the red and blue of me

It’s hard to plan a wedding if you are away from home – away from people who love you, away from people who know you best. A part of me wishes that I were planning my wedding in NY. ..With my family who constantly calls for updates, asks if I need help, asks for pictures of gowns that I have tried on and gives plenty of suggestions for the wedding. My stepmom -in NY- bought the wedding favors back in December, had dresses made in the Philippines in January and is going to order my jewelry for me. They already bought tickets for the wedding and know every single event that’s going on with my wedding planning. My mom, who lives here in Austin, hasn’t even seen me try on a dress and is pretty much not interested in what I do. I feel like only my family in NY (and Nick) are interested/ involved in my wedding planning.

Thank godness Nick gets himself involved with all the aspects of the wedding planning - from picking the wedding location, cake, menu, making invitations, designing centerpieces to picking the right wedding dress! I wouldn't know what I would do if Nick was like your typical guy who lets the women do all the planning...

Doesn't this template look cool??
I got bored of the old look and had to use a newer/fresher look. I think the flowers look awesome too.. thanks to the templates out there i didn't have actually write the codes for this new template!

Another thing that I constantly think of is my wedding dress. I already picked a dress to wear for my wedding but I still look at wedding websites and wonder if I made the right decision! I already changed my mind 3 times and I can't change my mind any longer since I already paid for the dress that I picked... Arrggghhh!!!
I love this dress but it doesn't give me much room for walking and dancing.. the last thing that I want is for me to not be able to dance at my own wedding! it also needs to be altered
I love this dress as well, but the pickup design needs to be fixed in a more orderly fashion...
This dress is too big and needs to be taken in from the top and altered at the bottom...

Aside from the things that are roaming in my head, I also have to think of wedding-related things that I actually have to do (not just think of)...
We had our second menu sampling this afternoon at vintage villas. so far we have tasted about 9 items that we can include in our menu and they are all very tasty! our third sampling will be next Sunday. we are going to an investment seminar tomorrow from 10am -1pm, interview a videographer at 4pm then have our engagement photo shoot at 5pm!

next week i have: trial make-up appointment, interview with another videographer, vintage villas open house with my brother, pick up nick's wedding band
things that i still have to do: make welcome bags for guests, buy gifts for bridal party,finalize centerpiece design, finalize menu, select final videographer, finalize reception table designs (welcome/guestbook signing table, cake table), finalize isle decoration, call bridemaids and ask if they have bought a dress yet, call dance troup, etc., etc., etc....

I am back to blogging!! Yay! I now have some time to waste!

Yep, that's the new me... with long hair! Can you believe it?? I can't. Well, it seems like moving to Austin brought LOTS of changes in my life!
I bought a house! I am getting married! My mother got married !!! My brother moved out of my house and now owns his own townhouse! Woppeee! I changed my brother's old room to my very own home office! I have a treadmill in my bedroom!! How great is that??

Nick and I had our very first Garage Sale! I started taking pictures again! Petite gave birth to a healthy baby boy (3rd son!) Lots of firsts and lots of changes for the better. Yay to living in Austin!