Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Bridesmaids Dresses

I went dress shopping this past weekend, but not for my wedding. My Best Friend and Maid (will be Matron) of Honor is getting married in May of 2010. I play the role of Maid of Honor in her wedding along with our other Best Friend, Melly. So this past Sunday we took a looooonnngggg drive up to one of the Alfred Angelo stores to try on dresses.

I was a little concerned that the prices of the dresses were going to be waaayyyy out of my price range for her wedding, but they ended up not being bad at all. And it didn't hurt that we got $20 off at the register. ;)

So without further ado, I present the dress I will be wearing:



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The full dress will be in the color it is shown in, however, the sash and detail at the bottom will be in champagne. I attempted and failed at trying to Photoshop it to resemble that, so I'll just leave that disaster in the trash bin. :)

I really dig the dress, and I actually really dig Alfred Angelo's Bridesmaid dresses all together. Because I am still undecided about everything as far as our wedding is concerned, I have no idea what I want my girls to wear. There is one dress at Alfred Angelo that I adore, but I'm not sure it would work for all of them. Let me show you:



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Talk about adorable, right? The problem is that all of my girls have boobs and curves, so I don't think this dress would end up looking all that fab on all of them. Boo. The other thing, I never really wanted my girls to all wear the same dress. I'm not sure why, I've just always felt that they should have a bit more say in what they end up wearing, ya know? I don't want them to walk away hating the dress that I put them in. Some serious thought is needed here.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

An empty seat

On September 28, 2009 my Grandmother passed away. She is the only one of my Grandparents who I really knew.

I keep reminding myself that we were really fortunate to have her with us for as long as we did. She died at the age 93 and ll months, to the date.

Christmas will be hard this year, as will all the months leading up and following it. I've never lost such a close family member before this, at least not that I remember. Both of my Grandfathers passed before I was 3 years old, and my Dad's Mom died when I was 5 or 6, so I don't have much of a recollection her.

Besides just being sad over the loss of my Grandmother, I kind of feel selfish about the fact that one of the most upsetting things for me is that she won't be at our wedding. I'm sure it's natural to feel that way when somebody close to you passes and you are in the process of planning one of the most exciting events in your Life.

It's the little things that are getting to me. I won't have to buy her a corsage to wear, or put out an escort card with her name on it. She won't be included in the family portraits, and possibly the most disappointing is that I won't get that picture of the three generations with my Grandmom, my Mom and myself. Like I said, it's the silly stuff but those are things that are presently most upsetting.

Miss you Grandmom. I know you won't be there physically, but I'm sure your love and support will be surrounding us all on that day.