Dresses, Baby Fever, and Speech Pathology

Ever since Jonathan popped the question, I’ve been stressing about finding a dress never the less finding the dress. It really is hard to find a wedding dress shop that caters to plus-size girls, but the lady at a store here where I live told me about this company Aurora and showed me their catalog since they cater to plus size women and believe in dresses cut especially for a full-figured woman’s silhouette so it would be more flattering on my body. When I first looked at the catalog I fell in love with a specific dress and knew as soon as I saw it I had to have it. This started a frantic search for me to find someone who had that dress in stock or could order it for me. I found a website for a bridal shop in Snellville which is two hours away and they didn’t have that dress in but had a few others in my size so I went down there to try on some. I fell in love with a dress that had a fitted corset bodice with pick ups in the bottom, but it didn’t really light my candle like the dress in the catalog did. The owner informed me while we were trying on dresses that the specific dress I was looking for had already been ordered and would be in their store sometime in the month of January. She also said she would sell me the dress when it got in even though she rarely sells the dresses she has in stock since most brides order their dresses so they are tailor made for them.

Earlier this week, I received an e-mail from the owner telling me that the dress was being delivered Wednesday and she looked forward to me coming in to try it on. On Thursday, my mom, sister, and I drove the two hours to Snellville so I could try on the dress. When I first put it on, I felt comfortable in it and when I looked in the mirror I got all teary eyed. I knew that this was THE dress I was meant to wear. I had never been so excited and emotional in my life because trying on the dress made it so real. Oh my God, I’m getting married in May! It was like the realization hit me all at once and I was so excited for it. So needless to say, Thursday I shelled out a grand on my dress and veil, but honestly the price didn’t matter because for once in my life, I felt beautiful. I didn’t feel like just another fat girl, I felt like I mattered and I was beautiful in my own right and when I walk down the aisle I know all eyes will be on me. The dress also made my face glow with happiness and can’t wait to actually show Jonathan on our wedding day.

In other news, I have been needing my haircut for a while since I have to get my haircut every five weeks on the dot or it drives me crazy. This time, I waited seven weeks so you can imagine how agitated I was. I hate when my hair gets past a certain length because it bothers me on the back of my neck and shoulders. I decided I wanted to grow it out a little longer for the wedding so that means no cutting it short again, just trimming it. I did, however, find a certain hairstyle I wanted which is like Cate Ryan’s off of Life Unexpected. My hairdresser, Beth who is also my bridesmaid, thought the look would be cute on me but told me she’d use her razor scissors instead of doing layers since it’d be more manageable for me. She knows me so well since my idea of fixing my hair is blow drying it upside down and then straightening the front part and that’s it. I was also excited to get my haircut so I could see her baby. She has three adopted children and about a month ago she got a baby which is the other three’s brother. He is so adorable and holding him in my arms makes me excited for me and Jonathan to have children one day. I think Beth gave me baby fever, lol. Jonathan is just as excited evidently. Here are some pics of my new hair and of the ever-so-precious Mr. Aden-poo!

I have also been thinking about my future a lot here lately and trying to decide where I want to go get my Bachelor’s in Early Childhood Education at. That is going to be a big decision and I am also playing around with the idea of going for my Master’s in Speech Pathology but that is not set in stone yet. My sister has changed her major to Early Childhood as well so we are going to transfer at the same time and to the same school. I am trying to decide between West Georgia, Kennesaw State, Shorter, and Berry. I really like West Georgia’s program since they send their professors to the college I currently go to so it’d be close to home, but we’ll see what the future has in store for me. I am also adamantly looking for a part-time job. I did put in my application where an old family friend told me to since she said she could probably get me on there. I hope so because I could really use the extra money since our wedding is getting a little more expensive than we originally intended. We are now thinking about self-catering the reception which would be a lot of work but either way, I don’t care because all that matters is that I am marrying my best friend and the man of my dreams on that day.

Well, I need to run to the store to pick up the steaks and get those started. My sister gets off at 9 and then we’re going to cook out with the boyfriends. We also plan on watching a movie afterward. I really enjoy just spending nights in with Jonathan and then my sister and her boyfriend, Hayden. We have a lot of fun together and it’s good that Jonathan gets along with my family. So until next time, later loves!