ONE. MONTH.

Just wanted to announce that. Everything is going according to plan and we got lots done last weekend. Yay!

One month to go!

Since Last Time: Erin Edition

1. Erin turned 26.

2. Erin, Anna & Heather started working on the bouquets!

3. Erin watched 2 more wedding movies. "Bride Wars" & "I Do & I Don't."

4. Erin had a bachelorette party. Complete with pictures, even!

5. Erin had a nightmare about her first dress fitting (this Saturday!) where the dress was the same except there was a front panel that was bright turquoise. (Spoiler alert: my dress does NOT have a bright turquoise accent on the front.)

6. Erin made an obsessive list of Things to Do for this weekend upstate.


And, today, Tim is 21! So soon I will add "Erin went to a bar with her little brother" to the list.

Hopefully.

Not My Family Wedding

Last Sunday I watched Our Family Wedding, starring everyone's favorite "curvy girl," America Ferrera. What's that? You're not familiar with this movie? Well, it came out in 2010 and is about a Mexican girl who is going to marry a black guy and obviously hilarity ensues around every corner.

I really should have live-blogged the experience because I certainly don't remember all the parts that I need to. But, spoiler alert, first the families (specifically the dads) hate each other and then everyone gets along. There's also a bit about a goat eating Viagra (what is this, Bachelor Party?!)

Perhaps I was drawn to the movie because last weekend was Jimmy's bachelor party (I hear there are no pictures of the event so I can only assume it was EXACTLY like Tom Hanks told me it would be) and I needed some girl time (I made a point not to tell our guests, Jon & Evan that I was watching this movie, btw. - don't judge me, guys) or maybe it's just because this was the movie Netflix sent the fastest.

Regardless of the reason, the movie mostly frustrated me because our wedding is so soon and I feel like nothing will be ready in time and then I'm watching these jerks throw together a pretty wedding in 3 weeks or something with only hilarity and families not getting along.

It's under 2 months away and I think I'm going to be watching a lot more girly wedding movies as the time approaches. I also think I'm going to be on a time crunch for the whole time until October 9th. Here's hoping (and knowing) that eventually we will get married and the day will wrap up like a madcap wedding movie adventure should. Similar to this photo:

But minus that weird goat part.

Almost 2 Months Away!

Remember on The Office, when Angela has to remind Michael that Phyllis' bridal shower is girls only?

Michael: The guys are having a little shindig of their own in the warehouse. From 2:30 to 3:15. That is the only time that Bob was available. Sort of a guys' night out. A 'G-N-O' if you will. A 'gno.' Actually it's more of a guys' afternoon in. A G-A-I. A gay. Not-- not... it's uh, not gay. It's, uh, just uh, it's a bridal shower for guys. A guy shower. An hour long shower with guys.

That was not related to my bridal shower at all. It just makes me laugh.

I had my bridal shower a couple weeks ago and it was a blast. Tons of great food & drinks & people. Thrown by the always crafty Anna and her mom, Jane. There was a great mixture of Schenectady, NYU, family and work people all in the same spot.

Erin & Maid of Honor, Anna

Decor!

Schenectady girls: Regina, Becky, Mallory, Erin & Anna

I was SO so happy to see so many High School/Schenectady friends that I don't see near enough! The big surprise of the weekend was one Ms. Christina Mar being in attendance! You might remember her as one of my bridesmaids. She surprised me by flying out for the shower which was amazing.

College friends: Sarah, Erin, Christine, Christina

The week before I got to see the other 2 bridesmaids in Vegas! I was traveling for work and ended up starting the trip in Vegas. Jimmy's sister, Claire, had just moved there and Jessie lives in L.A. so she drove out to meet up with us. I didn't have a ton of time to do stuff but had fun nonetheless. (Even had a fake bachelorette party!)

Erin face.

Here are some more pictures of the party. I was convinced I would be a really awkward gift-receiver but I think I did an OK job. But I really had an amazing time and it just made me realize how close the wedding is and how excited I am for everything and how much I miss people who I don't get to see on a regular basis.

