Day 93

Nothing major today. I put the invitations in the mail today, so people should be getting them by Monday at the latest. Woo hoo! Then I'll get RSVP cards to see who's coming. =)

The only other wedding thing today was that my flower girl baskets came in. I love them! One is a gold/cream color and the other is a maroon color. They match the wedding, and they're simple enough and not all frilly that I'll be able to do something with them to decorate the house after the wedding. So, that's always good. If I have to spend money, I want to be able to use what I buy after the wedding...for the most part. There are things I won't be able to use, but I'm going to try and do something with as much of it as I can. Hell, I'm gonna try and do something with the red and ivory silk rose petals, too. =P Gotta make the most out of our money.

Not sure what other wedding stuff this week other than shoes and a dress fitting. And I HATE dress fittings. Last time it zipped but was tight, so I'm crossing my fingers that it's a bit looser this time than it was before. Eek. But hey, I've been trying to do some desk exercises at work throughout the day and I did weights for my arms this evening. I'll probably do another couple of sets before I go to bed, too. I know that desk exercises aren't as good as "real" cardio, but it's better than nothing, since I have to sit there all day. And my main concern for the wedding is my arms. *sigh* Boobs = back fat and easier-to-get flabby arms. There just ain't much that can be done about it. I'll always fight it.

I forgot to mention last night that I got kind of emotional, in a bad way, when talking to Myles about the wedding. But it wasn't so much emotional as it was frustration. He's been complaining about paying for wedding stuff, yet he put me in charge of the wedding finances. But he complains whenever I ask him to transfer money. I've asked him about five times, literally, to transfer money for my shoes on Saturday and for a couple of other things. Yesterday, I asked if he'd done it and, of course, the answer was no. Then he asked me how much he needed to transfer! A lot of the time with this wedding stuff, it's like he doesn't even listen or pay attention. And it's sooooo frustrating for me to have to go everything over and over and over again. I'm not saying I want him to be all gung-ho and involved...weddings are NOT a guy thing unless they are gay or serious romantics or metrosexuals. If you have a guy that's involved, you're lucky. I just want My to help with what little I ask him and work with me instead of ignoring me and making me repeat myself over and over. It's really really frustrating.

Day 94

Why is it that when in a room full of people, if anyone hears the slightest mention of the word "wedding" everyone wants to talk to you like they know you? Seriously. It drives me nuts. I was in the breakroom the other day and a coworker friend of mine asked how the wedding planning was going. Upon hearing that, two or three women that I don't know from Adam and couldn't give a shit less about starting talking to me about their weddings and asking me questions about mine. I was trying to be evasive and not really talk to them, but they must have had some serious dumb ass genes, because they just didn't get it. For those of you who know me, you know I'm not a people person. I am when I need to be and when I want to be, but for the most part, no, leave me the hell alone. For serious. And don't hug me, that just makes me despise you even more.



There's another thing I'm not looking forward to about the wedding. All the hugging. I don't want your hugs, dammit. Just shake my hand. I'm NOT a huggy, sappy, touchy-feely, overly emotion person. Stay out of my space! That part of the wedding is gonna be rough for me, but I'll keep my happy face plastered on, and I'll just be sure that my hand always has a drink in it to take the irritated edge off. =)



In actual, meaningful wedding news, I went to the flower shop after work to go over the flowers. I think they're going to turn out wonderfully. All white calla lilies, with some red roses in mine. The lady is super sweet and super accommodating and did everything she could to stay within my budget. She went $24 over, but I'm not going to fret over that. The only problem with her, was, well, she talked A LOT. Yes, I know what some of you are saying right now. "You have no room to talk about people talking a lot, Tera." Dude, she puts me to absolute shame. And while she was nice, she was too nice. To every freaking person that came into the store. For serious. Her husband called her while she was meeting with me. And she talked to him for TEN minutes while I just sat there. Twiddling my thumbs. Impatient to get out of there and get home because I was hungry as hell and had stuff I wanted to get done. Then she talked to every person that came into the shop. And not just "Hi, let me know if I can help you with anything." No, they were fullblown conversations, one of which was about fifteen minutes long with a woman from the flooding area in Ohio. While I was sitting there. Twiddling my thumbs. Waiting. It was pretty irritating.

I also got an email from my soon-to-be mother-in-law yesterday about reserving hotel rooms. It is now the second time that someone has had a problem reserving rooms for the wedding. It seems like people are getting transferred to Central Reservations, where they show no record of our block of rooms. I don't know what to tell people other than don't let yourself get transferred. I know the rooms are there. Whenever I call and talk to someone at the Lafayette location and they look it up, the rooms come up just fine, so I'm not quite sure what the deal is.

I also updated the wedding website. I'd give you the address for it, but well, I don't know what it is off the top of my head, so tough shit. If you're invited to the wedding, it's in the invitation. If not, well, tough shit.

And I finished putting the stamps on all the invitations. Tomorrow morning they go out, so people should be seeing them by Friday or Saturday. =) I'm excited to start getting RSVPs. I know it sounds weird, but yeah, I am.