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4 years ago
Well I'm married, and I love it! So with my new life, comes a new blog. Because I just can't be Alice in Regularland anymore. So without any further ado, here is my new blog!
hello, there
hello, there
So my wedding blog has basically whittled down to nothing due to the extremely hectic schedule that I have been living the past few months. But I thought I'm long long long overdue for an update and I may as well write something so that the wedding blog isn't all for nothing. So here is what is going on right now:
The month of April has quite possible been the MOST stressful month of my entire life. The tipping point was having when I developed a nice dime sized cold sore at the beginning of the month. So for two weeks I had to walk around with what felt like a giant billboard that announced to the world exactly how much stress I was under plastered on my face. In fact the residual pinkness is still very visible on the corner of my mouth.
April has been the worst month of all for because there is just too much going on. With nursing school, and work I really only have off two weekends and even then I have things scheduled on both of the Saturdays, leaving me with two available days to myself in the whole month.
This is pretty much EXACTLY how I feel!
This is the last month of nursing school and for whatever reason my genius instructors whom I am sure are in cahoots with the devil, decided to schedule four out of the eight exams we have during the semester, all in the last month. Fantastic. That gives me an exam every single week, the last one being the Monday before I get married. And nursing school exams are no joke. I have been blessed with very good testing abilities and these kick my butt every time. There is nothing like walking out of an exam and feeling sure that you have failed every single time.
John and I also need to move by May 1st. His lease came up and we knew we weren't going to renew because his little place was just too small for the two of us. So we needed to find a bigger place that was still within our (his) budget and within a reasonable distance from where both of us need to be. That means that my only two free days off in April were now spent running around trying to find a place to live. And the area that he wants to live in is a unique historic area which means there aren't mass quantities of managed apartment complexes to choose from. We had to research every few days in classifieds and craigslist for postings from private renters. All this equals a lot of work and time and energy.
And then there is the wedding. I have come the point where I have started to relate weddings to tumors. They can suck the life out of you, make you get caught up in all the wrong things and will grow out of control if you let them. Its hasn't been all that bad I'm really just venting more or less but it hasn't been the enjoyable experience I was hoping for. There was a laundry list of problems that happened all along the way. I'm not sure if this happens to every bride or if its just me but I feel like I've been living Murphy's Law for the last few months. If something can go wrong, it will. And I can attest to the fact that it did.
So now I"m down to the last few weeks. Just two and a half little weeks until I become a wife and a partner to my best friend and begin a new chapter in my life. The chapter that I have been waiting and wanting to start for longer than I'd like to admit. And yes, I still have a to do list a mile long, I have homework assignments and tests to study for and we still haven't received confirmation that we have been approved for the apartment that we found but somehow this strange feeling of peace has come over me. Thats not to say that I am still not so stressed out that I'm only sleeping about 2-3 hours a night and hardly eating. But I can finally SEE the light at the end of the tunnel. The mantra that I have been repeating to myself for months now, "the end justifies the means" is really starting to happen. And it feels so good.
So for all of you who have so much on your plate that it feels like an impossible feat to accomplish it all, keep going. No matter how tired you are, how much you want to give up, how much you feel like you just don't care anymore or that its not worth it, I can promise that it is. Because in the end its not the details that matter and its not how you got there, what matters is that you did. <3
With that being said, I promise to blog lots and lots about all the details and the wedding journey once all this madness is over and I can finally think straight again.
This will be us. : )
Here are my updates, which I am sad to say are not very good.
Why? Well lets get straight to the point.
I HAVE NO WEDDING DRESS.
I got my dress in. The one I ordered from China. And in a word its awful. Its literally about 6 inches too small. The only thing I can think of is that they to the measurements that I sent in inches and made it in centimeters. The shape was wrong. Its an A line dress that they made into a mermaid. There's more but I'm literally sick with worry and stress now and I cant talk about it anymore. So now I am stuck with pretty much one option. Buy a dress that is already made via a used or never worn dress from another bride, ebay (in the US and already made) or off the rack. None of it is ideal but it is the fastest and least risky option. So I have once again begun the long and laborious work of trying to find another dress.
I did buy my shoes. I love them seriously the picture really does them no justice. And I got them at an amazing price.
Got both the girls bridesmaid dresses. Which I can't seem to put a pic of but here's the link to Christy's.
And here is Britt's.
I like it. Its summery and pretty and will still compliment the style of Christies. Its not your average bridesmaid dress but Brittney is VERY hard to shop for and she settled on this dress after what seemed like hours of yellow dress rejections.
I also decided to try a new make up product that I am going to write off as a wedding expense lol. I got some eyelash growth conditioner. I have short sparse thin lashes so if this stuff works I'm going to be very very happy. Ever since I' saw the ad for Latisse I've been wanting to try it or something like it. So I did a bunch of research and settled on enormous lash. Hopefully it works. Heck even a little bit would be better than what I have.
Keep ya posted!
I was thinking about my fancy heels and how I didn't have a clue how I was going to stay above ground walking around in the grass with stilettos on so I did some research and found this blog by Kara and Groomzilla. Its pretty much my thoughts exactly. She posted this great pic which is the very thing Im worried about happening.
Sad, tragic any of these words will suffice.
So I found a few options.
These are called Starlettos:
Personally I think they are a little too chunky. And they have glitter in them which I'm none to thrilled about. But they certainly look like they would do the trick. If all else failed.
There are these:
These are by heelstoppers. Which are more discreet and come in a few colors. They have a lot of bejeweled versions that I personally think are ridiculous looking but again. They are better than nothing.
Now these seem the best:
Mostly because they are the smallest and most discreet. They are pretty much one use only though whereas the others seemed to be reusable. I don't expect needing them after the wedding day but you never know.
These last ones are called heels above:
I thought this photo was a great example of exactly what will happen without the assistance of something like this. I also thought that it was ironic that my blog title was the same as their slogan without having seen it first. "A smart solution to a silly problem"
The only thing discouraging that I noticed though was that all of the products are available through the UK. Are British women the only ones wearing stilettos outside? Do American women somehow not have a problem with their shoes sinking into the ground?
Hm.
I knew I wanted my something blue to be my shoes. Call me a Carrie follower I don't really care. I love the idea of wearing a colored shoe to peek through under your dress.
That being said I already knew, without having searched before, what I pretty much wanted the shoes to look like. The blue needed to be between sapphire to navy shade range, I think anything brighter would clash with my ivory dress. And I wanted them to be preferably satin and preferably have some sort of embellishment. If the shoe came without an embellishment I could easily put a shoe clip on them which would be vintage looking anyway.
And so I googled "blue satin shoe". These are the ones I loved. 
Its the brooch that makes these so stunning really. And the simplicity of the rest of the shoe makes them a classic beauty, but honestly I feel like they are a little bright blue.
Then I saw these.
Love them. Perfect. Literally. They have all the elements I want. High heel, right color blue, satin, gorgeous embellishment.
There is only one problem. They are $400. Not exactly in my wedding budget.
So I looked again.
And found these.
And I thought oh my gosh they are gorgeous too. They are a beautiful mix of the first two and still have all the elements I want. Except, they're $400 too.
Crap.
