This weekend my mom, sister and MOH journeyed to the far reaches of the earth (or so it seemed, our GPS couldn’t even find it) to Jacques Pastries in Suncook, NH. People tend to say that the cake tasting is the best part of wedding planning and I have to agree.

Our wedding cake comes as part of our wedding package at Sky Meadow and we’re lucky that the vendor of choice was the renowned Jacques Pastries – THE number one place to order your wedding cake.

Cake tasting was nummy, and can you believe that the phrase “too… much… cake” was uttered from my mouth? It was a lot of cake.

We ended up choosing chocolate cake with chocolate fudge and bailey’s cream filling for the biggest bottom tier (of course we’d have chocolate!), delectable lemon cake with black cherry cream filling for the middle, and spice cake with caramel cream and apple jam-type filling. It’s going to be amazing!

And the cake itself? It’s a variation on this design here, except the flowers will match those on my invitations with more flowers at the bottom of each tier, getting fewer towards to top of each tier.

Now, what to do about a cake topper. There are so many adorable choices on etsy, but I cannot believe the prices. I refuse to spend more than $50 on something that will sit on top of my wedding cake for 2 hours at most! I have a few ideas, but welcome any suggestions!

Something happened this weekend. I realized it was two and a half months away, met with the reception location and wedding planner and got REALLY excited for the wedding.

Like over the top Megan-like excitement. You can’t bottle that stuff.

Check, check, checking stuff off my list.

Today I put a ton (~75) invitations in our mailbox at the end of the street. I even took pictures while people drove by and wondered why I was taking pictures of my mailbox.

I’d been putting off and putting off my first dress fitting. Then somehow I looked at a picture of me in the dress when I picked it up and my BDD flew out the window – I actually looked good. Actually, I think this is what got me really excited about the wedding – knowing I wouldn’t look like a fatty in the dress.

Jimbo and I had been undecided about the limo. We have a big bridal party (12) and in order to include everyone, it would have had to be one big mofo limo. And we hate those big mofo (“0 highway, 1 city“) limos. So we sat on it.

Until, just the other day while stalking WeddingBee.com, I discovered the ultimate in wedding transportation – the school bus!

Even better? My aunt drives school bus and got us a great deal and CHECK, we’ve got transportation!

Last week I listed 13 things that I have checked off my wedding todo list. This week, I'm picking 13 items from my very long list of wedding todos.

1. Hire a florist and decided on all of the wedding flowers (I have an appt tonight!)
2. Finish final touches on invitations, assemble and send (I made them myself)
3. Have my dress fitted, buy a petticoat
4. Figure out what I'm going to do with my hair
5. Finalize menu, menu cards
6. Figure out transportation
7. Meet with officiant and music director, decide on ceremony and ceremony music, design ceremony programs
8. Eat cake. Decide on cake. Eat more cake.
9. Design favor packaging
10. Buy gifts for the groom, parents
11. Spend hours dreaming about honeymoon in Punta Cana
12. Minimize worry
13. Breathe