Planning Present From My Matron Of Honor

My Matron of Honor came up from Florida this past weekend to help get some planning done for the big day! I couldn't have asked for a better Matron Of Honor or a more fun weekend! More to come on the big weekend...

She brought me a great planning present...an accordion file and a leather bound journal. The file is perfect for all of the odds and ends of the wedding, and she even personalized it with a label "If found return to..." This really made me laugh because it just proves she knows me too well! The leather journal is embossed with sunflowers, which is the main flower I am using in my wedding. Now I have a place to keep all of my notes rather than on random notepads. They are both perfect!

We've Been Engaged For One Year

This afternoon I realized that my HTB and I have been engaged for one year!

Our engagement "anniversary" is February 22nd.

WOW how time flies when you're having fun! :)

Here we are on Valentine's day!

Save-The-Date Factory

So I had told y'all that I received my save-the-dates in the mail which was very exciting!

This week I have been working diligently to finish my wedding website through WeddingTracker.com so that I can send all of my cards out. I want to be sure to have all of the hotel information updated on the website so my out of town guests can reserve their rooms now!

I have also been gathering the last of the needed addresses and buying the very cute Wedding Hearts stamps. I also found out that in May the postage will be going up so I was careful not to stock up on too many of these!

This is a picture of the Save The Date factory on my dining room table. I am using double-sided tape to adhere the printed portion to the pretty brown stargazer paper. Then on to lick and seal...and finalize with the customized ink stamp my mom got for me. SO COOL!

The Man Band (Wedding band that is)

Saturday was a big day for our wedding planning. In addition to registering at Target we swung by Guvens Fine Jewelery to look at a few options for wedding bands for my HTB.

He had in mind that he wanted something simple and heavy duty as he has never worn a ring before, but felt pretty confident that he would be rough on it. We had looked at Titanium rings online and thought the material would be a good solution and hold up well with wear and tear. Titanium is not supposed to scratch or break as gold can. It also cannot be fitted, so often you have to order the ring in from the manufacturer.

We had only intended to look and try on a few different options, but we left with his ring in hand. Mr. Guven gave us a great price and the ring fit perfectly (no order needed). It was meant to be, and we came in far under budget.

The Save-The-Dates Have Arrived

Great news! Last night when I came home I had a special box waiting for me at my front door. My save-the-date cards have arrived from InvitationPie!

They look GREAT just as I had expected. Sandy at InvitiationPie was awesome to work with and she even tied all of the cards together with beautiful brown ribbon. What a nice touch!

More to come on the save the date cards as we have to assemble them!

Registering

This past Saturday my HTB and I registered at Target. We wanted to choose three stores that would offer a wide variety of things we needed for our home and to start our life together.

We have registered with Pampered Chef, Crate and Barrel, and Target. I was able to do the Pampered Chef registry all online. My aunt is a sales representative, and I L-O-V-E their products! You can check her site out here to learn more.

Our registry experience at Target was a little rough. We came into the store on a Saturday afternoon...which in retrospect was a bad idea. The customer service crew was not helpful. They directed us to a computer where we were to type in some information to establish our registry. They failed to tell us that we were using a computer which often does not print. We found that out when it failed to print and were told that we had made the mistake of using the wrong computer...grr...

So after being directed to a computer terminal that worked, we couldn't find the correct screen we had to be at to print out the needed information to get our scanner gun. Ok...so after being yelled at from across the room we were able to successfully print!

Now we had a scanner in hand and were off to the races. I chose Target because I wanted to get towels, table linens, some small kitchen appliances, yard games like badminton, and some home decor as well. When we started to scan items they rang up wrong. For example, I was scanning a serving dish and I was suddenly registered for a TV Stand. The other issue we had was we were told not to scan items that were on clearance as they were more season items. I can understand this, but they had all of their table linens on clearance. (Go check it out if you are in the market!) So I will have to add those items later or online.

All in all the experience wasn't my best. The customer service was poor, the equipment (scanner and computer) didn't fully function as advertised, and the items I wanted were on clearance and wouldn't be available in September.

What Will I Pick?

This Scanner Is Smokin' From All The Scanning!

Anybody else have a bad registry experience?

The First Dance

I have been thinking about the first dance for a long time, maybe even before I got engaged. I have been looking for a few good dance classes in the metro area so if anybody out there has any good recommendations please pass them along.

Now, I found this dance on YouTube when I was looking for some fresh ideas. I think this would blow my family away...what do you guys think? :) Click the link below to view the video!

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