Scare Tactics

When I ordered my dress in late February, the store tried their best to make it sound like ordering eight-and-a-half months before the wedding was just about right to have everything fitted and delivered in time.

My dress is sitting at the shop, waiting for me to get back to San Diego and claim it. It's been less than a month, and February's only 28 days.

All of the bridesmaids dresses are in already, too.

So much for a 4-5 month lead time. All the same, it's paid for in full so I don't have to worry about it as an upcoming expense anymore (just alterations, which can be pricey too).

Less about foolishly manipulative salespeople, more about the details many people are bugging me about:

We ordered our rings, and have admitted to each other that we're going to have a really hard time waiting until November to wear them. Our wedding bands are very different, but I'm excited to see them both. I love the style M chose, especially because he's really happy with it.

We think we've found our florist, if she can rescue her design pages off her recently-crashed MacBook. We've found a time to take our engagement photos, so we can make and send out save the dates, which will probably go out about 6 months before the wedding (maybe five and half). I feel moderately organized, but we still have to get our invitations, find an officiant, work on our ceremony and vows, and figure out the legal, financial, and relationship counseling we'll need to blend things as smoothly as possible.

Planning a wedding still feels surreal to me. It also takes a lot of time away from other projects... like working on the house! Next year should be so much quieter--no wedding to plan and M will already be back in classes, so that big adjustment will be past as well.

PS: Say encouraging things to M. He's working on getting ready to enroll for Fall classes. :) I am very proud of him!