Wedding Progess Update!!

Hi everyone!! I wanted to share some wedding progress with you all!
We have set an official date!! September 7, 2012!
We have booked a ceremony/reception cite!! Stratigos Banquet Hall in Irwin, Pa
We have set up a photographer!! The amazingly talented Amanda Wilson! (I'm giving her a little shout out here because i LOVE her photos, and she is the most down to earth, easy going, laid back person i've ever met and i'm so excited for her to take my picture! That says alot because i'm used to being behind the lens and hate having my picture taken!
We have a DJ! M*, a friend of D's is going to take care of it all! He's the man! (and he's cheap!!)
I have a prototype for the boutonnieres made up and i've made 10 paper flowers for them already. (photos to come soon!)
I have a huge list of silly items that i have to buy. They are ridiculously priced things ranging from $2.49 to $39.99 but fear not because i am a craft coupon queen!! Nothing will be purchased at full price! From card boxes to aisle runners i have 50% off JoAnn's coupons to make my purchases cheap! GO ME!

April 9th is bridesmaids day. Well the Trovato-Pope Wedding Bridesmaid day.
What does this extravaganza consist of?
Heh. I'm making my girls get up for 10 am (theres a good reason i promise- i'm not crazy i swear!) and we are trying on dresses at Alfred Angelo. Andrea the wonderful manager of the Monroeville store is our helper. She knows her stuff and i prefer her to the other store associates (one was mean to me and i complained- eek!) And she only had 10 am or 1pm available. We are also going to have lunch and tasty adult beverages after dresses (10am appt because if we did 1pm we'd have to do lunch first as not to be hungry and cranky and getting drunk at 11am didn't seem too appropriate).
So there will be big girls day out, and a chance for some of my girls to get to know the ones they have only met a few times!
I'm excited!! Its a much needed break from work and real life and its one of the more fun parts of planning a wedding.

OH! And i have also picked a dress!! I can tell you that its a Maggie Soterra and its GORGEOUS!!! I look at the picture pretty much every single day and imagine D's face when he sees me in it for the first time.
Man i love that man. <3