I was attempting to carry this blog into the newlywed months, but after months of neglect, I decided to cut it off here. Yup, this is the end. (insert tear here)Right now we are in the proce… Read More

You know, I managed to get through my own wedding day with very few tears shed. I had so much adrenaline running through my veins that day, was so high on nerves, that I think I was physical… Read More

Picture if you will, The Scene: Gypsy Bar at Borgata. Me, happily laying on a black leather chair, legs draped over the one side.Enter Bald, creepy drunk dude. Some song plays (I forget the… Read More

Just a few pics from Kirsten and Peter's beautiful wedding at Adelphia's in Deptford! (some may know her as knottie peter_sprincess) Boy, does she have great taste in bridesmaid dresses. Yup… Read More

I know, I've really let this blog go.I know, it sounds like a lame excuse, but I really have been busy, doing things like helping with Liz's baby shower (pictured, right). Details on that ar… Read More

Seriously, I don't even know why I am working the week before my wedding. I am a complete waste of space.On Tuesday, my last day of work before preparing for wedded bliss, I was only about 1… Read More

The weather was perfect. I mean, really perfect. The weather you dream to have when you have a spring or fall wedding. Not what you would expect or even hope for in mid-August, on the heels… Read More

Yup, the girl on the left side of this garden tub, my best friend and Bridesmaid Toni, will be walking down the aisle herself in just 10 short months. You may recall the cute proposal. And I… Read More

Yeah, I know you're all checking back here to see where all the updates from the big day are. They're coming, I swear - just been a little preoccupied.In the mean time, if you're looking for… Read More

At least, that the title of the Nigella cookbook Johanna bought me - one of her fabulous wedding gifts to me.Whether I am or not -- well, that is for the subjects of my cooking to decide.LT… Read More

Poor Liz. She has really started to take this paper mache cake business personally. Tonight I brought the supplies over to her house, where we made brownies, watched Madge in her Reinvention… Read More

Really, getting a marriage license in New Jersey is quite the exercise in silliness.Ed and I planned on heading to the borough hall Monday, when we were both off, to take care of this busine… Read More

I'm feeling a little grey, and it's not just from the wedding stress.This is a chart for the month of August from dryday.com (thanks to Jim Six for giving me another web site to obsess over)… Read More

"MY TEA KETTLE!!! AHHHHHH!!!!"I can't remember ever hearing Jess scream this much.She screamed when she walked in. She screamed at each table of guests she noticed. She screamed when she saw… Read More

Oh yeah. I did it. I bought something with our names on it.Behold the ivory napkins -- keeping with the taupe/ivory theme of the day. Simple, yet understated. I hope.I think I have been pret… Read More

So I got a strange call from Ed Wednesday afternoon."They threw me a shower today at work," he said."Huh?"Yeah. Apparently at Ed's firm, they throw a shower whenever someone is getting marri… Read More

Oh man. I'm just no good at this.I always freak out when I get my hair done in a fancy updo. Something about piling a chunk of thick hairsprayed curls on top of my head just doesn't feel nat… Read More

"Summer's more fun when you're organized!"That was the subject line of an e-mail that just found its way to my inbox from one of my favorite places on the planet, The Container Store. This… Read More

I don't know who Adrian Williams is, but I do know this -- whoever invited her to their wedding to sit at table 2 had one hell of a time getting her place card in that frame.My place card fr… Read More

You know, looking at this invite, you might think we sent it to the wrong country. Perhaps the wrong state.No. The house number was off by one number. That, apparently, is reason enough for… Read More

It was time to put our craftiness to work.Liz, who so kindly ordered a paper mache cake for me on eBay, came by tonight with her barely pregnant belly to help me, well, attempt to decorate i… Read More

It figures. My Saturday at work had left me worn out and annoyed. I had a long day filing several stories, capped off by a review of the Depeche Mode concert where several *large* people blo… Read More

I came home today and nearly fell over trying to get in my front door. More packages - one from my aunt in Florida and one (large) one from Maddy and Lynda.I'm trying my best here, but the a… Read More

As I was walking to the post office this morning, holding a cradboard box that contained 95 invitations, two thoughts kind of hit me like a ton of bricks.The first was that if I dropped this… Read More

So the time has finally rolled around for me to attempt some more DIY for this wedding.Yeah, I know.But this time, it's with the help of Liz (right, ribbon shopping). And this time it invole… Read More