What a wonderful 1st month!

Today is a pretty super day. The sun is shining, fall is here, and it's been one month since Graym and I got engaged. A WHOLE MONTH. It feels like a week! This time has flown by and so many wonderful things have been planned. We have our venue (including catering) booked and deposit it (whoo!), our photographer booked and deposit it (whoo again!), and our DJ booked and payment on it's way. We also found a wonderful lady who does cakes, and though we're still looking in case there is something a little more affordable, we would be thrilled to have her make our yummy yummy cake. I already designed the text part of our "save-the-date"s and Graym brother Spence so wonderfully said yes to do an engagement photo-shoot for us.Things are coming together and I couldn't be happier!

This past weekend I also had the exciting opportunity to try on wedding dresses! My mom, aunt, and I headed on over to Leesburg, VA to a cute lil bridal boutique I found on a vendors list. I fell in love with some of the designers so with high hopes of finding "the dress", we made the hour long trip. Now, I've been to bridal boutiques before. Last year one of my best friends got married, and this coming April my cousin will be saying her "I do." For both ladies I spent time in various stores filled with gorgeous gowns with even more stunning silhouettes. But let me tell ya, it is a whole 'nother ball game when you're the one picking out the dress and trying them on! The dresses felt huge and thick and I was quickly working up a sweat just trying to get in and out of these things! Not to mention they were about a foot too long for me and I kept upsnapping the clips in the back as I'd bend over to pick up the hem. It was quite amusing and I felt slightly ridiculous, but nothing could beat the feeling of joy and amazement that I was looking for the dress that I would, in less than 11 months, be getting married in.

Thankfully, however, I didn't find the dress. It seems silly to be thankful for that, but when you give a woman a price range and she decides to stick you in dresses way above that, I couldn't be happier knowing I didn't fall in love with a dress that I couldn't afford. After watching way too many episodes of "Say Yes to the Dress", I've seen the emotional strain it puts on a bride when she decides to "just try it on" even though the dress is above her limit, and, lo and behold, she falls in love with it and is left struggling with the decision to break her budget or break her heart. After I saw that she had put me in a $7,000 dress, I decided it was time to GO. Granted, I should have checked the prices before putting the dresses on, but I figured if I told her my cap that she would respect that and give me price appropriate dresses. Oh well, lesson learned!

On the bright side, I get to try on lots more pretty dresses until I do find "the one." The one I'll feel beautiful in, the one I'll walk down the aisle with my papi in, the one that I'll look into the eyes of the man I love and tell him I'm going to be by his side for the rest of my life in. And it'll be perfect.

A little over ten months to go! Let's see what fun stuff I put together next : )