Medium Loser

I wish NBC would come up with a sister show to the Biggest Loser for people like me who need to lose like ten to twenty pounds.

I would be the first contestant to sign up! No matter how much I exercise or how many different ways I exercise, and even though my diet isn't THAT bad... I feel like I can't lose those pesky 10 pounds.

Surely Jillian would kick my butt and tell me what I'm doing wrong.

Look... I already created a logo for them - so no excuse not to create the show NBC!

Southern Weddings Magazine V3!

I just got my pre-ordered Southern Weddings Magazine Vol. 3! So excited...






And they are having a contest for the best photo of you with your SW mag - I've got some creative ideas... hmm. :)

Goodbye September

So after my emotional breakdown Monday night in which I was afterward on Tuesday told by my mother that I'm such a perfectionist to my detriment and she certainly didn't raise me that way and I was being way over emotional and needed to "get over it girl" or I would never last the next year. And she'll love that this is in writing, but she's right. So I got over it... and.... BOOKED MY PHOTOGRAPHER!! :) The one I wanted - he's AMAZING. I will sacrifice in other areas if I have to...

I will be using G Studio from Birmingham for my wedding photography! {insert cheers and applause and twirls around the room}

Some of my favorites from his site are below. Ok, I just saved almost 20 and was going for more...so I had to cut it down. So...visit his site to see even more amazing photos. They look like paintings - I love them.

Oh...and I've noticed his watermark isn't on any of these photos, but here's my giant credit: all of the photos below in this post are from G Studio photography - don't you dare ruin my brand new relationship with my wedding photographer by stealing these photos and posting them elsewhere without credit! {insert stern face and wagging finger}












P.S. Thank you to all of you who posted such sweet and amazing comments on my last post - they definitely cheered me up and made me feel less like I was alone in the "wedding stupid" conundrum.

P.P.S. Thank you to those of you who recommended photographers in Charleston for my engagement photos - I actually really love one of them and will probably be contacting them soon for pricing. Another actually just photographed my ex-boyfriend's wedding - lol - and while we're friends now, I am just not sure I want to use the same photog for my engagement session. I'm just weird like that. :)

P.P.P.S. Do I need a blog signature? I'm pretty sure you know I'm writing my own posts..but I think some of y'alls' blog signatures are so cute, so I feel like maybe I need one. Thoughts? Talk amongst yourselves.

And so it begins...

So...I had my first good cry about wedding planning tonight. Already. I'm not so sure I can handle this for another year.

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Just as a preface, I'm wedding illiterate. I get that weddings cost a lot more money than most people think. I also get that planning a wedding is full of emotional highs and lows and lots of stress.

But I just don't know anything about weddings and wedding planning - I'm wedding stupid.

I found a local Birmingham photographer and fell in love with his photos. I wouldn't need him for engagement photos (will be doing those in Charleston - recs anyone?) or for a bridal session (not doing bridals). So he should be reasonably affordable... and the pricing I got back I thought was reasonable.

But without going into detail, I learn that his price is high. So if I do go with him, I'll have to sacrifice in other areas of the wedding.

I didn't cry as much about that (just some of my tears were reserved for this). I understand as someone who manages projects daily with budgets that you have to give on some things to gain on others.

But...

I cried out of frustration that I am just so wedding stupid. I have this Knot book gifted to me by my recently married sister that is supposed to lead my way in this wedding stuff - and it has this wonderful list of questions to ask the photographer before booking them - so I asked the list.

But what do you do if you don't even understand the questions you're asking? What do you do if you're so wedding stupid that you don't even know what to do with the answers he gives you?

And what do you do if the price you thought was just dandy - I mean, duh, all weddings are really expensive, so it made sense - is in fact on the pricey side?

And why do wedding photographers have to be so unreasonably expensive anyways? Can't I just hand all of my friends digital cameras and just have them take photos? And yes... that's the wedding stupid in me talking.

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It is quite possible I may be an alcoholic before this year is over (if I'm not already) - because two glasses of wine and a reassuring call to the fiance was needed to help me calm down after my realization that I'm wedding stupid...and this is only one decision of many! Am I really cut out for this?

And I won't even get into how my mom who holds the wedding purse strings already doesn't like half of my ideas...leaving me feeling even more wedding stupid.

Boo... is this really the beginning of the nightmares you hear about planning your wedding? And will it all really be worth it in the end? And am I even more wedding stupid for getting so upset so early on in this crazy process?

[insert advice and encouraging comments below please]

A few reasons why I love Forever21...

Forever21 Luv by CharlestonGirlBlog featuring a long sleeve cardigan

Anyone want to go for a run?