Less than a year out, lots of stuff going on

Earlier this week I got a phone call from the lady who has been helping me out at David's Bridal to tell me that they were having a sale. I decided to go up there and see if there was anything new that I would like to try on. I kept going back the dress that I posted in this post, it was on sale so I decided to just go ahead and order it. I had originally intended on ordering it in a petite, but the sales lady said she didn't think I was short waisted and therefore didn't need it. I guess I won't worry too much about it. I am a little worried about the alterations, people seem to say that they are hit or miss at David's Bridal in general, but I can't find any reviews about the store I bought mine from. I'm thinking I will see what kind of quote they will give me and then decide from there. I did find an alterations place in Ann Arbor just in case.

I picked up my veil as well while I was there. It looks like this:

I've been playing with it whenever Ronnie is not around (he doesn't want to see any of my attire until the wedding day) and I'm kind of wishing I would have just gotten one of the shorter ones that I liked on etsy. Oh well, c'est la vie!

They also showed me a new little flower girl dress that matches my gown.

One of our flower girls is our little god daughter Alexis (Ronnies niece) and she will only be about 25 months old at the time of our wedding. The dress looks a little too old for her but I'll have to ask Ronnie's sister and mother what they think.

We haven't really planned anything else lately. I was going to start working on our honeymoon plans, we are doing a Disney Cruise with a stay at Disney World after, but they are doing a new thing with their land and sea packages so they aren't up for ordering just yet. On my next set of days off I'm going to get in touch with the officiant we are thinking of using. Ronnie did call 4 DJ's but we only heard back from 1 of them, that's something I'm going to need to work on. Also, by the end of my next 4 day trip our engagement pictures should be here so I can start designing our Save the Dates, I'm going to do something completely different than what I had originally planned. I did a little mock up of what they would look like and I just really wasn't pleased with them. I'm probably just going to do magnets. Unoriginal I know, but totally less time and stress consuming.

I have been seriously considering ordering these invitations. I love the vintage look of them, and the letter pressing I'm just a bit concerned with the wording on it. I'm sure it's customizable, but I had hoped to put my parents names on them which I'm not entirely sure is possible in that little space at the top. To be honest though they are the only invitations that I've really liked so far, and I've spent wayyyyy too much time looking different types.

Last but not least, my yarn came for the stocking I'm going to make for our big day. They will look like the pictures I've posted below, but they will come up higher on my thigh and will be a more natural ivoryish color instead of a stark white. I'm currently working on a sweater which is about 75% done so these are next on my list!

The story of us

Snagged from another blog :D

♥ What are your middle names?

Sara Elizabeth/Ronnie Joseph

♥ How long have you been together?
About 2 1/2 years

♥ How long did you know each other before you started dating?
I guess about a year. We met and then only saw each other in passing for that year.

♥ Who asked whom out?
One night at work Ronnie asked me to go to breakfast with him the next morning. His flight diverted because of something mechanical and stood me up. He left his phone number in my mail box at work. We've talked every day since then.

♥ How old are each of you?
I'm 28 he's 32

♥ Whose siblings do/did you see the most?
Mine. His sister lives out of state. Mine live pretty close by.

♥ Do you have any children together?
No

♥ What about pets?
We have Pepito, although he stays with grandma and grandpa. One day when we get a house and don't have weird schedules it will be easier to keep a pet full time.

♥ Did you go to the same school?
No.

♥ Are you from the same home town?
No. Ronnie's originally from New Jersey, I'm from Michigan.

♥ Who is the smartest?
Probably Ronnie. He has the double masters degree after all.

♥ Who is more sensitive?
Oh god me for sure although Ronnie has his moments.

♥ Where do you eat out most as a couple?
Pizza Hut, Dennys or Amigos I'm sure. We love the same foods which is really good!

♥ Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?
Orlando maybe?

♥ Who has the craziest exes?
guh. me I'm sure

♥ Who has the worst temper?
We both have pretty quick tempers.

♥ Who does the cooking?
I'd say me... Ronnie cooks too but I cook for both of us more often

♥ Who is more social?
Ronnie for sure!

♥ Who is the neat-freak?
Ronnie! But I'm pretty tidy now that we live together.

♥ Who is more stubborn?
I'd say we're both pretty stubborn.

♥ Who hogs the bed?
Ronnie!! he sleeps diagonally, PLUS he wraps himself up with the covers so he hogs those too

♥ Who wakes up earlier?
When we are at home it's usually me, which is funny because I always fall asleep last

♥ Where was your first date?
A mexican food restaurant in Knoxville, TN. Our second big date was the Memphis zoo

♥ Who has the bigger family?
Me! My moms family alone is very big!!

♥ Do you get flowers often?
No I think I've gotten them once since we've been together, but I do get lots of other gifts.

♥ How do you spend the holidays?
With my family usually

♥ Who is more jealous?
Me probably

♥ How long did it take to get serious?
Not very long at all! I'd say less than a month

♥ Who eats more?
Him which is crazy because he is so thin!

♥ Who does/did the laundry?
We both do our own laundry

♥ Who’s better with the computer?
I'd say me

♥ Who drives when you are together?
He drives 99% of the time. I hate driving.

Engagement Photos part 2

On Sunday Ronnie and I went to Greenfield Village with Amy for our engagement pictures. It was really hot, so I'm hoping I don't look gross and sweaty in all of the pictures! Despite the heat we had a really fun time taking our pictures. Amy sent me one of the pictures and it's so cute that I just had to share. I'll post more when I get them.

Engagement photos

I haven't had much to update about lately, we really haven't done very much planning over my last few days. We go this weekend for our engagement photos. Ronnie bought me the dress that I will be wearing, but I had a really hard time finding a pair of shoes. Believe it or not, that is what I have been spending the last few days looking at online. Today I found a cute pair of wedges at target for 6 bucks. They don't exactly match, but they're going to have to do. I'm really tired of looking for anything better! Here is the dress Ronnie got me:

I was planning on getting a cute mickey and minnie shirt to change into, but after thinking about it I really don't feel like lugging a change of clothes around with us. One outfit is plenty. I don't know how other people do it. I was also thinking about having my hair and makeup done, but there is next to nothing open on Sundays, especially early morning. I practiced how I would like to have my hair this morning, and I think I did a pretty decent job.

My hair doesn't have a tremendous amount of hold regardless of what kind of product I put into it, but it's looking pretty decent right now even after about 5 hours so I'm not going to get myself too concerned about it.


Speaking of engagement photos, I came across a very lovely set on the vintage wedding blog this morning and I LOVE the photo in the grass!

You can see the rest of the lovely photos here. So pretty! The photographer is Heidi Huber.