When Bryan first proposed and we set the date, this wedding seemed like such a long time away. Now it’s less than 4 months till the wedding! I now get panicked, have little anxiety attacks, and even bad dreams about all the things that could go wrong with this wedding! It’s terrible, and I’ve cried more than once…more than twice. But June 5 will come, and it will be amazing no matter how much goes wrong because nothing can change the fact that I’m marrying my best friend. That’s all that matters, and that’s all I’m really focused on. The last time I posted about the wedding we had a lot done, but now we’ve gotten more accomplished though not nearly as far as I’d hoped we’d be. Still I’d like to update you on things we’ve done since my last post on the subject.

*We decided to hire the Cole Hose Bed & Breakfast (where we’ll be staying the night of the wedding and some our family will be staying while there for the wedding) to help us with some of the wedding. We’ve hired them for the food, chairs/tables, and a tent. We may find more uses for them in regards to decorations, but we’re still trying to hash out those details.

*We still haven’t started the invitations. Well, we did write up a storyboard of how we’d like the DVD invitations to play out. And we bought a Flip so we can record them ourselves. It’s not even funny how badly we need to get started on these things. There is a lot of editing that will need to be done. I’m just going to go ahead and say that we are unavailable for all social events from now till the wedding. There is too much to do!

*My wedding dress came in! It hung in the closet for awhile, but I took it to be altered about a week ago. Much to my surprise it fit perfectly! The only thing she had to alter was the length. She also added a bustle. I bought a bra from her also. It ended up costing almost as much as the dress…not cool! But I love this lady, and I have faith that the work she does will be amazing and worth every penny. I’m gonna be looking to selling this dress so hopefully I can recoup some of this money. I go back on March 6 to try it on again, and hopefully, I’ll be bringing it home complete and ready to wear!!

*I bought my maid of honor’s dress as well as the flower girl dress and delivered them to the respective people over Christmas. Both dresses were perfect and just like the pictures online! The girls loved them, and I can’t wait to see them wearing them on our wedding day. Bryan’s sister has ordered her dress too. So, all the girls now have their dresses. Whew.

*I have purchased all the ties/pocket squares that all the men will need in the wedding. We also have gotten the groomsmen’s Converse and Bryan’s specially ordered Converse. We created them through the site’s online creator. They are pretty bad-ass! I also have the bridesmaid’s gifts purchased and wrapped!

*The cake hasn’t changed. We talked to my cousin over Christmas, and we’ve decided to do a chocolate cake on the inside as well as the chocolate truffles on the outside. It’s not traditional, but I don’t care. I love some chocolate, and I hope you do too!

*We are still working on decorations. I think I know what I want, but I need to get started on the stuff since I’ll be purchasing the items and making them myself. They just aren’t things you can go buy already done in a store. It will require more time than perhaps I really have, but oh well. I think that the decorations will make the wedding!

*We’ve been adding stuff to our registry all along, and it’ll be ready to be made public when we send out the invitations!!

*I have all the stuff I need to make the flower girl basket and the basket to place the fan programs in. I just have to find the time to sit down and make the darn things!

*We bought the ring bearer’s pillow over Christmas, and left it at my Grandmother’s house so there’s no chance of us leaving at here in Cedar Park. 🙂

*While there for Christmas, we got our blood work done (neither of us have syphilis and so we can be married in the state of Mississippi) and filed and payed for our marriage license. It’ll be ready to pick up when we get there before the wedding!

*We also spoke to my old preacher and secured him as our officiator for the wedding. I’m happy that he agreed to marry us.

*We priced out flowers from a couple of local florists, and while it’ll be expensive, I think the flowers will look awesome for the wedding.

*I made an appointment with a girl in Philadelphia to get my hair and makeup done on the day of the wedding.

*We only need to put a couple of finishing touches on the wedding programs, and then we can send them off for printing. When they come back I’ll still need to assemble them as fans and add decorations.

*The apartment we had on reserve is still on hold, but we need to pay our deposit this week to secure it for good. Hopefully, Bryan will be able to check the place out when he goes to NYC later this month for business.

*We talked to the CrossFit that is like a mile away from the apartment we’ll be subletting, and they said we could come and train there! I’m super excited about this. We’ll have to pay, but at least we won’t sit around getting flabby for a whole month!

*We have arranged for someone we know to come and house/cat sit for us the entire time we’re gone. This is such a HUGE relief off of me. This is the only way I could leave our little family for that long. I know that they and the house will get the attention they need.

*We picked out the tuxes for the usher, ring bearer, and my dad while we were in Philadelphia.

*For Christmas, Bryan bought me the lights that I wanted to have for the ceremony. He bought every strand that Target had! Hopefully, they’ll be perfect once we get them hung up at the ceremony site.

*We’ve got a location, date, and time for our Austin reception. We just need to find a caterer.

*I’ve got some things but still need more to complete the gifts for the ring bearer and flower girl.

*We’ve looked at wedding bands galore, and I think we’re close to making a decision. We’re going to try some on this weekend hopefully.

*Bryan purchased his suit, but we still need to have it altered.

I’m sure I’m forgetting something, but I just can’t thing of anything else at the moment. This has not been an easy or fun process, and there is still so, so much left to do before June 5 arrives. I’m just ready for the whole thing to be over with! This is the most expensive event! And I know ours is low compared to most people. I don’t know people do it. I’m freaking out about how much there is to do and how much every little thing costs!! It’s crazy, and I’m going crazy!