3 weeks !!!

Oh man! Things are getting crazy around here! Just 3 weeks til people start arriving and the wedding fun begins! I just ordered my pretty pretty flowers and while I am a little nervous about ordering them online, I think it will all work out. Here are the flowers I ordered!

Mini Spider Gerbera Daisy

I am so excited! I can't believe I am counting weeks! Days! Hours! Just kidding about the hours...but you know..it's happening!

Saturday I spent having a dress fitting with my mom. It turns out that my dress will need to be hemmed after all (sorry mom), but it looks great! I love it and things are really coming together. The shoes look awesome with it and we tried some things with my hair. Speaking of which, I went to get my final trim before the wedding and also had my hair colored all over. I just matched it to my natural roots and it is a pretty nut brown. I think it will lighten up to just right in a week or so! Hooray!

This Thursday is our final marriage class! Where does the time go!? It's crazy but I know it is just gonna be that way for the next few weeks. I am confident that we will get it all done and have a great time doing it! Happy Monday everyone :-)

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Raleigh ,what what!

Well whaddya know, according to the U.S Census Bureau, Raleigh is "one of the fastest growing cities in the United States". We even surpassed my hometown, Tampa, FL in population! Dang! As I was driving home from work the other day, I was just looking around and noticed how many trees there are! I love that about the City of Oaks :-). We have a 'little big city' feel and it is just perfect.

Aside from meeting Jerry as a result of not moving to NYC (that's a given), I am SO glad that I stayed in this beautiful place. There are so many new restaurants and great little corners popping up that we can't keep up with it all! It's wonderful! I just love how the planning committees have really kept a balance of history, architecture, and nature throughout the city, especially downtown. I'm just so proud!! Way to go Raleigh!

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More Flowers!!

Most of you know that I will be doing all the flowers for the wedding. A big reason for that is cost, but another part of it is that I love working with cut flowers and harbor a (not so secret) dream to one day have my own shop. This dream is something that I cannot allow myself to spend much time on pre-wedding, but recently a friend of mine had a very small, private ceremony and asked me to provide a bouquet. I jumped at the chance to be a part of her special day and also knew that it would give me some great practice for my own bouquet.

Her only request was "something with gerbs" and have fun! Well, lucky for me, peonies were in peak season that weekend so I found a lovely mix of bright pink peonies and a variety of gerber daisies. I think I did pretty well for my first time "out". I just got these pictures and I am already seeing things that I could have done differently, but I think the flowers speak for themselves and it was an honor to be a part of her day. What do you think?

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