Alterations.... oh the horror....

So when I ordered my dress BACK IN JANUARY I specifically asked how long it took to get alterations done. The sales lady replied "Oh, about 2 to 3 weeks." That seemed reasonable.

Fast forward to April 16th when I called to see if my dress was in (It was... the service this shop provides is below average for sure...).

I said, "ok, well, I need to have it altered, so can I just go ahead and make an appointment?"

"Sure, May 1st is the first available day". Hmm... the wedding is only 6 weeks away and I wasn't sure if I trusted her "2 to 3" week estimate from 4 months ago.

So, I asked again. Ok, that's fine.. how long to you expect the 3 alterations to take? "Oh," she says very nonchalantly, "about 6 to 8 weeks."

Wait, what?! How does it jump that much??

Needless to say, I just picked my dress up and have been looking for a tailor ever since. In fact, the dress is still in my truck. Ugh. I think I found someone, but I am already finding that apparently, everyone expects you to know exactly what you are doing. I'm just having the dress altered, so I never thought to bring everything else. You would think they would mention this minor (huge) detail over the phone when you ask if they can alter a WEDDING dress.

Nothing has been easy about planning this wedding. Although, that was exactly what it was supposed to be. I recommend anyone who intends to marry to just elope... save your money and stress and just elope...

On top of all of this... I've been informed that some of the invitations are either coming open or not arriving at all. Stupid faulty envelope glue. Sigh.

No turning back now...

The invitations have been mailed!

The design for the cake has been submitted :)

The final 3 things I have to do is make the ring bearer pillow, order 2 more sets of flowers and reserve the stuff in Maui. Both things that I'll try and do this week.

54 days....

2 months, 5 days...

Wow how time flies when you are having fun. Things are still going pretty well. I'm getting my invitations tomorrow so I can start getting them ready to mail next week. There's not a whole lot left to do. My dress should be in soon, so I'll need to get that altered. I need to make the ring bearer pillow. I'm pretty much betting I can just give Mrs. P a picture of what I want the cake to look like and she'll be able to take it and run with it. And schedule things in Maui for us to do. I really want to say that's it! But I know something else will pop up.

I've had another bridesmaid drop out, so I'm down to two, but I may "upgrade" Ainsley to Jr. Bridesmaid/Flower Girl.

My flower girl has been having a rough month. She broke her arm/elbow and lost 3 teeth all at once. She should be well out of the cast by the time the wedding gets here, but if not, I'm ready :) Her cast is hot pink, so hopefully she'll let me make her a little cover so she can match the colors.. if not, then I guess I'm adding a color to the wedding! haha