Well, the final preparations are coming together; I got my hair cut and highlighted, Wednesday I get waxed (gotta love the eyebrow lady!!) and my nails done and I will pray they don't chip between then and Friday!
The seating and numbers are in for the rehearsal and wedding night dinners.
The DJ and Photographer have been given their instructions.
And the wedding planner is taking care of everything else!!! (I will say, she is the most important thing we have "gotten" for the wedding; I don't know where I'd be without that wonderful woman!!!)
I won't be back till Sunday; we are doing a honeymoon later in the summer (the location is to be determined!!) because I start my next quarter of Master's classes two days after the wedding! (three more quarters and I'm finally done!!!)
Hope you all have a wonderful rest of the week and weekend!!!
xx Amy
PS, I am loving RHONJ Dina's pink stripe in the hair! I want it but as a librarian, that might not be such a good idea. Or maybe it will because it will break down those stereotypes!!
Just when I thought all the wedding drama was over, ha! Its just beginning. The future DH's sister (who is a bridesmaid in the wedding because she is 'supposed to be') is the same age as me but just graduated from her undergrad about a month ago; well, I haven't asked her to do much at all for the wedding...well, now that I think about it, I haven't asked her to do anything. Any who, we had my bridal shower about 3 weeks ago and everyone was there...except her. She showed up an hour and a half late (without a reason) and then left early without asking the other bridesmaids if they needed any help cleaning up or anything. I was really upset and so were the other 4 bridesmaids that she didn't do anything and nor did she offer. I stuck up for her saying no one asked her to help so she didn't know she should have at least offered. Then tonight, I went to the DH's parent's house to put together the favors and I asked her to help since she was there. Well, she laughed and said "no, I have better things to do"; i.e. she was going to wing night at the bar near her house which started at 9 and I asked her at 7. I was so stunned, I just stood there with my mouth open and then walked away because I was about to say something mean.
I feel stuck between a rock and a hard place; I don't want her in the bridal party anymore but if I do that, the DH's parents would be really mad at me. I ask her to do something so simple, it took his mom and I less than 45 minutes to do it. Yet, she laughed it off and made it clear it wasn't important to her at all. I want so badly to ask her to at least not sit at the head table with us; I can not believe how rude she was and how she hasn't helped at all. Its one thing to not do anything or not offer; some people don't know any better. But to blatantly laugh at someone when they ask you to help is unheard of!
Please let me know if people think I am over reacting; I don't know if I am blowing this out of proportion but I feel like this is a bit warranted. I ask for 30 minutes of her time and she laughs at me. I am so hurt and frustrated and upset. The DH said just to brush it off because "that's just the way she is". I find that hard to believe; are people really that callous and rude?
Ugh, I am so tired of drama; is it June 18 yet?????
xxAmy
Ever have one of those days where you just clean EVERYTHING and then purge your closets??? Well, that was my day. I cleaned the bathrooms, bedroom, living room, kitchen and ran out of steam to do the dining room (that has become wedding central, so no real use in cleaning until after the wedding!!). Then purged my closets and drawers in anticipation of all the goodies I will be getting on Wednesday! I am giddy with excitement; I am not fresh our of college anymore and since my work is paying for my master's degree, I have money saved to SPEND my buns off (if only losing weight was so easy!!). Then I went to work at 2; yeah, I did all that before NOON! I don't know what got into me!
I am trying to convince a girl I work at ks with to come with me since she is off; the (oh so very soon to be!) DH has no problem going shopping with me, but the warehouse sale has proved to be a bit too much for him! He gets scared of all the frantic Lilly women and their zeal for Lilly!
In other news, I am doing both of my finals for class this Monday or Tuesday and then I will be done with the Spring quarter and have two weeks off before the Summer quarter begins! Ugh, it never ends it feels like. Just (hopefully) three more quarters of three classes at a time and I will be done! I can't wait to get my MLIS, I feel like some lowly nothing in the library world without it. :(
Well, tomorrow is going to be a looong one; I will be attempting to take two finals in one day so I can enjoy the Lilly week ahead!
xxAmy
Well, I have been back from my bachelorette weekend since Monday afternoon and I can say I had fun but was happy to be home! It was busy and fun and tiring.
Tuesday and Wednesday were the last two days of school for students and today was graduation. Yey! Tomorrow is my last day; just finishing up some things in the library then my official summer begins!
Then I start wedding activities like a mad woman! I have to make the favors, the place cards, the wedding programs, and about a thousand other things! We are at two weeks away tomorrow. OMG.
In other news, the Lilly warehouse sale is less than one week away!!! I can not wait.
xxAmy
My day has been consumed with wedding programs! First finding programs that kind-of match our invitations (the company from our invites doesn't do programs... :/). I finally found a place that makes Calla Lily ones that look like the invites and am now trying to figure what all goes on this thing! We are having a Protestant wedding with the basics...I hate wordy weddings with 5 Bible readings and 7 solos and all this silly stuff and I really don't like writing couples that write their own vows. I always thought it was so much more romantic to say the same words couples have been using for decades to get married...yes, sappy. I know. But in other news, I saw on the fb Lilly page the most adorbs summer cardigan called the Katia Wrap!
I just bought something similar from American Eagle in white and it is sooo comfy! It looks great with everything and is so nice to wear inside in the ac! I think this has been added to the must have list for my summer wardrobe. As well as the Callahan short in Classic White Cream Fraiche.
Always dreaming of the next Lilly purchase...
xxAmy
So, all of our wedding RSVPs are due back this Saturday, May 29. To this day, 5 couples have not RSVP'ed yet and the invites were sent out two months ago! I know 2 of them are not coming so why not just send back the card saying thanks, but no thanks and get it over with! (one is going overseas the weekend we get married and the other just had twins literally a week ago). I can easily assume they won't be coming, but seriously, just RSVP no!
Second wedding-related pet peeve; not sending a card/gift when you can not attend. I went to one girl's wedding a year ago and when she had a baby shower two months ago, I sent a gift and card because I could not be there. She missed my shower 3 weeks ago and I still haven't gotten a card. I'm not even saying I want a gift; because I don't need anything or want her to waste money on her when she just had twins, but honestly; I can't even get a card!!!
Next, generic thank you notes! The same girl who can't send me a shower card gave the worst thank you notes from her wedding; they took no thought or effort; not even hand written!! And there was no note for the shower gift! Its so tacky! Ugh. Where are people's manners anymore!
Okay, rant is over. Thank you for listening.
On a happier note, I ordered new address labels, stationary and sticky notes from Vistaprint with the cutest little alligators on them; also my sorority's mascot! I can't figure out how to put a picture on here but go on the site and check them out; so adorableee!
xxAmy
The cake!
The bridesmaids and us.
The happy couple!
