August 16, 2009
· Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged dress shopping, wedding, Wedding planning
Hello Blog-land. Sorry for deserting you again. :-/
I thought I would do an update about how my wedding planning is going. 
I recently went to Alfred Angelo and found my perfect wedding dress. I knew when I tried it on at Becker’s Bridal in Fowler, MI that I definitely loved it, but it was the only one I tried on so I needed to give some other dresses a chance too. There was one that I liked, but it made me feel really warm and had tulle against my legs which was itchy so it had to be vetoed. Then I tried on my dress. I walked out of the dressing room feeling like a pretty, pretty princess. It got approval from my dress adventure friends (Erica, Susan, and Ben) and I definitely definitely loved it more than any of the other dresses. I was flouncing around and posing all silly-like. Then Susan and Jamie (the best wedding dress sales person lady) were like “You need a veil!” and “I know where the perfect one is”. So she brought out the veil.
I was facing Susan and Erica (and not the mirrors) when she put it on and Erica’s lip began to quiver and she looked like she was going to cry. Erica DOES NOT CRY unless it is an extreme situation so I was like “What?” and turned to look at myself and immediately, tears sprung to my eyes. ((On a side note, we had told Jamie that we were the crazy fun type of wedding dress shopping people, NOT the crying type. So she was like “I have to get the tissues for Non-crying people?? It was kind of hilarious.)) That was when I knew that I had found my dress! It is beautiful and I love it and I want to wear it forever and a day.
Then we decided to look at bridesmaid dresses for the girls. They tried on the ones I had liked in the catalog and a few random ones, including one that I didn’t like on the hanger but they had in close enough sizes for Erica and Susan to try them on. When Erica came out in the dress, I knew that it was going to be the dress she was going to wear, but I was originally planning on having them wear different dresses. Then Susan tried it on and it looked great on BOTH of them!! So, the bridesmaid dress was chosen too!! AND, it was only $99, with $25 off because I bought my dress there too… so it ends up only being $75 for them! And it is actually cute enough that they could wear them again (which I know is a cliche thing that brides say, but it is true in this case… and Erica said it first. 
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So two of the big wedding planning things that I was kind of worried about have been taken care of!
Wedding Dress and Bridesmaid Dresses!
Now I just need to take Robyn to Alfred Angelo to try on the dress and for me to give them Pamz’s measurements so we can start the ordering process for her dress. 
Also, we went to the Ren Faire yesterday and other than it just being an AMAZING day of awesome, we also ordered the necklaces for me and the bridesmaids! !
I am so glad to have so much done for the wedding. I mean, there is still a LOT of work to do, but I feel accomplished right now.
April 19, 2009
· Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged almost done, capstone, grad school, graduation, homework, long time, subbing, substitute teaching, wedding, Wedding planning
Hello blog. I have been neglecting you. It’s been almost a month and a half since I last wrote. Weeeeeeird.
I’ve been subbing like mad whoa… I’ve subbed 15 days at Fairport since March 6th. It’s been pretty awesome. I’ve been having fun being a different type of teacher every day… math, Spanish, English, reading lab/student learning center, math lab, etc etc etc. I’ve been enjoying it a lot!
I finished my Capstone and presentation. I’m so glad it’s done! Except now I’m having the worst time focusing on the little bit of homework that I have left to do for coaching. Hence the update. LoL.
My graduation is May 9th, and then I won’t be a student anymore which will probably be the strangest thing ever… I’ve been a student since I was what? 5? 4, if you count play-school and preschool… It’s going to be surreal not being a student. I can’t wait to have time to get through the books that I want to read instead of ones I have to. Although the list of have to still exists, because people keep suggesting/lending books to me… so yeah, I guess it’s still kind of assigned reading.
I’ve been engulfed by wedding planning. T minus 13 months. I thought I had figured out my flowers, but now I’m not sure… I was thinking of just doing roses (orange and pink) for the bouquets, but I’m back to liking the idea of mixed flowers… roses and alstroemeria and maybe gerbs… I dunno. I’m so indecisive.
We have a reception venue, Burgundy Basin Inn in Fairport. It’s closer to the church and has a special with a local hotel with a shuttle and everything. Yay.
Okay, I probably have more to talk about… but I have to actually get this homework done. Last homework ever!! (that I’ll be doing… not assigning).
February 28, 2009
· Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged complaints, emotions, fiance, finances, friends and family, good things, graduation, houses, job, Love, Master's degree, Mum, random sinking depression, wedding, Wedding planning
Things are going pretty well…
-I will have my Master’s Degree in 10 weeks.
-I have a fiance who loves me madly and whom I love madly.
-I have a job.
-I’m relatively financially secure… not super-secure, but good for now.
-I have friends and family who care about me.
And yet tonight, I’m having one of my random sinking depressions.
I’m overwhelmed by the amount of school work I have left to do this semester. I’m overwhelmed by how expensive weddings are and how I want it to be a beautiful fairy-tale like party even though logically, I know we should just get eloped to save money and time and effort. I’m not happy as a part time grocery store employee and sometimes substitute teacher, but I don’t think I can get a full time job. I have a little bit of money, but not enough to be independent. My family and friends care about me and I care about them, but sometimes people just get on my nerves.
