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January 7, 2017
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3430 days agoThis was a whirlwind of a day! I led a concert with my violin students on one side of town, drove half an hour to my makeup trial, went to my bridal shower, then ended by discussing FH's possible transfer to Asia with him while taking the gifts to...
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3453 days agoHair trial today! Managed to get it scheduled for the day of a charity event FH asked me to attend with him, which was nice. First time I've gone to an event with professionally styled hair! I have naturally curly hair, so I went to a lady at my...
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3473 days agoJust wanted to share my joy: we finally found the perfect dress for my mom! She just recently had shoulder surgery, so she wasn't up to trying on tons of dresses. FMIL, however, wanted to wait until my mom had a dress before starting to look, and she...
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3494 days agoAs I've mentioned before, FH's aunt is DIYing a lot of our decor. One thing I specifically wanted was a little tree with red flowers (matching my bouquet) for the guest book table at the reception. The pic on the right is what I want; the left is...
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3499 days agoSince having to move out reception to another location, we've realized we may wind up with a bit of a gap between when guests start arriving at the venue after the ceremony and when things officially start. The new reception venue is all of five...
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3500 days agoIn my original reception venue, we had planned a grand exit using ribbon wands. We just had to change venues because the first one closed. (Holy panic attack, Batman!) Our new place is better than the old in many ways, one of which is that it's about...
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3510 days agoOne of the few things FH had an opinion on was the reception location. His club has a beautiful view of the city skyline and is next door to the building where we will live. We put the deposit down there ages ago. Unfortunately, we found out this...
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3514 days agoI bought my dress secondhand. It will zip to the waist (although it's not zipped at all in this photo. I only have terrible pics of my dress on me!), but not much higher, so my seamstress is putting a corset back into it. She says I can either have...
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3521 days agoTrying to figure out the signature drinks for my hot chocolate bar. FH's will be called a polar bear and involve white hot chocolate and probably a shot of some liqueur. No idea what mine will be called, but it will have dark hot chocolate, whipped...
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3522 days agoI spent my hurricane day yesterday (yay Hermine) making 14 pew bows. I'm really excited about how they turned out, but now I'm wondering if there might be ways to use them in the reception decor. I'm already thinking a couple should go on the "Park...
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3523 days agoSo I thought I had a really cute rhyming hashtag idea: mockeen17. Even made it my wedding email address. Then realized it sounds like we're mocking the number 17 for some reason. Oops. My new idea uses our first initials: #aplusbequalskeen. I suppose...
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3537 days agoMy FILs live out of town, so FMIL asked FH to come up with a list of places to hold the rehearsal dinner. She seems to think its bad etiquette for her to do a sit-down dinner since we're doing a sit-down dinner at the reception. We appreciate her...
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3548 days agoI have my something old (great-grandmother's crystal buttons on the handle of my bouquet) and my something new (veil I just made and hankie I'm making right now). I'm not too worried about borrowed (a friend has offered her headpiece, and if that...
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3554 days agoI realize it's the middle of the night, but I don't have to go to work tomorrow, so I stayed up late working on wedding stuff and now I can't sleep because I'm so excited at how it turned out! I wanted a brooch bouquet, but one where the brooches...
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3564 days agoI was looking online for my shoes, rather than traipsing to every shoe store in town, since I wanted something somewhat specific and unusual (dark red satin heels). My usual go-to, DSW, was a wash, so I randomly looked up "red satin shoes" on Amazon...
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3568 days agoI'm trying to figure out what to wear in my hair. My dress has silver embroidery, crystal beads, and pearls in the lace on the bodice, down the split of the skirt, and all over the train. With all that sparkle and shine in the dress, I feel like I...
