June Bride

Here is the deal, I am getting married June 15th of this year (2013, for those of you in the future interested in my life). I have the venue, the dress, the officiant, the photographer, and the groom. I believe that I am pretty well on my way! I have a single best friend in my bridal party, my matron of dishonor. My future groom has not (and I think may be procrastinating) choosing whether or not he will have a groom's party and how many people it will be. He cannot seem to decide on a best man, which is understood because it is a difficult decision. That is why women decide when we are very young who will be our maid of honor. It simplifies the process. Mine is from middle school, easy-peasy.

I have never really fantasized or planned for this day and now I am kind of kicking myself in the ass for it. I could have had the entire thing already worked out if my girlie side would have just fought a little harder to be heard. Planning a wedding takes a vision for what you want your big day to be. Using catch phrases like relaxed or casual, do not really give anyone in the wedding industry a clear idea regarding what you actually want! So then you also need to choose colors, which instead of choosing colors I chose around 4 fabrics, all with different patterns. I am hoping this works out, but to be honest I am a little skeptical, but there is no turning back...

Mixed Wine and Paint

So I am getting married June 15th of this year. I also work full time. These two things do not mix. I read somewhere the other day that 75% of brides plan their wedding at work. Someone is lying. Work happens during the time of day when the bakers are available and the catering people are not, well catering. And the truth is I feel guilty about working on my wedding at work. I try to keep my wedding work at work to a minimum. I usually make calls or return calls during my lunch break or tea break, but even while I am grading papers or working on a proposal I am thinking about my wedding. Some small part of my brain is constantly obsessing about whether or not I am getting the best price or should I look into just one more DJ.

Tonight, I decided to try something new and went to a wine and design, which is where some amazing stranger teaches everyone in the class how to successfully paint a picture. Yeah right you are thinking, but I swear something happens when you mix wine and paint. All of a sudden I am thinking to myself that I am going to be a famous painter someday and decide that I need to date my work in addition to signing my name (which by the way, will not be my official signature). My name looks like a kindergartner wrote it with finger paint. Oh, my back to my point, at this painting class besides learning that I am an amazing painter, I also forgot about everything on my plate for about 2 hours. Until the end when I had to decide the color of the birds I needed to paint. Suddenly I was back thinking about my wedding and that I needed to match the color of the birds with the table runners that I will eventually make into the bedroom curtains. But that story is for another day....