FYI...

I just wanted to post a little diddy and let you guys know that the CCB is on Facebook... I am a Facebook (well, social media in general) addict and I follow all of my favorite blogs on Facebook, just to see what little tidbits of information they might offer via FB that is not on the blog. 

If you're interested, here is the link for FB. The CCB is also on Twitter, so if you Tweet, be sweet and follow me. (Sorry, bad joke.)

It's Sunday morning and my mom and I already made a quick trip north for one of our flowergirls to try on her dress (which fit AWESOME btw, a little big, but that is good since she had 6 months to grow.) Can't wait to see our other flower girl in it.

On the agenda for the rest of the day? Clean the house, laundry, pack for my work trip this week, get a workout in (outside hopefully - it's a whopping 40* outside!) and perhaps do a mock-up of our boutonnieres. Maybe I'll also finish glueing the crystals on the unity candle...

What am I going to do with all my time after August 27th? 

Practically Stealin'

The MIAB (Missing in Action Bride) is back! Reason for my long hiatus? Lots of wedding projects of course. :) Lots of updates coming. But I wanted to post a couple of STEALS I have gotten in the past month.

First - the flower girl dresses. I was walking through Target about a month ago when I stopped dead. in. my. tracks. Right in front of me was a rack of beautiful, poofy, little girls dresses in white. I told myself there was no way there was a 2T AND a 5T on the rack, but I calmly walked over to the rack to check it out. Low and behold, there was a dress in each size I needed for the girls, in the color I wanted!!! Best part!?! $20 each!!!

I am having my seamstress add a couple of extra layers of tool for some extra poof - you can never have too much poof before age 6. We are also going to add a Lapis sash to each of them, which are only $10 at David's. Hopefully with the extra tool and sash, the total for each dress should be less than $40, not bad considering the cheapest alternate I had found was $80!

Next up: my rehearsal dinner dress... Yes, the wedding is still 6 1/2 months away and I have a dress for rehearsal dinner, but wait until you hear this... I had been eyeing this dress at Younkers since right after Christmas, but I just could not justify the $168 price tag. (And I am VERY good at justifying ANYTHING). So I was at Younkers today with my mom, looking for a MOB dress and I wandered over to the clearance rack. The 75% off clearance rack. And I saw my dress. There was only one left on the rack. "It will be a size 12" I told myself as I reached for it. I turned the tag over and... SIZE 6!!! My size!!!

I tried it on to be sure, and it fit PERFECTLY. With 75% off, my grand total came to $37 and some change. Yep! $168 to $37. Done deal. 

This dress also gives me a chance to wear the kick ass purple Jessica Simpson heals that I impulsively bought before I bought my wedding dress and figured out that I am too tall and need to wear flats with my wedding dress. Now I just need to find a really awesome necklace for it... Preferably purple... 

My advice: Be patient, check unconventional places for what you're looking for and keep checking back for sales.