Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Wedding week!

So is it wrong that I am inordinately excited about the fact that UPS claims to be delivering our save-the-dates today? The tracking system says that it is "out for delivery" right now. At this very moment! I am actually thrilled about going home, picking up my purple pen, and addressing sixty envelopes. I mean, I'm sure that excitement will be long gone by the third envelope, but I'm going to hang on to it for as long as possible. Because finally, something tangible for the wedding! Of course, this means Torsten needs to get on translating our wedding website into German, because once the save-the-dates go out, people will actually have the URL of the site. (Sweetie, I know you're reading this. Please, take note.)

And THEN, tomorrow, I am going to meet with our day-of coordinator about table linens. And I know that it's just table linens but also it's about purple! And details! And things actually happening! Because suddenly it's late February and our wedding is only eight months away! And that does not feel far at all. And I am so excited.

AND THEN. On Friday, we are driving down to North Carolina, so that on Saturday, my mother and sister and I can go to the big bridal superstore near my parents' house to peruse the selection of well over 1,000 different dresses, including more than 150 dresses available in plus sizes. So either my sister or I should be able to fit into pretty much all of them to try on. And I KNOW the store is good because my sister got her wedding dress there, so I have been there before and seen that they really do have the most unbelievably wide collection of dresses and sizes that one could possibly imagine.

And not to get all insane bride here, but oh my god I am so so excited and I have been looking forward to this for ages and if I don't find a dress here that I like better than my current front-runner then I will KNOW that that is the one. And if I DO find a dress that I like better then I will also know that THAT is the one. A whole day! Surrounded by wedding dresses! In a low-stress atmosphere without pushy salespeople! And so many options!

I am a tad bit excited, here, in case you couldn't tell from all the exclamation points. And the fact that I'm excited is making me more excited, because this is the first time that I have felt Really! Excited! about the dress shopping. It's like, suddenly I've realized that our wedding is going to happen, and it's going to be soon, and it's going to be FUN.

56 comments:

  1. Glad you're so excited. That many dresses...Wow. Must be overwhelming!

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  2. This was such a happy and giddy post! I love it! I'm so happy for you! Also, can't wait to see the Save The Dates. You are going to show, yes?

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  3. I love happy - as opposed to stressed-out - wedding posts! Yay! It's supposed to be fun!

    Happy (dress) hunting!

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  4. Hi, long time no comment. I am indeed still alive. Yay, for wedding dress shopping and yay for STDs! We just hit our 3 month mark this past Sunday. 87 days and counting...holy crap!

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  5. Gah! Sounds fun. Maintain this attitude and try not to get overwhelmed. Enjoy every minute!

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  6. It's hard not to get excited after reading that! I hope you have an awesome time this weekend and find the dress of your dreams.

    (and I'd love to get the url of your wedding site once it's all set up!)

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  7. Aw yay so many awesome things! That's great. You're going to have a blast!

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  8. Sounds like fun! Glad you're so happy!

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  9. This post is so...giddy! I love it! I'm excited for you too and cannot wait to (hopefully!) see pictures on Monday!

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  10. aww, yay! your excitement just brought me big smiles. I'm very happy for you!

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  11. YAY for wedding stuff!!! :)
    I cant wait to hear all about your wonderful weekend of trying on dresses - this is so exciting!

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  12. do you ever watch "say yes to the dress"? I freakin love that show..

    I hope you find a dress!

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  13. So exciting!! I love reading about this stuff. I won't be getting married for a while haha but I love seeing what people choose!

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  14. OOOH YAAAAY the dress!!! my old roommate (daughter of The Mom!!) just got her dress and showed me a bunch of pictures on her camera of it on monday night. i LOVE getting caught up in exciting moments like this!!

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  15. Yay yay yay! hopefully the bridal store will let you take pictures.

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  16. Also, if you want to have fun playing with linens before your meeting, check out bbjlinens.com. You can combine and do all of that fun stuff.

    (I did a purple and lime green wedding with linens from there)

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  17. im glad you are so excited - though i think you're right about the envelopes...probably won't be as thrilling once you start the writing. :) good luck!

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  18. It is going to be a blast. And I am so glad you are enjoying the process!

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  19. You're excited? I'm not picking up on that at all.

    ;)

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  20. Yay! for wedding dress shopping and envelope addressing and enjoying every minute! So glad you're having fun!

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  21. So exciting! I can't wait to hear if you found something. I hope so!!

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  22. Love the wedding fun! Can't wait to see the Save the Dates, too. Hope you'll post!

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  23. how exciting! dress shopping was the best part for me. have fun!!

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  24. Yay for wedding week! I like the wedding posts.

