Dress?

The power of TV is amazing. I have a habit of turning the TV on while I am "working" on the computer and leaving it on the same channel until Papa Bear comes and changes it. Last night I left it on TLC and came across a show called "Say Yes To The Dress", a show about women searching for their perfect wedding gown. Just when I was looking for some inspiration to get moving on wedding stuff, voila!

Now I am excited to get cracking on finding my own dress. I think if I accomplish this one task it will set the rest into motion. I have wedding dresses on the brain. I dreamt about them last night even, so I need to make a day (ha!) and decide who I'm going to take with me. I think I require a specific couple of people to come with me. I need a brutally honest person to tell me the truth at all cost and a person who is willing to lie to me to spare my feelings to cushion the blow of the honest person.

I need a plan of where in the heck to start. Style. What style is first appropriate (I'm thinking the full skirted princess type dress is not the right choice for a mother of 3 taking her vows for the second time, outside, on the farm in her late 20's) and second flattering for the ol' baby belly and expanded ass? Colour. What colour is right? Obviously I'm not "pure" so crisp bright white probably isn't quite right. Modern or classic? Floor (grass) length or not? Plain or beaded? Strapless? Halter? Bell skirt? Sheath? ? ? ?

There are so many options but I think I need to put them on to know which direction I should go. The next day I have to myself I am definitely planning to start looking.....although if I wait for a day to myself we may have to move the wedding date to 2020...

A SlightlyInsane, Coffee Pouring, Crazy Mama And A Milk Delivering, Farming, Bear Get Hitched

Papa Bear and I have been engaged since early December. We plan to get hitched in September of next year and need to get cracking on some things. It will be a second marriage for both of us. We would like to get married in our own yard on our own little farm.

Even a "simple" wedding requires so much planning that I am getting exhausted just thinking about the lists of things I need to start doing. Tent rentals, a minister that will do an outdoor wedding, a dress, bridesmaids, bridesmaid dresses, decor, guest lists, seating both for the ceremony and the meal, the meal, flowers, AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Lord help me, why am I doing this again? Oh yeah, because I love Papa Bear and he loves me...Because I love Papa Bear and he loves me...because I love Papa Bear and he loves me...OK I'm good now.

I have decided to ask all 9 of my Crazy Mamas to stand up for me as well as my future sister in law. This may sound nuts but I've never been known to be completely sane. Papa Bear has 5 close friends so this will work out OK if we go 2 gals to each guy.

Deciding on colours was a tough one for me and I'm still not 100% sure. For now I have decided on dark brown with pink, blue, yellow, orange, green, teal, or red. This is the extent of my decisions made...

The guest list is proving to be a problem. How big is too big for a small wedding? How do you invite the people that you want there the most and not hurt any ones feelings. Papa Bear comes from a decent sized family that he sees on a regular basis. I do not. I have a considerable number of friends where as Papa Bear has fewer, closer friends. I'm not sure yet whether or not my mother will be getting an invitation or whether or not my grandmother on my father's side will be willing to make the 7 hour trip required for her to be here for our event. Without an idea of how many people we wish to attend a lot of other plans are on hold.

I am excited to look for a dress but that introduces even more decisions. What colour to go with and in what style?

There are so many things we need to get moving on but with Papa Bear being the King of Procrastination and me being the Queen we might just need a little bit of a push. I'm sure you haven't heard the last on the wedding front. I bet this is just the beginning.