Progress

So...since the last time I have blogged. I have made a lot of progress. Last week, I went to several bridesmaid stores with a couple of my bridesmaids. We were looking for a dress we found on dessy group..it was a really nice dress but I had a problem with the length. It was tea length and just awkward; however I liked the style. Another problem with this dress was that we probably would have had to alter the length to make it shorter which would mean more money.

Oh yah, I should firstly say that we had a budget for the bridesmaid dress and it is between $100-$150

Okay moving on, we were in between several dresses and after visiting several stores and sending several emails and receiving unending differing opinions from the BMs; I was very exhausted and frustrated with the whole process.

This week we went bridesmaid shopping at Mary me bridal in orange... Needless to say that the first two dresses that we tried on were just awesome. My bridesmaids fell in love with both of them, however the prices were a bit out of our budget (well maybe a lot! waa)...

I am very happy with the choices that I ended up making in regards to the dress my bridesmaids will be wearing and i know they will be looking GORGEOUS on that day! Yay!

So what did I learn this week:

1. Shopping for bridesmaid dresses is no joke

2. Bridal democracy is good but its OK to be a dictator as well!!!! (lol)

Some of the contender dresses we looked at

The colors of this dresses are off.. they are not in my color scheme so dont be frightened

Color Palates I am loving

Cant seem to make up my mind about wedding colors... sooo many beautiful colors out there waa

Goo Lakers

Just had to put that as my title.. I know i havent blogged in two days so I have a lot to tell you all... However Im at work right now so Ill blog later tonight..

I went out looking for bridesmaid dresses about three times this week.. its being very tedious..

I came across two bridal stores that I liked and made appointments to try on dresses next week and the week after... we'll see how that goes...

In regards to bridesmaids dresses still looking waa

Task List

I was not able to write down the task list but I did it mentally in my head (does that count? huh chioma!) Anyways, what I did accomplish yesterday was finding a prospective bridesmaid dress and complementing shoes (lol). I was also able to get a quote from a caterer for our food.

I was in long beach with one of my friends (and bridesmaid) for most of yesterday, I spent the other half of the day in traffic on my way home waaaa... Anyhoo.. when I got home, I emailed the bridesmaids the dress I had found and then my friend that I had met up with emailed me saying how sorry she was for not helping or what not...

Apparently she stumbled across a link that listed what the duties of a bridesmaid and a "CBM" were... It was hilarious!!!! Thank you Jessica! I forwarded this email to all my bridesmaid just to let them know that they were all slacking in their duties as BMs

Side Note: I figured that I will be writing bridesmaid and chief bridesmaid a lot in this blog, so i have decided to go by an acronym as you can see.. Unfortunately for the "BM" (maids), "BM" can also mean Bowel Movement.. just wanted to point that out. Love you guys!! lol.. so I wonder if CBM means Chief B***el M*****nt (sorry Ugochi) lol...

Well back to the story at hand.. I have included the link for you guys to view! Enjoy!
http://www.bridesmaid101.com/maid_of_honor_duties.html

Shoes

Where can I find cheap shoes?

Lazy Igbo Bride

Hey guys

I came to the conclusion yesterday that I may very well be the laziest bride in Los Angeles ( well I cant validate that). Sooo I resolved within myself to not be lazy anymore.. lol. I decided to put together a task list of things that I need to get done either by myself or by delegation. Thats my plan for today.. I let you all know how that went later on today...

Oh yah..I would like to know what you guys think..

When is the best/most appropriate time to have an engagement party?

1. One month after the engagement

2. One month before the wedding

3. Sometime in between

4. Other..

Some of the dresses I tried on at Davids

Plantable Seed Place Cards, Eco-Friendly Place Cards

Plantable Seed Place Cards, Eco-Friendly Place Cards

Finding the right fit!

Of course like every other woman and potential bride, I already knew what dress I wanted to wear on my wedding that.. this was before I was engaged or rather before I bought my VERY FIRST bridal magazine "Bridal Guide"

The very first dress that caught my eye was a Rosa Clara dress.. it was over the top cinderella- ish but I loved it. Picture is to your right- its beautiful right? So what did I like about this dress? question is what didnt I like? I liked the fact that there were flower petals on the one hand part of the dress.. i also like that it wasnt like a regular ball gown (puffs up from the waist..eww).. it was fitting all the way to the hip and the goes crazy!!!

I decided to google this designer, I went on her website and was disappointed to find out that there were no listed prices (This was the first of many disappointments in regards to listed prices, the bridal gown designers do not list their prices, the rental places do not list their prices.... why does everything have to be a secret!!!! please its a free world!! list your prices people!!!) Anywho... being a resourseful bride, I decided to google the prices and I was getting prices within the ranges of 3,000 to 5,000 waaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy beyond my budget and then some...

Oh BTW my budget for my gown is $0.000 to $1,500.. Im accepting donations as well ;-)

Back to the dress, I still like it but Im not willing to spend that money.. I have found other dresses that I absoulutely like.. I have aonly being to two bridal stores so far: Alfred Angelo and Davids Bridal (DO NOT GO THERE...EVER!!! CAN U SPELL S-U-C-K-S.. sorry david?). I will post up pictures of some of the gowns that I tried in these stores... (I will not post the gowns that I may get...maybe a little bit closer to the date..ill think about it)

These are some gowns that I really like..

The first gown is by Maggie Sottero whom I absolutely adore and the second is by Rosa Clara who I absolutely adore as well!!!

I think I absolutely adore a lot of bridal gown designers...thats my problem waaa (well except David...)

10 months....

So i have 10 months remaining until z day and I am stressing out kinda... Well to bring you all up to speed on how far I have come in planning...

1. I found a place and it is beautiful..it is the diamond bar center in the city of diamond bar.

2. I have a wedding planner ( well almost, I havent signed a contract yet but pretty close)

3. I also have a photographer for our engagement photo session.

Well thats about it. I have an idea of what I want in the wedding.. I just need to go out and start acquiring these things. Yelp!

Its soo hard planning a wedding. When you get engaged, you have all these people who say "oh yah..ill help you, lets go look at dresses, lets go look at this or that" but when it actually gets down to it, no body wants to go.... any hoo thats another story for another post... waaaaaaa