BACHELORETTE PARTY! plans now in the works

I am sooooo not trying to have a "typical" anything (shower, wedding, etc) and this goes to my bachelorette party as well. I have told my gals, with ALL joking aside, I *do not* want a downtown-bar-hopping-drunk-fest with penis straws, condom veils, etc etc. We'll leave that to the tacky sorority girls and twenty-somethings.

What I *do* want is am amazing weekend with some of my best girl friends. The plan is to have a really good time doing some of my favorite things.

So I have decided:
Day 1. Kick around 2-3 wineries tasting wine.
Check into our hotel or B&B, and go out to a nice dinner.
That night go to Gruene Hall for some Honky Tonk fun and dancing.

Day 2. go TUBING! I want to use Beztek’s and do the “long float”

To top it off, we have it planned for the weekend before my birthday!
The Weekend of SEPT 25/26. Let me know if you want in on the fun!

the never ending Cake Topper Search

ok, so I have been looking online (etsy/ebay/etc) and at estate/garage sales, antique stores, thrift stores, city-wide, etc etc (EVERYWHERE) since May trying to find cute but unique cake toppers and am still coming up empty. If anything I can find ONE of something, but not a match/similar item to have two...

Here are the latest I found/bought this weekend at City-Wide.
The first is a bird, which is the perfect size and shape, but I could only find one...


The next is a vintage figurine. I looked high and low for a vintage male figurine for D, but either they are the wrong scale, or wrong style.
UGH, this is frustrating...

Thank goodness I ordered my dress a size down!

HCG and Dr. Simeons protocol was a challenge and a sacrifice, but what a reward!

Tiny Abercrombie shorts I haven't been able to wear since 2006.

Got my dress(es)!

ok, so obviously I can't post a picture of the actual ceremony dress on here. Sooooo, I will post some cute veil pics instead!

His Ring

We wanted a simple ring, but more than just a plain band. I found these awesome and affordable bands on Overstock.

I bought the same design in a couple different metals so that he could try them on and decide which felt better and would be the safest and last. In the end we decided to keep both. He'll wear the lighter one in the summer (and working with his hands) and the other the rest of the time.

Dress Shopping with the girls

Yesterday I went dress shopping with MoH-A and BM-S and it was [mostly] awesome!

It was at Alfred Angelo, and I liked the girl we had helping us (Jordan). I tried on maybe 5 or 6 dresses, and I found a strapless taffeta one I really liked, but I kept thinking about a couple of the ones I loved at David's, and some I had seen online. What I didn't liek was the super high pressure, make a decision NOW! put money down NOW! If there's any thing I can say for David's, they didn't do that...

Anyways, here's a few pics of what I tried on...

Passports!!

This morning we applied for our passports!

It was easy breezy here in the ATX, just headed up to the main post office, turned in some forms, paid some money and swore that we were US Citizens and whatever else.

YAY! Mexico here we come!