It fits! It fits! The shoe totally fits!

I just got back from my trip to see Brittney today, and we had such a nice visit! We played putt putt, billiards, ate funny new york foods. We went to an apple orchard where I had the most amazing caramel apple nut pie with ice cream on top. *drool. Oh, and what else did we do on this sojourn of fun? We tried on my wedding dress. Oh yes, the dress. It's just in the plain white muslin mock up, and I can already tell it's going to be gorgeous. Brittney walked around pinning and drawing lines and ripping seams and repinning, it was a lot of work on her part. I just stood there and looked pretty. I like my job. Now the pictures I am posting are just mock up photos. There is a whole 'nother layer to the dress and sleeves and stuff that are not made yet. Brittney's doing such a wonderful job. She sent BJ and I the information of what measurements she needed. Now, don't get us wrong, BJ and I do measure things very well, you know, when they are nice and flat or made of wood. So Brittney had to eyeball the "measurements" we gave her and try to figure out what it should look like. I am proud to say she was very successful.

Look Look! It has a cute little sweep train in the back too! I love the color accent with the red, and there is going to be more of that. I could not possibly be happier with the way this dress is turning out. And, Brittney has been able to accept my request to be part of my bridal party, so now I have two bridesmaids! Woot! Well, maids of honor!
I'm very happy! Not just with the dress, but with the way that everything is coming together for the wedding. And, of course, with my wonderful groom. : ) Ciao!

If the shoe fits

I am so excited about my upcoming weekend. I am working hardcore so that I will have this coming saturday, sunday, monday and tuesday. I am going to New York!!! I fly into Albany, turn on my GPS, and drive off to visit my friend Brittney for a couple days of fun, and THE dress fitting. Brittney is so immensely talented, I know it's just going to be gorgeous, and I can't wait to try it on!!!! I have the almost all my undergarments, bustier, nylons, and body shaper, oh my! The bustier was a choice find, in my size, and I know it will stand up under pressure. The first one I ordered was a wee bit too small, but I sent it back to the company and they are replacing it with a better fit, for no extra charge. I even explained to them that I needed it for my dress fitting, and it's being sent to me FedEx Express! How cool is that!

Holy Appointements Batman!

Please forgive any typos you may see; we just got back from the eye doctor a little while ago and my eyes are still a weeeee bit dilated. They had this crazy machine that would take pictures of your eye, from the BACK of your eyeball, it was weird. And BJ and I picked out new glasses. The ones I got are black metal and super cute. BJ keeps telling me they are artsy looking, like I should suddenly be a costume designer. : ) We had a dental appointment yesterday that I was going to blog about, but I was sleepy and took a nap instead. I had a cavity that had to be filled, and it was on the bottom row of teeth. The dentist takes this metal syringe and sticks it inside me jaw on top of the nerve. Now I know what those bugs feel like when they fly too close to a bug zapper. I felt like I was getting shocked. The dentist told me it was because he was right on top of the nerve, and had to make sure to get the numbing stuff down in there really well. I was the unlucky one, because one shot was not enough. I had to have two. This was actually my second visit to the dentist. I had just had a cleaning, exam, and 50 bajillion x-rays the week before. I was impressed how extensive it all was, and the dentist was really good at what he was doing. Thank God for my benefits package. BJ has to go back a couple more times for fillings. He had 3 cavities. I think, being 25 years old with only 2 cavities ever, is a pretty good track record. GO ME! In the meantime, I think I'll go play a little more World of Warcraft. BJ and I have been getting some really amazing gear for our main characters, and my little druid is healing up a storm. Too bad for us the expansion is going to set the level cap at 80, and we'll just have to do all this stuff over again. *sigh

So much excitement!!

BJ and I went to Best Buy a couple of days ago to look at some electronics. We had a pretty good idea of what we wanted, and I knew what was a good buy from reading the sale paper. Ever since I got my economic stimulus check, I have wanted a GPS. It seemed like a worthwhile enough item to purchase, and anyone who knows me also knows how easy it is for me to get misdirected and not know where I ended up. There were a lot of different models to choose from, and I just didn't know what to do. We looked at internet reports, at websites with ratings of different GPS units, and such. It wasn't until one of the nice guys from work brought it in for me to see, and it was amazing. He owned a Garmin Nuvi 200, and I thought it was just really cool. He let me push the buttons and navigate with it, and I have to say, I was hooked. Best Buy had a sale on the Garmin 200W, just like John's 200 but with a wide screen, and the Garmin 260 was only $30 more. I looked at the features and hemmed and hawwed about which one to get. The 260 would say the street names, but I really wanted the wide screen because I could see everything sooooo much better. You might ask why I didn't get the 260W? It wasn't on sale; and I didn't want to spend an extra $150 to get it to tell me the street name when it was clearly written on the GPS screen. I got the 200w and I was sooooo happy with it. BJ opened it for me once we got to the car and I started it up. It came with a nearly full battery and only took 2 - 3 minutes to find the sattelite. Then, our new Nuvi navigated us home. It's got a really good system for navigation, a clear voice speaking when and where to turn, and you can search for nearby stores by type! I think this little GPS is really going to come in handy on my future trips.

Prepare yourself...wedding gushing ahead!

I am getting more and more excited about the upcoming wedding!!!! I wanted you all to see my way cool cake topper, it has a couple of pewter dragons making a heart as they kiss. And, we have it engraved with our married names and the date of the wedding. I really like looking at wedding magazines to see what other people are doing for their wedding decorations, it's just so pretty! The only part of the whole wedding planning process that I am struggling with is the music for the reception. I have the ceremony all done, and now I just have to find enough good, and wedding friendly songs to play as background noise. Wish me luck! And feel free to drop a suggestion or two...or 10, yeah 10 would be good...