I received a few pictures from Joe and Virginia last night, so I thought, I would share the before and after pictures of my wedding dress.
I originally wanted a lace wedding dress. Something like this…
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I told my mom, and it has always been her dream for one of us to wear her dress. The top portion of the dress is lace, so she decided to mail me the dress to do whatever I wanted.
Huck and I went downtown and had a few beers one night, and I came home and tried it on. I thought “Maybe I could make this work”. Again, I had been drinking
The Original
Originally, it had puffy sleeves and lace and bows across the front. It looked pretty on my Mom in the 80’s, not a 2012 dress, though. My mom also wore a hop shirt under the dress. Very Southern Bell.
The first thing Yen at Alterations by Yen (Highly recommend her!!) did was cut off the sleeves and puffy lace on the front.
She took some of the extra material and made straps.
I could not believe how great the upper part looked once she made the straps. The only complaint I had was, she took in the top too much and then we couldn’t take it out anymore because of the lace. I was left with a top that was a little too tight and it puffed out at my hips (which are already big)
She replaced the liner because after 28 years, it had a yellow look to it. She made it slimmer through the bottom but still keep the length of the train.
I think we both looked great in the dress. The day I finally brought it home, I cried. The dress isn’t exactly what I wanted, but I knew how much it meant to my mom and knowing I had a dress that my mom wore on her big day, meant so much to me.
I just thought about it, and my mom was only 17 when she got married (crazy right), and I was 27.
The look on her face, when she realized I keep the dress the same, minus the top, was priceless!
This pictures was taken at the spot where Huck proposed!
FOOD
For our reception, we had Tijuana Flats cater the food. It started as a joke because we eat tacos 1-2 times a week and love Tijuana Flats. We were waiting in line one day, and I picked up there catering menu. The prices were cheap, the food is good, so we decided Tacos it was.
We ordered enough food for 60. We received enough food for 100! After the wedding, we had 40+ hard shell tacos, left. Plus meat, cheese, and veggies. After two days, I wanted the stuff out of our house. Our neighbor was nice enough to take it to work with him, but he left some of the hard shell tacos.
Huck wanted fish tacos last night, but I just couldn’t stand the thought of anything Taco. That is how this recipe was born.
Taco Shell Crusted Fish
Makes 4 Servings.
- 4-6 Taco Shells- Ground in the Food Processer.
- Flour
- 1 Egg- Whisked
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Ground Jalapeno Powder
- Salt and Pepper to Taste
- 1 1/2 lb White Fish- I used Cod
- Oil
- 1 Can Black Beans
- 1/4 Cup Salsa
- 2 Cups Cabbage- Shredded (I used a Cole Slaw Mixture with Carrots)
- 1/2 Cup Pineapples
- 1/2 Cup Sour Cream
- 1/2 Avocado
- Add oil to pan to coat the bottom. Heat over medium.
- Add flour to a bowl, egg to a bowl, and ground taco shells to a bowl. This will be your breading station. You can add seasoning to each bowl, for layers of flavors.
- Season fish with seasoning.
- Dip fish in flour and dust off extra. Then, coat in egg, and taco shells.
- Add fish to oil being carful not to splatter the hot oil.
- Cook 3-4 minutes. Once crust is golden brown flip and continue cooking 3-4 additional minutes. (times vary depending on thickness of fish)
- Combined beans and salsa. Warm beans in a sauce pan over medium low heat.
- Combined shredded cabbage and pineapples.
- Combine sour cream and avocado and stir until smooth.
- Mix together sour cream and cabbage. (I topped mine with a dollop of the sour cream because Huck usually complains about sour cream but he ended up eating some too and liked it)
- Serve over black beans and topped with cabbage and pineapples.
- ENJOY!!
- Serve over black beans and topped with cabbage and pineapples.
I have been avoiding night time pictures, but this was so good, I had to share!!
Huck said this was on his top 5 favorite recipes list, now
So far LOVE the wedding pics!!! Can’t wait to see more!!
Me too!! Hopefully when we get back, I’ll have more!!
I can’t help but tear up when I see you in the dress. The photographer done a great job of bring the train out in the picture for the revealing to me, I mean I never realized it was so Awesome. Thank You! and I can’t wait to see and have some pictures to share. You and Tabitha make the most Beautiful-est brides I ever seen, and no I not being prejudiced. The picture on the Beach of you both was nice too, brought out the colors. I Love You and Thanks again.
I like the pics too. I can’t wait to see more!!
barbara mathis says
u and tabby both were beautiful brides.hulk and micahel were handsom grooms to love u all.
Thank you Nanny! I’m so glad you and papa, and Angel and Liz came!!
Amazing, amazing, amazing picture - the black and white one of you and the back of the dress with the train.
I thought that pic was going to look weird when they were taking it. They def knew what they were doing :)