Wedding Countdown!

We're at 47 days and counting till our wedding.

Panic time, commence!

I'm actually not paniked. Okay, there are only a couple of things that make me want to panic. One of them is the fact that I probably should be tanning. The other is that we haven't got back many of our RSVPs. I can't give you an actual number but it doesn't seem large. Most of the ones that we have gotten back are yeses. I figure that most of the people that haven't sent them in will be nos. Joe disagrees. It doesn't matter to me as long as I get them back by May 1st. I still have a feeling that we're going to be making a bunch of phone calls May 2nd. Ugh.

So to make me feel better, let's run through what I have and have not done. And some of my plans. (There'll be lots of links go check out.)

Wedding Dress-I have a beautiful wedding dress that I got from J and B Bridal. I went for my first fitting and well, a lot of seams had to be ripped out. I go again in a couple of weeks to try the dress on again. Unfortantly, I didn't lose any weight nor plan to. I can only hope that I haven't gained any weight since it was last fit since there isn't much time to try it on again.

Wedding Accessories-I bought two pairs of shoes from DSW, partly because they had a good return policy. Both pairs have wedge heels making it easier to walk in the grass. Both also have at least 3" heels. One pair is royal blue with a peep toe and a ruffle across it. The other pair is ivory with straps around the ankle and down the front. There are petals across the toes. I like the blue ones best but fitting wise I still may have to return them. (Something blue...) While in St. Louis, I went to JC Penney's to look at jewelry. I didn't want anything too expensive or too fancy since my dress is so pretty. I settled on two bracelets including one like this. I also got a necklace but I think I'm going to wear my birdhouse necklace instead. Probably not in addition to though I might wear something eles I wear all the time. I went to Icing (haha, so high school) and bought two flowers for my hair. I have decided not to wear a veil. I don't know if the flowers match the dress though. I hope the biggest one-which is ivory-does. I still need to decide on which shoes I like and also need to buy some underthings.

Wedding Make-Up/Hair-I have appointments for both on the day of the wedding (as well as for my bridesmaids) and one trial run on at least the hair. So go me. Tanning though...

Wedding Rings-Joe and I ordered custom fingerprint rings from Brent and Jess. Its going to be cutting it close but we're super excited about these rings.

Tuxes-Okay, so Joe still needs to get his tux fit. And make sure his groomsmen have too.

Wedding Officiant/Ceremony-We have hired an officiant and have figured out some of the readings we plan to have. However, we still need to finalize these, find people to actually read them and get together a program. In my mind, I have how I want the ceremony to go. But there are some other things that need to be put together-such as music and parking. Always the parking. I have hired some of our clients-the Bunnings. They have a carriage service and raise North American Spotted Draft horses. I've been out to their place multiple times. My plan is to have them take me and the bridesmaids from the vet clinic down to the mill, then wait for the ceremony to finish and then to take me and Joe around Newville.

Wedding Registry-We're registered at Target and Kohl's. Recently, after the discovery that only one item has been purchased from the registry, we added a bunch of inexpensive items to the Target registry. Kohl's is more of our small appliances. I'm hoping that people come through and actually use the registry preventing us from getting a bunch of redundant gifts or things we don't want.

Flowers-I'm not exactly sure that I'm getting what I paid for or what I really want. :(

Rehersal and Rehersal Dinner-We know who gets to come to the rehersal dinner but other than that nothing is planned. I may have mistakenly put Joe in charge of figuring out where we're going to eat. I need to confirm times with the officiant (Bishop Carl) and Joe.

Decorations-I'm starting to feel good about this. I bought some small lanterns at the party store and still have to get some flowers to decorate the trellis we're renting. I finished all the table number holders. I still have to finish making name cards but need to again have most invitations in.

Caterer and Cake-The caterer is just waiting on a number and a seating chart as far as I can tell. The cake baker is waiting on a number and finialization of flavors. Joe and I couldn't decide but decided to go with what we originally tasted even though we were not fans. The baker also agreed to make extra sugar flowers for gluten free cupcakes I am making for AO and LM. Joe and I got our cake topper and its super cute.

Reception Hall-I need to keep paying them and they are happy enough. The Carlisle Vault was the site of a music video shoot this fall. Fun. shot an acoustic version of their song 'We Are Young' (Yes, from Glee) there in October.

DJ-Speaking of music, Joe and I really need to get on this music thing. We haven't thought about music for the ceremony. We're still struggling for music for our first dance. The only music I know is having some TMBG playing while people come to the ceremony and 'Birdhouse In Your Soul' playing when we enter the reception. I'm struggling with the song for the father/daughter dance except that I know I want a country song. I sent Joe a list of songs for our first dance. They include-'A Thousand Years' by Christina Perri, 'First Day of My Life' by Bright Eyes, 'Your Song' by Elton John (I'm not sure why; it doesn't fit with the indie nature of the other songs!), 'I Will Follow You Into The Dark' by Death Cab for Cutie, and 'You Are The Only Exception' by Paramore. Thoughts?

Some Misc. Things-The rentals are being handled by Joe for better or for worse. Its chairs and an archway now but Joe needs to talk to them about a sound system. I'll order favors once I have a better grip on numbers. And I need a cake cutting set. Bridal party gifts need to be purchased. I also ordered a photobook to use as a guest book from Snapfish and it turned out poorly. I should have known better.

Needless to say, we have lots left to do but its all small stuff. Everything seems to be going pretty well. I'm taking May off from job hunting (hopefully, because I found a job) to focus my days off on wedding planning and finishing up that.