Well, this weekend we printed out 1/2 of our guest list’s envelopes for their invitations. That took ALL frickin’ day. Other than that, smooth sailing, really.
Okay I’m a big liar. There always little details…. sigh, but it will all work out. Only 88 days to go!! 🙂 YAY! I cannot wait to be married to Frank!
Today I am wearing my wedding shoes! I’m very excited about them, they are strappy and cute. And white. That’s about it. I am trying to break them in so that they won’t kill me on the wedding day. Only 91 days to go!
Being that pre-menstrual time of month, I am just angry today. No reason, really. But seriously, the next person that walks in will either get popped in the nose or will find me a sobbing mess. What is my deal!? I hate this. I always conveniently forget about my period for 2 weeks out of the month. But then, BAM, it hits me. And I ALWAYS wonder what it is. “Wow, why I am an emotional mess!?”
Once someone told me that there was no such thing as PMS. Give me 5 minutes alone with this person and they will be well educated in the ways of PMS.
Wedding Updates
I have my tiara–cuz I’m a princess!! And I have my veil and shoes, too! This weekend, Mom and I are doing the invitations marathon. It’s going to be an all day Saturday kinda thing.
Other Updates
There aren’t any, really. I’ll write more later!
Well, I tried to get all this updated stuff together on Friday of last week, but no luck. Blogger freaked out and lost my stuff. So here we go.
Wednesday, June 4–Frank and I had the day off of work and were very productive considering that we were both not feeling very well. The night before we picked up our kitchen table (WE own furniture now!). Then Wednesday morning we shuffled off to Midway to drop off his resume. Then we went to the jewelers to look at wedding rings. That wasn’t as productive as we hoped, but oh well. After a quick Oberweis lunch, we headed to Naperville to begin our apartment search. The first place we looked at smelled soooo awful that I was worried that *I* smelled after we left. Thankfully I smelled no more than usual 🙂 The second place was better than the first, but not necessarily inspiring. The third and final apartment was on a golf course by an excellent train station and I fell in love! That is where we are hoping to rent.
Thursday, June 5–I was feeling better and went to work. Not much exciting.
Friday, June 6–After work we all went to Tammy’s house where we had a fabulous time eating pizza and playing games. One of the best evenings I’ve had in a while!
Saturday, June 7–I went to Frank’s office to get some work done. Unfortunately a student crashed his plane and I couldn’t’ get anything done. I gave Dor a ring and we went to the mall and window shopped for a while. Good times! Then we had a birthday party to attend for one of Frank’s students. It’s funny that Frank’s students are turning 50 in some cases.
Sunday, June 8–We had a premarital seminar. Good times. Then we went to Corner Bakery for dinner and saw the movie Bruce Almighty.
I think that’s it!
Well, last night I did a good job. I got 3 very cute shirts for the bargain price of $28. Rock. I also got to spend some quality time with my girl, Kimmie Wimmie.
Why Kim is SOOO Cool:
Kim is so cool because she shops with me. We pick through piles of clothes and offer eachother our professional advice on items. “That makes you look busty (This is a compliment, by the way)” and other good advice is offered through out the shopping adventure. She also makes me laugh. And she eats McDonald’s with me, even though we both know that I have to be able to fit into a wedding dress in, oh, 108 days.
Which brings me to:
WEDDING UPDATES!
Yes, folks, we here at the R-K Wedding Company have 108 days to go. That’s like 3.5 months. Tomorrow is a big day for us as we will be:
*Getting our wedding bands (as in rings, not musicians)
*Finding an apartment
*Visiting with our pastor
This weekend I will also be finalizing a few things on our wedding registries, selecting my veil and tiara (I am a princess, you know) and possibly purchasing some kick-butt dinnerware.
After that, June 13th will be engagement photo day. July 11th is tentatively scheduled as florist day, but I believe that will be moved.
T-108 days… YAY!
Friday: Came home from work, changed into my Hawaiian attire and headed straight for Holy Family with Frank in tow. The reason? Andrea and Dave G’s wedding rehearsal. Loads of fun were had by all, especially when the tornado sirens started to scream. We later went to Famous Dave’s for some yummy BBQ.
Saturday: I got myself out of bed early and headed for Lombard to pick up Frank. I brought him some OJ and some donuts for the road. I like to make sure that everyone is well fed on road trips. 🙂 We then headed for Roanoke, IL, birthplace of my father. I showed Frank the small town–no stop lights, even–and then surprised my Aunt Ruth Ann, Uncle Mark and my Aunt Renae with a little visit. We chatted for a bit and then had some lunch. After our visit, we hopped back into the car and cruised into Bloomington for Smess and Andy B’s wedding. (Frank’s friends)
The wedding was beautiful! It was in a small church, but it was so packed with meaning and love and happiness that I just about cried a few times. Smess was a BEAUTIFUL bride and you could tell that everyone was so happy for both of them. Smess made these AMAZING invitations, programs and booklets. I was very impressed. We asked her if we could steal some of her great ideas and she said we sure could!
After dinner at the reception, they had swing dance instructors! Frank and I are now world-class swing dancers… well, not really. But we’re on our way!
