Tag: engagement

three years ago…

what was I doing? Probably not getting any work done. Was too nervous. Thinking about what I was going to wear. Wondering what we were going to do. Wondering if I’d like this boy. Wondering if he’d like me.

I guess he did.

And because of that date I went on three years ago, this weekend I had plenty of wedding stuff to do. Went to see my dress and to pick out a dress for my junior bridesmaid. (My highly intelligent and spunky ten year old cousin Madeline.) Took engagement pictures on Sunday. Browsed wedding bands with Regan that afternoon. (Found one I want v badly. Hope George agrees. If not, it’s okay. Of course it’s just symbolic. Can I help it if I want my symbol to be an antique openwork flower-and-vine diamond studded band? Really it’s not as expensive as it sounds.)

Am excited about my date tonight. Dinner but I don’t know where.

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Why am I writing when I have nothing to say? Honestly, there’s nothing very interesting going on right now. Tonight I’m babysitting my cousin Max. Tomorrow I’m going to Covington and hopefully am going to have tea with my two friends. (Haven’t heard about reservations yet.) Okay, okay, I um suppose we might um go and um see my um dress again. Okay, okay, that might be the real reason we’re going. Alright. But one of the girls I’m going with is getting married next year and she hasn’t tried on dresses yet! But again, another excuse. Also I could order my shoes. Okay, I’m obsessed with my dress. It’s insane. Also the most expensive item of clothing I’m ever likely to own, so I think the more I put it on, the better. Lower cost-per-wear? Maybe?

After that I’m going to meet my cousin Karye and her little girl Madelyn (whose name I am probably spelling wrong but I can’t seem to remember how to spell it) at a different bridal store so Madelyn can try on junior bridesmaid dresses. I’m excited about that because I haven’t seen her since Jenny’s wedding and she is really the funniest little girl ever. Very smart.

Sunday, I’m embarrassed to say, George and I are taking engagement pictures. I can’t even think about it without blushing, so more than likely I’ll have red cheeks in all of the pictures. Ah well. Save on makeup.

Ugh

Guestlists are hell. Last night George and I struggled with it, and the only solution is to start alienating people and to stop making new friends. (I know, that makes it sound like we are so magnetic that we can’t help but make friends wherever we go, but seriously, in the last few months, it’s been a problem. Ha ha.)

It’s really difficult – how do you only invite some people from work? How do you not invite people you see fairly often but maybe you aren’t that close to? (They usually expect to be invited.) I think the main thing is that my family is MASSIVE. Very large. Can’t help that. Can’t not invite family – and I want to invite them all. And then there’s our wonderful neighborhood – we have so many good friends there, and it’s where we met and where we fell in love and so many people were there for all of it. So how do we exclude some of them?

And it’s my own fault for remaining friends with people from high school and college and past jobs. And also for talking incessantly about the wedding.

Oy. Not pretty. Not asking for sympathy, not asking for anyone to say “don’t invite me.” Just venting.

Well, aside from the great Guest List Massacre, the weekend was lovely. The weather was perfect. I planted a garden on Saturday morning (will post pictures later) and then we went to a barbecue at a friend’s house. We ate good food, drank gallons of beer, and talked and talked and talked. It was just a fantastic day.

Of course, the aforementioned gallons of beer made yesterday somewhat painful, but not unbearable. Watched another new Dr. Who episode. Of course. Sunday tradition. Which brings us to the GLM of 2005, which I don’t want to discuss any longer.

11/24/04

Oh, so exciting!

As of this morning, my latest weigh-in, I have lost 35.4 lbs! Yes indeedy, I lost 3.2 lbs this week! This is happy news, since it gives me a little bit of leeway to eat lots of turkey and dressing and pumpkin pie and all the other yummy stuff tomorrow.

I was going to do a five mile race tomorrow morning (every year I say I’m going to do this race but I never have) but Kristie’s coming in this afternoon and I hardly think it’s fair to her to go to a race early in the morning. Kind of puts a crimp in tonight’s fun, too, since I’d have to go to bed early. So really I’m not at all disappointed about that.

Believe me, it’s much more exciting to see Kristie, one of my oldest friends (we’ve been friends since we were twelve) who I haven’t seen in a year. And who is going to be a bridesmaid. (I didn’t exactly ask her. I told her. But I think that’s okay. When we got in a huge, several-month-long fight back in college when we were roommates, what I remember most about making up was saying “but you have to be a bridesmaid in my wedding!” Ahh, kids.)

Friday, George and I are going to City Park on the trip we had planned for the day after Halloween but had to be postponed because everything in City Park is closed on Mondays. So I’m excited about that too. And I will relax and I will work on the yard this weekend.

Thanksgiving holiday weekend is definitely my favorite. You get the holiday over with at the beginning of your time off, and you have the rest to just relax and not stress about anything.

Oh, I forgot! I’m supposed to see Mike and Debbie and their kids too, who I haven’t seen since January. And I’ve never met their new daughter, who is five or so and they adopted earlier this year from China. Very exciting! So much Thanksgiving excitement!

Also, I added a few more pictures to the engagement story page. Nothing terribly exciting. I was hoping I would look more glowing in them, but I think maybe I should start wearing concealer under my eyes. Eh, I blame the camera.

November 23, 2004

Ugh. Am tired. Did not sleep last night. Tossed and turned. Is this what I have to look forward to for the next year? My mind was racing. Reception hall…food…dresses…are we going to get yelled at by the church for living together…ugh. I have a feeling I will be taking a lot of Benadryl and Tylenol PM for the forseeable future. Just can’t turn my mind off. Okay, I will try to not get hooked on non-prescription drugs.

On the bright side, I’m pretty sure we have the reception taken care of. We went and visited the hotel in question, it’s nice (if a tad anonymous, but we will make it pretty) and the food looks incredible. No, I haven’t tasted it, but I’ve heard good things about them. But then this morning I heard something bad that may or may not have been true, so I’m a little nervous. But we haven’t signed anything yet. So we’ll see.

I’ll just be glad to have a few days off this week. Must…relax and enjoy engagement. Stop stressing!