Back from Brazil!

Although I was in Brazil for work (and a little fun) for nearly 3 weeks, I didn't exactly have the wedding off my mind. At the conference, where I presented some of my research, I couldn't help but notice our wedding colors (minus the orange).


They even had the tables covered in our colors. I didn't get a shot of the blue ones, but rest assured, they were there.

Although this was a scientific conference, the organizers brought in a strong cultural component to all the festivities, complete with a showing of historical documentaries and a gallery of local artists. There was alot of wonderful art, including a performance artist whom painted the Virgin Mary in neon paint and then proceeded to light it on fire (but amazingly not to the detriment to the painting nor her image). I also really loved the painting below, which depicts a wedding or two in the famous and absolutely gorgeous Pantanal wetland (which I later visited). The title is Casamento no Pantanal, which literally translates to "Marriage in the Pantanal".


See, I told you I didn't get weddings off my mind. I have more Brazil-inspired wedding stuff coming soon....

Checks!!!!

My last post was on my slight compulsiveness to stay on track of those checklists. But we have done so much already, 3 months into planning, that I thought I would share:

1) We have got a venue and wedding date that we like (we did get scooped for ideal date), but that is ok.

2) We have a caterer and cake baker (ok they were included in the venue, but it still counts as 2 checks).

3) I have a dress that I am so in love with (ok not as much as my fiance or cat).

4) We have colors! Yep, we are going for pool blue, lime green, and ivory. No, we aren't having a pool blue-lime green-ivory wedding , but those colors will be in our centerpieces and invites. And with no bridal party, I don't have to make my girlfriends and family wear those colors, although it might be fun to do that to them too (go go bridezilla).

5) We have a guest list that makes us both happy.

6) We have witnesses/"the signers"

According to theknot, I have completed 42 checks, and have 184 to go. That means I have done 18.5% of the work in 19.8% of our engagement (yes I am a nerd). Damn, I totally thought I was well ahead of the game! It is amazing what a little bit of math can do for your self-confidence. Well, I am still trying to stay on the ball at the very least, as I am off to drag the fiance to get the rest of our very simple vases at 50% off.

Since this post has no pics, I thought I would share my bridal "inspiration"