Wedding

Man, am I excited!

First, I now have my newly re-sized ring back and it fits perfectly. Many thanks to Deavin. You're wonderful, and I cannot tell you that enough. ;) I'm so excited to marry you.

Second, and maybe slightly more exciting that the first point, I found THE Dress. I. am. thrilled! My Aunt Linda has been visiting us this week, and today was her last full day to be here. She began asking me about what kind of ideas I had for the wedding, so I started listing off all of the things I have imagined, including dress ideas. I started searching on a website and found a dress that caught my eye immediately. Aunt Linda, my mom, and I all agreed that it was absolutely gorgeous. After that, my heart was set on seeing it sometime in the near future. Well, the near future came quickly. My mom said that it would be nice if we could go look at dresses, especially since Aunt Linda is here. Two hours later, we were headed to the store on a mission. The eye-catching dress was the first one I tried on, and it made a huge impact. I tried on many more, but the first one would never leave my mind. At the end of the day, my decision was made--my heart was completely set on the dress a saw online, and the first one I tried on. We bought the dress, veil, hair clasp with Swarovski crystals, bodice/bra, and slip all for a little over $1,000. I already have shoes (and hopefully they will work well with the dress when it comes in!), and earrings I plan to wear. I'm so glad we can already check this off the to-do list--which is really a huge one! Hopefully Liz and I will go looking at bridesmaid dresses soon and start narrowing down the options, though we have one special one in mind already.

Check your ring size, and check it often.

Having a ring re-sized: an irritating task that many of us have to deal with at some point in our lives. This is not fun, especially when you are unsure of your correct ring size. And this handy little standardized ring-sizer key chain-esque thing pictured above isn't exactly helpful. You try on one of the sizes and the weight of the other rings pulls down on the one that is on your finger. This makes you think that the ring is smaller than it actually is. Bethany's mistake #1. Try on several different sizes before blurting out which one you think you need. Am I a 5.5? No. I found this out the hard way, after paying $70 for a ring sizing and tightening diamonds on the band. I was sans engagement ring for 12 days, which felt like an eternity. Fortunately, my most gracious fiance is having it resized again to the correct size for my finger. Unfortunately, I will go another week to two weeks bearing nothing on my left hand. This makes me sad, but I know I will be so happy when it comes back, fitting perfectly and looking as shiny as ever.