Thank you, ATL Bridesmaids, for an AWESOME engagement party!

Katie Barton, Katie Nalley, Erin Wholey, Caroline Price, and Erica Schultz threw us the most wonderful engagement party on Saturday night ... thanks so much ladies for a great evening.

Special thanks to new parents, Katie and Spencer Barton, for opening their home to everyone. It was so much fun to have our Atlanta friends together and be officially out on the town as an engaged couple!

We especially enjoyed answering questions about each other (we did a terrible job, by the way) and practicing cutting the cake together.

It's so wonderful to feel the love and support of our friends as we move into this new phase of our lives. Cheesy ... but true! xoxo

Wedding Dress - Check!

Lucky me, my Mom and Dad came in town to take me wedding dress shopping this weekend. Dad opted to go golfing with Will and his Dad which sounds like it was a ton of fun. Mom and I were joined by Katie Nalley, Erin, and Caroline for expert advice.

We started our morning at La Raine's Boutique in the Virginia-Highlands (a neighborhood right around the corner from the house). La Raine's has moved from their St. Charles location to the old Harvest house on Highland Ave. It's such a lovely space now - very beautiful - and lots of personal attention. I tried on about 8-10 dresses and there were 2 serious contenders. We left La Raine's thinking we might have found the winning dress but opted to keep our appointment at Bridals by Lori for later that day.

But first, we stopped at fabulous Murphy's for some brunch and a bloody mary!

On to Bridals by Lori which was was a totally different experience altogether. I've bashed them on Yelp already so I won't do it again here. But the happy ending to this story is that we were absolutely sure that that very first dress that I tried on was IT! and so mom and I turned the car back to the Highlands and sealed the deal!

Of course, no photos for this post. :) But the dress is one of the ones featured on the La Raine's website ... so see if you can guess.