100

Checking my email before bed, I went to my google homepage, and glanced (for the first time in a little while) at the countdown ticking away the minutes, hours, and days before The Big Day.

guess what?

I'm getting married in one hundred days.

oh so happy :-)

the fitting

...was not what I expected. When I stepped out of the dressing room, it wasn't quite the "magical moment" I'd been dreaming of.

It's a custom made dress. It was my first fitting. There's supposed to be some tweaking...right? My seamstress is a rock star. I have full confidence that she'll pull the dress together exactly how I want it. But there is some work to be done.

E, don't you dare keep reading.
not kidding.
love,
me.

*photos are all linked to prevent fiance peeking!

She said she erred on the side of modesty and made the top with a LOT of coverage. One of my biggest fears with the neckline of my dress, was that my teeny little chest would be swimming in the space left for it. I want it fitted, sleek and tiny. It was not. It was also pretty lopsided. I think she saw that immediately when I put it on.

The custom back wasn't quite as low or wide as I wanted. I think this is probably a quick fix.

Lastly, the straps were too thick. (see first photo)

I'm sure I must've sounded like quite the bridezilla when I stepped out of the dressing room, with nothing but things that needed to be changed, but I was dissapointed that the dress didn't look exactly like i'd been imagining and I couldn't help but blurt it out.

It truly does have all the right elements though, and I know it'll turn into something beautiful!

And as BM Rae, and my sisters and mom said, "Katie, it's really not that bad!" (did I mention we got there right when she opened on a Saturday morning? we were armed with starbucks, but the sleepiness still shows)

Also, I did a pseudo make-up trial that morning. I felt like I was heavily coated. Sis K1 and Rae said it was barely noticeable. (And the only photo that barely shows the unnoticeability is an awkward mid-sentence, confused, dark, and shadow-induced double chin shot. Aren't you bloggers lucky I have no shame?)

In an effort to not be dissapointed again, and to let Richelle know how happy I am with the dress overall, I sent an email to her this morning thanking her for all her hardwork and sending her some more inspiration photos of the specific tweaks I wanted made.

Here are the photos I sent her:
Mrs. Cherry Pie
Romona Kaveza
Anne Barge


Here's to hoping it will all come out in the end. :-)

[Inspiration] Fridays

It's almost the weekend.

I plan to make a birthday dinner with two friends tonight
Meet my dress for the first time (!!)
send my love a love letter
and hopefully finish all that invitation cutting.

Hope you have a good one!


I love/want this shot

and this one

this bod

and this place

photos 1 & 3
photos 2 & 4

courtesy of OnceWed

it's only fitting

WOOHOO!

I finally heard from my dear, patient seamstress, after I bombarded her with "are you done yet? I'm so excited! What does it look like? When can I come?!! EEEEE, I'm SO EXCITED!!!" emails about the status of my wedding dress. My dress is ready for a fitting!

She was open Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday...and it's just my luck that I have a [rec]vollyeball game on Tuesday night (I feel like I have to clarify that I'm not still in school and playing competetive sports. ha.) and I have my baby sister's sports award banquet on Thursday night.
So Saturday morning, the moment the shop opens, my mom, sisters, and my BF/BM are heading over for the big reveal and my first fitting.

I'm very excited, but nervous--as I have no concrete idea of what the dress will look like, after my last-minute-changed-my-mind bridezilla moment.

I'm also concerned about how my very teeny assets will look with the neckline I chose...but a post on that to come.

How nervous were you for your first fitting? (Or am I the only one?)

What I did this weekend.

See that stack? I have 6 more of those to create....I feel like this has been my new part-time job. How is there still so much left to do?

It's true, what they say; invitations are a labor of love. Because I do love them. (the big reveal is still 6 weeks away...)

Italy-wear 1: bathing suits

Can't stop thinking about the honeymoon...and more particularly, what I'm going to be wearing!
Granted, we won't be on a Caribbean Island. But in the three days between the wedding and the honeymoon...and maybe a little bit when we're in Milan, I'm hoping to break out the bikini, a good book, and do some relaxing.

There'll be several posts in this series, but today I can't help thinking about the summer and swimming and laying out. I've never bought a suit at American Eagle, but these cute suits are now must-haves!

Now to get to work on that bikini bod...