The Mansion..

  Tomorrow Landon and I are going out and looking for places to hold our reception. The first stop on our list is the Smith Trahern Mansion here in town. Its probably one of the oldest buildings here at I believe 150 years old.

As you can see, its very large and very gorgeous, but the sad thing is that its in slight disrepair according to one of the local newspapers.... But tomorrow we're going to see if we can tour it, and decide. I've been there many times and it's beautiful on the inside, just old...The main room is a very light pink with a winding staircase, then there's a smaller purple room that looks to be like it was once the drawing room, then theres a small green room called the modern room, and a rather large kitchen. Then upstairs the room is pale blue, and there are about 3 more rooms upstairs I think. So it would be PERFECT for our reception...And the only reason we're going to look at it tomorrow is because apparently we have to book it ONE YEAR in advance is we wanna use it...UGH...But hopefully it will all work out, I love that old Mansion and it just looks like it would be so romantic.


  We're also looking for other places too, to keep our options open, and so far we've only found one. Some place called WaterStreet Event Center here in town...Apparently its rather new compared to most places and from the site it looks rather nice...I just have no idea if its big enough....but it is pretty...

 

But  I suppose the only way to find out is to look for ourselves! Anyway, I will give an update as soon as we decide on a place!  OH! And if anyone has any ideas of where we could have this reception in Clarksville TN just let me know!!

The cake

  I have officially decided!!! The cake is by Martha Stewart and its called the Calico Wedding Cake.

 Instead of the spring colors that you see here, we're using our fall colors, like yellow and rust and deep green, and small hints of orange and brown. But I saw this on her website today and thought YES. And now all I need to decide on is a Grooms cake for Landon. He said he wants a chocolate fountain sooooo I suppose I should find something with that.lol. But anyway, back to MY cake. I just love it, I think its so delicate and girly and yet kinda elegant, and I think it will go perfectly with the other things in the wedding.
Also shown here its covered in fondant, and because I cannot stomach the stuff I plan on having it covered in better cream...I think thats what Momma called it anyway. But I'm excited! Now I just need to find a baker whose local and can handle something like this :)

Becoming a Princess

  So, today my Aunt Laurie and my Grandmother Geri whom I call Nana wanted to take me to look ay wedding dresses just for fun. We went to David's Bridal and were met by consultant Rachael who began asking me questions. "What kind of dress are you looking for?" she asked me, and I told her just something very simple, and that I was really just looking to see what I liked, not exactly looking to buy. So she began running around and pulling dresses off the wall, and then brought be to a large room full of mirrored doors. Asked me to pick out some shoes, and went to get the undergarments while I was looking. She came back and we walked into the room and began trying on dresses. I really liked the first one we tried and I said it was my favorite so far, and then a second which I hated, and then a third which took the place of my favorite....Then my Aunt pulled a dress and brought it to me. It was a little big, and had a bunch of crystals on the bodice, but I figured I would try it anyway. After slipping it on with the help of Rachael I stepped outside the room, looked in the mirror and fell in LOVE!!! This was MY dress! It was made of Chiffon and flowed like it was made for a Princess! The crystal embellishments around the bodice and down the back of the train were simply beautiful...And then, OHHHH then Rachael pulls out a veil. The veil was two layers, one for the back and one was the "blusher", and had very delicate scalloped ends, and on the edges was tiny crystals embroidered all around it in the shapes of flowers. GORGEOUS!!! And then to top it all off she placed a crystal head band on my head and I felt just like a Princess! My Aunt and Nana gave their "Ahhhh's" and then Laurie asked me how much I liked it and I told her that I loved it and it was my dress, and even though my Mother was not present, and even though I wanted her to be so badly, my Aunt Laurie and Nana did the most amazing thing. They purchased the gown for me, along with the veil, the headpiece, and the undergarments. I was so thrilled and I still am! I know our wedding is rather far away, but this gown could NOT wait.

  My consultant was so very great and patient with me, in fact I think I may write her a "thank you" card. She gave me a bunch of Bridal Magazines, and gave me two gift cards to Shutterfly for Photobooks for our Engagement Photos and our Wedding Photos. She was the biggest help ever! I'm just so very happy about this dress and I think that its just so very perfect in every single way possible. Its ivory, chiffon, has crystals, it flows when I walk, its COMFY, and I can SIT in it!! I can't wait to post pictures of it!.....Well, anyway, I wanted to let you all in on what happened to me today! And how happy I am!

