We can finally say, our wedding colors have been chosen! Anyone that speaks with me regularly knows that I have had some issues making a final decision on the wedding colors. Ross has been so sweet and just agreed with all of my ideas, while still putting in his opinion. However, my dream wedding colors and Ross' favorite combination are the FINAL decision! We have chosen the black, burlap/tan, and ivory color pallet, with just a hint of Tiffany blue accent. Coming to this decision was quite the event and took around 11 hours yesterday afternoon.
The adventure began around 10:00am yesterday morning, when Michelle (bridesmaid) and I picked up Kelli (my future mother-in-law) and Kiley (another bridesmaid) and we headed to Indy. The original plan was to simply see specific colors of dresses with cowboy boots. However, we ended up being much more successful than that. After getting my rock cleaned, and enjoying a delicious lunch at The Cheesecake Factory we headed to some bridal stores. The first store we went into was a cluttered mess, and extremely overwhelming. They also sold Target sundresses for $298 which we found ridiculous and quickly left. We then went into another store that had a selection smaller than my closet.
Of course it wouldn't be a successful girls day unless we got lost; which was not hard to do since Ross and Ron (my future father-in-law) are the experts on directions. As we are heading to pick up my mom and my sister from her volleyball tournament we get lost somewhere in Indianapolis, but quickly find ourselves back on the highway and headed in the right direction. While watching a couple minutes of volleyball, Kelli and I quickly came to the conclusion that her boys have found the right girls for them, leaving all others behind. I am proud to say that Kailey and I are the lucky winners! :) Way to go Ross and Rhett!
Anyway, back to this crazy adventure... Our next stop was Alfred Angelo where Emily (another bridesmaid) met us for some fun! Here, we may have hit the jackpot! As the girls were picking out fun dresses to try on, a tall, skinny, red-headed consultant approached us. She was very honest and told the girls their dresses they had on were going to look hideous with cowboy boots and they had it all wrong. She quickly brought back the most perfect line of dresses for the theme of our wedding, and what do ya know.. the line has exactly 7 different dresses for my 7 bridesmaids! (Yes, I realize I will have a small army standing next to me.) These dresses could definitely be the ones :)
Now, the idea of the day was to solely focus on bridesmaids and colors, buuuuuuuut they talked me into it! I just had to try on a couple of dresses! As our spicy consultant tells me I will look horrific in white, she is off to find dresses that are me. I wasn't sure she could pick out a single dress that was me after being around me for 30 minutes, but apparently I am easy to read. She carried several gorgeous wedding gowns into the fitting room, walks inside behind me, slams the door shut and commands, "STRIP!" I am not going to lie, I was a little bit scared of her. I tried on a handful of dresses she picked out for me, and there is one in the bunch that could be THE ONE.
After leaving Alfred Angelo, we went to another store that provided us with the horrible experience of the day. This store was a disaster, the employees had no idea what they were talking about, and since they were closing in around an hour, I was not allowed to look at wedding gowns. Quite an unfortunate decision on their part since I saw my dream gown hanging in the aisle. However, being my mothers daughter, and stubborn as can be, I will not be returning there to purchase that gown. As we were leaving Kelli told us she had to run into the bathroom really quick and that she would be right out. She was in the "bathroom" for quite sometime, and we were getting a bit worried in the car. A few minutes later, Kelli finally finds her way out of the store and we quickly realize she was not in the bathroom. She was buying me the adorable bag I picked out early in our visit, and just being the perfect future mother-in-law! As she was walking out the door with my new bag, she turns to the group and says, "Mackenzi will NOT be buying a dress from here!"
After this hot mess of an experience, my momma decided to take us to Michael's to begin to check out decoration ideas. Now, being my angel mother, and knowing me far too well, she prepared herself before entering the store because she knew I would want to buy everything right then! Although our Michaels experience began with Kiley and Marissa causing a scene, it ended up being very productive. We found possible flowers, hair pieces, fabric, ribbon, decorative rocks, Oh! and we chose the exact shade of our accent color! All of our most recent discoveries and decisions are being held in the wedding binder :) This would be the binder that took around 30 minutes in the Target office supplies aisle to choose, while Katie was coaching me through the decision. Oh, and we also have an official wedding planning calendar as well!
As you have read, we are finally making progress! After this full day of planning I have come to the realization that yes, we have some time, but it may not be as much as we think! I am more excited than ever to marry my best friend, and will continue to count down to this day!
ONLY 391 MORE DAYS PEOPLE!
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