Sometimes I just want to run around screaming at the top of my lungs. Just to see if anyone would notice. I’m on an emotional rollercoaster that I just can’t deal with. Instead of actually getting anything done today, I made to do lists of the stuff I need to do. I planned for the cleaning craziness that will be happening once I graduate in May… and looked at houses online because Joel wants to get a house when his lease is up… except he keeps lowering the amount he would be willing/able to spend, but not changing the requirements that he has for said house. And we can’t afford the wedding we want, so how can he be looking for houses? Gah. I’ve got too much to worry about right now and I don’t feel like I can get anything done or calm down about anything and blargledeegoop.
And I miss my Mum and this Sunday would be her birthday if she were alive and it sucks that she’s dead and it still hurts and I hate that she’s not around. I hate that she won’t be here for my graduation from Grad School this May. She never graduated from college, so I’m sure she would be so fucking proud of me, but she’s not here to see it. FUCK. I don’t want to deal with this. I think that’s probably where a lot of these negative sinking depressive feelings are coming from, but I don’t want to deal with it because I don’t have time to deal with it… I have too much other stuff to do… I can’t afford to break down right now. I can’t afford to cry and let it out and deal with my emotions. Gah dammit. Crying now. Don’t have time. Need to stop. Gotta stop writing and go work on homework.
January 9, 2009
· Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged Joel, wedding, Wedding planning, weight, Weight Loss, Weight Watchers
Okay, I really need to stop having bad puns as my blog post titles…
Anyway, Joel and I are going to be getting married at the Church of the Resurrection in Fairport, NY. Woot woot. This is the church that Joel has been going to for his entire life, so even though he was like “I don’t care where we have it”, I think it should make him happy. AND we found out that Non-Catholics can get married there. *does a happy dance* Although we have to take pre-marital counseling classes, which is kind of scary and intimidating… but Joel has to talk to Sister Joan to find out when we’d need to arrange those for. So, YAY Ceremony site!
In other, also exciting, news, I lost 2.6 pounds this week at Weight Watchers, after not going to meetings or following the program for 4 weeks!!! So I’ve FINALLY lost 20 pounds!!! well, 20.5 if we’re being technical… but YAY!!!! 20 pounds has been one of my major goals and has been looming evilly just out of reach for a while, so now I feel all successful and stuff!! Once my plague goes away, I will be going to the Perinton Rec Center to work out, to facilitate the weight loss process.
So, YAY Ceremony site and YAY weight loss!!!
January 8, 2009
· Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged engaged, fiance, Joel, Love, plans, ring, things to work on, wedding, weight, Weight Loss, Weight Watchers
because then I’ll break it. LoL.
But I am going back to Weight Watchers tonight and I plan on actually sticking to it and not cheating and actually losing weight. My cousin and my aunt have each lost over 60 pound on WW, so now I have proof that it works. Yes, I’ve heard about other people’s success stories, but it’s never been someone close to me, so that makes it more real. I am also planning on joining the Perinton Rec Center which is $24 a month if you are a student which includes a track, work out room, and swimming pool. Woot. So that should help. My fiance is considering joining as well because he is not particularly happy with the little bit of a tummy that he has.
Still don’t have an exact date for the wedding, although 5/15/2010 seems to be in the forefront… I don’t want to officially choose the date until we know if we have a reception place/ceremony site, which we can’t figure out until we have guest list estimate which I can’t get Joel to work on. I may just assume 150-200 people and start looking at locations more seriously… lalala, still excited to be engaged. Whenever I start feeling upset or unhappy about anything (including non-wedding related things), I can interrupt it with “We’re engaged!!!” and instantly feel better.
It’s kinda funny because I feel like Joel and I have gotten even more lovey-dovey (if that’s possible). I don’t know how that is, but it’s definitely nice. I love my fiance!! (not that I didn’t before, I just felt like reiterating that)
A week until my ring is finished getting resized!!!! Woot Woot!!
January 1, 2009
· Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged engagement, fiance, happy, Joel, Love, poem, ring, wedding
Joel and I are engaged now!!! In half an hour, it’ll have been an entire day!
I was cleaning my house for the party yesterday and I was stressed out and cranky and I needed to go pick Joel up from his apartment. He told me to come up when I got there, because he needed help carrying some stuff…
When I walked in, he was sitting on the couch, with a bunch of gerbera daisies and limonium on the table! (probably some of my favourite flowers)… and we sat there for a bit just hugging and being all snuggly and he handed me a poem and told me to read it out loud… I was too embarrassed to read it out loud, so I read it to myself. Here’s the poem:
Suzi is the girl for me
I just wish that you could see
Love I feel will always be
You are the love that sets me free
Be it shining outside or raining
With you I won’t be complaining
Me, I’ll smile with you anyway
Forever loving you, day after day
I love the way you smile
Love the way you’ll stay a while
You joke around so easily
So I hope that you’ll bear with me
Will you forgive a simple jest
You always laughed at all the rest
Merry little game by a nerd
Me? I’d read each first word.
And yes, it says merry not marry, but it’s a bad pun and that’s awesome and so us.
I of course said yes… and that I would also Pippin him.
He then told me that he didn’t have a ring because he looked online and at a couple places and just couldn’t find anything sufficiently “Suzi”, so we went ring shopping today!! We found a gooooooorgeous ring that was in the price range and very me. Click here to see it on the website. They have to resize it and stuff, so it won’t be ready until January 15th, but until then, I’m wearing my Claddagh ring as a “placeholder”.
The wedding is probably going to be in May 2010, perhaps the 15th… but that’s not set in stone yet. We need to figure out a venue and all that jazz first!!!
SOOOOO HAPPY!!!!
