Bridesmaid dresses

So the bridesmaid dresses have been returned. It's very disappointing. On the upside Heather tried hers on for me and sent pics! Which made me happy. Hers came in way too big, she had to clothespin it for the picture! Sheila sent me links for a bunch of different dresses that looked similar. Thanks Heather and Sheila! I am still trying to find a new dress for the girls. I'm thinking chocolate brown with a sage green sash. Something different for Sheila and my sisters will probably have a tiger lily orange sash. Melissa is working on a wedding logo for me. She is expecting it to be done by Sunday. I can't wait! Thanks Missy!

And we thought the dress drama was over!

Ok, it is obvious I have NO luck with dresses! It took me a while and I finally found the perfect bridesmaid dress. I asked the girls to order it and two weeks later I went to find the link to forward it..... and guess what? No longer available. So I frantically texted all the girls to see who had ordered theirs hoping that we got them all. Heather and Beth had theirs and that was it : ( So now we are back to the drawing board and I'm going to have to figure out something else. I'm sorry Heather and Beth! I feel really bad.

On a MUCH lighter note

Although I am quite upset with customer service at BonTon the good part about my recent dress discovery is that I have a picture! The dress is much prettier in person but I will post the picture anyway. No one show Jason! He wants to be surprised.

P.S. That isn't me in it! Lol.

I am furious

So I keep seeing ads for the new search engine Bing. (http://www.bing.com/) So I thought I would give it a try today. Why not search for a picture of my wedding dress to post on the blog? So I type in a VERY generic description and BING! I didn't get a picture....... I FOUND THE DRESS! And guess what? It's at a store that BonTon owns..... BonTon, that said they have none left in any of their stores or stores owned by their company. BonTon, that sent me the completely wrong dress!

What to do now. The problem is the dress on the site is three times the price that I paid for it. It's also after five p.m. so there is nothing that can be done today anyway. I am so furious though. I am definitely writing a letter to BonTon. Once I have it done, I'll be sure to post it.

The ugly dress

So the ugly dress has been returned minus the shipping I paid. Seems kind of silly that I paid for the WRONG dress to be sent to me, huh? Well that's a phone call for tomorrow.... as soon as I can find my phone.... that's a job for Jason when he gets home from work. I'm stuck with the dress I have now. But it's a great incentive to lose some weight and get into better shape!
We are super busy making wedding plans. Right now I have all the flowers torn apart. Putting them back together is actually going to prove easier than I thought. Some are going to be bouquets and some are needed for the cake topper. I also have my floating candles in the works. We finally have the right USB cord that goes with our camera, at least we hope we do! So, pictures should be here soon.

Wedding dress continued

I haven't posted in nearly a week, but for good reason. We are in the middle of a family emergency. And right now I need a distraction.

I stopped at my parents' house yesterday, which is my permanent mailing address. And guess what? There was a big brown box with my name on it! The box was so crushed I could see a white dress bag peeking out. The dress bag had become totally tangled in the clear packing tape. As I was unwinding it I kept thinking to myself, this is a really small bag for my dress.

And when I finally got through plastic I found, well, see the above picture. Definately not my dress. It was the same price, different designer, different length, and different size. (MUCH different!!!) Sigh, I thought we were out of the woods on this. As soon as I feel like I can deal I'm going to call the 1-800 number. It's been a long week.

The Waiting Game

I am STILL waiting for word on the new wedding dress. I am trying so hard to be patient but it's really making me nervous. Will I get the dress or the "can't fill the order card." Sigh.... I should know by Monday. I'm having it shipped to my parents' house anyway, so I'm waiting no matter what.



On a lighter note.... I am trying to stay organized so I don't have to rush at the last minute. For example: I am starting to gather addresses and phone numbers and e-mail addresses to make sending the invitations go a little smoother. We are planning on printing the invitations ourselves. And yes, I have started playing with the wording. I'm thinking it will be easier to just print address labels rather than write out every envelope. (Estimate right now is about 150 invitations, guest list is at 188.)



We have a lot of major stuff left to do. Meet with our priest, find and book a caterer, dj, and photographer/videographer, and decide how many tables/chairs/tents, etc. we need to rent and then book those too. And joy oh joy Jason and I have to apply for passports!



We've got fun stuff too though! I brought home some wine to "taste test." I am going back and forth on wine bottles with corks or bottles with screw tops. I just hate the thought of uncorking upwards of 6-8 cases of wine. Yuck. At this point though taste in reference to price is going to win. If we decide on getting married at church (we haven't made a final decision yet) then we need a unity candle. I am busy looking at our options. We are also thinking about toppers for our wedding cake. And what seems to be the hardest fun job is picking out a song for our first dance. And a song for my dance with my dad!



I have plenty to make too! I am making labels for our wedding bubbles. I have to "alter" our bouquets, they have ugly plastic junk in them. Centerpieces, CD favors, place cards, place card holder, floating candles....... and the list goes on and on. Luckily there are things that just can;t be done right now like place cards and addressing invitations.



Ok.... back to waiting for my dress!

Dress Drama

My wedding dress: I bought the first dress I looked at it. Not because I wanted to get it over with or anything like that. Sheila, my maid of honor, and I started looking at bridesmaid dresses for fun. We were walking through BonTon and Sheila called me over to look at a wedding dress which was actually a prom dress. Sheila convinced me to try it on because she knew it was "the dress." Well long story short I couldn't zip it up but I have over a year. We bought it on sale for less than 100 dollars!

Of course it can't be that simple. It's not going to fit. And it isn't a lose weight and it will situation.... it's a hip bones in the way situation. I called 10 BonTon stores within 200 miles to find a larger size. The tenth store asked me if I had tried the 1-800 number. AHHHHH! SERIOUSLY??? I could have just called one number? Lol, it figures! So the search is on. By next Monday I will have the dress in the mail or a notecard saying they were unable to fill the order. Fingers crossed....

Four out of six bridesmaids saw the shoes in person today and I think they all liked them!