And soooo.....

The verdict is that 7 out of 8 girls got their dresses!!! YAY!!! JVilla didn't get hers because she had a prior engagement and therefore, didn't come for the 1hr hoopla.

Que sera!

So we all got together and did the bm dress thing... super fun! and I still got to order the dress that was 4 sizes smaller than my street clothes size... WOO TO THE HOOTIE HOOOO!!!

anyway... enough of that.
so I think that I have chosen the place that I will have the bshower at! I checked in with my nesties (thenest.com) and they came through suggesting several different places to have our bshower and the one that I think I will go with is in River Oaks... oooh la la!!! That's uber fancy smancy talk for this beautifully posh side of town... This place will be in my budget (possibly way under) and will still have everything that I envision!

Awesome! bgonzo and I will probably be checking this place out this coming Saturday to set up the menu and pricing and all that jazz... can't wait!

Stay Tuned!
Adri

Oops!!! Updates are lacking...

Soooo.. nothing new to report because we havent really done anything up to now... BUT this weekend is the big dress day!! We are offically ordering and paying for our bridesmaid dresses!!

I will take pictures and such to post next week. I think it's gonna be fun times!!! I haven't seen a few of these girls in a while so I am excited to see them.

On the bshower front, theBride sent me her bshower glist and I almost fell over. it's 4 pages long.. with about 10 ppl on each page!! Whoa, is all I can say!! LOL.. so after talking to her, I was able to dwindle it down to a more workable number! LOL... I have 2 places in mind of where we can have the shindig... I just have to verify pricing and all the logistics that go with it. I also need to start looking for the guest gifts. I am working on a cute little project for it and will definitely have fun putting it together!

Anyway.. that's the update for now.

Stay tuned!
Adri

Weekly Update!

Okay.. so for this blog, since there may be times when there is nothing to be said - I will do a Tuesday Update!

This past weekend, we didn't get together to do anything wedding related. So there isn't really anything to talk about, except that I have started to think about the Bridal Shower!

Since I am the Matron of Honor and theBride also has a Maid of Honor - she (theBride) decided that she would let us pick one big thing to do... I am by no means a 'party girl'... don't get me wrong! I like to have as much fun as the next guy, but Bachelorette parties of theBride's caliber are not my cup o tea! So I wanted to do the Bridal Shower. This kind of party is up my alley! I love planning parties and all that comes with it.

I have decided on a theme and will soon be putting my planning skills up to the test. I will not post the theme - bummer I know, (uh... theBride occasionally looks at this) so I will just post a piece of a picture to get your mind to wander...

he he...

Stay Tuned!

Adri!

This past weekend...

So theBride and I got together this past weekend to get some things checked off her list. We were pleasantly surprised to be accompanied by our wonderful cousin, Bianca.


We started the day off by going to a florist (family friend) to see if we could get the vision that theBride had for her day under her budget. The florist was sooo great with us and really gave us some good ideas to work with. She will get with us this week as to what the final cost will be, but we are confident that it will all work out. :)

Then we went with theBride to get the Jewelry for the bridesmaids. She wanted us to be with her so that we could give her our opinion on what would look good. She picked out some great stuff and we are excited to wear it!!

We ended up going to lunch at Cafe Express (YUM!) and then on a whim, went to David's Bridal so that I could try on the bm dress once and for all. I was really nervous as I am not one to go shopping let alone try on clothes! So we get there and there are atleast 8,255 other girls there trying on dresses.... ok maybe not that many, but it sure did feel like it! Anyway, we start the search for what I think my size will be only to find out that they can't find that dress in 'my size'. Onward... I see that there is one dress left, but it's two sizes smaller than what I normally wear (what they call street size). So I pick up the dress and take it to the dressing room. My heart is POUNDING in my ears and I am soo nervous and embarrassed that I will be trying on a dress that is two sizes too small that quite possibly won't zip up! So Bianca is walking behind me with her size 4 which is 50 sizes smaller than mine (ok, not 50, but it just could be!) So she puts hers on first and then I do mine and by this time, I can feel beads of sweat start to form on my brow as she slowly starts to zip up the dress. I get anxious as she says "wait...this fits you!" I am like, 'what?' I ask her if it's zipped all the way and she says YUP! I am on cloud nine!!!! OMG... I am seriously on cloud nine!!! I just put on a dress that is two sizes smaller than my 'street size' - while it my just be the cut of the dress that makes it so that I can wear a smaller size, I DON'T CARE! LOL...

