Frustrations

Let me tell you, people who know they are coming to the wedding no matter what, should stop procrastinating and put the damn response card in the mail! It is very frustrating! We invited so many people and although it is nice that we will have a smaller intimate affair, I am disappointed with a few people. I guess as the cliche goes, you live and learn who your true friends are. Quite disappointing to do it this way. Anyway, to push aside this frustration I am starting a new "thing" to keep myself on task and accountable. I have been chocolate crazzzzzy every day. I have to have my afternoon fix of chocolate and my nightly fix of dessert. Most of my desserts at night are mock desserts and relatively healthy, but I will have a few rules and will try to blog about this for the next 45 days. 45 days- no chocolate, no unhealthy desserts, no eating after 9pm. I am hoping to see more results! There are two exception dates to the rule: Valentine's Day, the chocolate holiday and February 16, national counselors week breakfast. But let me make it that far and then I will set rules for those days. I am very happy with my weight loss and my inches that I have dropped, (my wedding gown was very big on me) but I am struggling to get to "wedding weight" (my trainer would kill me for talking weight.... only inches suzanne) and I have put in so much effort and time in the gym, what is 45 days compared to a couple years? So here we go, as of tomorrow... 45 days until the wedding...

45 (or close to) days free of chocolate, eating after 9pm and fattening desserts! Wish me luck and I hope this will hold me accountable!

2 Months to Go!

Wow! Happy New Year!

Josh and I are pleased to announce that our wedding is THIS YEAR! In fact, we are now eligible to pick up our NY State marriage license! On the 28th we met with the caterer and picked out all of our food choices! The menu is phenomenal and I am so excited with our cocktail hour choices! Let's just say you will NOT LEAVE HUNGRY!!! Our invitations went out and I have become ever so neurotic about making sure everyone received them. It is frustrating as people take their time to respond, but then again they have until February 3! We have had an overwhelming amount of compliments about how elegant and classy our invitation is! I know we made the right decision. I am also happy we decided against SAVE THE DATES, as it was a waste of money, not a priority and the people who need to be at our wedding, will be at our wedding! My workout regime has been solid and I have been building a significant amount of muscle (not great for weight loss) which is ultimately helping me tone up nicely. I can't wait to see the results when I go for my first gown fitting on January 17! My bachelorette party is Saturday January 8-9 and I know Tara and my bridesmaids have something spectacular planned! Lets just hope the snow holds out! Following what is to be an EPIC bachelorette party, we have some exciting wedding planning this week! January 13, we are meeting with Virgil at Pedestals to see a mock up of our table arrangements, January 15 we have our cake testing with Francesco from Francesco's Bakery and of course as mentioned January 17 I will have my first gown fitting! These next two months will go by very quickly and I am so excited for what is in store! I am trying to enjoy every moment and not sweat the small things, although bride brain has definitely taken over a bit (ie. losing my cell phone ---but i found it later thanks to a nice kid, and leaving my bag at dunkin donuts--which i also found).

Happy 2011, and remember SEND YOUR RSVP's back! :)

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!