Mar 12 2008
I’m Totally Getting Married!
I have barely slept all week - I’m still really excited! I feel like Monica in Friends. Remember this clip? That’s me, and it’s not even my wedding day yet.
So loose plans are made. There are a whole bunch of Silly Little Game friends coming to town the weekend of June 21, so we’re gonna do it that weekend - Vegas chapel or something like that, then an informal dinner/reception somewhere. Since our families are on opposite coasts, and very few of them are keen on the idea of traveling to Vegas (especially in summer!), we’re gonna take the show on the road. We’ll spend a long weekend in California to see his family sometime this summer, and then since Future Husband (formerly known as Boyfriend) has never been to New England and really wants to see it in the fall, we’ll visit my family sometime around late September/early October. This way, everyone who wants to gets to see us gets to without having to travel, except for a few people who live away from family hubs. And we figured it would be good because that way the families can plan a party or something for us while we’re visiting, which will satisfy their need to get involved without actually interfering - specifically my mother and his mother.
I want to wear something I’ll wear again, but not an everyday dress, so I’ll probably get a white skirt that I will end up dying black when it’s all said and done, and nice overbust corsert for the top. We’ve decided on black and white for colors, very classy, and of course tiny jolts of red thrown in there. So note to all those who are coming: wear black and white, and if you want you can punctuate it with red, but not that orangey red, pick something like scarlet or claret.
As for the rest of the details, we (meaning I) are trying to come up with things that are unique, but not so out there that they will be off-putting to everyone else. Stay tuned for more news on this developing story…
(For those who missed it, the wedding is the weekend of June 21 - exact date still unknown, but plan for June 21. If you are out of town and live in a place that will be featured on our wedding tour, mainly San Jose, CA or Manchester, NH, don’t think that you can’t come. You are still welcome at the Vegas wedding. Just let us know that you plan on attending, and No, you cannot stay at our house. There are plenty of roomier options with privacy included in this town.)
Congratulations sweety! Luff is such a wonderful thing. PS, you are so smart regarding the dress
I LOVE that part… and it was on tv here in London just the other night.
I’m so excited for you, so I want to know it all… because I’m living it through everyone else right now.
So, then, no PINK? ROFLMBO!!!!!!!
Lisa, if wedding dresses only cost a few dollars rather than a few hundred at the lower end of the price range, I would get a dress that I will wear only once. But spending hundreds of dollars on something like that is just too painful, so I’m going for practicality and frugality.
Alynda, your day will come too, then we’ll all be living it through your blog!
Kelly, quit teasing me about pink!
Congratulations Kirsten ! God Bless you !
Thanks Jaffer!
You know, after going to many weddings, and seeing the gorgeous, albeit tres expensive gowns, I never thought it was worth it for one day.
I went to a little boutique saw the dress, and bought the dress, cost me less than a hundred dollars. It had a vintage look, and I was happy with it. My whole wedding was less than most people spend on a dress. My husband bought a vintage tuxedo.
It didn’t make our marriage any less loving, or our lives together different, it just meant that we didn’t have crazy expenses that would have stressed us out, at the time we were both in college and scraping by.
Aww congrats! That’s so exciting.
I’m totally with you on the wearing something you can wear again, but I’d be more concerned about the shoes
I love simple colours in a wedding, a friend of mine had her bridesmaids and grooms wear black with shots of white and red and it looked fantastic - very classy.
Good luck with all the planning!
Amy, since I’m doing the black and white thing, and I was thinking of a black and white top, I want to wear black patent leather pumps. No way would I ever wear white shoes again, unless they are sneakers (aka tennis shoes or trainers for you non-New Englanders). I also wanted to stay away from periwinkle or some other awful color like that, and black, white, and red never go out of style, so when I look at pictures 20 years down the road, I won’t have to wonder what the heck I was thinking.