Bridesmaids Dresses...Check!!

One of the most difficult things in this wedding process thus far has been picking out the bridesmaids dresses. One of my biggest problems in life is that I always know exactly what I want, and I don't give up until I find it. I wanted everybody to be able to choose the dress that was right for them, and that wasn't an option most places that I looked. Most places had no interest in actually helping me with anything other than my wedding dress (which, by the way, I got to "meet my gown" last week, and I absolutely LOVE it ten times more than I even did the day I picked it out!!! :) ), and had the bridesmaids dresses shoved somewhere back in a corner. I think that the bridesmaids dresses are much more than 'corner of the dress store - worthy.' I so thankfully discovered Bella Bridesmaid, and I suggest it to every bride out there. After months of searching I finally came across the website which told me that the franchise was of course in every big city other than St. Louis. Perfect. And typical. BUT I find that the St. Louis location is COMING SOON!!! In vast excitement I find the phone number and call right away to find out that the store was opening October 16...just in time. I made an appointment right away, and I was the very first client for this new Bella Bridesmaid store owner. She is absolutely incredible. Bella Bridesmaid offers nothing other than bridesmaids dresses for all different tastes as well as accessories. Just what a bride needs. It's about time St. Louis ends up with something like this. From the moment my Mom and I stepped foot in this boutique I knew this was exactly what I had been looking for all along. My bridesmaids came in town over the weekend, and we all made a trip together to Bella Bridesmaids for everyone to pick out their dresses and it was so much fun! I had a couple of girls come early, and there are two more girls coming next week since it was difficult to find a time that everybody could come at once, but by the end of this week all of the orders for the bridesmaids dresses will be in! Another big step closer, and I feel so accomplished now that those have been chosen! Only 216 days away : ) 

www.bellabridesmaid.com

Planning planning annnnnd planning

Planning is consuming my life enough that I have no time to keep up with either of my blogs!! We've already gotten SO much done, and I can't believe that we are already only 7 months away!! I think part of the reason this blog is so difficult for me is because there is so much concerning our wedding that I want so badly to share, yet I don't want to just yet because I don't want to give every aspect of the day away until it's here! So for now...I'll probably just give the bare minimum...or thoughts and ideas of things that I love, but not specifically what I will be doing. For now...here are some of our engagement pictures that we had done this summer by Fisher Photography who will also be our wedding photographer. She is AMAZING!!! I highly recommend her. She is young and fun and will do just what you want her to do, and she knows all the great places to photograph in the St. Charles area.

The first three pics are my favorite. Our photographer even got some awesome canvases made out of them. So neat!! We're using one of our engagement pictures for our Save the Dates...which I will show you as soon as we get them sent out within the next two weeks!!

Enjoy!! : )