Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Why did it have to be SATIN?

So I just wrapped up the weekend of dress shopping with mom.  We hit: White Exchange, Eva's, Mira Couture, Bloomindales, Macy's, JCrew, Bloomies (again), Nordstrom's, House of Brides, LKM (local joint), David's Bridal, and Demetrios.

It was a lot.  And out of all of that, I'm crazy about one that has a satin underlay.  Satin!  Do you know how hot it is going to be in a satin dress in 95 degree weather?  I couldn't do it.  I couldn't pull the trigger.  Mom was ready.  She loved it!  I love it but ... SATIN?!?

Oh, and it was a wee bit over budget.

We'll see if I'm still obsessing in a few days....

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

How to Make Carly a Bit Nervous Part 1 (I'm sure there will be more)

Did we say September 3, 2012?

I'm pretty sure both of us mentioned it at some point or another.

On May 26th we sent a credit card number to the resort in Punta Cana to reserve our date and time.  Dan called the credit card company and said there will be a large 'purchase' in Punta Cana and this is authorized.

On June 8th the credit card company declined the charge due to it being a 'possible fraudulant charge.'  Called the credit card company reiterated that this is a valid charge.  Emailed the resort explained what happened, 'please do not give someone else our date/time; try the card again.'

As of today - the card has still not been charged.

Our wedding coordinator, Gara, insists all is well and 'everything is in order.'

I'm not sure what that means, but I'm sure I'll feel a bit better when there is an ACTUAL deposit on our date and time.