Wedding Dress!!!!

Well, no pictures allowed, since this is a public blog now and we don't want Rex to see--but I found the dress of my dreams!!!  (I think!)  Kel and Ariel helped me go around to a couple different places--a bridal salon on J Street and David's Bridal in Roseville--and it just so happened we found one that I love at the first shop we went to.  I'm not deciding ANYTHING for sure YET because I want my Mom and Rex's Mom to see me in it and give their motherly approvals, but for now I am SO excited!!  I could barely sleep last night because Dad said, "Don't worry, Steph, if it's the dress you want, we'll make it work!"  I can't help but feel I have the best friends and family in the world!  Ariel said, "When you were in that dress, you OWNED it."  Haha, she's so funny.  And Kel was awesome enough to bring a camera and take photos.  Hooray for friends helping me go wedding dress shopping!!  Now I'm beginning to realize what other stuff I need to shop for and I'm getting frantic feeling I need to pick things out.  Something for my ears, my head if Grammy's Tiara doesn't work out, a bolero or shawl...Good grief!  Calm down, Steph, the weddings still practically a year away!  But all I want to do right now is think about the wedding.  Ah, I'm becoming obsessed!

On another note, my Dad's offer to take care of the dress no matter what reminded me what a drastic change my life will be going through.  I will no longer be a "Fry."  My immediate family will no longer be the "Luke Fry Family," but the "Rex Rallanka Family."  I can't believe it.  I'm so excited and moved by this tremendous realization that I'm shaking and I can barely concentrate.  I'm not sure what to do with my energy!!  Wedding workouts is a good start, haha.  Dad took me to yoga last night, and thank goodness she did a lot of ab work, because I needed to burn some energy!  Just a little bit at a time, I've to remember.  I can't go too crazy or I'll go off the deepend.  Just a little one thing at a time.

Trying on Wedding Dresses

Egads!  Today I'm trying on wedding dresses.  The sole purpose of this outting is to prove to myself that, Yes! I can indeed look good in an all white, fitted gown that is supposed to make me feel all warm, fuzzy and bridal  inside.  I don't know about getting any warm fuzzy feelings from any of these dresses, and if I do, I betcha it'll be one of the $10,000 ones, but that goes to show you my pessimistic outlook---which I am attempting to undo a little bit today!  As my friend Cat says, "Dream!  Anything is possible!"  Just gotta see what's out there and what might look good on this body.  Thanks everybody for the support on this blog.  I know everyone's a busy person, so it's precious time out of your day and I love you for it.

Love,
Steph

Welcome Bloggers and Blog Readers! :D

Greetings! friends, family--Frys and Rallankas alike!--and all those interested in reading about the progress in our wedding planning.  God surely knows I'm going to need everyone's help, so my mother and sister invented this  group blog idea where we could all contribute and communicate with one another about "Ideas for Rex's and Stephanie's Wedding."  Excellent.  Sounds like more fun than all the actual shopping, haggling, dealing with vendors, etc. 

First off, I want express my deep love and affection for each and every one of you who will be involved or reading this blog.  As some of you know, I've been having bridal breakdowns lately, consisting of tears of, "I'm not going to be pretty enough for my wedding day!" and "I'm not going to be stable enough on my wedding day!  Bipolar's going to ruin it!"  So God again knows well that I need your support, and I think my sister, Sarah, is right: this blog is a great opportunity to let my loved ones rally round.  And, not only that, but to welcome my new family members into the fold of my life in a very real, down to earth way.

Love, Steph