3 MONTHS TO GO!

I cannot believe we are down to the last three months!
My surprise bridal shower was November 28, 2010 and boy was it amazing! I was truely surprised! It was absolutely fantastic. My mother, Tara and bridesmaids made sure it was exactly me and themed it with wine tasting--right up my alley! Thank you for making it the most amazing and successful shower. Mom and Tara, if you two want to quit your jobs, you definitely have another profession calling! We are so fortunate to have many supportive people in our lives and so many giving people! We are overflowing with love, gifts and excitement!

90 days to go...

100 to go!

100 days left until I DO and it is BLACK FRIDAY aka. sleep late, relax and let the sore muscles heal from all the hard work. I am content that my workout routine is back in tact after 2 weeks of being plagued with a fever, laryngitis, sore throat, and a nasty cough. Good thing it happened now! I am looking forward to my upcoming surprise bridal shower and my bachelorette party. I am also proud that after a huge thanksgiving dinner, I have not gained an once. I kept taking bites and passing to Joshua :) Perhaps it was my huge calorie burn at the gym. Anyway, I definitely have a bit of Bride Brain and I am thrilled about it! I AM ALLOWED :) Mom and I stuffed our invitations and stamped them and they will be going out soon (all depends if postage goes up). I am getting more and more excited by the day! What is even more exciting, our wedding excitement will last longer as Greece is in July! As you can see, I am all over the map (Bride Brain). Crunch Crunch Crunch time! Happy 100 days!

Love,

Suzanne

less then 5 months to go

I can't believe how fast the time is going!

My dress is beautiful, and too big, which means I have lost weight. Yes, I have lost about 12 more pounds since July! My veil is perfect and I found earrings to match!

Josh figured out all the tuxedos for the guys and they are fantastic!

Our cake is being made by my campers father. We still have to go for a cake testing and figure out how we want it to look! Turns out Fox Hollow is now using his bakery! Best part-- he will be making us a separate soy free cake :)

Lastly, we booked GREECE!!!! July 1-July 17, 2011! We are beyond thrilled for our honeymoon!

6 MONTHS TO GO!

6 months to go until our wedding. Now it seems very really especially since we were at a wedding last night-- it is all coming together. However, yesterday I found out my hairstylist for the wedding got fired from the place I am getting my hair done. Many people suggested that I find her and use her separately, but there are 2 problems I have with that. 1. i have a lot of people coming to the salon that day 2. she didn't show up for a bride on saturday and that in my books is unacceptable. I am sad because she sculpts hair like there is no tomorrow, but I am glad that I ran into this drama now and not the day of my wedding. The owner of the salon is being very accommodating and I will be able to have a free trial with another stylist. Happy Labor Day and for those of you working in schools, happy first day tomorrow!

1 Year Engagement!

Once again I have neglected this blog. I am ashamed of myself! However we have a lot of exciting news. August we hit our 7 month mark to the wedding, meaning next Monday, Labor day we are at the 6 month mark! Time is flying. This past Saturday August 28th we celebrated our 1 year engagement by going out to Smokin' Al's BBQ and Crumbs. Don't worry I am still on my wedding diet. I have 10 more lbs to go and I am hoping they will fly off! We recently found an apartment and are very excited to move in together! We move on September 15th so it has been very busy trying to find furniture! We have also started researching our Summer 2011 honeymoon to Greece which has been confusing but fun learning about the different locations. I am glad I have many Greek students who have given me advice as to where to go!

Well that is all for now, I hope to keep up with it more!

8 MONTHS TO GO!

You would think that my summer would be simple and relaxing considering I am a guidance counselor during the year... WRONG! Busy Busy Busy. Between retirement parties, the end of the school year, camp orientations, bridal showers, bachelorette parties, camp starting and of course weddings galore, I have not had much time to update this blog or get myself into wedding shape. I am disappointed that I am not motivated to get "wedding skinny." Part of my lack of motivation-- my dress fits like a glove! The only alteration that is needed---a hem. So why should I lose weight? Sigh. Well, today marks 8 months until the big day and I will do my BEST or at least try my BEST to get wedding skinny. I know I have 3 more big events left this month-- 2 weddings and a wine tour-- besides those it should be semi-easy. I just need to get killer workouts in. I will try to keep you posted on my wedding weight loss -- or inch loss (that is what my trainer tells me I should focus on).

Shifting topics a bit... I mentioned my gown came in!!! It is more stunning then I even remembered on me! I ordered my veil, I got a head piece, and found shoes for $25 (YAY FOR A SALE-- although the shoes will be OFF after I walk down the aisle)! I also had a hair and makeup trial for my cousins wedding and could not be happier! I bought some lovely hair extensions and welll I AM READY TO GO!!! I just have to get through the fall-- college admissions hell and recommendation letter writing and I am wedding bound!

Please please stay connected as I will do my best to post! Clearly this is my blog (suzanne) as joshua neglects it much worse then I do!

Love.

Flowers

went florist shopping this weekend. seriously amazing and exciting. we didn't look at too many, only 2 because i narrowed down to these 2 after search a few months ago with josh and visiting a bridal showcase at fox hollow. well we are 99% sure that we are using _______. I will announce our florist once we officially put down the deposit.

Can't remember if I mentioned that Josh and I have 2 wedding planners for the day of our wedding. They will make sure everything will run smoothly and that I will not become bridezilla!

Oh and we are less than 10 months away wow!

Planning

The time is flying and we are having a ball planning everything. We picked out our invitations (just waiting a bit to order them), I have picked out my bridesmaid dresses (also waiting to order), and we went for a cake testing at one place. We can't wait for another cake testing to really nail down what we want. Josh and I also met with our Rabbi to learn about the REFORMED jewish ceremony! It was very informative and we have some nice decisions to make. I know we have neglected this blog, but I am really hoping to write more as we get closer and closer to our wedding!!

Right now I am focusing on Cheryl and Seth's Wedding as well as Jen and Matt's Wedding!!! :)

neglect!

We have neglected this blog, however things have been very hectic-- in good and bad ways.

Anyway, our planning is going well and we are very excited for everything in store. We looked at some flowers, some invitations, save the dates, a unique way to use seating cards, and even signed up to have two wedding day coordinators help us out. No bridezilla for me!

But there is a lot of little things to do and I am trying to enjoy each step of the way!

Suzanne

1 YEAR!!!!

Today marks the day-- 1 year until our wedding. We are very excited and will be starting to plan more! Tonight we are going to celebrate in NYC! Specifically going in to celebrate one of Josh's groomsmen's 30th birthday, but still, we will be celebrating 1 year to go! Hopefully next March 6th will be as gorgeous and warm as it is today!!

13 months!

until IDO!

under 400!

According to my facebook countdown, we are under 400 days until the wedding. Josh finally got to see our band and he is extremely excited about them! I am glad that he enjoyed them because he would have had no choice since the contract was signed! Anyway, we are ready to rock and roll at our party with some fabulous music! Other then that, Josh and I are busy working working working! We are going on a cruise in February for presidents week (the beauty of working in a school) and I know I am THRILLED to get out of the cold for a week!

Sorry we do not have any more exciting news to keep you entertained... hopefully more will be on the way!

1 year and 2 months!

The 1 year mark is slowly approaching. I am trying to get "wedding skinny." That is the new years resolution! From what I have heard the last 3-6 weeks is when a lot of weight comes off. Lets hope for me that it comes off sooner!