So, with my head held high, I put the dress back on the rack and we head out to Hobby Lobby. What we were looking for there was a thick black ribbon so that theBride could tie it (sash like) on her dress. We found it in no time (at half price) and got a few other things as well.

All in all, a very productive wedding planning/accomplishment day!

Stay Tuned!
Adri

Houston, we have shoes for theBride!

Ok.. so theBride is unlike any other. At my wedding, I told my three girls that they could wear whatever shoes they wanted as long as they were comfortable. So comes my MOH (theBride) in to my mom's bedroom to show me her shoes that she was to wear under her bm gown.

Brown and Pink Chuck Taylors - for those that dont know what they heck those are.. they are low top converse shoes...


So fast forward almost three years to theBride's wedding and what is she going to wear under her dress?!?!?!?!? You guessed it....Chucks... but not just any chucks... remember when I told you her color scheme?? Black, White and Green (accent)


Well here is a picture of what she just bought:

All I have to say, is that this wedding will be iiiiiiiiinteresting (and LOADS of fun!!)

Stay Tuned:

Adri

T Minus 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 days...

So this is the first post of many to come!

My little sister is getting married. Where has the time gone? This year will mark my third anniversary and I can't believe that my little Ellie (who will now be referred to as theBride) will be married in just a few short months.

It seems like only yesterday she was gushing about a new crush that she met on yahoo personals. Now she is talking about cake toppers and honeymoon locations.

Let me go back to my days as a bride. When I got engaged, I did not hesitate to ask Ellie to be my Maid of Honor. She was by far a great example of what I can be for her.

Here are my three girls at my wedding circa 2006 - theBride is the one with the cleavage in the front, Bianca (our cousin) with the great body on the left and Jess (my bff), the beautfiul smile on the right.! Now theBride has like 22 bm's in her wedding - like Whoa! J/K, but she seriously does have quite a few. As a matter of fact, she has a Maide of Honor as well as me (Matron). She is that cool, that she has two! So in all she actually has 8 girls (including her two women of honor) - I'm telling you, that's how she rolls!!!!

So it starts. Prior to Jan 1,2009 - not much had needed to be done on my part, but here we are, less than 5 months away and it's gonna go by fast. I mean just last week it was my 29th birthday. My oh My where have the years gone?

Here is what theBride has done so far:
The date - check! June 13
The colors scheme - check! Black, White and Apple green as an accent - doesn't that sound so chic???
The cereomony location - check! - it's a secret!
The reception location - check! another secret! (I mean come on, we don't need any wedding crashers! The guest list is already high enough!)
Wedding dress - check! double, triple even!
BM dresses chosen - check!
There a lot more, and hey! we still have a smidge of time! - but prepare yourself for a rip roaring time as these next few months unfold!

First duty on the MOH agenda:
Plan a gtg for the bridesmaids to try on, order, and pay for our dresses. <--CHECK! We have our first meeting of the year for Feb 15th - to get this taken care of!

Second - go with theBride to finalize flowers and some bm gifts as well as makeup trial. <--check, we are scheduled to do that this Sat. btw.. here is our bm dress! (oops... if I lose you on the abbreviations, just think wedding and what could that possibly stand for in a wedding - ex: bm=bridesmaid. get it?) our dress will be black. Very chic! PS... I hope it looks this good on me! - you laugh, but I have already lost 2 lbs... that's right folks, I am gonna look good! Well, I will try to let theBride be the prettiest there, but what can I say - I'm going for KNOCK OUT! LOL


Stay Tuned!!
Adri