Weekly Shoe-gasm!

Ok so this weeks shoes are late! I can't believe i forgot.

These are for the Brides who's something blues are going to be her shoes.

So where was i when Paris Hilton started to make shoes? Well maybe i'm the last one to know but i think these a spectacular. This week shoe is multitasking because i'm only posting one. Since they aren't white satin with the right dress, in the right season, i think they can definitely be seen on the foot of a wedding guest. They're called Senorita and are available here.

Happy Shopping!

The Diamond Dash!

Want your boo to win you a $20,000 Tacori Ring?????

I knew that would get your attention! I mean i have my own attention!


You and your fiance can dash around Manhattan for your chance to win the $20,000 Tacori engagement ring, a honeymoon to Waikoloa Beach Resort on Hawaii’s big island and several other prizes while raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! So you're dashing for a DIAMOND and a CURE!

The event takes place on Saturday September 12, 2009. It's the Ultimate Scavenger Hunt. Clues to jewelry stores and bridal shops in NYC will all be a part of the fun.

For more information visit: www.diamondsmakeadifference.com The registry deadline is September 2nd, 2009.

There is no purchase necessary to enter or win. Open to legal residents of NY, NJ, CT and PA. Restrictions may apply visit the site for full details.


Hmmmmm i wonder if the fact that i'm already married, have a ring, and been on my honeymoon will restrict me from entering :).

Good luck everyone! If you register and get picked to participate, let me know!

The Silver Dress

So over the weekend one of my BFF's had a brunch at her home to discuss bridesmaid dress options. She had 15 options for us to view! Luckily even though there were 7 of us with different body shapes and personal style, we all seemed to gravitate towards 3 dresses and i think at the end of the day Option 1 is going to win because the shade of blue is FIERCE!

Anyway while browsing multiple websites an image of a "silver" colored wedding dress pops on the screen. It was really fast but it definitely caught my wedding eye because i had to stop sipping on the mimosa and really take it in. Note to readers i NEVER stop sipping a mimosa! They are my absolute favorite every time i drink one i get transported back to my honeymoon. YUM! OK back to the post...

I wonder if i could have gotten away with a silver gown. I think my mom and grandmother wouldn't have gone for it in the end but they are beautiful. i would certainly be willing to try or one or two (or all) in the store just for fun if i had to do it all again.

Romona Keveza

Weekly Shoe-gasm!

Here are this weeks pics:


For the bride:

Caroline By: Badgley Mishka




I am so in love with this shoe... Do you think i could get away with wearing it to work????

And for the guest:

Clay By: Badgley Mischka

Both options can be found here.

ENJOY!

Bridal Buff

So it seems like women diet their whole lives and the only time the diet works is when they're getting married. There's something about being seen by 300 people in a white dress that gives a girl that much more motivation to NOT eat that brownie.

But now that i've already fit into the dress, (it was too big!!! YAY me!) and its been over 8 months (time flies damn it) i wouldn't DARE put that dress on because I KNOW there's a chance that its not too big anymore :(.

So what do i do? Mind you honey dip loves the new booty (well the old booty which is making a comeback) but the tummy hmmmmm not so much. I don't think there are enough hours in my day to hit the gym. OK OK i know i'm lying, geeez don't kill me. Here's when I am going to start squeezing in that work out.

1. There is an hour nap that I take in between when my baby wakes up at 6 and when i actually get out the bed to go to work. I usually drag myself out of the bed, give stinkie a kiss, change his pamper, warm a bottle, and give him to my ANGEL of a mom who lives downstairs. i'm so good at it i can do it all in less that 6 minutes with my eyes closed. i'm still asleep anyway so i just crawl right back into bed and snuggle up under my husband for an hour. Pathetic I know. Tomorrow i'm going to get dressed in my sweats before picking him up. And instead of going back to bed i'm going to run straight out of the door for a 40 minute jog to no where and back.
   
2. When I get home after getting dinner together i usually play with my son for an hour or two. We watch all the good night shows on sprout (none of which actually get him into that good night kinda mood, they just make him more excited to be awake but whatever). He eventually passes out at like 9:30. Instead of watching sprout he can sit in the play pen and watch me work it out with those Windsor work out tapes (talk about comic relief) that i have had on my shelves for like 3 years...Just collecting dust. Double Pathetic i know.

I figure if i alternate the jog and evening work out sessions I should be able to see some sort of progress in the near or not so near future. My motivation being Honey'z bday is next month and we are going away to a city in which i refuse to be seen looking like a hot mess. And not to mention, my sons 1st b'day is coming, our 1 year anniversary is steadily approaching, our 1st Thanksgiving and Christmas as husband and wife is like around the corner. And all those events means pictures which will last a lifetime.

Pray for me.

I promise to blog more often if you do.

Winter Wonderland...

