13 days away

OMG.  We can't believe we will be married in 13 days!  Yesterday we were doing stuff at our house (me: cleaning and unpacking.  David: man stuff with the electrical outlets and some minor demolition!) and it hit me that we will be living there together in 2 weeks. 
A lot has happened both with the wedding planning and house fixing since my last blog post so I'll give some updates...

House
Our main bathroom was U-G-L-Y and outdated (updating it was top priority!). To prove how awful it was, please enjoy these pictures.

wallpaper and border!   there's also a blue toilet and blue wall tiles.  the cabinets on either side of the mirror are really neat but make the bathroom seem so small.

 



the shower had awful sliding glass doors and wallpaper above the shower surround.  who does that?!

 

 

 



We tore off the wall paper, my dad stripped the remaining glue and cleaned the walls (he also patched all the holes that were there...these people liked to hang stuff).  The doors were also taken off and the bathroom looked instantly better!!
David and I painted the bathroom last weekend and it looks great.  We still need to replace the toilet, mirror and light fixture.  Oh, and I can paint the cabinets:D

In other house news: we picked out couches and are going to order them today!  We also brought over our dining room set so we finally have a place to sit and eat instead of eating on the floor.  The first day we were there we ate take out food on napkins while drinking out of styrofoam cups...yesterday we ate real food on actual dishes!


Wedding
my dress came in near the end of September but I had to make an appointment to try it on...ugh! And it needed alterations (I measured a perfect size so they told me it shouldn't need any work.  But it was waaaay too big in one area.  Plus the train needed to be taken off)!  So I had the alterations done and went to pick it up last week. Except-surprise- it wasn't ready.  All the stitching they did was just 'roughed in' so they still had to fix it and make it look finished.  I'm picking it up for good on Friday.
We also decided on a cake after changing our minds a lot (mostly me ) and having some issues with the reception venue (they only allow cake and no cake alternatives).  We also submitted our final numbers to the venue owner and paid the deposit. 

I feel like there is still so much we need to do and that I should be panicking.  But I'm not:) 

My mom asked me if I'm getting excited and I answered "I guess". Truthfully, I'm not all that excited for the actual wedding...I just want to be married!  Our wedding will be nice and fun and memorable but we are most looking forward to just being husband and wife.

soexciting!

stangers who say "that's so you"

I'm a regular poster on a wedding website/forum group.  It's a site that really plays up what you 'need' and 'must do' for weddings but there are some really great women in the forum groups.  I frequent the October 2012 Bridesgroup the most because it's nice bouncing ideas off other people and getting advice from people who are unbiased. 
It's also a great place to post pictures of my dress, hair style, etc because I HAVE to show someone but I'm so not posting any of that on Facebook;) 
When I first joined the group I saw there was an introduction post so I decided to tell the ladies there a few things about myself and our wedding.  I said stuff like "we didn't really pick colours, but I like fall colours.  We don't have a theme, but our wedding is kinda rustic and vintage-y...and it's pretty casual. I don't want to wear a big poufy dress (not that there is anything wrong with them, it't just not my style)."
So after my hair trial I posted pictures, I posted my make up inspiration, what accesories I'd be wearing, what my dress looked like.  And it's funny that the women on the board said "Oh that's so YOU!" even though they never met me.  I've got that response from other people too...like my hair dresser, my make up artist and even the ladies at the bridal salon! 

Those ladies aren't exactly strangers but it was still nice to hear somne positive affirmation of my choices.

christina