Yesterday is the official benchmark... 9 more months until I become Mrs. Pollard! I am so excited that it's getting closer but I actually also started getting my first signs of stress... 9 months is still a lot of time however I broke down yesterday. 2 months ago I got an invitation in the mail for a bridal show that is happening November 12th (which is now today). In this invitation it said it was a 10 hour event.. check in is at 8:30am and it will go until 7pm... there will be lunch, a fashion show, vendors, prizes, bachelorette bowling part with pizza and drinks, etc. etc... and says the the bride needs to be signed up for the entire day of events to be eligible for drawings and the $1000 cash prize.
I have gone to 3 wedding shows within the past year and it has only been with my mother... I thought that this sounded like it could be fun... all though it makes for a very long day at least they had tons going on that I wouldn't be bored... sorta like a convention... the idea of bonding and bowling with my bridesmaids sounded fun too. So upon receiving that invitation in August I began trying to coordinate with my 5 bridesmaids to see if they could come with me to this event. Right away I had 2 of them say yes as they are typically not busy and know their work schedule would not conflict... my maid of honor who lives in Milwaukee only visits on some weekend and she told me she didn't know if she would have to work that weekend.. the other 2 did not respond right away... Anyway some time passed my 2 yeses stayed solid and my maid of honor then told me no that she has to work that weekend... I got a 3rd yes... and the last one said she has to work but she may be able to make some of it. Then more time passed and my 1 yes that I had just gained said she cannot because her dad may be going in for surgery that weekend but my maid of honor who said she would have to work said she doesn't have to work and she can go... however one of my original yeses told me that another friend of her's that is also getting married is having her bachelorette party on that day as well and that she may only be able to come for part of it... and then yesterday I got contacted by 3 of my bridesmaids... the one who said she may be able to go for some of it retracted from her earlier statement telling me now that she won't able to go at all because she is bowling until midnight, needs sleep, and then leaves for the bacherlorette party @ 1... Frustrated and tired of having my bridesmaids trying to bail on me as I had only gotten 1 solid yes that didn't fluctuate...
I was also concerned at the lack of advertising for the bridal show... I had only gotten the invite and a few weeks ago when I went to the site holding the event there was a contest to enter to win 2 free entry tickets. So yesterday I went online and checked the facebook pages of the bridal shop holding the event and of the place it's being held... only a post on October 9th mentioned it and gave the date and time... then I checked both their official websites... that contest was no longer up on that one and nether mentioned it... so I called the place it was being held... went to voicemail.. then called the place that was holding it only to find out that the event was canceled due to lack of vendors.... and they didn't announce it? So now I become even more frustrated... seeing as I had 2 yeses and 1 can go for a part of it and 1 that can maybe do something before her bachelorette party I decided maybe I can take the day and change it into finally searching for their bridesmaid dresses since it is soo hard to even round them up and get them together for anything I can at least get most of them to go dress shopping... so after bouncing that plan off of 4 heads and picking a time... I go to the website of the bridal shop to check store opening and to book an appointment and they are booked solid on Saturday... I called and they confirmed and said there is no way they can handle us if we come in... So now it's back to people having off on opposite days of each other...
I'm 9 months from my wedding day and I am stressed because I bought my wedding gown 8 months ago from them and I haven't heard back from them on when it will be in... which makes me nervous if I can't even get my dress within a 9 month period I am really cutting it close with my bridesmaids too... and things aren't even looking up as though I can get them in some other time this month even... I couldn't help but cry... first from stress.. and also from the lack dedication my best friends have... I can understand but also I had tried to plan this 2 months in advance and struggled to keep them on board... it wasn't an emergency and not an essential part of my wedding and it wouldn't have been able to happen anyway but it didn't really feel like anybody cared and I did....
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