Sashes Ordered

I was out running around this evening for wedding related errands and figured while I was out I should stop at David's Bridal to order the sashes for the girls.

I thought it would only take a few minutes since I knew what type of sash and what color I wanted, but of course it took over a half hour.

When you enter David's Bridal its like you are entering a different shopping world. Not like a normal shop where you can walk in, pick up what you want, and buy it. At David's Bridal you must be greeted by the chick sitting at the table strategically positioned at the entrance of the store. Think of her as the troll who guards the bridge. Even if you tell her exactly what you are looking for, she won't let you pass until she calls a different sales chick over to help you. Clearly you are not capable of ordering a long horizon blue sash on your own, you require assistance.

I managed to get by the guardian troll and pick up two example sashes, one for the type of sash I wanted and the other for the color I wanted, all before the assigned sales chick could come and help me. I made my way to the register, all by myself when yet another sales lady tried to guide me. But when I finally got there I had to wait for someone to ring up my order. Now why couldn't the troll lady leave her post at the door, or the invisible assigned sales associate magically appear, or the chick who attempted to guide me to the register actually meet me at the register?

A sales associate did show up after a few minutes, and she was very friendly while she took my order. Then the computer went out on the poor chick...twice! She did the best she could bouncing between registers and talking with the IT help people over the phone, but it was still a total mess. She was able to finally get the computer back up and running and finish taking my order.

By the time I walked out of that place I was done with wedding shopping for the day. Unfortunately, that was the first store I stopped at, and I had to hit at least three more stores before coming home. Not sure if nipping the David's Bridal trip in the bud was the best idea, but at least I didn't save it for the end thinking I could pop in for five minutes and be on my way home. Then I probably would have caused a scene somewhere along the 30 + minutes I was trapped in that store.

Bridal Shower Planning

I had Aunt Wendy, Mom-Ross, and all of the Bride's Maids over for lunch this afternoon to start planning the Bridal Shower.

I tried out some more new recipes from the Elli Cookbook (Christmas gift from Thom) for the lunch, and they turned out great. A heck of a lot better than the Mystery Macaroni I attempted when I had our parents over for dinner.

We planned a date for the shower, a location, and a menu. We even have an idea for some centerpieces, and a fun activity...no no no not a game, just a little activity :)

Thanks to everyone for coming, and helping with the planning!

Printing and Calligraphy

Thom and I meet up with Greg at the print shop on Friday during my lunch hour. Greg was very helpful and answered all of our questions. He said the Save The Date cards would be no problem and he should have them finished in a few days.

Aunt Wendy knows a Calligrapher, so she has offered to get our envelopes addressed.

The super cool Save The Dates designed by Devin, printed by Greg, and addressed by Aunt Wendy's friend will be out soon!

Cookie List

For those on the Ross side, the Cookie List is to keep track of the Cookie Table. The Cookie Table is a Youngstown tradition. The family makes cookies and brings them to the wedding. It's a great homemade plethora of deliciousness that you will get to enjoy!

Christie had a list of who was making what cookie, as to avoid duplicates. And since we have been getting a few cookie offers, I have started on too.

The recent influx of cookie offers probably has something to do with Thom's long list of requests he rattled off when we had the Ross and Godward parents over for dinner. Yes I must confess, I threw in a few requests of my own.

Thanks to all of the bakers.

Q: Win or Scam?

A: Scam

While at the Bridal Show with Jax this past weekend we both signed up for several prize drawings. I got a phone call tonight saying that I had won a prize, a 3 day 2 night honeymoon through Pink Apron.

I got excited for a minute, but realized this totally could be a scam. Of course the lady on the phone made it all sound great and super easy. We just had to go to a presentation where they would serve us gourmet food, give us cute aprons, and then show their products - that we had a discount for but did not have to buy.

So I signed us up, figured no harm if we change our minds. Then the excitement wore off, and I did some research on this offer. Turns out several brides have gotten the same call all across the country. One of the brides actually tried it out and went to the presentation. She said they were super pushy and really wanted you to buy their stuff.

Yeah we are totally not going to this thing. As much as I like food, I dis-like pushy sales people more.

Honeymoon Tickets

Thom and I have got our airplane tickets for the Honeymoon to Ireland. Just in time to celebrate with a glass of green beer!

We fly out of Detroit on Monday October 26 for Dublin, and will return the following Monday.

Thanks to all of our work travel, we were able to get the tickets by redeeming our miles.

We have tentative plans for the Honeymoon, but have not made any other reservations. The idea is to rent a car and drive around the island for the whole week, staying in a different city each night.

Hair Appointments for The Ladies

I have appointments made at my Aveda Salon for us Ladies to get our hair and makeup done on the day of the wedding. I have been going to this salon for over a year now, every since Julia and Christie turned me on to Aveda products!

Like most women I have gotten to know my stylist, Angie. Thom and I will run into her around town, and I hooked her up to play softball on a team with Jacquie this past summer. Devin met Angie at a free facial event they were hosting at the salon a month ago. Angie is super excited to do my hair and makeup for the wedding.

I am still working out the time line for the Big Day, but the hair appointments will be in the morning maybe as early as 8:30am. The bride's maids are cringing while they read this. I think I am the only one getting makeup and hair done, so I will probably take the longest. Maybe I'll suck it up and go in early by myself, and let the beauties sleep a little bit longer:) Both Mom-Ross and Mom-Godward are going to come up to the salon for their makeup and to hang out with us girls.

Jacquie is putting together a song list for fun music to play while we are all getting prettied up...or putting our war paint on as Dad-Ross would say! I was planning to bring bagels and mimosas to the salon for us to munch on while we primped, but Angie said that in the past the salon has provided mimosas, bagels and fruit for bridal parties -bonus! I have no doubt that The Girls and Angie will make the morning getting ready super fun!