Little White Dress

I have read that other brides to be are not only searching for the perfect white or ivory wedding gown but also for the perfect white rehearsal dinner dress. I have heard of the occasional dress change for the bride after the ceremony, but did not know it to be a tradition for the bride to also wear white on the night before her wedding day.

While white is not my best and favored color I will be opting to wear white only on my wedding day. I am sure my rehearsal dinner dress will be somewhere in the realm of pink or green.

Has anyone else heard of this? Is this a new tradition to wear white on the night before your wedding day?

For those brides to be who are looking for a white rehearsal dinner dress, a casual wedding day dress, or those brides who will be partaking in a dress change at your reception, my sister sent me this helpful little website designed just for that! Check out shopwhitedress.com for your white dress selections.

Hope you find what you are looking for!

$20 Credit to use at Shutterfly

This is a great deal if you or someone you know is planning a wedding. If you register for an account at ourweddingday.com through 4/15/11 you will receive a $20 credit to use at Shutterfly!

I created an account and only had to put in a wedding date and they sent me the code, so I’m not sure how they can really prove if you are having a wedding or not..I’m just saying..wink wink.

Just make sure you read the fine print on our wedding day website.

Non-Wedding Wednesday

From Fad Diets to Fad Fitness. Have you noticed lately the new craze in fitness seems to be moving towards wild and unconventional? As fast as the Atkins, South beach, and Zone diets came and went so did Pilates, Yoga, and Spinning. Now the gym class schedules are filled with Zumba and Antigravity Yoga classes in which consist of performing yoga poses while suspended midair in a hammock (sounds somewhat dangerous to me). What happened to just good old fashioned free forms of exercise like walking or jogging outside or doing pushups in your living room? I can’t help but wonder if these fad forms of fitness are any way similar to fad diets in which some proved to be effective but most are not.

What are your thoughts on fad fitness? Have you added any of these fad fitness methods to your fitness routines and found them to be successful?

Event Coordinator No More

I returned back from my afternoon meeting with a voice mail on my cell phone. I didn’t bother checking it right away because I figured it was my dentist office confirming my appointment for later this week. When I finally got around to listening to the message, it was from a young girl explaining that there was a personnel change at Falcon’s Fire and she would be the new event coordinator for my wedding. She seemed extremely nice and wanted Groomzilla and I to come in so she could have the chance to meet us as well as discuss the details of our wedding. She assured me that nothing regarding our contract had changed and that everything would be the same as the day we had signed it. I returned her call and set up an appointment to meet with her this Saturday (which I have to reschedule because Groomzilla has to work). I started thinking that Thank God we really hadn't gotten far along enough with the previous woman to lose any headway.

Has anyone else had a wedding/event coordinator personnel change during your planning process or right before your big day?? How did that affect or not affect your day??

Finding the Perfect Bridal Jewelry

I have yet to start looking for bridal jewelry for myself or for my maids but found this website filled with gorgeous and perfect items for you and your girls on your special day. Lots of items are on sale and with this handy dandy code you can save even more!

Visit Moon River Pearls and enter coupon code BRIDE at checkout and save 20% off any order and even sale items. There is no minimum order amount required and free ground shipping is another bonus!

Featured below are a few of my faves that can also be found in the bridal section here.

Classic white pearl necklace on sale for $85.40


White pearl choker on sale for $83.30
Looks beautiful hung loose or twisted as shown here in the picture.


White mother of pearl necklace with silver pave clasp on sale for $104.30
I own the necklace and bracelet set and can’t even tell you how many compliments I get when wearing this beautiful set!


Multi color potato pearl necklace on sale for $45.50
A little something more bold but still gorgeous


Nothing says elegant and classy like these white pearl delicate dangle earrings on sale for $47.20


And don’t forget the little ones in your bridal party with this adorable sweetheart heart tag pearl bracelet on sale for $28.00

Non-Wedding Wednesday

I struggled to come up with a topic for today's Non-Wedding Wednesday post because A.) Nothing really happened today to pique an inspiration and B.) Everything I wanted to write about had everything to do with the wedding, completely defeating the purpose of Non-Wedding Wednesday.

So, because of my lack of creativity today, I am just going to have a little bit of fun.

Ten things you may or may not know about me:

1. I always wanted to be a famous actress
2. Groomzilla calls me Maxine before I have my morning coffee
3. I have a love/hate relationship with having a career
4. People think I exercise religiously..I don't
5. Toothpaste makes me gag
6. I am self-conscious when chewing gum
7. I sleep with wasp spray next to my bed
8. I pick my nose
9. I once stole candy from the A&P
10. I miss having a phone that only makes calls and sends text messages

What are some things you can admit that no one knows about you??

Oh and apparently I like wearing silly glasses and having big eyebrows, remember the 1st grade bum picture?!



In case you forgot

Band Search Resumes

As some of you know I had temporarily put the band hunt on hold for a bit because I was getting discouraged when they were telling me I was too proactive and looking to book them way too early based on how far out our date was.

I had put out some inquiries via a website that Groomzilla had found, Gig Masters, a few months ago and many of my quotes had been denied because they were not booking out that far. Yes I was disappointed but completely understood as one band manager explained to me that band members come and go so frequently and that by the time our wedding came around we may be listening to a whole different band. I suppose this is a safety net for both the band and for us as well.

Any who, one of the bands I had put an inquiry in with through the gigmasters site was very persistent and I appreciated his follow up and advice when he reached out to me via a phone call. He gave me a couple of upcoming dates that they had scheduled to play and it just so happens that they are playing next weekend the 21st at a local upscale bar/restaurant. I have had the date penciled in on my calendar for months now and finally it is just around the corner! This is the band we are going to see this weekend Think Big

I hope we both decide that we like them but I think I am going to have trouble getting through to Groomzilla that what we are looking for is a “wedding band” and not a “rock band”. These are two COMPLETELY different genres, although how cool would it be to have Paul McCartney perform at our wedding?! Whoa for a second there I thought I was the future Princess to be, Kate Middleton, back to reality for you Bridezilla!