Trollin'

This afternoon my mind has been wandering. Only 90 days until the wedding and I am bumming around the Internet looking for any interesting ideas.

To begin my afternoon of internet surfing I first landed on this website: Adam Graham Photography

I went to youth group with Adam while in high school and I wanted to look at his wedding photos. There are some very pretty pictures. He has such a cute kid. He also has a talented wife who makes her own soap.

So then I landed on her website: Birch Bark Handmade Soap

I love handmade soap. I usually just collect it but I've been making an effort lately to actually use it.

Anyway on Birch Bark Handmade Soap's blog she posted a link to Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database. It's a website where you can type in a skin care product that you use and it comes up with a number on a scale of 1 to 10. Low hazard to high hazard ratings on ingredients for personal use.

I typed in 'Bed Head Shampoo" which is what I use and it came up with this horrible hazard number of 8 out of 10. They dissect the ingredients used in the product and show what each ingredient has been linked to. So an 8 out of 10 means that several ingredients have been linked to cancer, skin irritation and contains something that has been found unsafe for use in cosmetics. Eww. My moisturizer is a 6 and my make-up remover a 5.

Lovely. So I am posting the link so others can be educated/grossed out too.

Maps to wedding and reception

I am going to let the cat out of the bag. We put maps on the back of our wedding invitations. It seemed more efficient than putting them on separate paper.

I thought I would post them in case anyone has any questions of how to get there. I'm hoping the reception can immediately follow the wedding with pictures beforehand. Not entirely certain how well that is going to work, but I think it could be fun.

This is a map directing people from Fredericton to the Saint John Public Gardens. In the map it's called the 'Horticultural Gardens', but I have never once called it that in my life and I grew up down the street.

From there the reception will take place at my parents house. I am really hoping the weather is good. I have tons of ideas for outside decorations and not many for inside. If it rains I'll have to be much more creative. Oh yeah...if it rains, you should pack an umbrella. Chris vetoed my, "Let's take a trip to Bar Harbor and by $5 umbrella's idea." Which is too bad. I'm sure it's really nice there with all this fabulous weather.

If anyone has questions on directions or if rubber-boots are acceptable attire please let me know.

Dress

Do you have to try on a wedding dress to buy one? I've found about 6 that I love online, but I can't find any in the store that I actually want to put on? There's either too much fabric, or icky feeling fabric. And I don't seem to have a whole lot of interest in putting myself through that. Besides with 3 and a half months until the wedding I really don't have a lot of time to get one in. Eep. Too soon. Getting engaged 6 months before the wedding is crappy timing. I think it should have been either a year long engagement or 3 weeks before the wedding. Tons of time to plans lots of details or no time at all.

I wonder if Chris is having any luck deciding on what he's going to wear. I hope he's not waiting on me.