Stress is Starting to Kick In...

I actually had a dream (okay, more like a nightmare) last night about the wedding day. This is what happened...

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It was the day of the wedding and I was running out of time to get ready. I realized I had never had my make-up trial and had to call someone and just trust that they would do a good job. When the girl was done I had teal eyeshadow and bright orange lipstick! Shades of Mimi, anyone? I was horrified and saying how I looked awful and of course the bridesmaids were saying I looked fine and that it wasn't so bad...Next thing to upset me: my bouquet. It was smaller than the ones the bridesmaids had and it was not at all what I wanted. It was a huge puffy white bow with 3 flowers attached that were not even close to my color scheme or flower choices. Then as I was getting ready for my grand entrance, we realized the groom wan't there. He was actually still in bed sleeping! And to top it all off, it was pouring rain outside!!!

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Okay, I have been calm, cool and collected right up until now. It seems that my subconscious is going haywire. Only 11 days to go...I can do this...I really can! I am not nervous about getting married, just that I am going to forget to take care of something along the way..

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Breathe in...breathe out...breathe in...breathe out...I just need to make sure I do it evenly enough to keep from hyperventilating...ha! ha!

1, 2, 3...again!

We are now 2 weeks away from the wedding and we decided that we would like our first dance to be a nice one...preferably with both of us following the same rhythm. So, we looked up a dance instructor in the area and decided to invest in a block of 10 classes. Our first night we brought in the piece of music we had chosen and asked to be taught to waltz. Because of the song we chose we had to learn the Viennese Waltz, which is a much faster waltz. Talk about jumping right into the deep end!

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I never realized just how much pressure really is on the man, but now I do. It's true that the man really needs to be the lead or else the woman can't do her thing. So now Rob is starting to feel pressure. Oh no, not about the wedding, but about the first dance. I think we walk around with this mantra going around our heads "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...left turn, right turn". AAHHHHHH!!!

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We have had 4 lessons and have an entrance (practicing since the first class), two runs of the left turn (the second and third classes) and then 2 runs of the right turn (which we just learned last night). Thank goodness we both love our instructor. We hit it off right from the beginning and are thinking that we'd like to take more lessons after the wedding (maybe salsa). We would highly recommend him to anyone interested in taking dance lessons as his criticisms are extremely constructive and he has a wicked sense of humor.

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We are taking 2-3 lessons a week hoping to cram it all in before the big day. Our very last class before the wedding will be the day before and at the hall. Our instructor was the one who said that he had no problem with meeting us at the reception hall to do the last hour on the actual floor we will be using for the dance. Considering that the reception hall is 30-40 minutes away, we were quite impressed that he had no problems with that (and the staff at the hall were very accommodating as well).

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So, for the next 2 weeks I have to practice being elegant (ha!) and have to make sure that I let Rob lead (a common problem for most women). Keep your fingers crossed that we can learn when to cross the feet and when not to or we may just end up being in a large heap on the floor (looking like a large white and black mess).

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That's what we get for choosing a song that we saw used for a waltz on "So You Think You Can Dance"...Ha! Ha!

Food Tasting

Tonight was a fun night for Rob and me. We got to do the food tasting at the reception hall. I must say that we are stuffed and quite happy with the food choices. People are going to eat well!

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We have chosen roast beef as the main course and were glad to taste it. Should go over well with everyone attending the wedding festivities.

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We treated our night as an upscale dinner date and had fun brainstorming about things like the songs the bridal party will come in on. Ours is soooooo us (but I'll have to wait to reveal it later as we don't want to spoil the surprise). All I can say is we are gonna "work it"...lol.

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I also got to do my hair trial this morning and be all pretty and girlie. The girls got their hair done too and we were all happy with the outcome. Now I just need to get a make-up trial and we're good for the look! Smaller details are left...2 more weekends (one which is tied up in the bridal shower and hair color touch-ups...it's speeding up!

24 Days and Counting...

Okay, so I have been incognito for some time now. I must say that this month won't be any better because the wedding is 24 days away! We are now coming into the final stretch and there are lots of little details to take care of. I am very glad we took care of all the big things a LONG time ago. We should end up with about 100 people (which includes us and the live band). Should be a good party.

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I have put together a few decorations and they went really well (the bows and gift box as seen in the pictures). Not too shabby, eh? I will maybe chronicle a few things along the way, but I am making no promises...