Lauren & Keith are FINALLY getting married...Spring 2014

[Summer Daydream]

Enjoying reading along!! Not sure what PJ means but I will google/search boards later.

Wanted to say a few things:

I love your name, that is my DD's name too.

Your grandfather seems like an amazing man, and the pic of you and him is so cute. I have to say, he looks great for his age...actually think he looks much younger!

The dress you ultimately decided on is gorgeous on you. I myself had bought 1 wedding dress and then ended up falling in love with another, and returned the other one and went with the one I fell in love with.

How did the M&M's surprise go with your sister in laws? Hope they all said yes! How many are in your bridal party?

Looking forward to hearing more updates!

PS- I really love the blue and white bouquet....it is soo beautiful.

Thank you so much! I was named after Ralph Lauren lol. My mom loved one of his perfumes, Lauren. Pop is amazing. I want half of his energy and spunk when I'm 87 years old. Thanks so much on the dress compliment. I am glad you found a dress you loved too. Do you have a PJ so I could see it?

The M&M went over well. They all said yes. Our wedding party is going to be Keith's two brothers and my brother, and their three wives. Plus our two nephews and one niece. I wasn't all about a bridal party, but Keith really wanted one and since he hasn't asked for much, I tend to give in when he asks.

I still am so in love with the blue and white bouquet too.

I hope to have more updates soon. Things are pretty slow here until we can lock in a date. What date are you looking at?

I can't believe it's been SO long since I posted on your PJ! I think because I see all the updates on FB.

You know I love your dress, it's beautiful. And, well, M&Ms, you can't go wrong. I could just buy a few bags every holiday and I'd have my colors, but I wouldn't have the awesome personalization! Love them, can't wait for more!

I know you love my dress and you know I love yours! I priced out mulitcolor m&ms for you and it's not really all that pricey. I was having a slow day at work and was being curious.

the m&ms look great hope they all said yes!

Yes, I'm sure they felt obligated as they are all family! Haha!

Hi Lauren!

Your dress is beautiful! And I just noticed you live in Cape May - I live in Mays Landing!!! Where did you go dress shopping? I have not started yet but since there are not a whole lot of stores around here I was hoping you might have some advice about where to shop or where to avoid!!

Hi, fellow South Jersian! I lived in Mays Landing for four years, I went to Stockton. I love our little part of the world. I went to Cherry Hill and tried on a few dresses because I was in love with the designer. I had no luck. I stopped in Tesi Bridal in Ventor and was not happy with it. I felt like they were a little snotty because I wasn't willing to spend thousands on a dress that I didn't absolutely love! I actually wound up getting my dress at the David's Bridal in Mays Landing, in Hamilton Commons. The consultant I had, Hannah, was the sweetest person I had ever met. She listened really well when I told her the list of everything I liked or didn't like about each dress. When she put me in the dress, she even said to me, "Oh, my goodness, I think you will love this one," which was different than the other times, when she would just make comments about style or details. I would definitely recommend you call and make an appointment with her. I went on a Tuesday afternoon, so it was very slow and I got to spend a lot of time with dresses. I wasn't rushed at all. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask me.

 

[LittleKittyMarie]

Gasp! I remember seeing your dress, but I've not commented. Well, let me say now that is absolutely gorgeous and it fits you so beautifully!

I love the idea of using the M&Ms, that is so clever! Plus they look great and who doesn't love getting a bunch of M&Ms.

You'll be finding out about your date soon, right? Fingers crossed you get the date and locations you want!

 

[issy328]

Thanks so much for the info, David's Bridal was on my list so I will definitely ask for Hannah! I went to Stockton too...and actually I'm still there now trying to finish my MBA. A girl from school had a not so great experience at Alfred Angelo in Cherry Hill so I've decided to stay away from stores up there if I can find something down here instead. Thanks again for your advice!

 

[Summer Daydream]

Gasp! I remember seeing your dress, but I've not commented. Well, let me say now that is absolutely gorgeous and it fits you so beautifully!

I love the idea of using the M&Ms, that is so clever! Plus they look great and who doesn't love getting a bunch of M&Ms.

You'll be finding out about your date soon, right? Fingers crossed you get the date and locations you want!

Thanks for the dress compliment. Unfortunately I can't get a date until August since we are just doing an escape wedding. I'm so tired of saying I hope to get married on this day but I don't know. People look at me like I'm nuts

 

[Summer Daydream]

Thanks so much for the info, David's Bridal was on my list so I will definitely ask for Hannah! I went to Stockton too...and actually I'm still there now trying to finish my MBA. A girl from school had a not so great experience at Alfred Angelo in Cherry Hill so I've decided to stay away from stores up there if I can find something down here instead. Thanks again for your advice!

