Progress...

Last weekend, I posted a list of what we've accomplished so far with the wedding and a to-do list of our next major tasks. I'm excited that we've made some progress with several things this weekend.

Bright and early yesterday morning, we met our photographer, who we received a free engagement session from as a door prize, at RunTex to get our pictures done. We walked down to the trail and stopped at several places along the way as we walked nearly all the way down to the Lamar bridge. We enjoyed ourselves over the course of the 2-hour session. K learned a new word, "schnoozle." And, the photographer and I noticed where K's eyes continued to end up because of his "downward" angle when looking at me. All in all, it was a fun time, and we're excited to see how all of the pictures turned out. Our friend, Natalie, even managed to get in on the fun when we were taking our last shot at the Annex.

I met Natalie and Holly a little while later for brunch at S. Congress Cafe. The strawberry mimosa's were fantastic! I had a delicious omelet to eat, too. It was a great way to start our afternoon of shopping for a wedding dress.

We started out at Unbridaled, "the cure for the uncommon bride." It's a small bridal boutique located in an old house on S. 1st with a very unique, South Austin feel. They had a great variety of styles (without being overwhelming) that were surprisingly affordable. I had no problem finding several that I liked at first glance to try on, and I'm happy to report that I found two dresses that I really liked so I'm just about certain that "the one" will be one of them. It was a great overall experience.

After Unbridaled, we were in good spirits as we went to David's Bridal so that Holly could try on the bridesmaid dress that I've had my eye on for a while now. It looked great on her, and I think it will look good on the rest of the bridal party too. I also picked out a shoe for them while we were there too. As we were leaving, I inquired about how long it would take for the dress to come in once the girls ordered it. The salesperson immediately raised my anxiety about it because some of the colors are back-ordered up to 20 weeks! When she told me that, I thought damn K for not choosing colors with me sooner! I think it will all work out though because I got the delivery time for several of the colors we were considering, and I made sure that K and I made a final decision about it last night.

We stopped at Whole Foods for a snack until my next appointment at Serendipity. Immediately when we walked in, I just didn't have the same feeling as I had at Unbridaled earlier. The dresses were definitely more formal and pricey than I was looking for. I only tried on 3 dresses, so it was a pretty quick trip. It's definitely for a certain kind of bride and a certain kind of wedding...definitely not for me.

It was a long day, so I took a nap with K when I got home. He made burgers for dinner, and we enjoyed a quiet evening at home last night.

We slept in late today. After lunch at Spicy Pickle (one of my favorite sub shops from Denver), we went to Paper Place to start getting ideas for our wedding invitations. As you might have guessed, I definitely didn't want anything too formal...my taste is more simple and modern. I think we're going to have them custom-made because it's so hard to find the exact style or colors I want in the books that we looked through to get ideas. We made a lot of preliminary decisions about it though.

Other things that we've made progress on are the cakes and possibly the reception music. So, we're feeling pretty good about things right now! Now, if K would just make a decision about the caterer....