It was another busy day hitting the bridal shops to reconsider those dresses I've been mulling over in my mind since last week's first day of dress shopping. The local shopowner where I found the 2 dresses I had narrowed the search down to had a sign out front saying she would be back at 11 when we arrived a little after 10 (their normal opening time), so we figured she had something to take care that couldn't wait, and we headed to the mall next door to look for some other things on my list while waiting for her to return. I was a bit nervous to go back as I was so undecided on which direction to go with the 2 totally different dresses. I had ruled out one other which simply didn't seem enough like a bride's dress, but the final two were both very bridal! After finding a few things we needed and a few things we didn't need, but purchased anyway at the mall, we headed back to the dress shop. It didn't take long for me to find some more dresses to try just in case as well as the two I had picked out originally, and interestingly enough, I ended up with the only one of the original dress picks along with another new one to choose from.
To help with the decision, my mom took a picture of me in each dress with my camera, so I could "see" myself from a different perspective, so to speak. And that worked! It was obvious which was the better choice after this, so we said "yes" to a dress and carried it home. I can't believe that part is done. In fact, there's more than one important task that we were able to take care of today because I found the perfect invitation kit at Target of all places that was so affordable and gave us the option of creating some elements of the invite on our own (which I like, but which can also be time consuming if you have to do all of it by yourselves), but I simply couldn't pass it up! I had researched a bit online about the costs of invitations, then had decided to create my own using publisher software, then went back and found less expensive invitations online as part of an online wedding website, but never felt completely comfortable with any of it until discovering the invites today! Now it is getting really exciting! We even have a tentative minister for the ceremony set up. He's my cousin, and he thinks he'll have a convetion or mission trip around the time we will be getting married in Oregon, so keep your fingers crossed that it will all work out!
Upon arriving back home and connecting up by phone with my fiance to update him on the breaking news conerning our wedding planning and preparation, we ended up chatting for quite awhile about location options. Our thought all along has been to have the wedding on his family's propery in Oregon, but upon considering this more fully, we realized it may be hard to find a large enough flat spot to set up chairs and tables for guests during the ceremony and reception, so we are keeping an open mind, but also pursuing other possible options. The key here is to be affordable! :) So, we are tossing the ball around to the family in Oregon to recruit their help and to see what ideas and thoughts they come up with for a wedding venue at their homes or around town. After all, it takes the effort of a family to organize a wedding! At least for us it does... :-)
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