This is serious. The past 2 months of my life have been the craziest I’ve ever experienced. Since March, Clay has defended (successfully, I might add!) his PhD thesis, a wonderful couples’ shower was hosted for us by friends, we drove me (and 2/3 of our cats) back to PA to stay at my mom’s [...]
I am so happy to say that I have officially made it through my first semester of teaching – finals are this week. Woo-hoo! Now I feel like I can return to wedding planning…and not a moment too soon as Steve and I are now at the two month mark. The end of June will [...]
Using a Macys gift card, Chris and I bought ourselves some new luggage. We spent the 2 days before the day before our South Jersey wedding packing. Actually, it was more like frantically running around figuring out what to pack and what to buy that we still needed to pack. The day before the day [...]
Hi! Remember me? Yes, I am still here. Boy, a lot has happened in the past month. I’ve been back to Philadelphia for 8 of the past 28 days. I am racking up frequent flyer miles and magazines. There is just something about being in an airport that makes me buy a magazine. On my [...]
SURPRISE!!! Bachelor/bachelorette party! Ok, so my sisters spilled the beans accidentally about this party. They tried to get my the day off by calling my manager, but couldn’t. So they told me that I needed to call around to get the shift covered so that I could be off from work that day, and to [...]
Every wedding is unique. They reflect the style of couple getting married, their culture and their families’ beliefs. Of all the weddings that I’ve been to, no two were alike – not even remotely. And I’ve been to a lot of weddings…everything from your traditional Protestant church wedding to casual outdoor affairs to a Jewish/Catholic ceremony [...]
Invitations: a perfect example of the waste associated with weddings that I absolutely abhor. The worst part? There’s really no way around them. Emailing guests telling them where and when to show up just doesn’t scream “wedding!” Even in our completely wired world, an invitation to a wedding is expected to come in the mail [...]
Our invitations are out and RSVPs are rolling in! My mom is a graphic designer and after a crash course in InDesign, created our invitations. She managed to work with my requests for something modern, including bold colors but also lace. (I also really wanted belly belts.) She began with all the necessary info on [...]
I am on the hunt – the hunt for wedding shoes. And to be honest, I’m not having much luck. I love shoes. I love to go shopping for shoes. I love to drool over shoes while shopping. I love planning my outfits around my shoes. But for some reason, that perfect shoe eludes me. [...]
So, a couple of weekends ago, my Maid of Honor, Lynda and I went to South Jersey Florist, near Atlantic City, NJ from Philly. ROAD TRIP! It was a fun road trip and we got lost only a little bit. We should have planned better, packing and bringing our own lunch, snacks and drinks. When we [...]