Bridal Notes and Wishes

–%РPros and Cons of Eloping Ñ%™

Pro: Inexpensive
Con: "Cheap"

Pro: Romantic
Con: Few families and friends to celebrate with

Pro: Can buy a house with what we'd pay for a full-blown ceremony
Con: Who said we'd pay for the ceremony?

Pro: Intimate
Con: ???

Where would we go if we were going to elope?

1. Small country church
2. Justice of the Peace in a small, quaint town
3. A Nevada wedding chapel
4. Reno wedding chapel
5. Vegas

And if we did the formal thing?

1. Church
2. Park with a gazebo
3. Oceanside (cliffs)
4. Beach
5. Redwood forest

Where would I go if I were tired right about now?
1. Bed

Good night. :)

–˜ Finding the Tux ™—

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Finding the groomsmen suits were a piece of cake. Why can't shopping for a dress be just as easy (or as inexpensive)?

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–˜ Sweet! ™—

I know, I know it seems a bit trivial, but shoes can make or break the whole ensemble. This sweet thing is comfortable, affordable and can be worn often after the wedding. Less than $40 it's a winner!

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–˜ Absolutely Beautiful ™—

I adore this dress and not just because the model looks like a dead-ringer for my best friend, Diedre, but the lines, flow and sexiness of this dress just make it so beautiful. It only comes in white, is over $300 and the chances of wearing it other than the wedding is lower than the other three. If we were to get this as the bridesmaids dress, I'd want it dyed in emerald green. But that would only increase the cost as well as the risk and that's too much for me to ask of the bridal party. But I can dream, right?  I do like the choices I've posted, so I'm okay just pinning this pic up on my wall and giving a slight sigh now and again.

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–˜ Off-Shoulder Dress ™—

This is my first choice of the three and will probably be the dress the bridesmaids will be wearing. As with the others I've already added, it only comes in black (see below entries for my reasoning).  Again, this one is less than $100 and can be worn more than once. On the advice of a good friend who got married less than a year ago, I may make everyone sign an agreement stating they won't wear the dress before the wedding. She was the one who clued me in to going to a department store to find bridesmaid dresses and look in the evening gowns instead of the bridal department. However, one of her younger bridesmaids wore the dress three weeks prior to her wedding to a formal. Luckily, nothing bad happened to the dress, but it was very disrespectful.

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–˜ Scoop Neck Simplistic & Classy ™—

As with the first dress (below), this is a nice, simple yet classy dress less than $100 that can be worn again by the bridesmaids. This too comes only in black.

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