Just to not clog up the feed with three different posts I"m combining them into one. I'm sorry since this may get long.
I had my shower back on the 9th and FSIL took pictures. She's not a professional but generally her photography is pretty good. Overall I'm pleased with the quality of the photos themselves. I just don't like how
I look in the pictures. Its translating into a worry about how I will look in the wedding photos. Granted the wedding photos will be done by a professional so I know that has a lot to do with it. The pro knows how to get good flattering posing and such but I'm afraid that I'm going to get my wedding pictures back and I'll not be able to look at them because I hate how I look. For reference here is the
link (clicky) to the shower album. I'm the one in the black floral dress.
Vent: FI has several family members who physically can not make the drive from Pittsburgh to western OH for the wedding. FMIL is hosting a separate celebration in Pittsburgh several weeks later which was supposed to be mostly for these family members. She sent the invites out to everyone on her side of the invite list though and now (as I feared would happen) people are just opting out of the actual wedding because there's a celebration in PA that they can just attend instead. They are perfectly able to come they just don't want make the drive. I may be somewhat bitter about it though since my own sister is driving 17 hours from Texas to come but the 5 hour drive from pittsburgh is too far.
Rant: I realize my RSVP date is still over a week away but I still have a majority of them out there. The hotel block closed last week. Come on people! It's a freaking post card. You don't even have to put it in an envelope. I'm doing buffet so you don't have to indicate meal choices. Just write your name, mark how many are coming (or that you can't come) and drop it in the mailbox. Not that freaking hard!