We're Registered!

We did it!

And we had fun!

It took 2 days, and some wine tasting in between to get us through, but we are officially registered at four places:

For fine china and crystal:

For bedding and bath:





For basic kitchen stuff, plus silver and glassware:

For pots & pans and "fancy" kitchen stuff:

I am pretty sure we registered for more items than any bride and groom ever - we went nuts! We even registered for some furniture so that we can get a discount after the wedding. 

Here's a sneak peak at a few items for which we registered...

Our china, which is Herend "Queen Victoria":

This bedding:

These super fun accessories:

B was a master with the scanner and all-in-all it was pretty painless :)  I think what I've decided about all the wedding stuff is that if I wasn't so busy at work, I would be having a LOT more fun with it all. I was able to take a break from work for *most* of the weekend and it really made the wedding stuff a lot more enjoyable!

More updates soon!

Productive Weekend!

B was out of town this weekend, and while I was bummed that we weren't able to hang out (especially since I was out of town most of this past week), I was pretty excited to have a low-key, productive weekend.  It's amazing how much you can accomplish when you don't go out and drink alot either night!

Here are just some of the things I checked off my to-do list:

1. Mailed our Save the Dates
That's right..they are OUT!   I guess this means we're officially getting married!

Here's what the final product looked like, LOVE how they turned out!

2.  Found a SUPER AWESOME necklace to wear with my wedding dress
It's big, sparkly and will look great!  I keep taking it out of the box to look at it. I have an appointment to try it on with MY dress (the sample comes in early - in two weeks!), keeping my fingers crossed it will work!

3.  Looked for Mother of the Bride dresses
Mom tried on and was kind of considering a short beaded number.  Not so much.  We'll keep looking...

4.  Switched out my closet
One of the joys of apartment living is having to keep off season clothes under a bed, stuffed in a coat closet...anywhere but the main closet.   I know we're not alone in this, but still, switching out closets is one of my least favorite tasks ever.  However, it is also one of those tasks where the end result is always worth the effort.  I feel like I have a whole new wardrobe now that I can actually see all of my winter clothes again.  Am happily sporting one of my (much beloved) black turtlenecks as we speak.  Oh how I've missed you black sweaters!

I also have a new appreciation for that high-school retail job, where I had to fold sweaters with a board to make them perfect:

5.  Decided on Bridesmaids Dresses
On my recent business trip to Charleston, I took advantage of a little down time (okay, I skipped part of the conference) to try on dresses at LulaKate.  Yall,  I didn't think I wanted to go with a "bridesmaids" dress but these were SO cute I couldn't resist.  I had some discussion about diff. styles with the two maids of honor and it was a done deal.  I'll post pictures in a future post.

6.  Got out my winter wreath and FINALLY switched our doormat.
No more watermelon doormat - instead I found a really cute, affordable leaf mat at Lowe's.  Was there to buy something for the shower and stumbled upon this.  So glad - finally feels like we've embraced fall & winter!  About time :) 

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I got a TON of other stuff done too; it was a VERY productive weekend!  Hope yall also had a great weekend - anyone get a taste of the winter weather?