Random pieces of updates...

We have our Save-the-Dates sitting around the apartment, and the cards/envelopes that we need to throw together before putting them out. We also need lots of addresses yet :-P

I think I may have found my wedding dress. It is from the Venus Bridals Pallas Athena line...go figure, right? ;-) I didn't even know the brand/line until after I tried it on and thought to myself, "Oh my god, I think this might be it." The only downside is that the train is cathedral length, which is far more than I wanted. The rest of the dress is worth the hassle, though, I believe ;-) Dress number two in my eyes was tried on before that one and is also from the same line. Ha. No deposit down or anything. It's the Spring 2008 line, so I'm not horribly concerned about it being discontinued in the very near future.

Full length
http://venusbridal.com/images/pallas/891002f.jpg

Back
http://venusbridal.com/images/pallas/891002b.jpg

Bodice
http://venusbridal.com/images/pallas/891002c.jpg
http://www.brides.com/images/vendor/dressgallery/bridal/pallasathena/00_main/200198_sec01.jpg

Next seems to be reception venue/catering. It may very well make me want to tear my hair out by the end of it. Food budget appears to be right around $20 per head.

I'm also attempting to get organized. I downloaded some random things (programs and spreadsheets/databases) online to see if any of them are worthwhile (some free, some free trials). We shall see.

I found out last week that my 19-year-old cousin is engaged to his 17 year-old-girlfriend. Congratulations to them, and I can't even imagine being a 17-year-old or her parents attempting to put something like this together! Eek! It's bad enough being 26 and putting it all together!