My current Favourite

After one of my BM trying on, probably 15 dress styles, this is my favourite.
It does not come in the colours I want and costs $405.

The good and the bad

Well I did not get my job, so I have two more weeks to go! Lucky the same hospital has offered me work til the November (for sure) and maybe even up until Christmas.
I would have loved to be permanent, but casual pay is pretty good... and variety would be nice.

As this weekend, The dress is now living with us upstairs. These are photos of me trying on the dress and a close up of the veil. I wish I could post up all the pics we took, but where would be the fun in that?

I'm now doing my head in with bridesmaids dresses. I'm finding styles I like that dont come in the colours, a designer that has the colours but no dresses that quite suit. Plus it REALLY sucks that they don't have the dresses in the store, so we were trying on dresses that have similar features. It's not good enough. When you're spending $1200 on 3 dresses they should at least have one in store.

So we've started looking for a dress maker. I have a design in mind.

Always plotting

The next thing added to the list of things that we're planning includes scouting out a location for the engagement shoot, which we're having in Oct/Nov sometime.
Desired:
- Shorncliffe/Sandgate
- Jacerandas
- Sunset

We're having it so soon because we would like jacerandas in the photos, the flower that brings terror to uni students and always reminds Ri of his late Grandmother, who passed away late last year. Just after the jacerandas bloomed.

Job Interview

Had a job interview for the job I've been filing in for since June. So often you hear of people trying for jobs, only to find out in went to someone on the inside.

What is the bet that I am the exception?

If I do not get the job then Rhys and I have a Plan B...

My 25th birhday

Blogger isn't making it easy to upload photos, so they may have to wait.
Last Friday was my 25th birthday. I had a heck of a day at work, I had this delusion that the place would absorb it was my birthday and let me out a 3pm instead of 5pm. I think I had Rhys pick me up at 5:30. Oh well!
He gave me some red roses.
And drove me to the goldcoast hinterlands for four nights at Pethers. We had dinner at the restraunt which had a massive fire place that I cannot even begin to describe. Which is why I'd like to have uploaded some photos.
We saw the sites, ate chocolate and fudge and polish food. Drank wine and coffees. Saw German clocks. Saw glow worms and went on a sky walk. Mt Tamborine is beautiful. Inspired me to start planning a wedding. Not ours. A bit late to switch to Mt Taborine, if only I had a sister, I'd have her wedding half planned already.

It was so relaxing and beautiful that I never felt more tired when I started back at work on Wednesday. It has not been easy lately, while I had the flu I couldn't take my Enbrel (my med that keeps the arthritis in check) so I'm in so much pain while I wait for it to kick in again (I missed about a months worth).

Anyway.

Best.Birthday.Ever.

Last one as a 'single' girl too!

Wedding Season

September/spring is wedding season. Ri and I went down to the Shorncliffe Pier at Sunset to case it for engagement photo ops and, I kid you not, five bridal parties were having their photos taken, each on an angle trying not to get the others in the shot. (They had the most beauitful sunset to work with, they'll have lovely photos).
I've only ever been to one spring wedding.
Weddings I've been to, when and my favourite part:
Feb 2006: Beautiful Melbourne settings, very classy.
March 2007: Great party atmosphere
July 2005: Hand made favours
August 2008: most original bridal hair I've seen
September 2006: original/trend setting colour concept
December 2007: best bridesmaids, they were very interactive with the guests.

and the next one is November 2009.
I love that I have never been to a wedding in the same month twice. I still need to collect January, April, June and October.

So spring is meant to be wedding season. We could never get married in spring because that's my birth season and I wanted to keep the wedding as far away from my birthday as possible. I'd never been or heard of anyone having a May wedding. Having a May wedding was mum's idea. She was more concerned about ensuring our honeymoon was during summer so I wouldn't be too cold.
After booking for May and feeling original turns out 2 friends I knew from highschool/uni years were not only getting married in May but on the same date one year earlier!

May will be beautiful.

My next obsession will be locations for wedding photography.

Butter or Vanilla, Mint and Salmon

I've gone and decided on an impossible colour scheme. Yesterday we found so many beautiful dresses that either came in one or none of our colours.
Common Colours:
Black, Red, Blue (royal or Tiffany's), Chocolate, Purple, Lavender and a dark shade of pink.
I probably should have started looking sooner before getting attached. There is one brand great for having lots of colour choices "Alfred Angelo."

The most beautiful dress I saw was at Anne Marie and Mr John by "Angeline" it only came in mint. I almost considered putting all the girls in the same colour.

We looked at: BBO (Brisbane Bridal Outlet)
http://www.queenslandbrides.com.au/planning/directory/profile/?cpid=1540

Hills on Hollywood
http://www.hillsinhollywood.com/

Anne Marie and Mr Jonn
http://www.annamarieandmrjohn.com/

Casars Elegance
http://www.casarelegance.com.au/

and The bridal centre
http://www.thebridalcentre.com.au/

At the bridal centre we found a beautiful dress that has two layers, an under layer and an over layer of lace (and you can decide the colour of both). Hard to explain/do justice but I liked it alot, but it's very girly and I'm not sure if it'll suit all the beautiful bridesmaids.
My second favourite is a concept, a floor length chiffon dress with a sweet heart neckline.
There are four below, the short one is the one I tried to explain and the other three is my third favourite in our three impossible colours.

Bridesmaids Dress

Rhys and I spent the day in Chermside and the city looking for the ideal bridesmaid dress. Here are some of the best ones I found in the Brissy region. xoxo.

Hair

While I'm on the topic of hair... here is what is inspiring me.

The first real disappointment

I'm so disappointed today. It's awful. It's always the way things seem to go...

When we first got engaged the only thing I knew for sure, and I mean with 100% certainty was who would do my hair for my wedding day. I've been going there since Feb 21 2003 and Rhys has been going there since forever, they did his sisters hair for her formal in 1999.
I was there today (in an attempt to make myself feel more human after over a week in bed) and I was discussing with my lovely hairdresser that I've started looking at inspiration for my wedding hair and then I asked, *so you'll do my hair even though the wedding is on a Sunday*
"No."

Just a no.
No if's or but's. A good friend of mine got married on a Sunday and the hairdresser just charged her an opening fee.

So now I'm hurt.
So now I cannot go back because I don't enjoying paying to be hurt, I'm in enough pain as it is thank you very much.
So now I need a new hairdresser. and so does Rhys.

But I'm a Vegetarian...

I know its not funny.

Denny's last birthday

I'm 25 this month. Over a month ago Rhys booked for us to spend 4 nights away for my birthday and now all I can do is feel monster guilty for needing two weeks off for this flu. I'll be back at work for a week then have 2 days off. I wanted to be a work this week. I wanted to be on call to make up for it.
Its been such a long engagement that I cannot believe that this time next year I wont be Denny any more. I also cannot believe this is my 5th birthday with Rhys, well he's been around for more than five, but five as my Rhys.
I would like to have a birthday party. I'm just too tired to organise anything.
Anyway I can't think straight so I'm off xoxo.