Beyond Stressed.

I have 67 more days to go until the wedding and I am on the verge of a total mental and emotional breakdown.  Honestly, I do not think I can take any more blows and things going haywire. 

Minister. Ours is MIA. Legit. MIA. Him and I have swapped a few texts today about how "he does not think it will be a problem" -- so I have now sent an email to the Gwinnett Courthouse to find out if it is okay or not okay. And on top of it all, I need to plan out my ceremony and I need to TALK to my minister to do so.  But since he is so MIA I am getting worried that he will even show up. =/
However... on the topic of Ministers.  I did find out that there is no "cleric registry" here in Georgia {whatever that means} so he is 100% good to go in Georgia to marry us.  Now.. it just comes down to WILL HE.  Like if he does not want to do it - that is fine - just say so.  But with 67 days i kinda need to know so I can start making other arrangements.  You know?
Rings.  FedEx just called me and said that they *probably* cannot release the package to my Mom since she is not me.  Something about Federal regulation since it has to deal with mail, but I call BS on that because how many times have I signed for a package that was not for me while at work or at home. So as of right now, I have sent an authorization form to the FedEx Facility & it will be the shipping manager's call if he will or will not let my Mom sign for it. 
Invitations. They went out like 2 weeks ago.  On the 6th.  And there are a bunch of people who have not moved and who have not received their invite.  Granted I know the RSVP date is February 24th - so we have time to get the RSVPs in but it is still not fun to know my invites are somewhere in the postal service land.

I feel like every wedding has its moments that try you and make it hard... but Kyle and I were talking and we feel like it is one thing after another.  If it isn't the bridesmaid dresses being ordered late {but luckily still making it on time} it is the store that has the bridesmaid shoes deciding not to restock the style and refunding every one's money.  Or is it my wedding dress alterations lady cancelling my 1st fitting to go to New York and it is my wedding venue trying to reschedule each and every appointment on the books and forgetting that I made changes to the ceremony site and flowers and being asked to "remind me again".

I legit feel like the only thing that has not caused me stress is my photographer and that is because he is calm and level headed and insanely organized.  Therefore, I am thankful for him.

But seriously, when you get engaged why does everyone tell you that this is "such a fun time" and to "enjoy it, it flies by" ... how about a honest "congrats" followed by a "it really won't be fun".

Woe Is Me.

Ok.  So the Bridesmaid Brunch invites (round 2) came today.  And as I was inspecting them I noticed a flaw.  An error on my part that I so should have caught when the proof came to me.  Now, lets play a little game.  Can you tell me what is wrong with this picture?!

Did you find it?  Did you figure it out?  Probably not so let me tell you / show you! 

The date!! I put March 24th on them.  The Brunch day is March 23rd  the wedding is March 24.  So don't mind me as I order Bridesmaid Brunch invites for the THIRD time!   Obviously I think I have all sorts of disposable income.

You see I had to ditch the beautiful 1st invites because they said "6 fabulous friends" and now I only have "5 fabulous friends"  {rawr} and the 2nd go around has the wrong date.  Hopefully, the 3rd time is the charm.

But I snapped this fabulous photo as I sat in 285 traffic today.  I gotta say, Kyle did a great job on my ring.  And I don't think I have shown it off before - so here it is!

invitations {round 2}

I ordered a few sample invitations from Wedding Paper Divas a few months back to start the wedding invitation browsing portion of wedding planning.  What I thought I would like I was not in love with and we all know I want to LOVE things so I am taking the time to make permanent decisions.

From {round one} there are one or two invitations that made the cut to the maybe pile.  but now we’re looking at more invitations (and by we’re, I really mean I am).  So when the big envelope came in the mail I was really excited to look at them.

And here are some samples of invites that I am looking at currently:

I like #2 and #3 the most – mainly because of their simplicity. #1 has a vintage, lace feel to it, but #2 just has the simple, clean lines, kate spade look that I love and #3 – it is just neat looking (this picture does not do it justice).  And one of the many reasons I L-O-V-E Wedding Paper Divas is because their invites are customizable so I can get them in my wedding colors.

I am leaning more towards #2 but with a few changes. A purple tile ribbon thing (rather than the green), navy blue letters (rather than charcoal), and our names in the same purple as the tile ribbon thing.

I am going to send the invitations I like up to VA for my Mom to take a look at and then from there I guess we will come to a decision (hopefully) on the formal invite.  Invites don’t need to go out till January (per our fabulous wedding planning lady) but I figure they need to be printed and ordered sometime within the next few months since I am not sure how long that will take. 

And, when my Dad said, you don’t really have a lot of time left, he was not joking.  Did you know it is August?!