prettiness

Although I still and will always love my dress I can't help but drool over these Paloma Blanca beauties. Maybe it's because my waist is gone and the prospect of ever fitting back into the gorgeous dress hanging in my closet is quite daunting at the moment! B's super awesome cousin is getting married this summer and she is going to look SO hot in her gown. And I will have post-baby motivation to wear a cute dress by August.

advice of sanity

I have my dress! It is in my house... in B's closet! In my search to find a dress I ended up at one of the best bridal "boutiques" out there: Once Wed. Not only is the daily blog a terrific source of amazing DIY projects and eye candy full of real and unique weddings, it is also a place for brides to buy/sell their dream gown. It is the source of my overwhelming happiness and another wedding task has been crossed off my list!

what a way to go!

I haven't even bought my dress yet but I have to say, if I can bear to trash it after the wedding - this would be the way! I've been contemplating how to involve my gorgeous 3rd B in some wedding shots and, almost any way you cut it, it inevitably involves trashing the dress... so why not just go for it all out? I think its great and I think my B-equine would too (in a less cowboy more equestrian fashion, of course).

hands-free bridal shopping

Round one of the dress search is complete! Checked out some over-priced hometown stores on the weekend to get started in the crusade to find "the one". Fantastic first experience even if it didn't end in a purchase.

in dreams...

There are 4 things that I know to be true about today's posting:
1. B never reads my blog so I'm definitely not spoiling anything here,
2. These Lazaro and Lela Rose dresses are way way out of my price range,
3. They are much too fancy for our casual outdoor event and
4. I would love love love to wear any one of them none-the-less!

bcbg love

While on the topic of BCBGMAXAZRIA (see dresses below) I thought I'd post my very first wedding dress love. Just inspiration at this point as I haven't been out to try on dresses and all that jazz. I adore this dress and think it is just right for our not-so-formal outdoor wedding. Gotta love the not-so-expensive price tag as well - under $400 at Macy's.