MY DRESS:  I'm not so picky when it comes to this.  All I knew was that I didn't want super pouffy.  I was taking a dress in for my best friend's wedding and when I got to the shop they had a HUGE sale.  So I started looking and tried on a dozen or so.  I frantically called my BF and said she needed to come and give her opinion!  As a true friend, she showed up immediately!  In total, it took me about 45 minutes to find my dress.  Here it is, Alfred Angelo Style # 1807:

MY JEWELRY:  This was harder than the dress!!  I tried on more necklaces with the dress than the dresses itself.  I took a leap of faith and ordered from evesaddiction.com and it worked so amazingly well!!  I even got a great deal, 15% off coupon, free shipping, and had a $20 gift card for e-mailing them my favorite piece of jewelry.  I got the bracelet from Kohl's.....of course I had 30% off at the time so it was a steal!

MY HAIR:  At first I was going to wear it all up but then realized that was stupid because why else am I growing my hair out!?!?  So I think I've finally settled on how to wear it and what to wear in it!

My maternal grandmother's brooch: 

Inspiration:

Back (all found at this website:  http://web.mac.com/stylesonb/StylesOnB2/Styles2.html )

Front:

Side:

MAKE-UP:  I want to keep it simple so I still look like myself but at the same time I want it a little dramatic.  Also need to make sure my eyes look bigger since they are so squinty to begin with...

THE MEN

FI and I picked out what the guys will be wearing.  Here is the screenshot of the looks.  It is hard to see but the ties are stripped and the vests are checkered.