And We're Married!

It was over in a flash and it still doesn't really seem real. Thank you to all of our friends and family who traveled from near and far to celebrate with us. It was definitely the best day of my life. The pics from friends and family are starting to come in but for now I will leave you with one I took of our rings on my bouquet. Full recaps to come after the HONEYMOON!

The Letter R

In just three days, I will change my last name. I will no longer be KK, K Squared, Double K...instead, my new last initial will be R. The nice thing about the letter R is that it is so close to K that when I screw up signing my new last name, I can easily change that K - that I will inevitably write for the first three months- into an R.




Mom mom gave this to us when we got engaged. I just love it. (I also took this picture with my fancy new DSLR camera! I love that too!!)

If the Shoe DOESN'T Fit...

If you read my sister's blog, you saw her post about shoes yesterday. I decided that I would post about MY shoes. If you remember, I already posted about my shoes early on in the wedding planning process. However, things have changed since then.

I loved my Nina shoes that I bought, but when I took my dress home, the color just wasn't right. So sadly, I returned them. I did however find another pair that I liked even better (at DSW no less!) and they were the perfect color to match my dress. I am usually in between sizes when it comes to shoes so I went with the smaller size after having visions of me slipping out of them and falling flat on my face half way down the aisle. They weren't uncomfortably small, but they definitely weren't going anywhere either.

Fast forward a few months to my second dress fitting. This was the first time I had worn the shoes for any length of time. I realized they weren't quite as comfortable as I thought they were. I bought some gel inserts to hopefully make them a bit better. The only problem is, with the inserts, my already snug fitting shoes were now a little TOO snug. The solution to my problem? Break them in a bit...so here is how I've been wearing my shoes around the house for the last few weeks:

It's working, they fit much better. But I think I'll leave the socks at home on the actual wedding day.

One Step Closer...

Although all of the preparations for the wedding aren't finished yet, we are one step closer! We are now legally allowed to marry in the state of Michigan! Gary and I picked up our marriage license yesterday morning. Northville has a satellite office so we didn't have to go downtown and mess with the county building. It was really quite simple, we applied on Tuesday and picked it up on Thursday! Of course I had to get a photo...Gary wasn't too happy about it...

Weather Watch

And it begins. Today marks 10 days out from the wedding...which means our wedding date is now within the 10 day weather forecast! I know being 10 days out, it's not entirely accurate but you better believe that I'll be checking it every day! We're not looking too bad so far...I would love it to be a little warmer with with no rain currently in the forecast, I'm a happy girl!

The Problem with Cake

The problem with cake is that every flavor is good. Our baker, Gwen, has so many delicious flavors on her "menu" that Gary and I ended up having her bake us about six little cakes before we decided on our flavors. We're getting down to the wire now so we went last night for our last tasting and to finalize the design. So what did we end up with?

White Amaretto cake with Raspberry Cream filling

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake with Peanut Butter Cream filling

Apple Spice cake with Cream Cheese filling

And as for design, I only pulled one inspiration photo the entire 6 months that I've been scouring wedding magazines and blogs. And so here it is:

I liked it because it was simple and classic. Our ribbon will be red instead of orange and the flowers on top will be whatever our florist comes up with!

New Wedding 'Do

Despite the fact that Gary likes my hair better light, I wanted to get it dyed darker before the wedding. I prefer my hair dark and it fits in well with the fall theme. So just as all of the things you read about getting your hair done before your wedding, I went about two weeks out just in case anything crazy happened (like the purple hair from my latest wedding nightmare).

I definitely got dark...and I LOVE it! I don't think this picture does is justice...I think it looks darker in person. It felt good to have a trim too! I've been growing it out since we got engaged and my ends were getting pretty scraggily. So what do you think?