Wedding Shoes...Check!

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner...and the winners are...the Nina Clova in Black!!

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THANK YOU ladies for all your votes!

So why did I chose the Clova over the other two fab shoes? Well one of the main reasons why I chose this shoe was because it matched the dress more. What can't be seen from previous wedding dress photos is that my sash is like a cumberbund style in that it has horizontal pleats similar to what this shoe has.

Oh and another plus... The bow and ankle strap is actually attached by velcro! How easy is that going to be when I need someone to take the shoes off for me?! Also, the ankle strap is low enough where it doesn't cut off my leg nor does it give me cankles. Nobody likes cankles!!

So, because we liked the shoes so much, my sister (MOH) bought the same pair. We thought the shoes will be an awesome touch to the FABULOUS dress my sister picked as her MOH dress. Post coming soon, I swear!

I hope you all had a FANTABULOUS weekend as I had.

Happy Planning!!

The Rings

We did it! We finally bought our wedding rings. The process went pretty smooth and we even got a sweet discount on the final price for both. The saleswoman at Littman Jewelers was a HUGE help. She essentially picked out my ring. It was the first ring she showed us. As soon as my FI and I saw the ring we both said, "That's it"! Since this was the first time my FI was even trying on a ring it took us a bit. We learned about each metal and whether they can be buffed or restored to its original beauty and whether the metal is durable. It was a great bonding experience for us. It was really cute watching him trying on the rings trying to get my approval but in the end I made him make the decision since he should be wearing the ring for eternity right? =)


So I chose the 1/2 ct tw 14K white gold diamond ring (ring #2 in the previous post)

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For my FI, he picked out a 7mm Tungsten ring similar to the picture below. Unfortunately, the site did not have an image of the actual ring so the picture below is a version of it.

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We are one step closer and it is getting more exciting in the adventures of wedding planning. Tomorrow is dress fitting and then dress shopping with my Mama and my sister (MOH), so I need to get my beauty sleep. See you tomorrow! Night ladies!

It's Ring Day!

Today we are finally going to purchase our wedding rings. Yay!! I have been waiting for this exciting day but unfortunately the date kept getting pushed back. So after work, my FI and I will treck our way to Littman Jewelers where my engagement ring was purchased.

According to my FI, there is a matching band to my ring, so I am excited to see it. Other than that I really don't know which ring I want. I am interested in a ring that has the diamonds from side-to-side like these:

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This ring below reminds me a bit of my e-ring but I won't know until I see it.

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Have you got your mind set on a particular ring or you'll know which ring you want when you see it?

My 2 Favorite Guys

Besides my father and my brother, my 2 favorite guys in the whole wide world is my FI and our poochie, Buddy. Buddy is part Chocolate Lab - Rottweiler who is a wanna be tough guy with a bubbly, playful lab personality. My FI always calls him a machine because he looks like a chocolate lab on steroids... You can see for yourself =)

So how did Buddy become a part of our life? Well initially he was my FFIL's dog but once my FI brought his dad in due to his numerous health issues, Buddy essentially became his. So once I met my FI, I inherited both my FFIL and Buddy.

My relationship with my FFIL is pretty sour but that's a whole other story that I will not get into or at least not now, besides this post is about our poochie. So where was I? Well at first I have to say I was a little worried about Buddy. First off, I have never lived with a large dog. Like I mentioned above he is a bit of a tough guy. He has a VERY intimidating bark but it really is only a facade because if you pet him enough he starts rubbing your legs like a kitty, lol. Oh, and he had a bad slobber problem. Anytime he would shake we would have to run for cover fearing that it might land on our clothes or even our face. That's our Buddy! But pretty much since he changed his environment and starting living with me his slobber problem has calmed down a bit. Thank God!!

I now introduce Buddy, our poochie =)

What pet(s) do you have and did you have to adjust to having them around?

Shout Out to Simple Computers!

Good Morning Everyone!

I just wanted to shout out to my FI who created his very first blog last night called, Simple Computers. A blog with detailed specifics on troubleshooting computer problems and even fixing them. He is in hopes that other users will use this blog to help them with many of their computer needs.

