Say YES to the Dress!

Recently I went home to Paoli to shop for THE dress. Obviously I can't share any details on this blog, but I CAN tell you about our fun adventures! I ignored traditional advice to "not travel with an entourage" and set out at 9am one Saturday morning with my Mom, sister (Laura), sister's friend (Becky), cousin (Jaime), and bridesmaid (Steph).

Laura was a GREAT Maid of Honor, and took detailed notes about each dress I tried on, what I liked and didn't, and how we each reacted to it. We left our first stop with some great ideas about what I liked and what I definitely did NOT!

Now, if you know the Davis family at all, you know that we live by Murphy's Law: "What can go wrong, will". As we were leaving our first appointment, a lady in the car in front of us got out at a red light and pointed to our left back tire, "You've got a flat!". OF COURSE we did... Our appointments were perfectly timed exactly 2 hours apart and we were already behind schedule to make it to the next one on time! Luckily, my Mom played the "Damsels in Distress" card very nicely, and we found a gas station with some kind gentleman who fixed our tire (well, replaced it) and got us back on the road fairly quickly. Here is a picture of some of us distressed damsels walking into the shop!

We managed to make it to all of our other appointments without further drama, and we even had time to stop for a healthy McDonalds lunch! The day went splendidly well, and although it was REALLY weird trying on wedding dresses (OMG I'm getting married!), I did end up finding THE dress. In my whirlwind of dress fittings, I also tried on my Mom's wedding dress- just for fun. It didn't quite fit...

Thanks for following along with my adventures! More soon ;)

Love, Sarah

Will you be my bridesmaid?

Hi everyone! I’m back already! :) I am loving planning and of course one of the first things a girl should do when planning her wedding is pick her attendants! I wanted to share with you how I asked my bridesmaids and Maid of Honor for their participation in our big day. Of course I can’t just ask them, much to Joey’s chagrin. For my bridesmaids, I had cookies personalized for each girl in my main wedding color--purple!! Check out the photos! The poem says:

“It’s hard for me to believe That in just a little while, Joey and I will be Walking down the aisle. And nothing would give me More joy and more pride Than to have you Right there by my side. Will you be my bridesmaid?”

As a special Maid of Honor gift, I had a silver picture frame engraved with my sister (Laura)’s name on it, and “Maid of Honor” in pretty script. Then I wrapped it and snuck it under the tree with the rest of her Christmas presents. This is her face when she opened it!

Needless to say, she was psyched! :)

Well, that’s it for now. More to come shortly!

Love, Sarah

Here comes the BLOG!!

Greetings and Happy New Year! Thanks for stopping by to visit! Please feel free to come back often as things will be continuously updated as plans progress. Joey and I are very blessed to have such wonderful friends and family here to support us as we take this huge step in our lives! As you may already know, event planning is one of my favorite things to do, so naturally the wedding planning is in full swing! Stay tuned for more updates! :)

Love, Sarah

Housekeeping Notes:

The blog posts between the dates of January 1, 2010 and November 16, 2010 were orginally posted on our wedding website, www.thegishwedding.com.  The site has since been taken down, but I wanted to share my journey along the way.  You will notice posts about the wedding website and you will also notice missing pictures and links. I am working hard to restore them, but please be patient!

Thanks for checking out OhMyGish!

~SG