If i only had one more finger...

...then i would be able to count on my hands the days until the wedding! =) haha. but then again- then i would have 11 fingers. dont know if that would be so much of a good thing. so.. in the past two weeks.. online alone- we've spent a total of $668.45 on favors, and cake topper, and cake cutters and servers, and unity sand, and centerpieces, and champagne flutes, and a bunch of other way too expensive things i'm told are necessities for a wedding.. here i am thinking i am saving a bunch of money by being thrifty, but no. there is only so much i can do. and blowing glass into a champagne flute is one thing i cant do. nor can i engrave things in steel. can't i just have a backyard bbq? or get married while tailgating at Miller Park? (i'm sure Dan would love that idea!!) haha.. only kidding. i'm looking forward to the wedding. i think it's gonna be as beautiful as it will be a blast.. after that- it's relaxin time for Katie! yay! =)
well, i got my JJ bobblehead the other day. traded a Prince for a Weeks, and a JJ for a Braun =) i'll get 'em all sometime soon! too bad Corey's is the day after the wedding, i dont think i'll be so lucky to get that one. i'll have to find him on eBay.
more bragging about Bosley is due now- go to www.wisn.com and vote for Bosley on Brady in the A-List for seafood. i think we're still winning, but only by a little bit.
and now- i wanna rant about ribbon. since there is basically no where within 2 hours for my cake lady to go where she can get ribbon for our cake, i told her i'd take my color swatch to Michaels here in Milwaukee and get her a spool and bring it to her before the wedding. so- i go way over the Michaels on Brown Deer. i assume they will have a huge selection of ribbon. they do. the only thing is, only a whopping two different shades of green. both- totally off from the clover of the bridesmaids' dresses. so i decide to check two different Walmarts. same thing. 8 million pinks, two greens. two horrible puky greens. so i drive way over by Davids Bridal on the south side, where there is also a JoAnne's in the same shopping center. i figure- they have to have David's Bridal colors of ribbon here. it's a hop, skip, and a jump away. people like me would think to only go to that shop for ribbon to match their dresses if they got their dresses from Davids Bridal next door. it would be a huge business. ribbon for cakes, ribbon for flower girl baskets, ribbon for bridal bouquets, ribbon for bows on chairs and such.. you get the idea. but guess what? this time.. maybe 3 different greens. one over the top blinding green, one green so dark green it is almost black, and one puke green. great. so i buy the blinding green because there is no where else i can think to go. just in case someone out there is reading this who can fix this dilema- do it. i mean, i found a website who made unity sand to match every color swatch David's Bridal has. ribbons should be easier to get to match every color of a dress.. they are fabrics. get on the bandwagon. weddings are a huge money business! (just in case you missed that message a couple paragraphs up.)
well, now i am off to make some programs... i'm so thrifty =)

look what i did!

i did this!

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and this!

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Yay for Bosley on Brady!

All kinds of good reviews are coming around for us.. In Milwaukee's business magazine, they had an article with Milwaukee area's top 25 restaurants.. we're on it! Also, our ZAGAT reviews put us right up there with Lake Park Bistro and Bacchus. They're about tied with us, and of course Sanford's and Dream Dance were rated more highly, but this is awesome! Our service is rated at a 26! Go me! And dan! =) And the rest of the servers and kitchen staff =) The Shepherd Express has begun it's voting for the Best of Milwaukee.. So i think you should pick up one of their newspapers, turn to page 41, and vote for Bosley on Brady! You can write us in for best Carribbean restaurant (even though we're Key Western.. there is no category for that) and for best seafood, and for best happy hour (if you haven't been- we have happy hour from 4 to 6 Monday through Friday. Half off any drink with alcohol [excluding some of our big wines] and half off all of our appetizers) plus, Jonathan is the best bartender in Milwaukee. (you can vote him in, too) and our appetizers are amazing... Pistachio encrusted scallops, tempura green beans, fried green tomato with lump crab meat and hollandaise, crab cake, calamari, ceviche martini, PEI mussels, coconut shrimp, crab and artichoke dip, and our homemade potato and zucchini chips drizzled with melted gorgonzola and bleu cheeses. yumm! so we have the best appetizers in milwaukee.. and as you can tell, i am a server who loves what i do and loves that place- so vote service, too =)
well, i am actually really hungry now, so i have to go find something to eat!

Bridal Shower

I just wanted to thank everyone for the gifts on sunday. and for everyone who couldnt make it, we missed you! but we'll be seeing you soon enough! well.. good news- my bachelorette party is over =) haha.. man was that an embarrassing night. for the bad news- dans is coming up next! oh boy! we have a month left until the wedding, and we have barely any spare time to do anything. hair cut appointmets, dentist appointments, brewer games, visiting up to door county, working... planning, planning, planning =) we picked out the centerpieces idea. it'll be just a simple bowl and floating candles with rocks and flowers and stuff. but cool rocks.. rocks from Chambers Island off of Fish Creek in Door Co. i am still undecided on my bouquet... everything i come up with seems that it will clash with my dress.. i have an order in.. well, an order or two anyways.. but i just dont feel right about the flowers. thankfully, our florist is a family friend- and i promise- this is the only thing i am going "bridezilla" on.. and i will be content as soon as i figure out what kind of flowers i want... and that will be the last of Bridezilla Katie. =) so there.

p.s.
a month left! yay!