I said yes to the dress...and a bunch of other things!

Wedding planning is in full swing now! In the past week I've said yes to the dress, gone to my reception venue, and to a bridal expo. Whew, it has been a busy week!

One thing you want to consider when planning a wedding is how much time you're going to have. A lot of people don't realize just how much time goes into planning the wedding.

You want to make sure that you're allowing yourself enough time to find the dress, the venue, the photographer and the caterer. Those are the biggest points of planning.

You also need to realize that you're not the only bride out there, and wedding photographers and caterers book up really fast. Allowing yourself enough time to plan ahead is great!

I planned my wedding for almost exactly one year from the day I got engaged, I did this so that I could have time to enjoy it!

Let's talk about this saying yes to the dress thing. Oh my goodness!! I went to David's Bridal with my mom and sisters last sunday simply to look at dresses. Neither of my sisters live in town, so I wanted them to be able to at least see me try on some dresses.

Never in a million years did I think I would find the dress on the first day! I probably tried on 12 dresses, and out of those 12, there were three that were perfect! It was so hard making that final decision, but I put on dress number two and it was like the heavens sang.

I walked out of the dressing room and my mom and sisters faces lit up with excitement. They all said, "that dress is so you." I didn't know, and still don't know if that was a compliment. :) I think it was.

I was still a little unsure if that was definitely the dress, so I kept trying some on. Y'all, some of these dresses were hideous on me, beautiful on others, but hideous on me. I looked like I had babies hiding under the dress on my hips in one of them. Whew, that was not the one.

I tried on a few more and went back to this particular dress that everyone loved. I put it on and moved my hands down the sides to feel the material (I'm not giving obvious clues because my fiancé may read this) and out of nowhere my hand slid into what I thought was a hole, but ended up being a pocket.

The excitement I felt when I realized my dress had pockets was unreal! If you know me, you know that I'm not super glitz and glam, and having pockets in a wedding dress was fabulous!

I can't wait to actually share a picture of myself in this dress. Just a few more months and it will be time!