So be sure to check back from time to time to view his problem solving posts!! His blog is at www.simplecomputers.blogspot.com .

The Bridal Shower - Part I

Here's a sneak peek of the Bridal Shower courtesy of my Aunt L. There will be other posts coming soon.

So do you remember this post ? Well, it NEVER happened (at least not at that time). It was all a part of the grand scheme my Mom had come up with to lure me back up to my parent's house this past weekend. My Mom and my Uncle's now Fiance (let's call her C) worked together on this. C actually went out to a jewelry store and picked out a ring to put on just to take a picture. She then sent me the picture with an email announcement that my Uncle had proposed to her. (Sneaky, Sneaky)...And it worked. I fell for it and fell hard! I am so thankful though that it was a true surprise, it made it that much more special.

So without further ado...The Bridal Shower!

The Guests:
We had a huge turnout. 30 + people had come from as far as an hour and a half to celebrate with me. I had many aunts and cousins, as well as, HS classmates, previous and current co-workers (& Boss) and of course my girlies! There were also a few guys but they left when the fun stuff began =).

Me in the Bride's chair.

They caught me licking yummy chocolate off my fingers.

A few of my best girlies

My sister (MOH) and a neighbor (and the gifts)

My Lil' Bro and his beautiful GF

My sister and I

Excuse my get-up!

My sister and I again

My Sister, My Aunt L and I

The Decor:

My Mom and FMIL came up with the theme, Naughty & Nice. They dressed up the outside as being tropical since tropical usually means nice (lol). There was a tiki bar with grass skirts and palm trees everywhere. They then set-up the dining room to be the Naughty room. There were all sorts of naughty items there...You can see for yourself in the pics.

The Nice...

The Tiki Bar

The cake table.

My Mom made homemade chocolate and stuffed them into those boxes with a monogram on there.

Close-up pics coming soon.

The dessert and snack table.

The desserts were samples of what my Aunt L will be making for our dessert table.

Yummy, yummy cake balls!

The Naughty...

Made by my sister.

The Penis Pinata to be hit with a Dick Stick (ha!)

Please excuse the Bible in the picture.

The Naughty table with all types of goodies...

Condoms, handcuffs, dice, love gels and candy.

The chandelier had shot glasses, garter belts and a honey do whistle hanging from it.

The Entertainment:

My FMIL with the help of my Mom came up with some awesome bridal shower games. Before my arrival the ladies were playing the game where they wore clothes pins and the only rule was that they could not say my name or the person who heard it can take their pin from them. They had a lot of fun with that one.

Other games:

• Kiss the Stud - Every girl had to put on lipstick then be blindfolded. They then had to kiss the poster of the male character. I think the rules were to get close to his lips but we changed the rules and made the gals kiss close to his (ahem)... You get the idea =)


• The Teddy Game - Bridal Shower version of Hot Potato. In a huge circle, us ladies had to pass the gift bag that contained a teddy. Whomever had the bag when the person in charge said stop, they had to wear the teddy for the rest of the shower... When the winner ( or loser) peaked in the bag, it was really a Teddy Bear and not a teddy =)


• Bridal Bingo - This was done when opening the gifts. This is a pretty common game but the jist of it is that the ladies had to write in the boxes the gifts they believed I received. They then gave their card to the person on the right. When I started to reveal gifts, they had to cross off their card the gift if it was listed. The winner would have Bingo.

FMIL and Mama A holding up the Stud

Yes, the apron had a schlong...

This was actually the gag gift given to my Mom at her bridal shower 29 yrs. ago by her late step father. I am supposed to pass it on to my daughter on her shower.

Not much to say!

The last bit of enterainment came with a stripping gorilla (yes, I said it!). Thank God they chose to stay away from a real stripper!! Even so, I was really embarrassed. Enjoy!

That's a penis hat by the way!

I hope you enjoyed the first pictures of my shower. Any interesting things done at your shower? Share with us your experience.