I'm due to pick it up Saturday at eleven thirty. Hey, speaking of Saturday at eleven thirty, you know, Maxine, you could always crash the dress fitting and see it? :D
Anyway, after a scare this morning upon receiving an email saying the dress was done but ended up too small (what's the saying? Measure twice, cut once? Or something about not being able to make a short thing longer once you've cut it?), it seems to have worked out in the end, I think. The short dress might not be done in time, but luckily my dress altery person is the same size as me, so she's been able to check the fit as she's gone along.
Anyway, it'll be nice to see what she's done with it, if she removed the flowers under the waistband and how that looks if she did- hopefully it'll make me look thinner and less bulky around the midsection without all those extra layers.
We'll see.
I should also mention that Mike got me the earrings I wanted, except not.
Remember these?
Except that instead of those, which I wanted because they're topazes and they'd match my engagement ring, Mike got me these:
But really, the picture doesn't do them justice, and I'm actually really glad he got me these instead of the topaz ones because they're so delicate and tiny that when you hold them in your hand, you can't fathom how the topaz would fit or make it nicer. Then again, maybe if I held the topaz ones in my hand I'd feel differently, but I really don't think so. They're teeny tiny and simple. Perfect, I think. And the 18K wires mean I don't have to worry about getting all infected, which is what happens when I wear any other earrings than the 22K hoops my dad got me when I was four.
Maybe I should take my own picture to see if I can do them more justice.
Also, I decided that instead of a guestbook, I want to do this:
Except that means I have to figure out where to get stones that are lightly colored enough that writing will show on them. The alternative, maybe, would be blank fridge magnets that people write on, but I'm not sure how long they'd last.
What else?
Oh, today we went to the notary, but I'm in the process of writing about that elsewhere... so... the main points are the paperwork is filled out, the rules and laws and such were explained to us and she managed to make us cry. :D
Meanwhile, my dad and stepmother are handling the dishes ordering... And I sent out the pinterest registry to everybody on the list... And I guess that's it for now.
ETA: That ticker at the bottom of the page is starting to freak me out. "2 months and 4 days" GAH! The website that came from says 65 days. Holy crap. O.o
