Gosh, I know guys, I realized it’s the 13th today! One month to go! Let’s see…updates…mmm…My matron-of-honor found a dress (for $29!). It’s a black, sleeveless, knee-length shell. That’s what I told her to get – something she would reuse, a short, sleeveless, cocktail-type dress. Now I gotta get my sister (the maid-of-honor) to get one, and figure out what the kids are going to wear.

We’ll have my sister, my best friend, and my oldest stepdaughter standing up with me, and my stepson, and the two younger stepdaughters standing up with DH. My sister and friend will be in closely matching dresses, and have hand tied bouquets with three or four blooms, with the kids in nice black dresses, but not matching, with a corsage. I don’t know that I want Eric (my stepson) in a suit. DH will be in some sort of suit or tux (the next big project – figure out what he’s going to wear, and my dad).

My matron-of-honor and I are kicking around the idea of silk flower (nice ones!) boutonnières and corsages. Then just picking up a bunch of fresh cut blooms from a floral supplier, and doing hand tied bouquets for the three of us. It was her idea, but the jury is still out for me. I think I’d rather have fresh ones, but then it’s one more thing to do last-minute. I dunno…we’ll need my bouquet, my sister’s and Gail’s, five corsages (the three girls, my mom’s and DH’s sister), and four boutonnieres (DH, Eric, my dad, and my brother).

My brother is going to play the music on his acoustic guitar. I don’t want to “choose” recognizable music, I just want him to play something pretty. He’s a semi-professional musician, so he’s trustworthy.

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