Bridesmaid Dress!

I found the dress for the bridesmaids/Matron of honor. I love it and had to have them get it!!!! I am getting so excited! It is a JCPenney's dress so each of them are able to get the dress for the wedding.

Photography Update

We realized that we would love the photographer we picked out but we can not afford her. She cost $975 but we got her down to $800 but still on the pricey side for us. We are trying to cut cost so we do not spend too much money with the economy the way it is. Also, with student loans, credit card bills, bills in general, me not having a car, and the parents being broke. We need to have the simple but big wedding. We are not cutting the guest list just our wants and how much we spend.

We found photographer that will do the coverage we want but only cost $520.00. That will help save $280.00 from the first photographer. Now we just need to book them and maybe to look more into the portfolio so we know they are the right ones for us!

More to come if they are are the ones for us!

Flower Girl

Over the weekend Michael and I went to Fort Wayne to look to get him a new pair of shoes and go to a concert. Well I always have to go to my favorite stores well some of my favorite stores. This time we went to JCPenney's and Target.
Anyhow we stopped at JCPenney's first and I finally found a dress for Brenna but still can not find on that I like for Mariah. Thought I could find it online but it is on the website. I will have to post pictures when I get back from Jay County. The dress is in the van so I can show my mother this week.

Bridal Jewelry

Last night I ordered my bridal jewelry through Kohl's online. I found a necklace that looks almost like the necklaces I got my bridesmaids. It is a little bit more classy! They have a beautiful earrings to match the necklace.
The earrings:

The necklace:


To get a better look at the necklace you can go here: Kohl's. I just love it!

Tux vs suits

We have been thinking about what the men should wear. A few months ago we went to the tux shop that we wanted to go through for the wedding. Well it turns out each of the men are looking at spending 164.00 for a tux to rent but the plus would be that we get free invitations and Michael's tux for free. Together the groomsmen, Best man, fathers, ring bears and ushers would spend $1476 on tux together. It would be roughly 146.60 for each if Michael would pay and split the cost. How can they charge ring bears the same price?

Anyhow this past weekend Michael and I have been thinking about doing our own invitations. Then we would go with suits of some sort that away they are spending about the same but get to keep the outfit like the ladies do!

Now Michael is on the search of what he wants the men and boys to wear for the wedding. Hopefully it comes out a little cheaper and they get to keep the clothing!!

Wedding Update!

Michael & I just have been busy with other things lately but we finally came back to planning our day together. It just seems like everything was going down hill for us. We have had some money issues, family issues to take care of and just work. Now we are starting to get back on track. The past week we have been trying to get things back on track. Personally think we are there now that we realize we have about 6 months before the big day!

I am getting excited to finally to come Mrs. Melissa Dawn Reef!!

The next couple of blogs will tell you what we have been up to the past week or so. We have started to look at different ways to save money but have the big wedding we want! Look forward to my next couple of blogs.

March 2009

Michael and I are still waiting to see if we won the Brickfish Dress your wedding party contest. Thanks to those who voted for us! We came in 51st place so we have an chance to winning the $5,000 from David's Bridal. If we do win the $5,000 it would pay for my dress, bridesmaids dresses, grooms tux, groomsman's tux, parents outfits, flower girls, ushers, ring bears, invitations and a few other items for the wedding. This would help out us out majorly with cost and help our bridal party. We are just hoping for the best!

Once we find out about the contest it is time to start shopping for items. Planning on going dress shopping with my mother the first weekend in April to see what I like and dislike. Pretty sure I have some major ides I want but want to see them in person.

We still need to find an place for the reception. Also, we are still in need of an photographer.

Just ready to get to the wedding day! Then I will not be stressing about all the little details.

More details to come.