Entebello Spa

Saturday, September 13, 2008

9 months and counting.......AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!

We met my parents this afternoon for lunch at Universal Joint over in Oakhurst near Agnes Scott.

Food is ok, service is great, price is waaaay jacked up.

After hanging out with my parents, we headed up to Rubin Brothers to have them look at my ring for an insurance appraisal.
Once again we had a sub-par experience. They treat us as if we don't even matter. Ugh!!!!
Whatever, once I get my appraisal, I'm done with them until I have to get my ring cleaned again.

We then drove to Entebello Spa in Buckhead http://www.entebello.com/ for Al's first facial.
We had gotten a certificate for a free express facial in our swag bag from the Atlantan Bridal Show and I was excited to get to use it.
So Al had the facial and I decided that I would treat myself to one as well.
We both had amazing experiences and I'm looking forward to hopefully using Entebello as my spa. They also do makeup, so.....fingers crossed, I'm going to book a makeup trial with them and see how it goes.

I just have to say, I've been to quite a few different salon/spas and this one was completely amazing. Everyone was so nice and genuine and VERY knowledgeable about all the different products in the store. The store is pretty amazing as well.....definitely a hidden gem.
They also have random sales going on pretty much on a monthly basis.

Both of us had such great experiences with our aestheticians and our skin felt pretty amazing.
I'm excited to check out some of the products that I was given as I literally could see a change in my skin after leaving the spa.

I made a quick stop at Michael's on the way home to pick up parts of my Bridesmaid's gifts and check out the invitation options available. Al watched football while I worked on my bridesmaid's gifts and poured through the multiple invitation catalogs that I received in today's mail. Apparently going to the upscale bridal shows ensures that your name gets put on MULTIPLE bridal lists.

The invitation issues has now become a thorn in my side. I'm pretty much done. To me this is the one place where I will be able to cut the most corners, however, I don't want it to "look" like I cheaped out. I know it sounds insanely bizarre, but I am actually experiencing this weird anxiety about this, and I'm starting to ask myself, why do I care if the Save the Dates match the invitations that match the programs that match the escort cards.
Does it really matter that much?
UGH!!!
This is where the "Bride" takes over and totally annexes Alicia.

I'm so frustrated....I mean seriously, how are these companies charging upwards of $300 - $400 for 75 inviations (re: pieces of paper).
I just don't want plain white invites....I think they're so boring and just not me (us).
But I don't want to pay an arm and a leg for something that people are just going to throw away.
I was originally excited about the wood cards, but those were pricey as well, and I'd have to create my own RSVP's anyway because you can't write on the wood cards with regular pens.....so...yeah, still at square one. I feel like this is one of the last few "large" things that we need to nail down (the other being the cake).

So now, I'm trying to corner Al every chance I get to look at different options for our invites, but with all the distractions of football season and just a general lack of interest of all things paper on his part, it's a much harder task than one might think.

I've got my work cut out for me.