I think I just met my new best friend

Seriously. She's on Weddingbee. And her name is ProudPeacockBride. Well, on there.

And she posted a response to someone else's wedding question with this link!!

Since I know alot of you aren't going to click the link to see what it is, I'll tell you:


It's a tutorial for how to make a CONVERTIBLE DRESS!!


What's that? I can MAKE the dresses I've been pining over for weeks? And a WHOLE LOT cheaper than I can buy them? Yeah, that's what I thought. Win ALL AROUND!


Check out the pictures:




It's that easy people! Seriously. I'm gonna start trying this NOW!




Take a look at this dress. Then click on over to the Twobirdsbridesmaid website. See any similarities?



Here's one of the styles in action!

So, yeah, I'm really excited!

two birds, one dress?

Has anybody else heard of twobirds bridesmaids? If you haven't, check it out, they're awesome. My bridesmaids come in all shapes and sizes ... short, tall, thin, curvy...you name it, my amazing girls have got it. So finding a dress to flatter them all? Impossible. I don't like matching dresses anyway. I just don't.

As I was browsing the interwebs for fabulous bridesmaid dress ideas I stumbled upon these dresses. Basically, it's the same dress wrapped/tied/what-have-you different ways. So, the bridesmaids can choose the best style for them!!

Check out some of their options:

What a pretty teal! And a cool way to wrap the dress!


I swoon over these rosettes. How cute would these be with the flower girl in the tutu with rosettes? Can we say romantic?


The red here is just striking - and look at all the different ways the girls can style themselves!


This look would be great for one of my more-conservative bridesmaids. The sleeves are simply, pretty, and romantic!


I love this option because I would want to separate my MOH (more on that dilema later) from the other girls - because it's such a big responsibility and (in my opinion) honor!

*all pictures taken from twobirds website*

So - I love these dresses. I've been sitting on the thought of this post for quite some time. They come in any color I could dream of, can accomodate every girl's style, keeps my idea of matching-but-not-matching (are you still with me?) dresses, but have one problem.

They're priced at a minimum of $270. How can I actually expect my girls to shell out that much money for me? I know I sure as heck can't afford that. Even though the dresses are really practical and I'm pretty sure I'd let each girl choose her own color ... I'm not sure they'll go for this. Each of them has their own interesting disposition but only 2 of them could easily drop this money on a dress for my day.

So, I ask you, what's a girl to do? I love the whimsy, romance, and flexibility of these dresses ... but I just.can't.justify.the.price. Any other ideas ladies?

FinallyI stopped feeling bad about all my wedding blog browsing. Thank God. I was starting to feel crazy. Especially since I'm not engaged. Especially since Loverboy and I haven't been together all that long really. Especially since, well, I'm NOT THAT GIRL. Or at least I thought I wasn't. I guess you can surprise even yourself when it comes to weddings.
So the story goes like this -
Loverboy and I have talked about engagement. He fully intends to marry me after basic training. And I am soooooo on board. He's been in school and unemployed for the past six months until last week when a friend of mine offered him a job. Yay! It's not the best job, but it's something. So now hopefully we'll be able to get an apartment together soon. And maybe he'll be able to afford that ring without the basic training money. Because that money needs to go to our one-hell-of-a-party-love-celebration! Haha.
He's told me he's even thinking of ways to propose to me. He knows me pretty darn well so knows I want something big. Just like he knows I'm going to want alot of my loved ones at my wedding - I love people - I want them to share my happy moments with me! I think that makes sense anyway. But anyway - he offered to tell me the ideas he's had. And as much as I want to hear them, I don't wanna know - I already know the timeframe (ish) of the proposal but I don't want ALL of the details. I like surprises. I think.
I can't wait, basically. But I also can't help stressing out about all of this. A wedding. Me. Loverboy. Lots of money we just don't have. If I could have a huge wedding/party for $1,000 I'd be set. Of course, we like typical wedding things - warm weather to get married in, pretty venue, alcohol at the reception ... and these things tend to mean more money. And we're broke. Well, really, we're beyond broke. I pretty much don't see a penny of my paycheck in reality. And he just started getting paychecks again.
So I'm not engaged. But I will be. I'm broke. But I won't be? (yes, a little more hesitation on that one) and I just can't wait to be married. But I'm stressed. Yay for that.

So now that I've let you into my stream of consciousness ... I guess I'm out. But I wanted to thank all of the other pre-engaged girls that are blogging about weddings. At least I'm not alone.