2012 has been a crazy year and it's not even over yet! I got engaged in February, graduated from college in June, am getting married in September and right after that starting a job I am super excited about. I'm growing up! So weird. Except these last ten days leading up to the wedding might kill me. How long can a person go without sleep before they go crazy...? Cuz there's certainly no time for sleep these days.
Not that there's really that much left to do. But I still don't know what song I'm walking down the aisle to. I still have chicken to pull and vows to write. I need to find people to delegate things to on the day of. Plus get a bunch of things ready: decorations, favors, cake topper, gifts for helpers, pack for the honeymoon, move the rest of my stuff to Ben's. At least my dress finally came in today. (The wedding is in ten days. It came in TODAY. Awesome.).
Phew. As long as I can just get these last few songs picked out and the chicken finished, I'll feel better. The rest doesn't really matter as much. Especially since Pinterest practically planned the wedding for me. So the next couple days will be filled with list-making and song-listening. Again.
Here's to the last ten days of singlehood! (P.S. my sister-in-law planned an amazing bachelorette party for me. Any bachelorette party I ever am a part of in the future will be going to Darcelle's for a good ole drag show. So. Fun.). Ten CRAZY stressful days, but it will all be so worth it to marry the man of my dreams :)
Also, Ben and I just got Costco cards. Is it weird that that makes me feel more grown-up than any of the other things? ;)
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Friday, August 3, 2012
4 week countdown!! And shoes.
So, here's the thing. I don't wear heels. But apparently there is no such thing as a dainty, pretty, sparkly FLAT sandal. I'd take just one of those adjectives at this point if it meant I could get a pair of shoes and cross that off the dang list. I've tried on a million pairs of shoes. Been to every shoe store in Portland and surrounding areas. Shopped online for hours. Ordered three pairs of shoes from Macy's online. And returned them. ALL.
I might just go barefoot.
Another thing I couldn't find? A cute dress for the bridal shower. Which is tomorrow. Obviously I gave up on that. I just wanted a pretty, girly, flowy dress. I found a lot of pretty, girly, SHORT dresses. Ones that would be too short on a normal-sized girl. I found one I loved, but of course H&M didn't have it in my size. And apparently only one of the ten H&Ms in Portland had that specific dress. So I'll be wearing a dress I've had for years. Not quite so exciting, but it's still cute and hey, at least I didn't have to spend money!
Anyway, these things aside, things have been getting done. That's not to say I didn't have a meltdown the other day. Ben got to his apartment and found me lying on his couch crying. He was PROBABLY thinking "Oh boy, what have I gotten myself into? This chick is crazy." But what he DID was just sit next to me and hold onto me and ask what was going on. He probably couldn't understand most of what I was saying through my crying-voice. Which I'm guessing sounds a lot like Dory in Finding Nemo while she is talking to the whale.
Anyway, he was a dear and let me talk and consoled me and made me feel much better. I've got a pretty great guy!
But there's still a lot to do! Megan, mom and I went to Frey's Dahlia farm in Turner today to pick out flowers for the wedding. There were a million colors to choose from and very soggy dirt to walk in, but we picked out some lovely ones! Then I went "shopping" at Megan's house and found a bunch of things we can use for the wedding. Including a warmer thing we can use for the meat so we don't have to rent anything, yay! I have a hair appointment tomorrow morning for trial wedding hair. So that should be fun! We made some trial favors (little potted succulents) today which looked super cute!
I still have to figure out music and vows. And get all the decorations settled and prepared. And figure out the layout. And make 125 pounds of pulled pork. One crockpot at a time. And figure out boutonnieres and corsages (do you really have to do those...?).
And FIND SOME FRICKIN SHOES!!!
I might just go barefoot.
Another thing I couldn't find? A cute dress for the bridal shower. Which is tomorrow. Obviously I gave up on that. I just wanted a pretty, girly, flowy dress. I found a lot of pretty, girly, SHORT dresses. Ones that would be too short on a normal-sized girl. I found one I loved, but of course H&M didn't have it in my size. And apparently only one of the ten H&Ms in Portland had that specific dress. So I'll be wearing a dress I've had for years. Not quite so exciting, but it's still cute and hey, at least I didn't have to spend money!
Anyway, these things aside, things have been getting done. That's not to say I didn't have a meltdown the other day. Ben got to his apartment and found me lying on his couch crying. He was PROBABLY thinking "Oh boy, what have I gotten myself into? This chick is crazy." But what he DID was just sit next to me and hold onto me and ask what was going on. He probably couldn't understand most of what I was saying through my crying-voice. Which I'm guessing sounds a lot like Dory in Finding Nemo while she is talking to the whale.
But there's still a lot to do! Megan, mom and I went to Frey's Dahlia farm in Turner today to pick out flowers for the wedding. There were a million colors to choose from and very soggy dirt to walk in, but we picked out some lovely ones! Then I went "shopping" at Megan's house and found a bunch of things we can use for the wedding. Including a warmer thing we can use for the meat so we don't have to rent anything, yay! I have a hair appointment tomorrow morning for trial wedding hair. So that should be fun! We made some trial favors (little potted succulents) today which looked super cute!
I still have to figure out music and vows. And get all the decorations settled and prepared. And figure out the layout. And make 125 pounds of pulled pork. One crockpot at a time. And figure out boutonnieres and corsages (do you really have to do those...?).
And FIND SOME FRICKIN SHOES!!!
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