California Fun

Chris and I spent the last few days out in California with his family.  We got out there midday on Wednesday (the 19th) and came back to Virginia on Monday (the 24th).  While I spent most of my time with his mom and sister Jessica, he was off having fun at Blizzcon with his World of Warcraft buddies.  

Kelly, Jessica, Amelia, and I spent some time crafting, making my wedding invitations, favors, decorating for our engagement party, looked at reception locations (and found one I'm in love with), and even had time to do a little shopping!  At night, I went and hung out with Chris and his friends, spent lots of time with Shiva, and got to eat some really amazing food!  We had a really fun trip, and I was sad to come home.  But at least I know that I will go out again in the near future to help with more wedding stuff, hang out for my bridal shower, and go to Vegas for my bachelorette party!  (I can't wait!!)

And now....I thought I'd share our trip in photos.  Enjoy!

At Downtown Disney we ate at the Rainforest Cafe and looked at flower girl dresses for the wedding.  Amelia did not like putting on Cinderella's dress at all!

The Monarch Room at The Grand in Long Beach is where I am considering having the reception.   This was everyone's favorite room!

Some of the photos Jessica and I took of Amelia!

Kelly made the mickey ears for us!

The Mickey ears read, "FINALLY ENGAGED" (inside joke) and the tables were decorated pink and black.  These two photos were taken with my Hipstamatic app on the iPhone!

Wedding Colors...Revisited

I've been reading a lot of stuff lately about choosing wedding colors, and how they should match the ceremony location.  Here is a picture of the location so you can visualize it:

This is the best picture I could find of the green and pink

 Of course, I've realized now that coral is NOT a good color for this location.  Am I sad?  Of course!  I absolutely love that color, but I also don't want something that clashes with the location and decorations.  After much consideration, I think pink dresses for my bridesmaids would look really great in that room (and on my girls).  Plus...with the receptions we're having (yes...you saw that right.  We are having two different receptions), I can work the coral, and blue with the pink just fine!  So...I'll still get what I want and it will look great!  I'm very happy with the decision and can't wait to go shopping with all of my bridesmaids and buy their dresses!


PS-  I am, of course, always open to suggestions.  So, if anyone has any ideas on what other colors would look nice please leave a comment in the section below.  Also, please keep in mind that David's Bridal only carries certain colors...and here is the website!  Feel free to poke around!

Simple Solutions

Ever since my ring came back, I haven't taken it off (well, except when I clean or take a shower!).  I've noticed that when it's nice and humid out, my ring fits perfectly.  Not so tight that it's stuck on my finger, but not loose enough to move around easily.  However, as the weather has gotten cooler my ring slides easily and it makes me really uncomfortable.  I am so afraid I'm going to lose it, that I needed to figure out a solution sooner rather than later.  We don't want to send it off to Blue Nile again because our engagement pictures are coming up as well as a trip to California to show off my ring, and we don't know if it'll get back in time!  Sooo....I put my thinking cap on and found something I'm really excited about!

Have you ever heard on ring snuggies?  They are tiny pieces of clear PVC that are able to slide on either before or after you put your ring on.

 
The nice thing about ring snuggies are that they come in multiple sizes within a pack so no matter what you'll find one that fits your perfectly!  And they are super comfortable!  I'm not saying that it doesn't feel weird when you first put it on your finger, because it most certainly does, but after a while you don't even know it's there.  So...perfect solution.  Right?  Right!  I'm so glad I found something to temporarily fix my problem until I'm able to send it off to get it re-sized!

And now....I'll leave you with a few pictures.  :-)

When Chris proposed and put the ring on my finger, all I could do was squeeze my fingers together to keep it in place!

And now...I won't have to worry about it sliding during the cold winter months when my fingers shrink!