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What to do with my hair
Let me start this by saying that what I am most looking forward to in being married is getting to cut off all my hair the day after the wedding. I kid you not, my fine hair which there happens to be a ton of does not like being long and is punishing me by making me spend like a half hour daily brushing it. In the meantime though I need to figure out what to do with my hair for the wedding. I'm not wearing it down or half down or any variation of down so get that out of your head, my hair frizzes at the first little smidgen of humidity in the air and I am not looking like a lioness for my wedding so here are some updo options that I like comment below on which one is your favorite:
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The Food (Cue Evil Music Here)
The food, the food, the food. What I like to call the worst part of the wedding for the bride and groom. Originally we had planned to serve the full meal of roast beef at 15.95 a plate for 220 people. I dont know why we ever thought that was a good idea. For one, I've never had a meal at a hall that was actually worth that kind of money because I've never had a meal at a hall that was really all that good at all. Hall food is usually bland and nasty. So we scratched the idea of the full meal.
So we opted for finger foods because after all, this is supposed to be the debt-free wedding. We pushed our reception time to later so that people could have a light supper before coming to the reception and since then we have been in a constant battle with the hall, to the point where if it wasn't so late in the game I would probably consider switching halls. The hall claims to do buffet style finger foods, yet they cant give us a price for it. They can't even give us options for what we can have as finger foods. We need to tell them what we want and then they come up with a price, in other words, we are likely going to get severely ripped off. So now we are considering bringing in separate catering. I'll keep you posted on how this battle goes for us!
So we opted for finger foods because after all, this is supposed to be the debt-free wedding. We pushed our reception time to later so that people could have a light supper before coming to the reception and since then we have been in a constant battle with the hall, to the point where if it wasn't so late in the game I would probably consider switching halls. The hall claims to do buffet style finger foods, yet they cant give us a price for it. They can't even give us options for what we can have as finger foods. We need to tell them what we want and then they come up with a price, in other words, we are likely going to get severely ripped off. So now we are considering bringing in separate catering. I'll keep you posted on how this battle goes for us!
Bridesmaid Dresses
Oh buddy, let me tell you, there was not a happier day in my life than the day that we found the bridesmaid dresses!
Bridesmaid dress shopping is probably one of the most unholy practices in the world. We had literally been looking online for dresses for months. Its difficult because obviously you dont want them to feel ugly or uncomfortable in their dresses and if you are like me and have girls with a wide array of heights, sizes, skin tones, hair colours etc it is really challenging to find one dress that will suit each and every one of them. I know what you are going to say, let them wear multiple different styles of dresses and yeah sure for some brides they dont mind doing that and to each their own, but for me, I have a minor obsession with weddings looking uniform.
So four months ago we set out in the city of halifax looking for the dress. We went to Always and Forever because I had been to Felicity and Winchesters before and they are crazy over priced like nothing under 250 bucks.
I made the girls try on a bunch of dresses and FINALLY we found two possible contenders by the same designer, Bill Levkoff, that were contenders. One was short, one was long. Going in, I was convinced that we would get a short dress but seeing the long dress made me realize that they screamed fall wedding. So we went with the long ones and we are going to add straps for those who want him. Here's a look at the dress:
Bridesmaid dress shopping is probably one of the most unholy practices in the world. We had literally been looking online for dresses for months. Its difficult because obviously you dont want them to feel ugly or uncomfortable in their dresses and if you are like me and have girls with a wide array of heights, sizes, skin tones, hair colours etc it is really challenging to find one dress that will suit each and every one of them. I know what you are going to say, let them wear multiple different styles of dresses and yeah sure for some brides they dont mind doing that and to each their own, but for me, I have a minor obsession with weddings looking uniform.
So four months ago we set out in the city of halifax looking for the dress. We went to Always and Forever because I had been to Felicity and Winchesters before and they are crazy over priced like nothing under 250 bucks.
I made the girls try on a bunch of dresses and FINALLY we found two possible contenders by the same designer, Bill Levkoff, that were contenders. One was short, one was long. Going in, I was convinced that we would get a short dress but seeing the long dress made me realize that they screamed fall wedding. So we went with the long ones and we are going to add straps for those who want him. Here's a look at the dress:
Why I Took A Break From Blogging
I know, I know... It's been like six months since my last blog post. Why the break? There are a number of reasons why I took a break from blogging, here they are:
1. Not a whole lot has been happening. You'll find this if you take a year or longer to plan a wedding. The start of the process is busy and the end of the process is busy but the six months in between are pretty slow. There hasn't been a lot to do over the past 6 months but I will catch you up on some thing in the next post.
2. I've been busy finishing my degree and doing my last practicum block which was fantastic but a busy 5 months.
3. The stress was starting to catch up to me and to be honest I went through about a 3 month period where I seriously considered eloping. But as frustrating of a process as it can be, I want my day. So I took a break, I stopped thinking about the wedding and starting focusing on myself and my career and it was a great break. Now that there are only six months left, I dont really have the luxury of doing that anymore!
So I'm back, true Eminem style and ready to motor through these last six months.
1. Not a whole lot has been happening. You'll find this if you take a year or longer to plan a wedding. The start of the process is busy and the end of the process is busy but the six months in between are pretty slow. There hasn't been a lot to do over the past 6 months but I will catch you up on some thing in the next post.
2. I've been busy finishing my degree and doing my last practicum block which was fantastic but a busy 5 months.
3. The stress was starting to catch up to me and to be honest I went through about a 3 month period where I seriously considered eloping. But as frustrating of a process as it can be, I want my day. So I took a break, I stopped thinking about the wedding and starting focusing on myself and my career and it was a great break. Now that there are only six months left, I dont really have the luxury of doing that anymore!
