Don't Tie Me Down...or Do.

We have ties for the groomsmen!

Normally, I would think that this isn't worthy of an entire post, but like everything related to the color Peacock in this wedding, it has proven to be a bit of a challenge.

I went to three different places looking for ties that would match my bridesmaids' dresses.  The two places in town either had turquoise or navy blue, but no peacock.  Durn.  So then I figured, since David's Bridal is affiliated with Men's Wearhouse, surely they would have ties that match that we could purchase for our groomsmen to wear.  Also wrong. 

Then the power of Google revealed itself to me.  I searched for "ties that match David's Bridal peacock" and found this gem of a website:  bows-n-ties.com. They don't blatantly advertise that they are trying to match David's Bridal colors, but after looking at the color names, it was pretty clear.

So, upon selecting the peacock swatch, these were some of the options that I was given.

I didn't really want a patterned tie.  Since the girls are already wearing different dresses, I thought it would be nice to have some cohesion amongst the groomsmen.  I let Adam pick between the first two and he chose the Elegant Teal Blue Mens Tie.  I wasn't particularly sure that it would match, but they don't charge a restocking fee, so I figured I would just return them if they didn't match well enough and suck up the cost of shipping.

After just a few days, they arrived and we put them to the test.  Luckily, I had picked up MOH and Bridesmaid H's dresses the week earlier when I was in Topeka so I was able to compare the ties against the dresses instead of the tiny fabric swatch.

Not too shabby!  They don't match perfectly, but they match better than anything I had previously found so I considered that a WIN. 

With this obstacle being conquered, Adam and I made a trip with his mom to the tuxedo rental store.  I think Adam was expecting me to pick everything out (since that's pretty much been the status quo thus far), but he forced to start caring when I told him, "this is your deal."  He picked out the Perry Ellis 213 style tux in which I did grant Lindsy-Approval:

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Since we had ties for the groomsmen, we just had to pick out ties for the ushers and Adam and then vests and shoes for everyone.  We decided to go with just a standard black vest.  For ties, the ushers are wearing just a standard black tie and I persuaded Adam enough to get a white-ish tie (so that he could match MEEEE!). 

Sources:  Black / White / Teal

And shoes:

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So we're all set for the guys!  We sent them to get fitted this past week and we'll pick them up on the Thursday before the wedding!  Adam's mom is paying for the groomsman's tuxes but unfortunately the ushers are on their own with a $120 bill.  :(