Waiting, waiting, waiting...

   So it looks like I won't be getting my ring until sometime in December. With phone bills, vet visits, credit card bills and car payments, money is kinda tight. I'm kinda disappointed about it but theres not much that can be done, at least I know its coming right? Well, I'm still going to plan and stuff, probably not as much, but I may as well. Landon doesn't seem to understand why I'm planning, he says we have over a year, and well I know we have awhile, I'm just kinda relying off of my Martha Stewart Wedding Planner right now. I just wish he was a little more excited about this than he seems to be. But hes a guy so I guess I can't expect much excitement about this from him.

   But now, all I have to do is wait. And wait....And wait. I guess I can do it. I worked on seating arrangements yesterday, and I'm still trying to figure it out. I have a bigger family than he does, and I don't want everything to look Lop sided, so I'm trying to figure out ways that it'll look good and even. We also did some research into wedding tents, and we're looking at renting a couple, one for the reception and one for the wedding. But I'm praying that it doesn't rain that day, that would just ruin everything for me.

   Anyway, I felt the need to say what was going on recently, and I'll post again soon or whenever something new happens! :)

The beginning of a "Fairytale"

  So, I figured that while I was home I would say....WE'RE GETTING MARRIED!! It became official last night when he apologized that he didn't have my ring, because hes still investing in it :) But oh my goodness, I'm so excited now! His little secret was a dozen of GORGEOUS and HUGE red roses, and a nice walk along the river. I enjoy the simple dates so much! So anyway, I'm hoping that the ring will be payed off by the time out 6th month anniversary rolls around, which means he has just under two weeks to finish it. But I'm getting a head start on everything already, I have my color scheme already picked out, the flowers, the venue, the date, AND the Bridesmaid dresses.  Obviously they will be a different color, probably Brown or a darker cream...hmmmm.

  All I need to do now is, buy the flowers, and a groom's cake, finish selecting the bridal party, find a wedding dress and shoes, decide if i wanna have a large reception with lunch/dinner provided, decide on music, book a photographer....and so on and so forth. But I'm sure I can get this done...I've been checking out books at the local Library on weddings and wedding planners and Martha Stewart Weddings, so I'm good to go. And I found these nifty little drinks called "Pumpkin tinis" that just look so pretty and so much fun, and some other kind of cocktail called the Caramel Pumpkin Pie Tini, and it looks yummy.... I also think I've decided on a cake to be honest, but i have to have him decide with me apparently...ugh Martha.. The one I want is simple and covered in frosted fruit. I just think its very elegant and simple for a simple wedding. But anyway, I suppose I'll let him have SOME say in the matter, since I guess its his wedding too... Anyway, I'm off to plan some more! I should have more updates soon :)

The "Secret"

 

   So, I've been dating this amazing guy for just about 6 months now, and I would say that from about month number 4 I knew I wanted to marry him. He has seen me at my best, and he has seen me at my complete and utter worst. So, the past few weeks or so we've been talking about "forever" and things of that sort, and one night while sitting on the front porch at my parents house around midnight, we were drinking our piping hot coffee and he asked me what kind of ring I wanted. After jumping and spilling my coffee on the ground I smiled and told him that something small and simple would suit me just fine.
 After all this happened, some drama happened in my life...ugh teenage girls....And after telling him of this drama, he said that he is on a mission to cheer me up. Well we went out that night and while he was driving he said he had a secret for me. Well when someone says that have a secret to tell me I get all excited and stuff, so I started prying as to what this secret was. He said he couldn't tell me! I was so annoyed, but I kept trying. After days and days, and did I say days? We went to the pound to pick up a doggy friend for us both, and while waiting I casually mentioned the "Secret", he of course just laughed at me, said I was adorable and nothing else....GRRRRRR. So I asked him to just give me a hint, a simple hint would be ok right? So he said "They are very pretty"....They? Pretty? Hmm....So I thought and I thought and I THOUGHT and nothing came to mind, so later that night I asked for ANOTHER hint, and he said "every girl likes them"..AH HAH! Right then and there I knew what it was, but I had to pretend like I didn't cause I obviously didn't want to ruin something that he had planned. So I kept "guessing". A kitten? a puppy? a teddy bear? He shook his head "no", and I told him that I would quit asking what it was, IF he told me before Saturday...So here is it Thursday night and he said he plans on telling me the "Secret" tomorrow night :) I'm oh so thrilled and excited and I just wish it would get here a lot sooner.