Weather

Today is the day. Our wedding date is officially on the 10-day weather calendars.According to The Weather Channel, it is supposed to sunny with a high of 85, low of 57 and 0% chance of rain!

Now for a weather loving girl like myself (and Kelli Moss, hi Kelli!), TWC is not my go to weather source. I stick with locals. Alan Crone from Channel 6 to be specific. But since Channel 6 doesn't have a 10-day forecast, I had to look to TWC.

I got my first spray tan last night at Suntanz at 101st and Memorial. I normally wouldn't drive that far for something I can get anywhere, but I had a Living Social deal for 2 spray tans for $25. I am very pleased with the results. Lexi was my spray tanner and she is adorable. A cute college girl that just loves giving girls that perfect spray tan. My feet and hands are a little streaky/splotchy but she told me just to scrub them and it will fade. I plan on going back next week before the wedding so I can have that perfect "glow".

If you are looking for a cheap pair of colored jeans/cords, Old Navy has tons of colors in their Rockstar fit. And they are $19 right now! I bought green jeans and red cords this weekend.

Old Navy

I love this fit but you do have to go up a few sizes. But since no one sees the tag on the inside of your jeans except you, who cares?!

Staying Calm

This week has been challenging, tiring, and exciting! My mom and I went to my final dress fitting on Monday. I was less shocked by the snug fit of the dress this time, but my mom did admit she could see why I was a little freaked out! That sucker is on me and is not going anywhere. If anyone wants to meet me at Peachwave after the wedding, I plan on indulging in dessert again after the wedding. Actually, I don't plan on being a bride that doesn't eat cake on her wedding day! I love the cake we chose and I can't wait to eat a piece, probably a small piece, but still a piece.

Also on Monday, another big thing happened. I landed a new job! Call me cray for taking a new job 2 weeks before a wedding, but I really needed this. My new position is with Republic National Distributing Company and I will be a Wine and Liquor Sales Representative. I will be working a lot with fine dining in Tulsa. I will be able to office from home and make my own schedule. You have no idea how much I am looking forward to this! I spent 2 hours yesterday getting all kinds of tests and physicals done, so let's hope I pass those and they don't find anything on my background check :)
My last day at my current job is Oct 2nd, and I start the new job Oct 10th.

I am so excited to decorate my office space! The guest bedroom upstairs has a built-in desk that I plan to use. My imagination is running wild with ideas for it! I need to find a cute chair for the desk, and I love browsing all the cute prints on Etsy. My bathroom is already Paris themed, so I think I will go with bright colors for my office space.

Via Etsy

Via Etsy

Wednesday night I drove to Muskogee to meet with Steve to plan the ceremony. It took about an hour to go over the entire wedding ceremony. I didn't realize how many details go into planning these things!

Finally got my engagement ring back last night after a week without it. I missed it so much! Tonight is my Tulsa bachelorette party with Christy, Lilia, Sara and Olivia. I am wearing the same white dress that I wore in Dallas because 1) I love it and 2) I need to stop buying a new dress every time I have something to do, oh and 3) I have gotten so many compliments on it. I want to get good use out of a white party dress while I can!

I have been trying to stay calm in the midst of chaos. Kyle is really great about talking me down when I feel like I am losing my mind. Men can be so irritating at times when they are all calm and relaxed and act like things aren't a big deal, all the while I am going crazy and feel like I just need to sit in a dark room with a glass of wine! I am thankful I have someone who is caring enough to let me talk crazy, and then watch NY Med with me once I calm down.

Wedding Paper Products

In the land of wedding planning, paper products get a lot of attention. You can go to websites like Wedding Paper Divas and ordered your Save the Dates, invitations, reply cards, info cards, thank you's, etc to all match. While I love the idea of matching, I did not go that route. Since the wedding is 22 days away, I figured it was time to reveal our paper products. And I will post what we paid for those curious minds.

Save the Date: $96.33 (Wedding Paper Divas)

I posted this a while back, but I love it so much I wanted to include it again. I love the colors, the picture, the simplicity of it, and I love that we got a little silly, i.e. (be there. in other words, we're getting married!) We got tons of positive feedback on these.This is a post card so no envelopes were necessary.


Wedding Invitation: $466.92 (Paper Girl, Bixby OK)

I heart these so so much. We went with a really basic design that I found on Wedding Paper Divas and took it to Paper Girl and they created this. I love the simple swirls at the bottom and the fancy font placed in just  a few spots. I think it is easy to read, one of Kyle's main goals in all of our paper products. The reply cards look the same, except they were done in opposite colors: white card with black writing. White shimmer envelopes came with the invitations.

