So You're EnGAYged

We are so excited to launch our redesign of So You’re EnGAYged on Monday! With our one year anniversary coming up, we thought a new, colorful look to our site was in order. Not only have we added some pop to our website but we also added some new functionality. Specifically, our vendors pages are more comprehensive and easier to navigate than ever. We would love to hear feedback from you when we launch! Love it? Hate it? Feel you would like something tweaked? Let us know :D

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These dresses are from the 7th shop I have been to and maybe that is a little excessive.  I saw on a local wedding blog that there was a new bridal store in town and to celebrate they had a 50-70% sample sale. Now, I have been very fortunate that all but one sample size dress has fit me so far. So I called and made an appointment because even though they were probably still too expensive, it seemed like I should at least check it out. I showed up for my appointment and realized that because they were a new shop, they had only a very small selection, out of which there was only one dress I thought was interesting at all. However I have learned that I should just try everything on because I don’t know what I like until it is on my body. So I let the consultant dress me up. I didn’t really like any of the dresses, even the one I thought I liked.   On the plus side, my friend made faces at all the dresses I thought were face making worthy.

The most interesting part of the appointment was when the consultant told me two disturbing things. One, that I would be itty-bitty by the time the wedding rolled around because I would be so stressed and two, that the dresses would look better when I was wearing Spanx. First off, I am happy that I fit all the samples, doesn’t that mean I am a good size? Why do I want to be itty-bitty and why is she threatening me this impending starvation stress? And I am not going to be wearing Spanx. If I am paying a couple hundred dollars for a dress, it should make me look like magic all by itself! This will be my most expensive article of clothing ever, especially after alterations, and it should make me look amazing all by itself without the help of Spanx.

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Crescendo Photography is offering 15% off any wedding (not portrait) collection to any client who states they found them on So You’re EnGAYged!

Jenny GG is offering a 10% discount on her “Gaze” or “Gawk” packages to anyone who mentions So You’re EnGAYged!

Liz and I told ourselves to take things slowly.  We’d wanted to set up a General Tasting with Melons Catering and sample some more generic fare before ponying up $150 each (applied toward your bill if you book them) for an Individual Tasting.  We were booked in for the evening of January 20th along with a few other couples.  But then Melons had a production meeting, and the chef realized that to feed us at the General Tasting he’d have to make essentially three different menus — one vegetarian for me, one to accommodate the things that Liz hates to eat, and one for everybody else.  So Shannon at Melons dropped me a line and told me the great news: they were going to give us an Individual Tasting and waive the normal fee.

This is just one example of how nice and thoughtful the folks at Melons are.  One small part of their package to us of brochures, proposals, and personalized menu included the words “bride and groom” (as in “the bride and groom can select…”).  I pointed this out to Shannon and within half an hour she sent me an apology and told me she would fix it  (I wasn’t upset, for the record, just pointing it out in case they book future same sex weddings).

photo courtesy Melons Catering.

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Last week, I finally finished the origami balloons.  I started in September with the goal of making at least 1200 to decorate the inside of the tent.  I ended up folding 4 day-by-day origami calenders.  This is what almost 1500 balloons look like.

photo via me

To be honest, I feel a little lost now.  Have you ever had a craft project that takes so long that when you are done, you don’t know what to do with yourself?

The day after Xmas, J and I bought some string lights on super sale.  I was planning on attaching the balloons now, but J thinks that they will get all smooshy between now and July, especially with the drive to VT.  I just want to get the project totally completed.  Any thoughts?

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