Every little girl seems to know the tradition of “Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.” My tradition is to achieve unique ideas for the wedding.

The idea of using my shoes for the “something blue” struck me, and I knew immediately that’s what I wanted.  I just needed to find the perfect pair.  I made sure to tell myself not to settle and to find a pair I love — which I do (look below)!  Please feel free to share  your unique ideas.

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For some people, the idea of showing your future husband and your father your dress before the wedding is not something to do.  For me, I knew I was not going to show Joe my dress, but I couldn’t possibly go without showing my dad.  I was raised in a very close family. I am at heart a daddy’s girl.

If I’m ever going somewhere and need to look nice, I always get approval from Joe or my dad, and they know how to make me feel beautiful.  So after finding my perfect dress, I took it home and without my dad knowing, I put it on. When I walked out into the living room, he was speechless.  It told me that my choice was perfect, which is exactly what I wanted.  So if you are like me, do what makes you happy not what others tell you is traditional.

Then I looped around the house showing him how my train flowed.  While I was walking, our family dog (that we recently had to put down) jumped on the back of my train and was riding it like a scooter.  My dress has a longer train, and I didn’t notice her on the back of the dress at first.  All of a sudden, my mom screams, “Oh no, get off.” I turned around and saw my childhood dog riding on the back of my dress.  I couldn’t do anything but laugh.

Now I have memory and will never forget that great moment in my life.

Try not to let things like that stress you.  Shake it off and remember: What’s the worst thing that could have happened?  I would have paw prints on my dress that would help me remember my puppy forever.

Laura Weber

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“Our announcement is in the paper! That makes it official! Less than 4 months to go!”

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I’ve said before that I’m not your typical girly girl, so one process of the wedding that completely stressed me out was shopping for the wedding dress.

I am 6-foot tall with curves, and the idea of trying on dress after dress just doesn’t seem like a fun day.  I decided it was going to be one of the first things I would get done so I didn’t have to think about it anymore.

I knew immediately that the only person I would want to go with me was my mom.  We have similar tastes in clothes, and she would tell me up front if it looked horrible. We decided to go on a date to Springfield.

We went in to one store, and the first thing my consultant had me try on was strapless. If you knew me, you would understand that physically that is NOT POSSIBLE.  I looked at her and said, “I don’t think this is going to work, and I would really like a dress with a train.” She then casually replied, “Don’t worry, it has a lace jacket with a train.”

My instant thought was, “Are you kidding me?”

I played along. Secretly I wanted to test my mom to make sure she would give me her honest opinion.  I walked out, and instantly she started laughing.  I knew this day would be entertaining.

My advice is laugh things off.  There was a mother/daughter next to us and we all became instant friends. Brides-to-be need to be aware that we’re all going through the exact same pressure.  If you think they look good in a dress, tell them.  You wouldn’t realize how beautiful it makes you feel to have a stranger tell you, “You look good.”

Then the moment happened.  She brought “the perfect dress” in.  It is a halter-top, A-line dress with a train.  It was perfect.  I came out, and my mom smiles at me and immediately says, “So we’re buying this today right?”
I knew my choice in bringing my mom was perfect.  I noticed other brides next to me who brought in the entire crew.  It was too overwhelming for the bride.  They looked stressed and weren’t enjoying the experience.

After we found my dress, my mom jumped into the dressing room and found hers right away.  We realized we were on a roll, so we looked and found my flower girl’s dress. She has her very own train.

Two hours later, we were leaving with our arms full.

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The Big Guy and I realized quickly that we have great families that wanted to help.  As wonderful as that is at first, you have no idea what you need help with. Something that we found we could give them to work on was the guest list.

We went to both families and went over the following categories.

• Bride’s Mom’s Family
• Bride’s Dad’s Family
• Bride’s Family Friends
• Groom’s Mom’s Family
• Groom’s Dad’s Family
• Groom’s Family Friends
• High School Friends
• Fraternity/Sorority Friends
• College Friends
• Random (yes there will be people that don’t fall under the other categories)

Getting the guest list started we had 2 columns of total amount.  We had the total amount possible and then we have our realistic guess column.  This has been very helpful to us when deciding on how many people we thought might be attending.

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