Today my friend Lisa, of Elite Affairs LLC, talked about how perfect today's NYC snowy weather would be for a trash the dress photo shoot. I would so "trash" my dress, meaning take a few shots in the snow, unfortunately photos shoots cost money not to mention needing make up and hair and overall putting my dress back on. Plus everyone's threatening to kill me if i even think of damaging "her" (yes my dress is a living breathing person).

But wouldn't it be totally freekin awesome, and very vouge magazine like???

A Picture Says a Thousand Words

My Honey Dip and I finally got our wedding pictures back. OVER 500 IMAGES! So many to choose from since the album is only supposed to be about 80. But here's one of my favorites! Enjoy.

It started with a sketch....

I have always been into Fashion. When i was little i would take my moms clothes and pile them on trying to imagine myself as the glamorous woman i would grow up to be. My first job ever was dressing mannequins at a trendy store in the mall. I would spend hours putting everything together and always getting praise, and in trouble, for not following the corporate mandatory guidelines.

If i was at all artistic i think i would have ended up a designer. Unfortunately I can't even draw stick figures. When i purchased my wedding gown i was very pleased to receive in my packet, along with the intimidating payment schedule, a copy of the original designers sketch of my gown. I thought it was so beautiful and different. I've actually framed the sketch and it sits in my room on my makeup mantle.

Here are a few 2009 looks and how they went from the drawing board to the runway.

Enjoy!

Ines Di Santo

Vineyard


Badgley Mishcka Bride

Priscilla of Boston

Jenny Lee


Claire Pettibone


Melissa Sweet


Kenneth Pool

All images are courtesy of www.Brides.com.

Although Im Asking Truth Is I Really Dont Want Your Help!

A dear friend of mine is getting married next year on 8.9.10. yes I know super cute and super cliche, but still SUPER CUTE.

Anyway she's having a destination wedding and so she and her fiance went to a bridal expo that was being held in her wedding city last weekend.

She came back SUPER excited, because why??? She found her venue!!!!! Yay! She sent me the link and described everything she saw, what she loved, how great the food was etc, etc, etc. So in my head I've already started making mental plans. What to pack, when I'd need to leave, taking time off from work, making sure The Huzz does the same, saying i'll loose 15 pounds (i have over a year it has to be possible c'mon). I immediately fell in love with the choice and became attached to the idea.

Yesterday she says "I'm back to looking for a wedding venue.... (sigh)."

I was in shock, well "What happened?"

"My Mr. Right decided that he wanted something bigger... something more country. This was Friday's discussion... We spoke last night and now he's in love with a new place."

uhhh excuse me??? I would so be ready to fight. We visited the place, took the tour, began negotiating the contract, including must have menu items and now you say you dont like it?

I guess gone are the days when brides said this is want i want and grooms said "whatever you want hun..."

I must admit The Huzz was very hands on and very opinionated. There were things that i really wanted that i had dreamed of my whole life that he shut down with the quickness. Like a pink wedding. He said and i quote "over my dead body." Since he would have been no good to me dead I compromised and went with red. But I really didn't want to.

On a side note my friend did go on to say "It's actually a pretty nice place. Similar to the first. Just more outsdoorsy... I must admit that I like it too." I guess i have a new place to become attached to now.

But seriously ladies, how much input is too much from your groom? Is there even such a thing as too much??? Do you really care about his opinion??? I know you say it out loud but in your head are you just like "SHUT UP! I LIKE THIS ONE??" Now that your planning is he into it or could care less? Are you ready to strangle him or is he an angel? Or was he or is a a "whateva..." man?

M.I.A.... literally

I guess its hard to say the wedding is not over when with returning to work, being a newlywed, and having a new born, there seems to be little time left in the day to be "wedding obsessed".

With all the craziness in my life i am promising to blog more often... just enough so that this site doesn't end up in the "blog graveyard".

I guess during my lunch hour today i will have to get things cracking again... Wish me luck.

What's for dinner?

Having amazing food at your reception should be a part of your top three musts for your wedding. Guests will always remember the extravagant cocktail hour and decadent dinner that they enjoyed on your wedding night.

So whether your having a small intimate affair with just your family and closest friends or a huge ball for 400 guests just be sure that the reception venue will be serving up a meal your guests can never forget.

Photosource: The Old Kent Barn

P.S. ALWAYS INSIST ON A TASTING PRIOR TO PUTTING YOUR MONEY DOWN. Although my reception venue had great food, we booked prior to tasting the food (we assumed that we would be able to taste closer the date scheduled by the venue to make our finl selections). When we called to arrange one, we were told they "No Longer Offer Tasting Opportunities." And by then, they'd already been paid more than 50% of my non-refundable total payment. Needless to say we were pissed off. Don't let that happen to you. Ask about the tastings up front and be sure that whatever they say is put in writing. It very hard to choose from a 30 page menu with 1 million selections just based on a 9 word descriptions for each item. Trust me...