Becoming a Domestic Goddess: September 2016

Hello Everyone!!!

I know its been months since my last post, but with the plethora of bloggers out there, mine seems so dated and uninteresting to read anymore. This coming from someone, who refuses to buy electronic books, and still insists upon buying a hardcopy of a book. I've always dreamed of having a library much like that in Disney's," Beauty and the Beast," so I need to acquire as many books as I can. Anyway, back to fashion, this event called for a blog post of its own, Nadine's wedding; otherwise known as "The Wedding." I did not take much thought into my dress as I have with previous family weddings, because I knew I would eventually find one. And, I did! It was a Marchesa hi-low embroidered ball gown. Now, the challenge was to find it in my size...after incessant searching, my mother found it online at Saks.com. The wedding was in two weeks, I had secured my dress, everything was set. When I decided to venture into Neiman Marcus days before the wedding, and found an Herve Leger that was just calling my name. In love with the dress, I was determined to make it mine, even if it was two sizes too small. Or so, I thought. I guess all those days spent working out paid off, since it fit like a glove when I tried it on. For years, I've admired Herve Leger's signature bondage dresses, and now, one made its way into my closet, and in my signature color, black, nonetheless. Now that I knew what I was wearing, it was time to make sure my boys were just as dapper..And, to Nordstrom we went. For Jude, it would be next to impossible to have him wear a jacket, so when I saw a four piece vest suit, I was set. Layth, on other the hand, I felt was old enough to wear a "real suit" making it a bit difficult to secure his outfit. I wanted a suit that made him look like a gentlemen, but not to where it would appear he was playing dress up. Not much luck, when I decided to make my way to the formal section, and found suits galore. Call me old fashioned, but when I laid my eyes upon this five piece suit set, I had to get it. Hating the shirt that went with it, feeling it made it him look too old, we choose to add our own touch with a checkered Gap shirt, and Pumas! So, without further ado, here are the pictures of my cousin's long anticipated wedding!