Something Blue!

I bought my something blue last week while I was out shopping with Rachel. I'm so excited!!!

I bought my veil while out shopping today. It was a fraction of the veil budget so I'm psyched about it. I'm not posting a picture of it though because I want it to be a surprise for the wedding day.

Wedding Planning through Procrastination

So instead of studying the typical developmental progression of fine motor skills (which is next on my list of subjects to cram into my brain before my exam tomorrow), I decided to update the blog because I feel like we actually did something proactive in wedding planning this week which made me feel so good. Randy got out of work early on Friday (thank you Shadis!) and we decided to finally get our Save the Dates printed. My original plan was to go tomorrow after my exam but this was so much better because we got to together. We went in thinking they would download Randy's design, we would pick out paper, order the save the dates, and then come back in a week to pick them up. What really happened was we went in at 5pm with a jump drive holding the design's PDF file and left at 5:30pm with a box of 120 Save the Date cards and envelopes. It was so easy and the printers at Jenkintown Business Graphics were so nice and helpful.

During a study break yesterday, I bought labels and completed my first mail merge through repeated trial and error. I felt guilty for my extended study break so I hit the books for another couple of hours with the Save the Dates constantly in the back of my mind. So I finally gave in and started stuffing, addressing, and stamping envelopes. It felt so good and relaxing.

We still have a couple more addresses to get and a few more books of stamps to buy and then they will be out in the mail. Hopefully by the end of the week these babies will be out announcing the date our wedding to all our guests. yippeeee!!!!!!!!!

This was my make-shift assembly line. The OT books made an excellent stand to hold my address labels.

Hotel Arrangments

A block of rooms has been booked for a discounted rate at the Best Western The Inn at Smithfield for the night of the wedding under Munn/Kimball wedding. The hotel is about 20 minutes away from the church and 25 minutes away from the reception. We were holding out blocking rooms because we thought that our reception site was going to be building a hotel but with the economy the way it is their plans fell through. :(



Side Note: The Ground Round behind the hotel is where Bridget worked as a waitress/hostess/quickdraw girl for the summer in 2002.




Best Western The Inn at Smithfield
446 Route 3
Plattsburgh, New York, 12901-6519
Phone: (518) 561-7750
Fax: (518) 561-9431
http://www.bestwesternnewyork.com/hotels/best-western-the-inn-at-smithfield/


If you would prefer to stay at another location, here are some other options for Plattsburgh lodgings.


La Quinta Inn & Suites
16 Plaza Boulevard
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Phone: (518) 562-4000
Fax: (518) 561-3234


Holiday Inn
412 Route 3
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Phone: (518) 561-5000
Fax: (518) 562-2974

















This place was in the running for holding the reception when we started planning. It would have been the most convenient to hold the reception because the ballroom is in the hotel and there would have been lots for the little kids that couldn't come to the reception to do. However, the ballroom was way too small to hold the size of our lively party so we declined. We were still going to block rooms here but then one of the biggest fires Plattsburgh, NY has ever known burned that option to the ground.

Wedding Party

Here is our Wedding Party in no particular order (all though the cutest are at the beginning) because this was the hardest blog post to organize.

Annie Munn-Flower Girl and Bridget's Cousin

Adam Munn-Ring Bearer and Bridget's Cousin and Godson

Ben Munn-Groomsman and Bridget's Brother

Two for the price of one!!

Paul Mulligan and Vin!! Mazzuca-Groomsmen, both lived with Randy while they went to Siena College.

Kristopher Kimball-Best Man and Randy's brother.

Heather Gorman-Bridesmaid and lifelong friend of Bridget

Rachel Munn-Maid of Honor and Bridget's twin sister

Carly Drown-bridesmaid and lifelong friend of Bridget

Elise Munn-bridesmaid and Bridget's little sister.

Karl Robstad-groomsman and Randy's roommate in college and medical school.

Kristine Minasi-bridesmaid and Bridget's desk+running buddy in grad school.

Calvin Leung-Groomsman and Randy's roommate in College and Medical school.

Courtney McHale-Bridesmaid and Bridget's friend from college/post-college roommate

Registry

Randy and I registered last month while we were in Harrisburg for his USMLE exam. We went to Bed, Bath & Beyond after he finished up the first day of his exam and spent 2 1/2 hours with a wedding consultant. We honestly thought that they were going to give us a scanning gun and let us do our own thing. We were wrong. She led us through the store, offered suggestions, and gave us direction when we really had no clue. All though it took FOREVER, we got it all done, and she was honestly very helpful!
www.bedbathandbeyond.com

Cake Topper

I know I haven't posted in a while but this month has been crazy. I graduated on the 12th with my Master's Degree in Occupational therapy so I had to enter the real world and start my job hunt. I've accepted a position at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia as an OT in inpatient rehab and I start on January 12th. I've still been on the lookout for wedding stuff but the majority of my energy lately has been on finding a job.

I bought a wedding magazine last week while we were in Harrisburg (Randy took step 3 of his USMLE exams) and I had nothing but time to kill while he was taking his test. It turns out the magazine was Canadian based which was hilarious because they had favors and themes that had completely different names than we would call them. For example, Stag night for bachelor party (My friend told me that for women it is called a Hen party and the women dress up like chickens. . .yikes). Well they had some really strange things that I didn't like but they also had a few things I did like. One thing Randy and I both agreed on was the Love Bird cake topper. We googled it online this morning and found one for a reasonable price so we have officially bought our first decor item for the reception. Here is a picture of the cake topper.

Dress Rejects

I thought it would be fun to post the dresses that I tried on and are now dress rejects:

This is the dress I initially wanted and if it was $2000 or even $1500 cheaper it would have been mine. Unfortunately, reality is that Randy and I are paying for the wedding and this dress is not in the budget so I sacrificed this beauty to help make the rest of the day special.

I tried this dress on with my sisters and it was very pretty and looked nice. I really didn't want an A-line dress though and kept this as an option for just in case. We thought it was really funny that the website airbrushed this girl's waist so she looks like a Barbie doll. You'd think with all the airbrushing at her waist, they could have done something with her face and hair too. Yikes!

I really liked this one too but the one I have is 100% better!

This one made me look hippy and I felt blah in it. Definite NO! I've come to the conclusion that I like the idea of lace but lace and I do not mix!