So I'm back, true Eminem style and ready to motor through these last six months.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
I found a flaw with theknot.com
So my wedding website was nearing completion until I decided to to work on the rsvp page. When I clicked on it I realized that you cant edit the RSVP page and it is set up in a stupid way. There is no area for invited guests to list the number in their party. So they would either have to RSVP for each individual member of their party at which point we would have to decipher who is with who, or they would just rsvp their own name for their entire party, so we would have no sweet clue what our numbers would be.
SO I am debating making the move to mywedding.com, I will keep you posted on my progress!
SO I am debating making the move to mywedding.com, I will keep you posted on my progress!
You're Awfully Young To Be Getting Married...
Oh if I had a dollar for the amount of times I've heard this one. I would think it would be obvious to the average soul that I, in fact, do realize that I am a young bride; however, they still wish to inform me at every occasion they see fit. So here is my post to the haters and how to deal with the hate. Why am I getting married so young?:
1. I've been with Josh for over four years, we started living together after 6 months of being together. Obviously we are not on the stereotypical schedule of how relationships usually go. There are a number of reasons for this that I dont plan to share with you but lets just put it this way, as a couple we have had to deal with more things in those four years, then most people have to deal with in 10. I'm not saying that to be dramatic, but it plays a role in why I said yes at 22.
2. Josh is not young. People usually say "Chelsea" in a stern voice when I say this, but well its the facts folks. There is a decent size age gap between the two of us with him being 28. He is at the age where people settle down. I on the other hand, am not, but I've also never been a person looking for a fling, I've always been attracted to people who had their shit together and knew what they were going to do with their life, so perhaps that why I'm marrying someone older (granted it took him plenty of time to get said shit together lol).
3. I dont really understand this whole notion of not having lived my fun years. People always say that one: You're missing out on your fun university years. I always interpret this as them thinking that because i'm young I should essentially be whoring myself out on the weekends. Not my style, I've had plenty of fun with Josh, I got to see my first NFL game, we went on an incredible cruise and I've had great beer and cigars on tropical islands with him. But that's not even the best part about our relationship. The most fun that I have with Josh is doing the little irrelevant traditions that we have established as a couple. like going for a milkshake together every weekend or going out for dinner and listening to live music. That is what is really fun for me because I know that I get to do those things with him for the rest of my life and I'm never going to get sick of that.
4. I see being married young as an opportunity rather than something negative. I see it as more anniversaries. Who knows maybe we will be that couple in the newspaper in 60 years that actually gets to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with one another. Maybe its more kids that we will have the opportunity to have. Why would I wait, when I know what I have is right. I'll be done school, Josh will be a CA (fingers crossed), we will be ready to take on the next step.
So if your young, old, or in between and getting married, it doesn't matter people are going to judge you in some way whether its your age or your wedding. These people are only judging you because they resent you, if you need to resent me to feel better about yourself, i'm okay with that, I have thick skin and as seen from my above thoughts, i dont really care what people think (this seems to be a recurring theme eh?). These people can go back to their couch with a bag of chips and continue to be hateful and bitter for the rest of their lives, I'm gonna get married and start a family in the meantime!
1. I've been with Josh for over four years, we started living together after 6 months of being together. Obviously we are not on the stereotypical schedule of how relationships usually go. There are a number of reasons for this that I dont plan to share with you but lets just put it this way, as a couple we have had to deal with more things in those four years, then most people have to deal with in 10. I'm not saying that to be dramatic, but it plays a role in why I said yes at 22.
2. Josh is not young. People usually say "Chelsea" in a stern voice when I say this, but well its the facts folks. There is a decent size age gap between the two of us with him being 28. He is at the age where people settle down. I on the other hand, am not, but I've also never been a person looking for a fling, I've always been attracted to people who had their shit together and knew what they were going to do with their life, so perhaps that why I'm marrying someone older (granted it took him plenty of time to get said shit together lol).
3. I dont really understand this whole notion of not having lived my fun years. People always say that one: You're missing out on your fun university years. I always interpret this as them thinking that because i'm young I should essentially be whoring myself out on the weekends. Not my style, I've had plenty of fun with Josh, I got to see my first NFL game, we went on an incredible cruise and I've had great beer and cigars on tropical islands with him. But that's not even the best part about our relationship. The most fun that I have with Josh is doing the little irrelevant traditions that we have established as a couple. like going for a milkshake together every weekend or going out for dinner and listening to live music. That is what is really fun for me because I know that I get to do those things with him for the rest of my life and I'm never going to get sick of that.
4. I see being married young as an opportunity rather than something negative. I see it as more anniversaries. Who knows maybe we will be that couple in the newspaper in 60 years that actually gets to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with one another. Maybe its more kids that we will have the opportunity to have. Why would I wait, when I know what I have is right. I'll be done school, Josh will be a CA (fingers crossed), we will be ready to take on the next step.
So if your young, old, or in between and getting married, it doesn't matter people are going to judge you in some way whether its your age or your wedding. These people are only judging you because they resent you, if you need to resent me to feel better about yourself, i'm okay with that, I have thick skin and as seen from my above thoughts, i dont really care what people think (this seems to be a recurring theme eh?). These people can go back to their couch with a bag of chips and continue to be hateful and bitter for the rest of their lives, I'm gonna get married and start a family in the meantime!
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Remember That Time...
I said I was going to watch what I eat and try and lose some weight, well guess what, I lost 15 pounds this summer and then guess what, I GAINED IT ALL BACK since I started school. So I'm for real this time, if you catch me eating chips, onion rings, drinking pop etc., slap a bitch.
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