D bought her wedding dress yesterday and has signed up for 3 registries, one of which is a charity. It sounds like she may cancel the 2 store registries and just keep the charity one, so I am not to advertise them unless asked. (which is fine with me, that is about where my personal etiquette is at)
I also got a preliminary reception guest list with the request to tell her who should be added (or deleted, as in does this cousin still have a girlfriend)
Her wedding is Dec.29th, reception is June, 29, 2019.
(reception date is H and my wedding anniversary, I have not reminded her of that fact, we will try to make it fly under the radar as this is about the only date available to her to have this reception, she is now in the middle of rotations and will be just finished with year 3 med school at reception time and ramping up to do residency interviews the next fall)
I went to a wedding two years ago where it was the bride’s parents anniversary. I thought it was nice that they shared an anniversary.
I also went to a bridal fashion show at my church where they had the youth group modeling wedding dresses ‘through the decades.’ It was really nice and fun, and those 13 year olds were probably the only ones who could fit into some of those dresses from the 30’s. They read letters from the brides (or their mothers) describing the dresses and the history, who made them, who paid for them. One of the stories was that 3 (or maybe it was 4) members of one family had all been married on Dec 27. The dresses were all different, but winter dresses made of velvet or heavier material. I think it is nice to share that date.
My grandfather was married on his birthday (which I never knew until he died, because we have so many family birthdays that month that we don’t celebrate the anniversaries), and my friend was married on her birthday.
Me, too. But I may be overly sensitive about this because I’ve had skin cancer.
A lot of these appearance things really don’t matter that much. For my daughter’s wedding, I had planned to wear my hair up, in a style that I learned how to do almost 40 years ago and have worn fairly often since then. On the day of the wedding, my hands were shaking so much that I couldn’t put my hair up. I went to my daughter’s wedding with my hair in a ponytail. And you know what? It didn’t matter.
DIL did that with the dress she bought for granddau who (at 9 mos old) will be the flower girl. She bought a white dress that has a sewn white flower on it. I suggested since the wedding color is burgundy she could consider either change out the flower for a burgundy one or get a thin burgundy sash. What else but “its adorable” is the correct response… Its fine.
I considered a spray tan, but I would rather be pale than possibly orange. I have always been pale, so it should not surprise anyone to see me pale at the wedding.
I saw D’s dress on her yesterday, and it is fabulous. The tailor did an awesome job.
The ring bearer is my niece’s son, who has some challenges. He is 22 months & is finally able to sit up in a special chair. They are going to put it in a wagon & my niece will pull him down the aisle. Should be a sweet thing to see.
I went to a wedding shower for my DIL to be today with my daughter and my MIL. We had a great time aside from the 80 miles in the car each way. It seems like she got a few duplicate things despite people using the registry. 90 days til the wedding!!
I am pretty pale and I did a spray tan before my D’s wedding. I went to a place at the mall that got great reviews. I did a “practice” tan about several weeks before the wedding just to see what I was getting myself into. They had several tan levels to pick from and they helped me figure out which one would look best on me. My D went to some fancy spa for her test run and didn’t like her tan. She went to my place for her actual wedding tan. She opted for a more custom look. If I must say so, both of us looked great and very natural.
@jym626 - both flower girl dresses are adorable.
Working on having my D get wedding insurance for her June 2019 wedding. She has two quotes but I want to make sure we cover everything I can think of. The venue requires liability which is fairly inexpensive. I need to write a deposit check for the caterer and I want coverage in case they go out of business. I could use my credit card and maybe get some coverage but the caterer adds 3% if you use a credit card. I have no clue if S and his fiancé got insurance. I suggested but I don’t know if they followed through.
Regarding tans- I’m fairly pale but a lot of freckles and skin cancer removal scars. Spray tans and artificial tanners don’t work well on my skin. My MOG dress is long so I think I’ll be fine. I don’t know yet what I’ll wear as MOB but I have over a year to think about that one.
Thanks, @mom60. That should say a “back up” dress.
I ordered the frillier one on line (and found a 25% off coupon plus the sale price) but it said there was an error so I ordered it again… and then both orders went through! I emailed customer service and will call when they are open tomorrow.
Just sent the paperless post invitations to the rehearsal dinner invitees. There will be 32 at the rehearsal dinner and the welcome party is at the bar contiguous with the location of the rehearsal dinner (which, per their desire, is a Chicago pizza place). FDIL and family are from Chicago, so this is a’ propos.
D1’s ceremony venue required 1 mill liability insurance. I was able to use my homeowner’s insurance to cover that with no extra charge. Wonder if you could do the same.
My D’s wedding is the following Saturday and I think everything is done. She was curating all of the objects for the event and I think it’s ready. She has packed boxes of objects for each table to give to the florist. He is going to add flowers and set everything out on the day. We had a crafting day on Saturday where we put together the favors and did some other stuff. I thought this was all going to be a lot of work, which it is, but she definitely has an eye and it’s going to be visually stunning.
I’m insanely pale and staying that way. My dress was strapless and now has thin straps, which is much better, but I bought a small jacket thing to wear over it and feel much more comfortable.
How is everyone wearing their hair? I was going to wear it down as it’s pretty long, but timing of salon appointment was a little messed up, so I’ll be getting hair done at around 10 am, with a 6 pm ceremony, so I think I’ll have an updo so it will stay.
My D is pretty minimalist as far as decorations go, and she decided against favors, but I think she/we have the rest under control. She’s not getting married in her hometown, which means that the ceremony and reception are 600 miles away from me…which means I don’t have a lot of control over things. THAT bothers me more than anything else! I just have to let go of the steering wheel and let her drive, so to speak, and luckily she is a very meticulous, organized person.
We have had some insane last minutes conversations though, and I’m having these crazy dreams. Last night it was all about tipping.
I am also very pale and staying that way…and my hair is short, so there’s not much to do with it. As long as the stylist doesn’t dye it lavender, I will be happy no matter how it turns out.