One more, gah! Stop looking!

I was pretty decidedly anti-cake topper. There are lots of weird... bird things out there that just aren't me. Or they look cheesy. And I didn't want a big "L" monogram or anything. So we had told our baker that we'd just have some orchids atop the cake and call that a "topper."

You may have noted that I said "was."

Ok. I admit. The Mii toppers are freaking adorable. Especially the super personalized ones. And especially bc we play alot of Wii.

This guy makes the best, most personalized ones on the 'net. You send in pics of your Miis and pics of your dress/tux and he creates this. It's amazing. But at ... $300!!... more than I would ever consider spending. Source to purchase. Source for more examples, they're nuts at how individualized they are!

Oh Etsy. Look howwwwww cute these are! And she includes furbabies! This is something that could live on a mantle after the wedding as a fun little memory. And she does a pretty amazing job with the personalization too. And at $75... way closer to what I'd like to spend on a cake topper. Source

I was pretty excited by this find, but even MORE money on the wedding..?! A girl's gotta stop somewhere! Mr. SB was pretty on board though. He said, "If you'll walk into the reception and see that and smile... and then see it in the future and smile... it's money well spent." Wise fella, that Mr. SB.

What do you think? To top or not to top?

Gah! Stop looking!!

The internet is a dangerous place for this bride-to-be.

Take, for example, this gorgeous little necklace/bouquet pendant/something blue/keepsake.

I'm not sure why this picture quality is worse... the necklace is 1" pendant hand stamped in sterling silver with little hearts in a pattern. I think it's a totally wearable post-wedding necklace. With tons of meaning.

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Open. You can personalize the saying with your date/name and color of the charm.

And on your wedding day, you take off the charm and slip it onto your bouquet for decoration. Or as your something blue tucked inside.

Ohhh.... pretty little unnecessary piece of jewelry. How I long for you.

What do you think.. am I just in crazy bride detail mode? Or is this pretty darn neat?

Fun decision

Our rehearsal dinner is going to be at a Mexican restaurant in downtown Sonoma. It's fun, the food is good, and we get a private room with no rental fee.

They have a package deal where everyone gets fajitas (chicken, steak, or veg) + salad/rice/beans + dessert. Only decision left to make......?

VS.

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We've had the margaritas there, and they're yummy! But who doesn't like sangria?? We want to do pitchers... so which do you think is more crowd pleasing?

Necklace or no?

I wasn't planning on wearing a necklace w/ my main dress bc... well... I just wasn't. But then..... along came etsy.

Oh, you're a pretty little set... pearls AND crystals, like my trim. And my neck/upper chest has been looking long lately.. And people WILL be looking at my hands all night, maybe a bracelet IS a good idea. And it's all for $60.
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Ok, these pics are seriously awful -and they're the best of the bunch-, but you get the idea.

With a stand-in necklace that I own.
And yes, that's my real dress in my house. :D My cats were sooooooooo interested in it!

Without.

VOTE! Necklace or no? And this necklace or look for something different?

Buy one, got one free

I ordered my garter a while back. I'm happy with it... it's not a huge part of my day, but in a surprise turn, apparently I ordered two! So I guess the idea is you have one "real" one that you .. keep?.. and use/wear again...? And then there's another one to toss that looks similar but less fancy. We're not even throwing one.. and I can't honestly ever see myself wearing a garter in the future, but whatever.

So I've got two. Cool.

Notice the cute "something blue" on the big one.

Anybody need a garter??

More paper!

Thank you notes, to be specific. :)

I've had good luck online with various forms of notecards, business cards, etc. So I headed to the uber-extensive Vistaprint.com to make some thank you notes.

After forever and a half of browsing, I chose two options and Mr. SB voted for this one.

Cute little heart on the inside.

But dang it! Lame cakes! That little www.vistaprint.com on the back drives me NUTS! How did I not click the "pay more to erase that" option! Bummer!

Hopefully, no one looks at the back flap if the message is all contained on the inside, right??

How tacky is the vistaprint logo? Should I look for a sticker to cover it or something?

Shapewear making the lines WORSE

So, as evidenced in the first pics I need some shape wear with the satin dress. No way I'm spending th $50+ on Spanx, so I headed to Target for their version... which seemed reasonable enough.

ASSETS pantyhose. Sheer, smooth, right?

From afar... not too bad. (*Same night with the crummy camera situation.)

Not too bad, again. Oh, and that's my veil, by the way. :)

BUT

With good posture, the tummy line is visible...

And with bad posture it's awful!! Way to do the OPPOSITE of your job, nylons!

On a side note, they make my feet slip out of my shoes too, so I'm thinking this might be a $12 loss.

I need suggestions for another (affordable) attempt at shapewear!! Are just control top nylons sufficient??