Also, Heather made me the amazing hat/bouquet combo shown below. She has a real talent for this. Call me if you'd like to hire her.

We Coulda Been Super Nerds.

Back on March 19, 1995, I was in 5th grade. In school I was reading "Ferret in the Bedroom, Lizards in the Fridge" or "Hatchet," writing stories that used lines like "Thruway? The only WAY THRU here I know is..." and getting used to the first 3 months of braces. I imagine Jimmy was doing similar things except he didn't have braces yet.

The thing I know we had in common back in 1995 (and still do in 2010, of course) is our love for The Simpsons. So I can say with almost 100% certainty that we both saw "Lisa's Wedding" on March 19th as it first aired (tho I was in Eastern time and Jimmy was in "Mountain time" - whatever that means - so I know I beat him to watching it).

We've already referenced the episode, Lisa's Wedding, in this post: http://erinandjimmygethitched.blogspot.com/2010/01/and-it-goes-on-like-this.html and the last time we watched it this year we realized it was supposed to take place in 2010. Craziness.

Thanks to a friend on Twitter, I realized that Lisa's actual wedding is supposed to take place, today, August 1, 2010.

I can guarantee that I was NOT thinking about my own wedding back in 1995. And also, that I did NOT think I'd be getting married in 2010, since I remember watching this episode and thinking that it took place in a time too far in the future to matter to me. Lisa was supposed to be 23 in 2010 and I am 25 (so I guess I am Bart's age, afterall) so it's not completely the same but still.

So, today, raise a glass to Lisa & Hugh and the wedding that never happened by throwing on some pig bride and groom cufflinks and chillin' with your pet esquilax.

Erin and Jimmy's Big Score

It's now three months until the crazy shindig known as the Erin/Jimmy nuptual extravaganza goes down, and things are getting pretty real. This is about the time when all the wacky ideas that have been brewing in our collective grey matter for the last half a year (or more) start to get put into action.

I don't want to give any of the specifics away, but last week Erin's father, the amazing Mr. Geof Huth, came through with a truly fantastic design for our invitations, and is getting them printed for us as we speak. Geof is, for those who are unaware, a quite accomplished visual poet with a staggering intellect for linguistic deconstruction and a great eye for typography, but was thankfully willing to slum it in the practical design world as a favor. We had investigated several of the mass-produced templates that are available from printers online, and even found a few that we liked, but really we wouldn't have wanted these things done any other way, and ultimately I enjoy the fact that our invitations are going to arrive at our guests' doorsteps with both a style that is uniquely our own and a personal family touch.

So I just wanted to devote this post to all of our friends and family we have putting their creative abilities to work to help us make this wedding awesome. Again, I don't want to give too much away by getting into specifics (I'll try to give some more personal shout-outs after the fact), but we've got folks helping us out with everything from the food to the decor to the music, and we couldn't be more excited. I don't think we could make this into the kind of event that we could stand behind without their help.

Also it fulfills my action/heist movie fantasy of assembling a ragtag team of misfit specialists to pool their skills to make something impossible happen. I just hope when this is all done they're not disappointed with their cut of the loot.

Surprise!

I arrived home yesterday to a box from Ms. Christina Mar, bridesmaid extraordinaire. I was not prepared for what was inside. Do not worry, it was NOT a human head.

Oooh, pretty!

Bride Wars?! I can't wait to see what else is inside!

O.M.G.

So basically this is the most hilarious box of stuff I have ever seen and I can't wait to watch/read everything (spoiler alert: Barbie LOVES weddings!).

I actually recently watched Bride Wars (from Netflix) as well as 27 Dresses, in an attempt to watch crazy, girly, wedding movies before the wedding. Last night, Laura, Anna and I watched Bachelor Party (Jimmy was there, too but he fell asleep) starring Tom Hanks. Pretty insane. It taught me that apparently you could do whatever you wanted in movies in the 80's: be racist, act like "hookers" are a normal party of a bachelor party and literally show a donkey doing drugs on screen. Wow. If you haven't seen it...you probably should.