Wedding Planning

Back to the wedding planning! Since I had so much going on last month, I decided to take a break (definitely ahead of schedule) but once January hit, I've been on a roll with all the planning!

HAIR
I have set up an appointment for a hair trial this March but might move it to the end of February(just in case i need to find someone else) and so that I can be pretty for my guy's Birthday <3 haha. Lame but at least I won't have to do my hair! The lady who I have scheduled an appointment with has been doing hair for about 14 years and specializes with up-do's. I feel very confident with her abilities.

MAKE UP
One of my girlfriends will be doing my make up, she's an extremely talented make-up artists and she knows how to highlight my features without "caking" my face. We're doing multiple make-up dates/trials to see what I like best. I'm definitely an "all natural" type of girl so my make-up won't be extreme. Most likely on the natural palate.

FOOD
Mark and I will have our food tasting at the end of February. Food is definitely something Mark and I are very particular [picky] with. We definitely want our guest to have an incredible experience and I find that the music and food definitely contribute greatly to it!

FLORISTS
I'm still looking through magazines/online photos to see if I can get inspiration for a specific look. We sat down with Andrea from Bell Flowers a while back and have chosen our center pieces, bouquets, etc. In March and April we have our last appointment with her to finalize all arrangements.

DRESS
I have another dress fitting at the end of this month, this time I have my wedding shoes, so now we can work on altering the length. I absolutely LOVE my dress and I can't wait until it's perfect. I'm not picking up my dress until the May 18th, but final alterations will be done well before that.

last but not least...

SHOES

I have spent months trying to find the perfect wedding shoes. For all those who know me, I love my shoes! The past few years has been a struggle to wear heels because of the healing process and obstacles I had to overcome with my back. With my back healed, I'm ready to find the perfect shoe, unfortunately, many department stores don't have them on the shelf until late winter [since it's not wedding/spring season]. I've bought a total of 4 shoes and figured I'd return the ones that I didn't end up choosing. I have tiny feet and coming across a size 5 can be rare(especially for designer shoes since they're constantly sold out). If you find it, buy it. Well I can honestly say I'm happy with the pair I decided to go with. I bought two pairs, both similar in ways but yet really different. There's a 14 day return policy with this one particular brand, I figured I'd suck up the shipping cost, if I liked the other shoes more. Neiman Marcus back ordered my shoe and won't get here until late January/early February [which would mean I couldn't return the first pair]. It's okay, because those were the pair I was leaning towards =]