lyn | Another Damn Wedding

the easy part

Posted by lyn | Jan 11, 2010 | planning | 3

Involves flowers. Our venue, being outdoors, already has flowers. Growing out of the ground! I...

really? because i was liking the antler idea

Posted by lyn | Jan 8, 2010 | favorites, philosophy | 3

29 years. 29 years of life and thus far I’ve not wasted one second of it thinking about what kind of centerpieces ought to go on tables.* So why should I start now? Oh. Oh that’s right, I’m getting married....

all i wanted was tenderness but all i got was this damn STD

Posted by lyn | Jan 6, 2010 | planning | 6

Thanks, guys, for your words of encouragement. I’m feeling better than I was this morning. It helps that I am currently pretending I have no such thing as a wedding to plan (sorry, beau). Also, I have listened to General...

knew it was coming

Posted by lyn | Jan 6, 2010 | planning | 4

Holy crap, it’s 2010. That means I’m getting married this year. In less than nine and a half months. Holy crap holy crap holy crap. Omigod omigod omigod. Suddenly, what felt so far off one week ago feels like...

those in the know

Posted by lyn | Jan 5, 2010 | philosophy | 4

As a person who is scheduled to spend the rest of her life with some dude, I have a vested interest in this whole “marriage” thing. I want to learn more about it. I want to hear about what’s it’s like,...

all these courtyards an’ all these fountains in here, somebody here gon’ wed

Posted by lyn | Jan 4, 2010 | planning | 2

Our venue has two, count them, two fountains. Oh yeah. This was the sole reason we chose this...

auld lang pine*

Posted by lyn | Dec 31, 2009 | philosophy | 0

I had to come back for a minute and share with you some quality insight from my brigadier of honor, with regard to the rosette dress in the previous post. I am even going to do that fancy thing where I put it in blockquote...

the hunt is on

Posted by lyn | Dec 30, 2009 | planning | 7

Hi! How are you? I am fine. I am back from Virginia, and more importantly, I am back with two bridal stores under my belt.* The first store was rather, erm, traditional. I should have known something was up when I asked the...

winter holiday

Posted by lyn | Dec 21, 2009 | planning | 0

If you’re looking for some last minute gifts, you can’t go wrong with half a nightie and whiskey toothpaste. Frankly, I think the copywriters for this ad from the November 1960 House Beautiful had been brushing their...

i fought the wedding industry and the wedding industry won

Posted by lyn | Dec 19, 2009 | planning | 3

I did it. I bought one. My sole consolation is that Christina Hendricks is on the front.

dress list

Posted by lyn | Dec 18, 2009 | planning | 5

Wow. Another wedding dress post. You guys must be ecstatic. You probably woke up today and hurried...

overthinking alert

Posted by lyn | Dec 17, 2009 | planning | 1

I never intended to start a theme, here, but I’m officially going to call this week out as dress week. Because dresses seem to be all I’m thinking/writing about lately. Today I began making appointments at bridal...

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