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  25. I'm so jealous and loving living vicariously through your wedding planning!!

    I obsessively track shipments of everything I order online, so I can only imagine what will happen when I'm awaiting WEDDING stuff.

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  26. You sound like you are having so much fun! Details are so fun, yes?

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  27. I think I'm more excited for your wedding than I was for my own!

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  28. Save the Dates and wedding dress shopping in one week? So exciting! Have fun.

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  29. Yay! I'm so happy you're excited and not stressed. That rocks. I hope the dress warehouse is everything you dream it to be and more!

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  30. Yay for Wedding Week!

    Whenever you talk about purple for the wedding, I keep thinking of my aunt's wedding photos. She LOVES purple, and had each of her 8 bridesmaids wear a different shade of purple. You wouldn't think there'd be 8 different shades, but there is.

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  31. YAY!! YAY!! YAY!! I love the wedding talk!! I really hope you find a dress!!

    !!!

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  32. Wedding planning = so much fun for me. Not everyone loves it, but I get excited about linens and dresses and save the dates too.

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  33. I am SOOO excited for you honey! Enjoy it and dont get stressed!

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  34. you're excitement jumps thru the screen and even makes me super excited! have fun picking out dresses! :)

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  35. YAY!! I loved planning my wedding and doing all the weddingy stuff that went with it. The best part, in my opinion, was the cake-tasing. Mmmm. ANyway - if you don't have luck at the superstore this weekend, I highly recommend Priscilla of Boston. Granted, they don't have plus-size dresses available for try-on - but they also will make you feel like it is completely normal to not be able to zip up the sample dress and they will make you feel beautiful and princessy. It's where I got mine, and I will always love them.

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  36. It all sounds so fun! I like that dress a lot. The surest way to know if it is "the one" is to bring a relative or BFF around and see if they cry when they see you in it. Tears=bingo!

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  37. Yay! Now I feel excited!! Have fun with all this wedding stuff!!!!

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  38. You have every right to be excited. For as much money as you dish out, it seems like forever before you get to enjoy any of it. That's great your save the dates are almost home! It made it very real when I had them in my hands. Addressed the envelopes. Stuffed the envelopes. And purchased the stamps.

    One bit of advice for your wedding dress extravaganza: Bring bottled water. Lots of it. I got so dehydrated from trying on so many dresses, my "adult sippie cup" was a life saver!

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  39. You're not sounding like in insane bride. You have every reason to be jumping with SQUEE's. It is all coming together so well, enjoy it!

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  40. I enjoyed dress shopping so much that I returned the first one, along with the veil and shoes, just so I could pick everything out again!
    No, actually I just changed my mind. But I wasn't disappointed to have to look at dresses again!

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  41. OMG! OMG! You are making me so excited and it's not even my wedding. I am so happy for you. It's your day so be as excited as you want! Good luck with the dress.

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  42. Whoho! Wedding dress shopping!

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  43. One of the best moments in our whole wedding-planning process was the day the invitations (and matching thank-you notes) arrived. They came in, like, two large boxes, and they were even more beautiful than I'd imagined---because they had OUR info on them, not some fake Janet's info!

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  44. You have ME excited about weddings and I'm not even getting married! Here's to a wonderful week for you and wedding details. Sounds awesome!

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  45. I'm excited for you, too - you're a little bit infectious with the joy. It comes across :). Yay weddings, and especially yay for dresses. Don't forget to take a camera because of course we'll be wanting to nose in on the decision making.

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  46. yay!

    i'm so excited about your wedding. good luck with all of the planning.

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  47. Let me just say- Day of Coordinator? WISEST DECISION EVER.

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  48. Have fun dress hunting! Buy when you find it! I found "the dress" and then when I went back to buy it, it wasn't available. Grrr! I still found a beautiful dress, but it wasn't "that" dress.

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  49. Purple! Dresses! Excitement!
    Have fun, my dear!

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  50. Yay! Wedding excitement is awesome. I can't wait to watch your purple wedding become real!

    Lots of pics please! And have a great time dress shopping :-)

    (also- completely loved your comment on my endurance blog.. it made me smile all over the place at work)

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  51. This is way too much work. If I ever get married (ha ha ha) I'm so going to convince my husband that we should spend the money on a fancy honeymoon rather than a big wedding reception.

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  52. Yay for wedding excitement! And good luck on the dress hunt.

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  53. You're great! So much excitement. I can remember that.....I heart weddings!
    Have a fantastic weekend and I hope you enjoy finding The One. (As in, the dress, not THE One whom you've already found....)

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  54. congratulations on all of the wedding stuff coming together! You sound really excited!

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