All Hail the Bridesmaids!!

When I first started envisioning my wedding to Mike, even before we were officially engaged, I always said I didn't want to have bridesmaids.  It just seems like so much work and money for them so I figured that since we were having such a small wedding, we didn't need a wedding party.  Then Mike dropped the bomb on me that he HAD to have his three best friends, Scott, Brian, and Owen as groomsmen so I needed to have three on my side too.  It took about 2 milliseconds to choose my wedding party because they are the three women who know me the best, (besides my mom of course), and who are always the most excited for me when good things are happening.  I really think one of the true tests of friendships is who can be legitimately happy for you when you are happy.  So here are my fabu bridesmaids and maid of honor, (hereafter referred to as MOH):

The MOH is Laura Loo Lupei aka sissypoopants aka Loo Buckets

She's my sister, she's got angel hair, and she has freakishly tiny bones.

My first bridesmaid, (in no particular order), is Kristin Ferguson aka K-Furg

She's been one of my best friends since 2nd grade, she's gorgeous in an unobnoxious way, and she's smarter than you.

My second bridesmaid is Vanessa Flohr aka V-Dog

She's been one of my best friends since we bonded over our hatred of PE and our love of oldies in Junior High, we're basically the same person except I'm way paler, and she's got an insanely huge mouth, but in a not creepy and still pretty kind of way.

We've been sending e-mails back and forth, which has really made me feel like a bride...it's surreal..and we picked out their bridesmaids dress. 

They're all going to look so pretty in it, be comfy, and hopefully be able to wear it again.  Love it!  Thanks girls for being so awesome and thanks Nordstrom's for having a non-obnoxious yellow dress!  

So, if there is any wedding hint buried in this post, it's that choosing your wedding party shouldn't be a hard thing.  You should be surrounded by the people that are truly happy for you and willing to stand your 800 e-mails and mini-freakouts and take time off work to hang out with you on your big day.  Also, when looking for bridesmaids dresses, never underestimate Google.  I literally googled yellow dress and found so many good options that it was really hard to choose.  The dress we went with is a regular party dress from Nordstrom's that isn't too expensive and is perfect for my wedding.  All hail Google and all hail my bridesmaids!!

A rose by any other name...

So, I picked my wedding flowers!

I'm really enjoying Mike and my snap decision making during this whole wedding planning process.  For people who have a really hard time deciding what movie to watch and what to eat for dinner we are rock stars at choosing stuff for our wedding!

The other day, we walked into Walmart, (because we live in a town with no Target so it's not shameful), and I had the brilliant idea to check out the gardening section to look at all of the yellow flowers for inspiration.  After a couple of minutes we came across these:

The yellow ranunculus!  I was immediately drawn to the look of them.  I love that they are so delicate looking and kind of different, not totally traditional.  I keep describing them to people that they look like roses made of paper.  Mike loves them because he thinks the name sounds like redonkulous.  He's great.  

So I started googling wedding bouquets made out of these gorge yellow redonkulouses and found some really good inspiration.

So yes, I found my wedding flowers by walking into a Walmart and picking something that was for sale for like five bucks, but I'm still pretty excited about it.  

Any good florists in Northern CA have ideas???