Sunday: We drove home Saturday night and I dragged my butt out of bed early Sunday so that I could get my hair done and put on make up for Andrea and Dave’s wedding. I had to be at the salon at 8 a.m. CRAZY! After that, we went to Andrea’s house at 11 and started pictures at noon. After pictures, we were whisked off to Holy Family for the ceremony. The ceremony was beautiful and the day turned out to be much better than the rehearsal 🙂
After the ceremony, we did more pictures. And after that, the party began! YAY!!! The best man and I toasted everything we could think of. And Frank and I made new friends–Matt and Jenna! They are getting married December 6th in Orlando. WOOHOO!! They are a very nice couple! Frank and Jenna sat together at the reception and set the bread basket on fire. 🙂
That’s it!
So Yeah, total slacker chick over here.
Wedding Updates (since this and work are all that is left of my life)
Saturday: Got the flowers with my mom. I will carry plum mini calla lillies (SOO pretty) and the bridesmaids will carry crystal breath mini calla lillies (also beautiful). We struck out later that day with the invitations, but then hit “gold” on Monday at Hallmark. So all we need to do is the wording and submit it (and the times) & the invitations will be taken care of!
Sunday: Went shopping for bridesmaid dresses and found a beautiful dress at Ann Taylor. It is black with a very ruffly bottom and a cowel neck and spaghetti straps. It will look lovely with an up-do and jewelry. AND it no one needs alterations AND it was on sale!! YAY!
Monday: Found the invitations and negotiated the trolley. I’m getting better at this negotiation thing. I am negotiated him down a respectable chunk of change. As long as I feel good about the negotiations–that’s all that matters, right?
Tuesday: Rested–went to bed at 9 p.m. It was my wedding day off.
Wednesday: Sending out deposit for trolley. Tonight we are going to check out tuxedos for Frank. He will look dashing, I’m sure! 😀
Thursday: Another day of rest.
Friday: FRANK’S BIRTHDAY!!! (I’m working at IAA that day in honor of his golden 23!)
So I bet you’re curious as to what I’ve been doing all week 😀
Wednesday: I watched the series finale of “Dawson’s Creek”. Even though I was never an avid watcher, it symbolizes the end of one part of my life and the beginning of another. It also revealed to me what a wussy I am. I cried from 8p to 9p SOLID. It was cleansing, though.
Thursday: Frank picked me up from the train in West Chicago and then proceeded to score MANY good boyfriend brownie points by going with me to the Great Indoors to look at bedding and furniture. Who’s a good boy?? Then we went back to my house so I could change and we grabbed a quick bite to eat. Then we headed off to see The Matrix. The movie was pretty good, although slightly long and it ended in one of the world’s biggest cliffhangers ever! ::Sigh:: I guess we’ll have to see Matrix 3 in November.
Friday: Tonight is my sorority’s formal!! YAY! I wonder who will win the most coveted honor our sorority has: Most Perverted!! 😀
That’s all for now!
Special thanks to Jamie for trying to save me from myself 🙂 Unfortunately I still haven’t figured out what I am doing wrong and will have to spend some quality time with the code to figure it out.
Wedding Updates
I’m soooo excited–last night we booked our photographer!! I think he’s going to do a great job and we were sooo lucky he was available. He usually books as much as 3 years in advance, but since we have a Friday wedding, we were able to get him to do it!! YIPPY! His books were awesome and he’s going to do some photojournalism as well as posed photography. I can’t wait!!
This Saturday we are meeting with the florist and picking out wedding invitations and program/menu papers. Sunday we are getting the bridesmaid dresses. We still have a lot to do, but we’ve already accomplished sooo much! It’s quite exciting!! In a few weeks, Frank and I are going apartment searching, so hopefully we’ll have a happy place to live. 🙂
Frank and I had a great time hanging out with Anthony and Laura–even though the conversation did wind up running aground in politics and religion. ::Sigh::
Saturday I went to IAA to get some work done on the Newsletter (Will this thing ever go away!?) and then I met up with Dorothy for a little lunch and then a little shoppy shoppy. 🙂 After that, I went home and took care of thank you notes and a few other things around the house before we saw my brother’s band play in the battle of the bands.
Can I tell you that my brother is just too cool? He has GROUPIES! These girls made their own band tee-shirts (Les Harvard is the name of the band) and screamed and jumped throughout the entire performance. I think it also helped that his band is actually very good–Frank and I loved watching them play. It’s exciting to see my brother “rocking out” on stage. I must tell you that the lead singer of his band is every bit of them “rock star” that my dad told me he was. He definitely has stage presence!
After the battle of the bands, Frank and I went to see XMen2–which I thought was great!! I wish I had Rebecca Romajn-Stamos’ body (Spelling?). Yikes!
Yesterday we went to my aunt’s house for Mother’s Day where we ate lots of yummy food. Then we went back to my house where Frank and I passed out for an hour and a half. We finished off the evening watching the movie “Singles”.
Upcoming Wedding Stuff:
This week we are interviewing the photographer, the florist and finding invitations. Crazy!!
Bye for now!
emmy kay and co. 