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The First "What were you thinking?"

So in a previous post, I wrote that I had been adding some choice items to the registry here and there.  I guess I wasn't thinking in "couple" mode, because I added some very loud, pretty girly luggage to the registry.  I guess I was just thinking that it was for me (whoops, I didn't realize we had to share luggage, although now I see it makes sense).  After the Tortoise saw it, I definitely got a "what were you thinking?" kind of look.  After calling multiple people to ask whether luggage had to be something we shared, and being told over and over that, yes, in fact this is a couple item, we changed the luggage to something a little less loud, more neutral, but still good.  Remember when you see the old luggage that I was going for the "there's no way we'll miss that at baggage claim" look.

What was I thinking?

Bridal Shower #1

WOW! What a weekend.  I had my first bridal shower on Saturday, followed by my "Under 21" Bachelorette Party that night.  It was really a great, great weekend.  I have two bridesmaids, my cousin, Darby, and Roger's sister, Kayte, who are not 21.  We decided that it really wasn't fair to leave them out of bachelorette festivities, so we had an amazing spa night at Serenity Springs.  It was wonderful.  Kayte did have to be in Pennsylvania though, so we missed her!  Serenity is a great place to relax, and I highly recommend it!  Click here to check out their website.

Here are a couple of pictures from the shower.  It was put on by Ashlie and her Mom, and my WONDERFUL bridesmaids did so much work for it.  I am really a lucky lady to have so many great friends who were willing to pitch in and/or travel from far away to be part of the day.  It was awesome!

We have pictures of my ribbon bouquet for the rehearsal, pictures with my best friends, opening presents, and a really cute idea that Ashlie had for us to write something on a piece of paper, and not show each other until the picture was taken!  How fun! (I have to let you know that my Mom does, indeed, know how to spell the word "wonderful."  It is a quote from the movie "Father of the Bride."  For those of you that are familiar with the movie it is how Franc would say it! )

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Not to mention, after all my partying down, I had a really fun bridal brunch to go to in the morning on Sunday for my cousin, Kristen.  She's getting married a week before me!  What a fun summer!  After that, we had my grandma's birthday party.  It was an AWESOME weekend, full of lots of fun, family, friends, and REALLY bad food (healthwise, not tastewise...)

(Oh, and incase you were wondering, yes... that is the bridesmaid's dress I ordered for myself.  NERD ALERT!  But can't you see why?  It's SO cute!)

Sorry, Sorry, Sorry!

I cannot believe it's already been this long since my last blog post.  I know you have all probably just been chomping at the bit waiting for an update on our lives.  Ha, yeah right.

Still, it is definitely time to update this sucker!  We have had a lot going on, and some really fun and exciting things.

This past weekend, we picked out our wedding bands. This was a big thing on the list that still needed to be checked off. 

Here is a picture of Roger's.  It's a Tungsten band, which is pretty cool.  They are really tough metal and cannot be scratched or tarnished.  

Here is a picture of something similar to my ring.  It's not the exact one, but you get the idea!

We also have appointments to meet with Bethany, who is making the cake, and our florist to see the finalized centerpieces.  We are definitely hitting the homestretch.

Invitations are pretty much done and ready to be sent out, except for a couple of addresses that we are still trying to hunt down.

Here is something my wonderful blog readers can help with.  I need some ideas for thank you gifts for people that are important to the wedding.  I've got the bridal party done, but I need ideas for people hosting showers/bachelorette parties, or doing other special little wedding related things for me.  Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated!