We're in the 2010!

Happy New Year my lovelies!! I can't believe it is 2010 already!!! I wish you all a year full of health and happiness. I feel really good today, as some personal things I've been stressing over are finally resolved. Thank God for that!
So far this journey to my wedding has been full of ups and down. I feel like I am on a rollercoaster ride that never ends!!! My wedding was originally set to take place in New York but is now happening in South Jersey. The new place is actually very lovely and offers so much more in their package so it is a welcome relief to my wedding fatigued ears. I don't have to worry about centerpieces, linens, chair covers, even the cake. Hallelujah! Unfortunately I have to find a new ceremony place because I am not ready to commit to get married outside. An outdoor wedding is my dream but I don't think I can handle any more stress; because I will fret over the weather from now until May.
My wedding planner resurfaced and everything is back on schedule. I also finally cut down my part of the guest list and gave my parents an ultimatum to provide me with their part on Friday. We'll see how that goes. My BMs are working on my bridal shower and I am super excited about it! I keep looking up things online and have to stop myself. Its not really a surprise since I'm providing the guest list and my theme. Lol.
And we got a new photographer who also happens to be my graphic designer. I am excited that she has so many talents and can't wait to schedule our engagement shoot. WhoHOO!!!

I also went with my bridesmaids to try on their dresses and that was a two hour ordeal. It was a good thing I went because the color I originally wanted, sangria, turned out to be more burgandyish. So I had to change to lapis, which is more of a deep purple. It looked really great on my sister. My MOHs had to find their dresses and it was pure torture trying to find dresses that they both liked. I wasn't even trying to have them wear the same dress; that was asking too much! But surprisingly, we found a knee length one that they both liked and looked good in. Now I just hope that everyone orders their dresses on time! Here is a picture of their dress in a different color, I'm not tech savvy enough to get it in lapis! Lol.



I also found a new website get married.com and it has a video showing you how to make bouquets. I am going the DIY route with my more experienced cousin so I thought this was a great find! I haven't looked at the whole video so let me know if its good!
I thought these bouquets were really pretty and simple. (Courtesy of Mike Kehr Photography)

I saw this bridal party shot on Essence.com and just loved the look of the brick building behind the girls.

So um...I haven't been on in a while due to midterms at school. It was such a crazy week, I think I cried everyday. I don't deal with stress very well, which brings me to my next point.

We went to see the reception place yesterday along with the potential ceremony site and my MOH's met up with us. The woman that I made an appointment with was not there and her co worker could not find her. I was pissed but he gave us the tour anyway. I don't really want to deal with her, but I love the place. Well actually I really love the church, it is absolutely beautiful. If I don't get married there, I may cry. haha. Apparantly the story is that the church got burned down a while ago and they just rebuilt it. Its huge, there are like 3 buildings, but it would be nice to take our pictures...

Funny story, my FI revealed that he finally realized he was getting married when he saw the kitchen where the caterer would be for the reception. Who does that?!






This is the picture of the ballroom with two different table settings. I actually thought they had these settings all the time, until I was told that all they provide is the tables and chairs. Which is fine, it just requires that I haul my ass to figure out if I want a wedding planner. I did some extensive research today and found out that I can rent equipment also. There are a few sites that also do flowers also.

There was one that I really liked because they has sample looks and then broke down everything you would need to rent to complete that particular look. I need to call a few to find out how much this will cost me. I feel like my stress level is going wayyyy up...
Here are the sites I found:
http://partyrentalltd.com/events/events.jsp
http://www.sweetpeaflowers.com
http://www.weparty.com






This was another look I found on one of the above party rental sites. I spent an hour picking out linens on their website to create my unique look.










On other news...did you hear that Rihanna and CB got back together? FI said she has the battered wife mentality. If she didn't leave after he beat her the first time she isn't going to. I think its really sad, they are both soo freakin' young...No further comments on that.

I'm on spring break this week so I anticipate lots of new blogs about my wedding plans!! lol...