So June 27, 2009 the man that I knew I would spend the rest of my life with asked me could he spend the rest of his life with me! As many of you know I said yes, it took me a few minutes but don't confuse this for hesitation, I was so shocked and excited I literally couldn't speak or walk for almost two minutes! I have never been so overwhelmed ever before in my life, I mean I knew for a while I had found the person I would create my life with, but to hear him say it, to seriously ask me to marry him was overwhelming for lack of a more appropriate term. I thought I would cry or scream or I don't know what I thought I would do but laugh until I cried for the next two hours was definitely not on that list, but that is exactly what happened! I think it seriously weirded his mama out, she kept asking me if I was ok and I was but I could not stop laughing! The whole next week I was in a daze, a giggly 12 yr old girl crush daze! I couldn't imagine that life could get any better and then it hit me, serioulsy like 5 days later and not a minute sooner that it hit me I was having a wedding and I was so incredibly excited! If you know me you will totally understand this, immediately I started making list after list organizing my wedding. I just knew it would be so easy, I have worked as or with a wedding planner for the better part of my adult job life. Easy? yeah right! it was crazy, now that I found Lance and was so in love with him for the first time my wedding really wasn't about my wedding anymore, it's more about just making the day that we say our vows special to us. And I didn't have a clue what I wanted, so it only took a very short time to decide I was definitely handing the majority of the planning over to John Glosson asap! So then I had four lists and in one swoop into J & D Designs I was able to cross every one of them off of my list and for a girl who lives to cross things off lists, it was a great day!
Next, "the dress," So July 14, 2009, me, Mama, Brooke, and Lauren went to Atlanta to look for my dress. I went that day knowing that I probably wouldn't find the one I was looking for or better yet the "one I couldn't live without," and that seemed to be the case when at 4:30 pm I had been to all kinds of dress shops and had found nothing! Well I did find things, one that was so so, and that everyone else liked but I myself thought eh it was ok, and then one I loved, I mean absolutely loved and when I looked at the price tag it was $8,000 dollars, and I know that to some people that's cool and totally affordable but that was definitely not an option unless I wanted to serve my guest Ritz crackers, string cheese, and kool-aid at my reception! So I eased back to the dressing room determined not to rip the WAY OUT OF MY PRICE RANGE dress and politely asked the "I don't listen to my clients price range" sales associate to get me out of this dress! So I'm in the dressing room in what would have to be the most unflattering arrangement of undergarmets, seriously walk with me here, a push up bra that holds you in MOST of the way down and has metal ribs that jab really bad when you sit down and give me a break I was worn out and also a pouffy skirt to make the dresses be even more pouffy, and these two garmets don't quite meet in the middle and me with my lack of modesty got to a point where I would just walk out and look and not care who saw me in this ridiculous get up! So anyway...it was 6 pm and I was done, totally over wedding dress shopping and Mama came in with this dress, I looked at it and looked at her and said seriously? you want me to try it on, her reply was seriously get up I just want to see the color against your skin, so I put it on. End of this story, the second I put it on I had found my wedding dress. So that will be in around February.
So let's get to the reason for this blog. #1- Starting tomorrow I'll be a full time student and this will be one way I can relieve my stress and tension. #2- I have 9 bridesmaids and there is tons of information for them and since I'll be in Valdosta 5 days a week all day, this is very easy compared to texting everyone. And #3- I know there has to be someone who cares enough about my wedding to read it and for that I am overjoyed!
So in conclusion I have just made the executive decision that this blog is not going to just be about my wedding but life in general, because I will honestly feel like I will bore myself to sleep if this is just about my wedding. ha. And this blog will not be a blog that is posted daily in hopes that when I do send the linc you might actually read it!
