INVITATIONS

Invitations have officially been mailed! No turning back now! :)

.ray.

Approaching 2 Months

I have obviously been stressing, but for whatever reason, last night at midnight, the stress of the wedding approaching really hit me. Damon assured me that getting up at midnight would not help the cause and a good nights sleep was the much wiser decision. I listened-but the only thing on my mind today was being "wedding productive". So---no Games of Thrones, The Killing, Mad Men or whatever my TV series fix is at the moment, I am going to get as much done today and the next few days as possible.


Wish me Luck!


Hotel booked (check)
Bridesmaid Gifts (check)
Email DJ (check)
Email Vendors (check)
Invitations Finished and Sent (check)
Programs
Damon and Groomsmen Suits (check)

Some Secrets :)


Nose is peeling-bummer!

.ray.

Catalina Island

So while I should have been chipping away at my wedding to do list...I instead was jet setting to the west coast. 

Three of my wonderful bridesmaids surprised me with a trip to California! 

!@#$$^*!!!

 How sweet is that? 

This was the first time ever flying Virgin America and I must say it was pretty fun.

-ESPECIALLY with a few cocktails. 

(don't know why instagram flipped it-but we thought it looked quite nice this way)

 The majority of our stay was on Catalina Island. 

We took a short ferry ride from Long Beach and stepped out on this gorgeous little island. 

Of course this would be in our fridge.

I must say ~ I have some of the best friends!

.ray.

Registry

Nobody ever said that registries were so difficult to do. ...ugh.

.ray.

Wedding Bands

So we are a little less than three months out from the wedding and I finally feel like we are getting things accomplished. We decided on our bands and after explaining to our parents' they don't need to be a matching set, we bought them too. I love, love, love mine and I slide it on every chance I get-I am sure there is an old wives' tale that says you should never ever put your wedding ring on before you are married (bad luck or something), thank goodness I don't believe in that sort of thing.

.ray.

Megan's Shower and Bachelorette Party

We had Megan's bridal shower yesterday and everything went really well! 

It kind of freaks me out to think mine is right around the corner.

Afterwards we headed to Baltimore for dinner and drinks for Meg's bachelorette party. We stayed at the Homewood Suites and the rooms were really spacious, and the hotel was conveniently located. We went to Vino Rosina for dinner and then headed to the Get Down.

I would say-We got down-at the Get Down.

Congrats Meggie!

.ray.

Flower Arrangements

I wanted to quickly share my mother's wonderful floral arranging skills. We had Megan's bridal shower over the weekend and I had enlisted my mother to do the arrangements. We weren't working with the best colors, but with a little help from my grandma's yard, and a few items from my mom's garden, she managed to turn a slew of random flowers, into nine wonderful little centerpieces.

Megan has a little beach theme going-so we used the big bag of shells that I picked up at a yard sale for $3 and brown sugar to act as the sand. 

.ray.