Rehearsal Dinner Invitation: $52 (Paper Girl, Bixby OK)

Let's get retro! I searched Google images of retro bowling designs and sent this over to the lovely ladies at Paper Girl and they made my vision into this adorable invitation. We are having our rehearsal dinner at Dust Bowl Lanes and Lounge and I could not be any more excited. It is going to be fun and relaxed. We chose a hot dog and tator tot bar with ice cream sundaes to finish it off. Bowling not mandatory, but encouraged! We chose yellow envelopes and Mary Lou completed the look by ordering Steelers stamps from Zazzle.

There ya have it. I have been using 3 different designs for thank you cards right now but might be ordering some for the rest of the gifts we receive at the wedding.

The last thing I need to order is ceremony programs. I meet with Steve next week to plan the ceremony and then I can email Paper Girl and start those. I can't decide if I want to do a similar design as the wedding invitations or if I want to pick something completely different.

Bachelorette!

My wonderful aunt, and cousins hosted my bachelorette party in Dallas this past weekend. They were so sweet to put some personal touches into the decorating! The "Cheers Bitches" banner was my favorite!

No Bach party is complete without something penis shaped and edible

We spent Friday night lounging, eating and drinking at my aunt's house (thank you for hosting and letting us take over your home!). We had a big slumber party with girls filling every room of the house. Emily and I kicked it old school in the spare bedroom and let my aunt's new kitten, Tilly, sleep with us.

We woke up Saturday morning to coffee, breakfast casserole and muffins. After breakfast, we headed to get manis and pedis. I choose a fun silver sparkle color, and ended up paying $45 for it to almost completely chip off by Sunday morning. Boo. It did look good in pictures though. Speaking of pictures, I have a Nikon Coolpix L24 camera that acts shady sometimes. My parents bought it for me for Christmas last year. Sometimes it just won't flash, other times the pictures are really blurry. Any advice?

Saturday night we got all dolled up and went to Victor Tango's for cocktails and tapas. It was a really neat place that Kristin picked for us and we all loved it. The food is family style so you order everything to share. I wasn't sure how much to order so I hope people didn't go hungry. If you are still hungry, I will buy your dinner at the wedding :)

I had a delicious grapefruit cocktail and then something with champagne in it. Give me the bubbly and I am happy.

 

 

We hit up a few bars in the Knox-Henderson area of Dallas. Capital Pub, Beauty Bar and The Slip Inn.

I had the most wonderful time with all my ladies. Once again, it was so nice to have all of my favorite people in one place.

We took a cab back to the hotel and ordered pizza. Perfect ending. Also, I loved the idea of the girls to wear black and me wear white! It worked out perfectly and everyone looked so cute! I scored that adorable dress on Weddingbee for $40! The tag was still on it and it retails for $148. Holla!

P.S.- Look how cute my mom and aunt are doing the "skinny arm" pose! I taught Mary Lou, too so we need to get a pic of them at the wedding showing their "skinny arms"!

Next up:

Final dress fitting on Monday, ceremony planning with minister, last cake appt, and million final payments to the vendors!

Labor Day, Bridal Shower, 30 Days!

Labor Day weekend was a whirlwind of fun. We crammed as much into 3 days as we could. Saturday morning Kyle, Carl and Dante played gold. The ladies had coffee and breakfast and then shopped.

Scored this cute shirt in orange and mint green

After shopping, Kyle and I went to Chapel Hills Jewelry and picked out our wedding bands. He picked titanium and we ordered one band to match the band on my engagement ring.

Saturday night was my bridal shower. I wore the cute purple lace dress that I bought at Target. All of the ladies were so sweet and spent so much time making my shower beautiful! One of them even made Texas corn dip "for the Oklahoma girl". We had a great night talking and opening gifts and telling all kinds of stories!

Jenn and I went to meet up with Dante and Kyle after the shower.

Bright flash in a bar. Isn't that how all iPhone pictures are taken?


Sunday we ate omelets for breakfast and then took a nap. We were drained from all the activities and we knew we had even more coming up. Kyle left that afternoon around 3 to go see Dante's parents and then to go pick out his wedding day suit at Nordstrom. Dante is the fashionista of all his friends. Kyle had a buffalo sauce stain on his shirt, which was horrifying to Dante as they walked into Nordstrom!

After Kyle got home, we went out to dinner with the family, followed by more bar hopping with the friends. This time Stacy got to come since we were so close to home!

We stayed out wayyyyy too late but had so much fun. I didn't take one single picture on my camera all weekend. Fail.
Monday morning was rough. A bowl of Cheerios, a shower, packing, opening one more present and then it was time to leave. I hugged and kissed on Henry as much as an active 14 month old will let you.


A huge thank you to Carl and Mary Lou for always taking care of us while we are visiting. And a huge thank you to Stacy for being my right-hand lady at the shower, and all weekend. And most importantly, thank you to Mary Lou's friends for being so kind and throwing me a beautiful shower.

To end, the countdown hit 30 days today.
Next up, bachelorette party recaps after this weekend!