and the free dress has yet to be found! CAN'T WAIT TO GO ORDER MY DRESS! And now it's even better knowing there is a surprise waiting for me in that little black envelope!!

I guess that makes up for the bridal show being cancelled today! =)

Long Time No Post!

So much has been accomplished over the past couple weeks!!! Two weeks ago Nancy came to Columbus and we found 2 dresses for her to wear at the wedding! She bought both of them and we're still deciding! We also ordered some fabric samples to use for accents and projects at the wedding. Still deciding on how and what to use it for, but definitely for things like the unity candle, guest book, and card box, etc.

Monday night Greg and I registered at Macy's!!! Back story: A few weeks before we even started dating we were at Easton with a group of friends. As we walked by William Sonoma there were Kitchen Aid mixers of every color in the windows. Greg was so excited and asked me to register with him. Over the next few weeks he called me every single "term-of-endearment" you can think of...as a joke of course. I suppose I gave him because here we are! 2 years and 5 months later...we finally got to register together!!! We are not even close to done. And we have another store or two, but it was so much fun working together to pick items for our home/life together!

On Tuesday, we spent ALL day talking about wedding ideas and picking wedding things. We ordered a photo book from Picaboo of our engagement pictures. And we ordered a few 8x10s and 5x7 to frame and give to our parents.
We also picked all our readings and prayers for the ceremony! Of course that doesn't need to be done quite yet, but it's one more check mark on the list! And Greg was so patient through that whole process! Next meeting with Deacon Rich is November 13th. =)
Last big thing...WE ORDERED OUR SAVE-THE-DATES!!!!!

We talked about a lot of other things too. Favors...we are between two...but don't worry- BOTH include chocolate! =)
We threw around names of people to be ushers, personal attendants, readers, people to carry the gifts, and decorators.
We also may have decided to go with Tuxes, but Greg hasn't tried anything on yet.
And we have a date for our entree tasting! November 13th! Can't wait!

Friday I go to a bridal show at Tower City in Downtown Cleveland! So excited for my first bridal show! Then bridesmaid dress shopping at Catan's where we can try them on text to me in my dress!!

Next up: Booking blocks of rooms at a hotel downtown, Booking the Hair Appointments, and Meeting with the Florist.

~Wedding Website~

We started our Wedding Website on theknot.com!! Having a website is so nice because it has everything organized for our guests to see.And the blog is nice because I can share every little detail. AND you only get married once, so why not do both!! 332 days to go! =)