Yay, Stockton!!!! They changed it so much since I've been gone. I had heard that the AA in Cherry Hill had a lot of attitude problems, so I steered clear of that store as well.

 

[DisneyGeek39]

Lauren, just got caught up on your PJ. I got my dress at David's Bridal as well.

 

[Summer Daydream]

Lauren, just got caught up on your PJ. I got my dress at David's Bridal as well.

Yay! Are they calling you relentlessly too? I get a call a week about ordering bridesmaids dresses. They are driving me crazy!

 

[DisneyGeek39]

Yes not only do they call but Men's Warehouse and Direct Buy. I finally answered and told them that the ladies would not be getting their dresses right away the chic on the phone got nasty. Men's warehouse will not stop calling it is always twice a night with in 15 minutes of eachother.

I am going to post my dress picks on my PJ tonight thanks for PM'ing me the picture steps.

 

[ariel_]

Wow just got caught up on your PJ - your dress!!! Beautiful, you look fantastic in it. And I love love love the M&M's, when I first read about them I thought you meant there would be one M&M per letter and the BM's would have to rearrange them all to spell out the message... I was thinking there's no way I'd be able to work that out, I'd probably eat them before I solved it haha! But then I saw the pic and realised it wasn't that tricky haha!

I wish we had more options like that in the UK, there's far less on offer here - I had really wanted to do personalised Yankee Candles as favours but you can't get them here, I'm toying with just making my own!

Loving all your plans so far, looking forward to next update!

 

[charliegirl76]

Yes not only do they call but Men's Warehouse and Direct Buy. I finally answered and told them that the ladies would not be getting their dresses right away the chic on the phone got nasty. Men's warehouse will not stop calling it is always twice a night with in 15 minutes of eachother.

Men's Wearhouse is super annoying. They really drive me crazy! I was getting calls up to 4 times a day. UGH! I think I found the trick to David's Bridal though....get the bridesmaids dresses first. I did this and they never call me.

 

[DisneyGeek39]

Men's Wearhouse is super annoying. They really drive me crazy! I was getting calls up to 4 times a day. UGH! I think I found the trick to David's Bridal though....get the bridesmaids dresses first. I did this and they never call me.

Luck. I already bough my dress and we have most of his wedding wear and they still call.

I also get all these random calls from them about photography and favors and invitations and stuff.

By the way we found a great website really inexpensive for invitations if anyone needs it www.invitationsbydawn.com found my Save the Dates for $1.25 each.

 

[gelandnick]

Just started following along! Can't wait to see how everything turns out!

 

[Summer Daydream]

Just started following along! Can't wait to see how everything turns out!

Thanks for following along

 

[Summer Daydream]

Okay, so not too much has been going on wedding wise. I'm impatiently waiting to secure our date. I did decide on my shoes. I am going to get them dyed at David's Bridal to match the bridesmaid color I have chosen (Capri). These are the shoes. I like them because they don't have a huge heel and I don't want to trip!

Next I have been toying with doing something fun with my nails. I found this picture of different things I could do. I really like the one on the right, but getting baby blue glitter.

Finally, I know some of you have seen this on FB, I apologize for the double post. My future sister in law made me this amazing card box for our home reception. It even lights up. I am obsessed with it. I love it!

That's all for now. Thanks for reading along. Hope you all had a great holiday weekend

 

[charliegirl76]

Love the shoes, love the glittery nails and love, love, love the card box. Completely amazing!

 

[Summer Daydream]

Love the shoes, love the glittery nails and love, love, love the card box. Completely amazing!

Thanks, Sharli! Your approval of the shoes means they are keepers, since I know you love shoes like I do! I was second guessing them because they're not the right color yet, but I think I will love them when I get them back

 

[charliegirl76]

Thanks, Sharli! Your approval of the shoes means they are keepers, since I know you love shoes like I do! I was second guessing them because they're not the right color yet, but I think I will love them when I get them back

Aww! Thanks! Yes, I do love shoes! They will look great in the Capri. I can't wait to see them! I promise I'll get around to doing my TR soon and I'll talk about the cake. LOL

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[djsmith]

sparkly (but not too sparkly) shoes good choice think they'd look good like that or died capri as well

and like i already said on facebook that card box is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Debra
xXx

 

[LittleKittyMarie]

Those are beautiful shoes, just the right amount of sparkle! I love those nail inspiration pics. (I LOVE the one on the left, but they are all fab and you couldn't go wrong with any of them!) And, of course, that is an amazing card box! You're FSIL is amazing to put that together for you.

 

[Summer Daydream]

Thank you! The problem with my nail inspiration is that I change my mind every other week.