First off, thank you all for voting for the envelope. Envelope 2 is currently in the lead, but since 1 and 2 are almost exactly the same I will see which works best with the Gocco. They were my favorites, too, I just wasn't completely sold on the idea and thought I should give some others a shot.
Sorry posting was at a minimum this past week; I took an unannounced break from the computer during non-working hours this week. Some weeks you just need to unplug. This was the perfect one because the weather was fabulous.
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I was tagged by two of my favorite bloggers/brides-to-be: Emily of A Windy City Wedding and Tara from In This Instance.
RULES:
1. you link back to the person who tagged you.
2. post these rules on your blog.
3. share six unimportant things about yourself.
4. tag six random people at the end of your entry.
5. let the tagged people know by leaving a comment on their blogs
{Unimportant? Then why does anyone even want to know?! I'm going to mix it up and put six facts–about me and our wedding. This is a wedding blog after all! :) }
1. My dad chose my name from Linda Ronstadt's cover of Elvis Costello's "Alison". {He went through a serious Linda Ronstadt phase during his stint in Vietnam and I guess his love for her stuck well into the 80s!} He also liked the name Carmelita from another song she sang, but my mom put her foot down on that one! I'm considering having "Alison" be our father/daughter song, but the lyrics {here} themselves are not so meaningful. One of the lines is, "Did he leave your pretty fingers lying in the wedding cake?" Hmmm...I sure hope not. {For whatever reason, my mom and dad decided on the double L spelling instead of just one.}
2. Every wedding/party my mom, my aunts, cousins and I all dance like mad to "We Are Family." I know, I know, so cliche, but I am honestly super excited about carrying out our silly tradition at our wedding. One of my next steps in planning is going to be deciding what DJ will be groaning when we put this song on the list.
3. In high school, the camera was my date to many dances. Yep, I was a yearbook staffer aka a super geek. I've always had a thing for photography and took some beginning courses in college. This is making the hunt for the perfect photographer SO HARD. There are a few fabulous ones who would absolutely break my budget, BUT I'm hopeful I'll find the perfect {and affordable} one soon!
4. I have never been a bridesmaid or a flower girl. {I've sang and read at weddings.} Most of my married friends were married long before I met them and my other friends are single or not quite ready for the altar. Nick has been a ring bearer and a groomsman and will be a best man at one of our friends' weddings this summer.
5. I commute thirty minutes to work and at least half the week daydream about our wedding during my drive.
6. I have recently become very attached to my maiden name and I would love to keep it in some form, but I can't make it middle name {maternal Grandmother's middle name/family name} and don't want to hyphenate {our last names are both ridiculously long and hard to pronounce at first}.
I'm tagging: whoever hasn't been tagged! I'm a bit late getting this out there and I believe everyone and their sister has been tagged. If you want to participate, say so in the comments, so I can read your responses!
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