I Hate Shopping...

... which is why I'm glad that my friend Holly drove a couple hours north to see me this weekend and take me shopping!

I've been putting off going to the craft stores because I am NOT a crafty person and those stores give me slight anxiety! =) Plus, I wanted to look for jewelry; a necklace to be precise, to go with my dress. I tried on a bunch at the bridal salon, but none of them really jumped out at me. And, if you've been following my blog for awhile, you know that I've had a hard time finding shoes... so, I wanted to go out and try some shoes on, too.

First we hit up Joann's... I found some tulle for our aisle and I looked at some ribbon for our programs... but they didn't end up having enough, and I figured I could find it cheaper online somewhere, so we left with just the tulle.

Then, on to DSW to try on some shoes. There was a specific pair that I've been eyeing and I wanted to try on... good thing I did, I decided I didn't like them. We decided, since we were there, to check out the clearance section... I bought two pairs of new shoes for work, so I guess it wasn't totally a wasted trip. =)

Our third wedding stop this weekend was Target to look at jewelry... no luck. Then Payless Shoe Source for shoes... not much luck, but I did decide that if it comes down to it I'm going to order a pair of their dyeables in sapphire (they just don't have a pair that really catches my eye right now... but maybe this one.... can't decide), then on to Bridal Exclusives for shoes... no luck. And then on to Icing and Claire's to look for jewelry...

SCORE!!!!!!

I found a necklace!!!! And I'm kind of in love. I just hope I feel the same way when I actually try it on with my dress (I'm finding it sooo hard to shop for accessories when I can't try them on WITH the dress... bah).


Not bad for under $20, right?? The picture doesn't really do it justice... it's a lot sparkly-er. =)

So, I got a few things checked off my list this weekend... it's coming along little by little!



**P.S. I did end up finding ribbon cheaper online... and now I'm going to have about 4 times the amount of ribbon that I actually need. I'm going to have to come up with another project to use the rest of it! =)