Originally Posted By mickeymeg I have the fitting for my dress at the end of the month so I was told to have the shoes that I would be wearing with it by then. I hate shoes. Shopping for them is a nightmare, especially when its dress shoes. After only a few minutes I abandoned the dress shoe approach and decided that it was in fact my wedding and I would wear what I wanted. What I ended up with are nearly running shoes. Everyone who I have shown them too have said how 'very me' they are. Have a look =) <a href="http://www.skechers.com/catalog/browse.do?function=displayProductList&gender=W&catId=2&index=0&viewAll=true&sort=popular&prodId=6713" target="_blank">http://www.skechers.com/catalo g/browse.do?function=displayProductList&gender=W&catId=2&index=0&viewAll=true&sort=popular&prodId=6713</a> So far I have many votes to bustle the dress and only me thinking about shortening it...hmmm
Originally Posted By smedley Love the shoes, very pretty indeed, and they should be comfortable too!! What a bargain!! I am going to say just one more time, go with the bustle, you get exactly the same effect as shortening it for moving around, but you get to have the beautiful train in the pictures (I had someone lay it out for me and rebustle it each time, so I never had to move around with it down apart from up the aisle). If you really want to shorten it then I guess you have the final decision though, after all as you say, it is your wedding!!!
Originally Posted By mickeymeg DJ- He does like them, not as much as another friend of ours though. The ones you sent me before we gave to a friend who goes crazy, kinda like a monkey crazy, for white chocolate. They were very very appreciated. LVBelle- Thanks ! They are about as close as I am going to get to dressy shoes =) The even have little shiny spots =)
Originally Posted By chickendumpling Well, I decided to bump this for mickeymeg on her very, very special weekend so she could remember the excitement of her proposal. I am thinking of you mickeymeg and wishing you and your hubby-to-be-in-ONE-more-day (!) every happiness in your newest adventure. Cheers!
Originally Posted By mickeymeg Thank You So much Chicken !! We are pretty excited at this point and running around today trying to get everything ready. It seems like there is so much to do at the last minute, though when I try to make a list so I don't forget anything it is never very long =) If you could think some sunny weather thoughts for us that would be good. So far the forecast is ok, but I never know if I should believe that. We are trying to hunt the Disney Wedding music CD down on iTunes now, apparently no store in this city will acknowledge its existence. Thank you so much for all your happy thoughts and well wishes. I will be sure to check in later and let you know how everything went =)
Originally Posted By smedley Excellent news, I will keep the good weather thoughts coming, hope it all goes beautifully, looking forward to the pictures
Originally Posted By mickeymeg It is official, I am a married person. Now I have to get used to writing my name differently =) The day went more perfectly than I could have imagined =) The day before we were worried that the dark clouds and rain would stick around, but it surprised us and cleared and was a gorgeous sun shiny day. A friend, with fabulous artistic skills, helped put the finishing decorating touches on the garden. She helped us make a beautiful arch, make the steps from the balcony to the yard pretty, make the tables look fantastic and found all sorts of flowers from local farm type growers and creative ways to display them. Now I just need to think of the perfect way to thank her. The marriage commissioner was great. I was nervous as I didn't get a chance to meet him before the ceremony. but he was very laid back and made us feel very comfortable. He kept making comments under his breath to make us laugh. It was great, I couldn't have asked for someone better. Then after the ceremony, everyone socialized and ate and ate. It was very casual which is exactly what we were going for and I think everyone had fun. We attempted to have a first dance to Kiss the Girl from the Little Mermaid, too bad neither one of us can dance to save our lives. But we made it silly and had fun with it. Who knew that song was soooo long =) Our friend who is a super photographer took over 800 photos throughout the day. I will likely post a few as I get them. He is still busy editing them down to just the good ones =) for now, have a look at his website where he has posted one photo as a teaser of what is to come =) <a href="http://gallery.happydesigns.com/" target="_blank">http://gallery.happydesigns.co m/</a> I am sure there are many more details I could tell you, but I can't think of them right at the moment. Feel free to ask questions to prompt me to fill in the blanks =) Thanks again for all the happy thoughts, well wishes and ideas that you all put in while I was planning everything
Originally Posted By smedley How cute is that picture!! Congratulations mickeymeg!! What did you do about food in the end? And were the pretty shoes as comfortable as you expected?? What was the scary thing? Are you going on honeymoon? When will the rest of the pictures be ready? Judging on the first one they're gonna be great Big hugs to the new happy couple!!
Originally Posted By mickeymeg <<How cute is that picture!!>> He is such a great photographer, there should be a few really fun ones to go with the more formal ones. <<What did you do about food in the end?>> We bought a bunch of sandwich and other goodie platters and asked a few willing friends (who we knew to be good cooks) to bring pot luck dishes. There was plenty, and plenty of left overs =) We also ended up getting a chocolate fountain to go with a fruit plate, that was fun until the wind picked up a little And were the pretty shoes as comfortable as you expected?? They certainly were, lots of people liked my shoes and said they were perfect for me =) Are you going on honeymoon? Not right away. We spent that night at a fancy hotel in our city. They made it very nice with chocolate covered strawberries and a bottle of champaign waiting in our room. We also got a wedding gift from our fabulous friends (the photographer and the decorator I mentioned before) of a trip to a gorgeous bed and breakfast on a kiwi farm so we will likely do that trip soon too =) I really need to find a way to thank these two =) When will the rest of the pictures be ready? Soon I hope ! I can't wait to see the rest of them. Judging on the first one they're gonna be great They will be ... we even took some on a playground =)
Originally Posted By mickeymeg Hello again everyone ! Here are the rest of the photos ! <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mickeymeg" target="_blank">http://picasaweb.google.com/mi ckeymeg</a> I am only going to leave them up for a week or so. Have a look, there are some really fun ones. I am really happy with how they all turned out ! talk to you soon -Meg
Originally Posted By nevadarebel awesome pictures, thank you for sharing your special day with us! I love the picture with the bubbles and despite all the work you put into it, it looks like you had a wonderful, fun time!
Originally Posted By Stacers76 Those are awesome pics, looks like you both were having such a fun time! Best wishes!
