Getting there!

Well, it would seem as though we're in the homestretch!

We have just about 2 and a half months until the wedding, all the big things are out of the way and we're moving on to the details. Rob went in with my dad to get measured for his tux at Moores - they're going to look fantastic!

My dad's been reading "The Everything Father Of The Bride Book", which is highly entertaining since he's not much of a reader at all! I'm pretty sure the last book he read was Animal Farm a couple years ago - and that's only because I forced him!

He started his 'exercises' from the book and hugged me the other day, telling me just how proud of me he is - I could like this book!

Aside from this, we're getting to the nitty gritty details now. We've got the artwork for the place cards, menus and programs. Now we're preparing to put it all together. It's a lot more work than I had originally thought it would be. The invitations alone took me a solid week of working 4 hours a night. Now they're ready, I'll be heading to Rob's place so his mom can go over the list one last time. The invitations are going out tonight!

My mom went for her fittings for her dress yesterday, I called the dress store, and the lady on the phone told me that mom looked JUST GORGEOUS in her dress (as i expected she would) and the alterations will be done with plenty of time.

Which is good news, because I'm going for my first fitting in my dress tomorrow! I can't wait to put that baby back on, and feel like a real bride again! I'll also be buying my veil tomorrow, likely, then making an appointment for my hair trial so I can see if I prefer my tiara or the comb.

BUSY BUSY BUSY!

Milestones...

So, you wanna talk Milestone? Today we hit a BIG one! When Rob and I got engaged, we started our countdown at the high 700's (may have even been 800, probably closer to 800).. and today we have hit double digits!

We are officially 99 days to the wedding! Thats so weird, even though I can't wait for it to come, and I've been planning my buns off for SO long... 99 days still seems so far away! I've waited OVER 650 days to get here, a month shy of 2 years!!!

Everything is so far away, yet it's happening so fast! We get our house in a month and a half - totally unprepared by the way! I dont know what we NEED to do... I've called a couple places for home insurance - hoping BelAir direct is the cheapest. We're going in shortly to see BMO about our mortgage... we're locked in with TD and RBC at a great rate, but BMO is good to us, so we'll have to see how they are with the rates.

We've got most of our furniture, hoping that we'll get our bed, bath and kitchen stuff for the shower (or at least after the shower I can go and buy some things LOL)

Man, I'm so busy, but I feel like I've got nothing to do.....

On to the crunch!

It's like a circle... not a square or a triangle, but a circle...

Last big purchase... Done.

We bought our wedding bands! I've been pestering Rob to get up and go out to look for them, but he was less than enthusiastic! We went to a couple different places: Howards Jewelers, Spence Diamonds and Omni Jewelcrafters. We found a ring Rob loved at Howards, but when we went back to purchase it, it was sold and we didn't know the model number to re-order it. That will teach him to procrastinate! LOL

So off we go to Spence, where they had a gazillion wedding bands and engagement rings! We looked for the better part of an hour before deciding that they didn't have exactly what he was looking for.

The last stop was Omni, they were BUSY! We waited to have someone help us, and then picked our rings - mine is a 3/4 eternity band with round diamonds, his is a nice thick white gold band with 3 diamonds on the top.

We managed to get a great discount and left our deposit on the spot. We're expecting to have them in in a couple weeks!

I'm so excited, there's not a lot left to do, and time is running short - I've got to get Rob to sit down with me so we can finish our favours and favour boxes!

Fooled you....

Happy April Fools Day everyone!

Rob and I didn't prank each other this year, last year we hid his car... which was funny, but this year, I'll let it be. Madison was great last year - Saran wrap on the toilet, the bathtub stuck on shower among other things... Poor Shannon nearly peed on herself, and then got a startling freeze when she stepped in the tup expecting to have a bath, and was blasted by freezing cold water out of the shower head!

But all joking aside - Rob and I actually made a large dent in the wedding checklist this past weekend! Yay for us!

First off, Shannon and I went to dinner at Bon Vivant on Avenue Rd. to test out the rehearsal dinner meal. It was fantastic, and we left thinking all was well. So I proceeded to make our reservation for the Thursday before the wedding, for 20 odd people. One thing down!

Saturday, Rob and I drove to Barrie to the Moores on Bayfield to choose his tux style. The ONLY thing Rob's had to do by himself (and I was there) was make this decision... we sat there for an HOUR! He couldn't decide which jacket style, then was perplexed by the vests... the only thing he was sure of was the shoes... But we (i mean he..) managed to get through it fairly unscathed. The only thing now is that he has changed his mind on the vests, and wants to go in to ammend his decision. Oy.

We've also finished bottling our wine, and began labelling the bottles, decided against the big poofy tulle wrapping for a more subdued ribbon bow on the top. I think it looks great, and showcases our gorgeous labels that I designed myself!

Anyways, we've been putting off ring shopping because, well, rings cost money! But I've re-looked at the budget, and I'm fairly comfortable saying that we're ok ;) So Looks like we may head out ring shopping this weekend, although I'm SURE Rob will try and push it off a little longer!

But, until I've got more... thats all for now!