Bridal Bonanza?

Or so I thought...

I attended my first Bridal Show today with my mom and sister in tow. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I can definitely say that I won't be attending another one. Here are some of my observations...

(1) Lots of couples. I didn't expect this. My fiance is involved somewhat in the planning, but I would never think to bring him to a Bridal Show. I picked up vendor information to share with him, but I would hate for him to have to deal with the insanity that it there. Anyway, to each his own..I just wasn't expecting this.

(2) Lots of Bride to be accessories out there. I saw girls wearing "The future mrs. (fill in your intended's last name)". I saw another girl carrying a totebag that said "Bride to Be". I had no idea there was a dress code for these events!

(3) Lots of women who'll openly embarass themself for a free (insert cake, vacation, photos, $25 gift card). There was a dance contest on stage and the winner won a free trip. It is one thing to shake your moneymaker a little. It is another thing entirely to recreate your routine from the Gold Club (a local stripclub). Yikes.

The tickets were $15 originally. Then they lowered them to $10. Then we had a $2 off coupon per person. However even at $8 a person, it was completely not worth it. There were only 2-3 photography vendors, cake vendor, and DJ vendor. Lots of real estate people plus the Sandals people. Otherwise it was pretty sparse. I did like that we got to taste some of the food. But I think I'll stick to doing my research on the internet and getting recommendations from friends. The bridal show isn't my cup of tea, but I hope some other brides found it helpful.

Welcome to my Wedding blog!

Hello! My wonderful fiance and I got engaged last month. I decided that having a blog would help me keep track of planning this very exciting and somewht stressful event! Plus, it would be nice to have an electronic record of all the hilarity that is sure to ensue. So thank you for stopping by!

I have a couple of topics I'd like to cover, but I'd like to start with what was going on in the first few days of our engagement. No more than 3 hours after getting engaged, friends, family and co-workers were all asking "When are you getting married?". I reacted the same to all of them by politely saying that my fiance and I were just enjoying the engagement and had not decided. But why would anyone think that we would already know? I mean, I was just getting used to seeing this lovely piece of sparkle on my hand! How the heck would we already know?

So for those of you who are already engaged or married...did this happen to you? Did everyone bombard you with the "When" question so soon?