As you can tell from my previous blog posts, I have been rather stressed out about wedding planning thus far. I wasn’t making decisions fast enough for my liking, and I was easily distracted by everyday life and work. I can’t tell you how many times I said to myself “OK, tonight is the night. [...]
Happy Monday…after Thanksgiving….where you not only feel sad (like every other Monday) but also stuffed!!!! OR at least I do! But back to Venue, vidi, vici! I’m not exactly sure how that phrase would actually translate….but it’s either “I conquered the venue.” or “The venue conquered me.” Based upon my bridal experiences, maybe it’s a [...]
As I may have mentioned before, I’m originally from Western Pennsylvania, where the majority of my family still lives. Its approximately 4-4.5 hours away, depending on whose driving. Unfortunately, I don’t get to see them as often as I would like because of work and school schedules. That’s why I am super excited to have my mom [...]
I neglected to fill you in on our wedding party. Dirk and I will have ten in our bridal party, which means five bridesmaids and five groomsmen for the mathematically-challenged. It seems that we are set on making this wedding be the most logistically frustrating as possible. I have chosen bridesmaids in four different time [...]
As I have mentioned, Dirk is from Germany and has been living in the Philadelphia area for about five years. We want to incorporate German traditions into our wedding so that both cultures are represented. Somehow, I need to make sure that this does not translate to me wearing a Bavarian beer wench Halloween costume [...]
As I mentioned in my previous post, Steve and I haven’t done a ton of planning yet. But, we’ve got a venue! We started looking at the beginning of this year and visited 17 area venues in two months. (We had a bit of a mishap while moving back here so I did this entire [...]
I was chatting with my Maid of Honor Trisha about my stress over not finding a venue and not having a date set. Trisha is very patient and has been involved in several weddings before, so she was the perfect person to whine to. I explained that I was doubly stressed because Dirk was out [...]
I haven’t written in a few days. I’ve been busy freaking out. Dirk and I thought that we were settled on a venue even before we became engaged. We inquired, and it is only available during the summer months. I always envisioned myself as a fall or winter bride, but I was willing to plan [...]
Me, July 2010 On this day, 9-10-11, I am THE bride! YIKES! EEEK! WOW! Jared, thank you for marrying me.
Immediately after booking our venue, I began searching the Internet for other wedding pictures at Glen Foerd Mansion. I was curious how it looked set up for a wedding and was interested in ideas for our own ceremony and reception. Every few months, I would redo the search, looking for the most update to date [...]