Allie & Duncan Wojtaszek

Today we braved the crowd at West Edmonton Mall to pick up some things and grab lunch. More importantly I paid for the wedding flowers (1 Bride's Bouquet, 3 Bridesmaid Bouquets and 1 Junior Bridesmaid Bouquet, for a total of 157.29) and I got Wesley's Child size Calgary Jersey, just incase (I am crossing my fingers) we get married with the guys in Jerseys. Duncan, Wes and Quynn already have their jerseys. If Duncan does decide to use Jerseys then my flowers will be red, yellow and white, to match, and we will wear red nail polish. But thats why the Bridesmaid dresses are yellow - I have liked the flames theme idea since it was first brought up.

I have to finish making the invitations today so I can mail them this wekend. Duncan and I printed them up the other day, and I have stamped and half addressed the envelopes - but I need to tie the vellum onto the invites with some yellow gold ribbon. They do look rather nice.

Now, what is there left to do? Cathy is making me my veil (thanks Cathy!) so if I want a headpeice to go with it I will have to find one soon. Duncan's Dad paid for the Photographer (Thanks Dad!) I need a pair of white shoes to wear and maybe a necklace. Raven needs a pair of white sandal/dress shoes also. Oh my goodness, I think I am almost done - but then there is also booking a hotel room for the wedding night, paying for a car rental, and money for our west coast trip (which I am very excited about). Oh yeah, and helping Deven out with the Bachelor party - I already made some arrangements, so Deven, next time you read this, don't forget to ask me about it!

EDIT: I need to rent chairs and find some music (and a way to play it) and decide on catering!!! And perhaps consider my hairstyle... and I need to borrow something, get something blue and something old!!!!

Well, the stressful part of the lead up to the wedding has begun! I did finally come to the easy realization that the reason I was waffling so much as to whom to ask to be my third bridesmaid was because there was someone I wanted to ask that I wasn't letting myself consider. So on Saturday I asked my friend Kerry, here in Edmonton, to be my third bridesmaid. Thankfully she said yes! So my bridesmaids are Dawn Avery, my best friend since I was 13 (that's 19 years for those keeping count), Catherine Davidson, my best friend in Calgary, and Kerry Hynes... my best friend here in Edmonton, and Raven, my daughter!

I finally decided on having the dresses made, and on Saturday Kerry and I went to a dress maker to tell her what I would like my dress to look like, and she is creating it now. We also picked a pattern for the bridesmaids dresses (they will be pastel yellow). The guys (Duncan, Deven, Quynn, ob and Wesley) are currently embroiled deep in discussion on what they will wear. The dress maker discussed making shirts for all the guys but Rob South has also suggested white tuxedos. Well I know they will figure out something great.

I am getting excited. I will go and put a deposit on flowers soon, probally next time I am in the mall. We also have all the materials neccessary for print the invitations (except maybe enough ink) so we should be doing that very soon. And then I will handwrite the envelopes and we shall mail them! I know there is possibly something I am forgetting but I am sure it will all get done by the time it needs to!!!