Me, apparently!
5 months to go and everything is under control so far. All that is left to do is find my dress (which I've already picked, but may need made for me), Michael's suit and choose our wedding rings (which will need made also). I also need to find someone who can do my makeup - something I keep forgetting about. The rest is all little bits and pieces and tying up loose ends. It's getting increasingly harder to blog without giving too much away - I began writing this blog as something just for Michael and I to look back on some day. I haven't really shared it that much, the link is on my Instagram page and that's about it, but with over 2000 views I know someone out there is reading (and I can guarantee it isn't Michael!!)
I have an appointment at a bridal shop tomorrow with my Mum and my sister Laura to try on some dresses. I don't really expect to be able to find the style of dress I would like in a bridal shop, but it will be a fun day out with the girls. I know I'll be expected to try on ridiculous dresses for fun - I have palpitations just thinking about it! I think it's also a rite of passage for a Mum to bring her daughter to try on wedding dresses, so that's what we intend to do! I'm starting to feel bad for not having my Mum there for the ceremony so I want to make sure that I can honour all the other Mother-of-the-Bride traditions that I can.
I moved back home with my lovely Motherbear for the "12th weekend" as it's known in Northern Ireland so that I didn't have to be near any bonfires or other related ridiculousness and we had a really nice weekend. We took ourselves off on a stress-free shopping trip for wedding bits and pieces and ended up getting lots of the most perfect items for the Reception. We were able to come home and spend a few hours experimenting with different decoration and had all the items laid out as they would be on the day. Both of us were so happy with our choices - it was such a thrill to finally see our ideas become reality!
A few days later I went for dinner and dress shopping with my other bridesmaid Megan and just as what happened with Laura, we ended up buying the first dress she tried on. Both dresses are similar shape, length and colour but each dress is quite different and suited perfectly to each of the girls. I'm really happy with their choices - they're going to look great!
This weekend Michael and I spent Sunday morning at St Georges Market in Belfast in the hope of finding some more bits and bobs for the Reception. As it turned out, we ended up leaving with our stomach's full and our hands empty (not such a bad thing) and ended up going to Rushmere for a nosey afterwards. Unfortunately, a quick visit to Pets at Home resulted in us getting majorly distracted by a small ball of grey fluff which we just had to have. The rest of the day was a write off wedding-wise as we focused on helping our new baby bunny settle in. This is one of the reasons I love Michael so much - he feels the same as I do about small fluffy creatures. We now have 3 small furry friends named Shadow, Charlotte and Sheldon - we're entirely bonkers but they make our home a very happy one!
We've also picked our invitations which we absolutely love. The work that has gone into them has had my head turned for months now. We'll likely be sending them out in October/November and hope to have all the RSVP's back in early December so we can have everything wrapped up before we leave for the States. Fittingly, our invitations are being printed by a company in New York and I know they'll do an excellent job with them. We won't be having a gift list per se but a Bucket List instead. You'll see what I mean when you get the invitation :)
I also attended my second Hen Party this year for my lovely friend Amy who is getting married to Michael's friend Richard in the Galgorm in 4 weeks time! We went to Jungle NI for an adventure weekend and it was the most fun - we did so many activities like Zorbing, Shooting, Archery (which I was fab at, much to Mr Archer's delight) and got to relax in a huge hot tub afterwards. It was a great bonding weekend for Amy and all her friends and it made me excited (and nervous) about mine in November. Megan and my friend Lucy have taken over the plans and I haven't a clue about what's going on. Which is both exciting and terrifying in equal measures and also quite hard for me being the total control freak that I am! But I'm really looking forward to it too. I love all my girls and I'm so excited that so many of them have agreed to come along, especially as it's so close to Christmas.
Michael would need to get his Stag sorted ASAP if he wants to get away! He's been putting it off I think out of nervousness. He's going to Richard's Stag do next weekend though so hopefully it will make him relax about it - or possibly make him even more nervous about it! Stag's are a lot worse than Hen's though aren't they? Maybe...
Other than that there isn't too much to update on. The two of us are putting the majority of our energy into work and make sure we save as much as we can each month. Michael is putting in every hour of overtime that he can sign up for and I'm so proud of him. He's so exhausted that he's nodding off on the sofa every night and we're barely able to spend as much time together as we usually would. It just makes our time together more special and if he does happen upon a free weekend we like to make sure that we spend it wisely, doing all of the things we like to do. (eating, drinking and purchasing animals apparently...)
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