Bridesmaid Dress Success!!

I'm very excited because I think I have the Bridesmaid Dress picked out!!! I'm just waiting to hear back from my (very busy, mother of two) Matron of Honor, to make sure she likes it!! I think I'll refrain from posting a picture of it online so (like my bridal gown) you can be surprised on the day!!!

I'll tell you it's from Priscilla of Boston. It's very pretty and a little atypical for a bridesmaid dress, which I really like about it!!!

YAY!!! One more big thing to knock off the list....

7 Months to GO!!!

(I'm posting this a bit late...)


We have exactly 7 months until our wedding, today!!! WOW. It has seemed like a long time off until now, but 7 months isn't that long and it goes by very quickly!! I am happy to report that we are in very good shape with regard to planning.

Now I'M starting to get into good shape with a Personal Trainer!! This was my first day training and I look forward to the next 7 months of work (well looking forward to the results at least).... Thanks Colin, for kicking my butt!!!

7 Months to go.....

The Hunt for Bridesmaid Dresses is ON!!!

I'm so excited to go bridesmaid dress shopping with one of my lovely bridesmaid's Edith-Nicole!! We have two appointments that just happen to give us enough time to have lunch in between and discuss what we have found...

I have 8 bridesmaids and I want them to all feel good in their dress so it's a big decision! I have some ideas in mind going into tomorrow's shopping trip, but you never know what you're going to like until you try it on! That was the case with my wedding gown, I had one idea about what I wanted and ended up going in a different direction! And I'm VERY happy with what I picked!! If you are wondering if I will blog about my gown, I will not. I am on lock down for discussing the wedding gown, per Groom's orders!!! He doesn't want to hear anything about it before the wedding. All he knows is that it's Ivory. I think it's cute that he feels so strongly about that! :)

Wish Edith and I luck tomorrow!!!

PS. If you are dying to know more about the gown email me and I might send you a picture.... vino.wedding@gmail.com

Vacuuming = Fun Time!!

This doesn't really have to do with the wedding but we just invested in a new vacuum cleaner!! I nice one, not a cheap one that doesn't work!! The best part is that we got it home and Christian opened the box like a kid on Christmas morning then proceeded to vacuum MOST of the house (at 9:30pm). You gotta love it, it just reaffirms that his is the the right guy for me! Here it is, and it's purple which is kind of fun!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

We had a relaxing day that included coffee, Thai food, laptop shopping with Tom and Mel and then we both fell asleep!! We just woke up and it's snowing outside! I had some pretty grand thoughts about dinner but we are both so hungry that I think it's going to be a frozen pizza and salad night (which always makes us happy anyway...) Maybe I'll make some cupcakes for dessert to be special... Got to love the 'reality' of Valentine's day! ;)

Cake Vs. Dessert Bar! What's a Bride to do?!?

So, I keep going back and forth regarding our wedding dessert!

For a long time I didn't want to have a cake (I felt like at weddings I've been to in the past I was too busy chatting and dancing to enjoy the cake). I thought instead of cake, it would be fun to have a dessert bar with lots of different treats (that you, the guest, could pick and choose what you wanted for dessert, or skip it all together)!

As of a few weeks ago I started to think about cake and traditions and I thought about how pretty a decorated cake can be... So, I'm waffling back and forth! I think I'm leaning toward CAKE.

Thoughts on this topic anyone???

PS. Our Pastry Chef/Woman is AMAZING and she makes both cake and desserts so either way it will be top notch and first class!!! ;)

Our 1 Year Engagement Anniversary!

Yes, one year ago today Christian and I were in the middle of a WONDERFUL Maui vacation with my parents....*sigh*

We've had a great (and busy) year this year!

Happy Anniversary Love!!!

Here we are the night Christian proposed to me, I was so surprised!!! He really caught me off guard!!

And, here is us, one year later (and much less tan)!! We went out to our favorite TexMex place, just for fun....

Our "Duckface" pose...

Hello Wedding World (that is a joke for all the computer nerds out there)!!

I keep switching back and forth between my TWO gmail accounts and it's all very confusing... Like, I'm not sure which one I'm logged into at any given time, and apparently these blogs are directly linked to the email address... I am not savvy in the ways of the web/computer/technology!!

SO, I decided to start a DIFFERENT blog altogether on our vino.wedding account in case anyone is interested in wedding plans and info!!

Welcome to Christian and Lisa's wedding blog (not to be mistaken with our website which is the one found on our Save The Date cards)!!

Hi!

How are you today?

We are happy and healthy (if not a bit cold, come on Spring, anytime now, we miss ya)!!!

Love,
Lisa and Christian (1st blog post)