Wedding Belle's Venue

We've decided on a venue!

I am 187 days, and 17 hours away from my wedding! 

And according to all the wedding websites and magazines about 66 items behind schedule of where I should be right now.

Oh well! Lets just celebrate the little things... like my venue!!!!
We will be having a Rustic, Southern Comfort themed wedding at a lovely place called,
The Ranch at San Patricio.

I can not wait to bring our own touch to this already breathtaking venue! 

And you better believe there are going to be some bridal pictures taken with a horse or a cow or something!

- MOO 

A Look at Wedding Belle's Ring

Wedding Belle's Ring 
It's the blog's namesake for crying out loud, I can't not tell you how I got my ring!


So If you read my story on how my fiancé "proposed", you might have guessed there was no ring involved at first. I purchased my dress before I even had a ring. That was awkward.

So now I'm technically engaged, have a dress on order, but no ring to show for it. My fiancé is not a shopper in the least bit. So he gave me a budget and said let me know when you find it. Let's be real... the budget was a little (LITTLE) disheartening at first. The only thing I could afford at the big name stores were these rinkydink tin foil rings that were more metal than anything else. So I had to get creative. I left no store with a jewelry counter unvisited.

It's so true, your greatest victory always happens right before you're ready to give up. On a break from ring shopping, I took my mom to the Sam's Club for our monthly ration of  T.P. and mayonnaise (we make lots of sandwiches) and there it was like a shining beacon of glory! The Sam's Club Jewelry Counter. (All my singing angels out there join in, Hallelujah!!!)

I found the most beautiful ring in the entire world, and it was in my budget. I kid you not, I had seen the exact SAME ring in a department store jewelry counter for double the price. Who knew Sam's Club could be your one stop shop for all your Newlywed dreams and beyond. 

1. My Ring!
2. Mayonase 'cause lawd knows I only know how to cook one thing so it's going to be deli sandwiches every other night.
3. And after that first year, you can buy your bulk baby diapers haha

Oh Sam's Club you will forever hold a special place in my heart. 

I give you, Wedding Belle's Ring!

I couldn't be happier with another ring, it is just perfect!

What To Do, What To Do?

What To Do, What To Do?!?

So, I'm engaged. Now what?

Am I the only person when making a ToDo List writes, "Make a ToDo List" as the first item on the list? I always feel so accomplished when I can check that off! 

I never knew there were so many things involved in making a wedding happen. In reading all of the books and magazines on planning I think, REALLY? Why do you even need that?!? 

Example: Wedding Programs. 

Why do you need a Wedding Program? I'll tell ya what's going to happen.

1. Music Starts.

2. We Get Married.

3. We Eat.

4. Music Starts. 

5. We Party!

Just seems like a waste of trees and money to me. 

I don't know why you need all of this stuff, but to help you check one more thing off your 'ToDo' here is a precompiled list of things "They" say you need for your wedding. 

Click here to download the Wedding Checklist

Goodnight - That's a lot of stuff!!! 

I wouldn't have even thought of half this on my own. A list like this is a great place to start, but don't get too caught up in what you think you should be doing, and lose sight of what you want! 

I want my wedding to be more like a giant party than a formal cookie cutter. (Don't ask me how exactly I'm going to accomplish this 'cause I don't know just yet! lol)

I like this quote I found on a Welsh wedding planning blog called Cwtch.

OMIGADUGUYS I'm Getting Married! - Wedding Belle's Proposal

OMIGADUGUYS I'm Getting Married! 
And it only took 7 years and the threat of his younger sister tying the knot before him to get that fire lit.

Wedding Belle's Proposal

When we officially came out on Facebook as "Engaged" I had a hundred people ask me, "How did he propose?!?" - "OMG what was the proposal like?" I wish I had some grand story about the beach at sunset or a baseball game jumbotron Kiss Cam turned proposal, but alas after 7 years I'll take what I can get!

Here's the story: I'd been dropping not so subtle hints since my Grad School graduation that it was time to either poop or get off the pot if ya' know what I mean. He obviously was not catching the drift of my metaphor, and my hints were falling on deaf ears. I had very bitterly given up and just assumed that I was going to be "that girl" with the common law-live in-more than boyfriend-but not husbanded-babydaddy and that was that.

Then one day he calls me out of the blue and says, "Soooooo... My sister's boyfriend just asked her to marry him, and they're getting married in August of next year. So someone needs to get their sh*t together, 'cause we need to get married before them or everyone will be broke and we'll get all the crappy presents."

I'm sorry - What?!? "...someone needs to get their sh*t together...?"!!!!! I have a Master's Degree. I have a good job. I am emotionally and MENTALLY STABLE AND READY TO COMMIT TO A MARRIAGE!!!!!!!! WHO exactly needs to get their sh*t together?!?!?!?


So the very next day I went to David's Bridal, and got my shiz together. I sent him this photo text as I left that simply read, "Just so you know, I'm ready to get married whenever."

And that is the story I get to tell my grandchildren of how Grandpa proposed to Mamaw -Excellent.