Enjoy

At the moment, while being together, we just try to enjoy the time as much as we can and suck in every little precious moment...

Wedding traditions

Wedding traditions

Which wedding traditions do we want on our wedding day and what is completely not our style?
There are so many typical things and some are even "expected" by guests but what we decided is to make our day as comfortable for us as we want it.
So here's a list of traditions we will/may have:

- the husband is not allowed to see the bridal gown before the wedding day! That's for sure.
- the wedding kiss - maybe even double as my husband could kiss my forehead also as this is more convenient to him.
- something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.
- the husband has to be at the registry office or the place where the wedding will take place before the bride arrives. My dad will guide me into the room.
- a little girl which will bring the wedding bands to the couple
- flower petals, this is a maybe as we have to check first if it is allowed.
- cutting the wedding cake
- witnesses, even if they aren't officially needed nowadays. They will be his uncle and my dad. Quite nice as we have a Libyan tradition inserted where both, bride and groom, have an older married man as witness.
- gifts for the bride's parents, sisters and brothers from the groom and vice versa (means from the bride to the groom's family)
- to feed each other as sign of the caring for each other. It can be milk, dates or the first piece of the wedding cake.
- carry the wife over the threshold.
- a morning giving

What we for sure don't want:

- spending the night before the wedding apart.
- hen night
- dancing
- bridesmaids
- kidnapping the bride
- a penny in the shoe, I will wear sandals
- wedding newspaper
- doves
- games
- veil dance

The list may grow on on both sides, I have the feeling as if we are still at the beginning of our planning although many things are prepared or planned already.
If you have nice ideas please which aren't listed here please share them - at least the bride can never get enough hints and tips on what's possible...

Greetings from the bride to be, Miss Faith

What is perfect?

What is perfect?

There's a big confrontation nowadays with a so-called perfectionism.
I think it's more for women but even men see everywhere how they should be, what they have to wear, drive, eat or work to be the perfect man.
While flipping through a women's magazine it was hard to find at least one topic which wasn't about how women should be. The majority of the pages were full of perfect models in perfect clothes eating the perfect food while sitting in a perfect home taking care of their perfect family.
Woohoo, what a sentence. The world wants us to believe that being perfect is the most important thing of life whereas it for sure isn't. Am I happy if I would live the life they show us? Never!

I love my imperfect life just the way it is!

Keep the faith!

Finally spring arrived

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Finally spring arrived

This is the best time of the year when grey days are fading and the sun is recharging energy levels.
Can't wait for more warm days and walking bare feet through grass again!

Enjoy these days,
Miss Faith

The Wedding Dress

The Wedding Dress

I never imagined how hard it can be to find a wedding dress.
I always said I'm not the typical woman when it comes to a wedding. Never dreamt of being a princess for one day. And then I detect myself in front of thousands of dresses to like some which fit totally in the picture of a princess.
Was that the flood of pictures or what was it? At least I'm glad that I realized it myself before doing the final choice. What could be worse than walking down the aisle in a dress which let everyone stare at me in disbelief - murmuring "where's she, that couldn't be her?" or "what drugs is she taking recently?".
But even with a clear mind I still had the problem of 'being a woman'. How should we choose one when there are so many nice styles?
I reduced it a bit by buying the shoes and the bag before the dress which is limiting the dress style itself a bit and fortunately NO princess dress is going along with my shoes!
So what to do now? Once bought its yours, and if alterations have been made its even more yours.
Here the realistic Miss Faith started to think - as realistic as a bride to be - I have to add this as brides are never 100% realistic.
We will celebrate in a garden which means long trains don't make sense as well as dresses who are too expensive. Who wants the bride to stay in the house the whole day because she's too scared that she may have grass ruining her dress?
Our wedding should be kind of laid-back, summer, garden, loved ones around us, a big summer barbecue with a chocolate fountain as dessert. Kids running around maybe with ice cream when it's hot in August.
The realistic bride decided now to order a dress from China, the prices are more than OK, reviews of the dresses more than Ok and I don't have to worry in the end if something is happening to my dress.
The only thing I have to worry about is how long it will take until its here and if its fitting properly.
And here comes the "being a woman" Miss Faith - to be on the safe side I just ordered two different dresses from two different sellers and the total price is more than good so I won't have to worry about little chocolate hands passing by my dress or pieces of cake falling in my lap.
I like both styles so much that I'm not able right now to decide which one it will be in the end and I would love to post picture here to hear your opinions but the groom knows the blog and he is not allowed to get a clue of what I may wear!
Now it's time to keep fingers crossed until they hopefully arrive and I can make the final decision.
The story will continue...

Keep the faith - you only win if you take a risk sometimes.