So this weekend is my friend the vet's wedding where I will be one of the 3 bridesmaids. I will be borrowing my sister's black chiffon evening wrap (with sequins sewn in between the 2 layers) to cover my lovely 2" scar over my former lymph nodes. I think it should go well with the dress, no?It's an outfit from J.Crew which was on sale and came with free shipping. And now that I have lost enough weight to be in an acceptable size range for J.Crew (apparently they are not interested in garbing the less svelte women in America) this was an option. Even with post-surgery swelling, the sress fits.
Tonight is the rehearsal dinner at Delmonico, after the 5:30pm run through at Battery Gardens. Tomorrow, starting bright and early at 10:30am, is hair, makeup (with the ever fabulous Laura Nadeau who also worked on my friend Margaret's wedding last year), followed by photos. The ceremony and reception start at 6:30pm. Sunday morning (early) is the brunch, which I will be skipping, as I suspect I will be exhausted by then. (Since I have been sleeping more than my sweetie's 80 year old father, this is not an unreasonable guess.)
What can I say? I have never envied anyone their wedding. What I aspire to (and this aspiration does not involve a large bore needle, hallelujah!) is certain people's marriages. (My engineer's parents, for example, have been happily married for 54 years and still love each other very much.) I find that one does not necessarily have any relation to the other. In fact, I suspect I imagine that any married life I might be involved in would start off considerably happier (for me at least) if I used $50,000 on a down payment for a home instead of a wedding.
I realize that this is not necessarily the case for everyone but hey, different strokes for different folks, eh? (And yes, my engineer has the same point of view on such things.) It seems to be an inevitable effect of participating in someone else's wedding that one starts to think of the hypothetical, "If it was MY wedding, then I would..."
Instead, things that get me all excited (I am such a geek, I know) is the real-time monitoring of our building's laundry room. If you scroll over each machine, it will even tell you how many minutes are left on each cycle. Whee! Now THAT makes me happy.
Okay, I am off to wedding-related stuff and probably won't be back online for a few days. Hey, today's Friday the 13th! I guess this means any Valentine's Day festivities with my sweetie are pre-empted this year. Oh well.
Okay, I am off to wedding-related stuff and probably won't be back online for a few days. Hey, today's Friday the 13th! I guess this means any Valentine's Day festivities with my sweetie are pre-empted this year. Oh well.
Hmmm.....while I appreciate the appeal of the real-time laundry room monitoring, I wonder if it will actually lead to MORE gridlock, as everyone rushes downstairs at the same moment to grab the machines that are opening up RIGHT NOW.
ReplyDeleteI loved my wedding, and I don't regret the money spent, but yeah....I didn't really *need* it. And the funny thing is, for all the build up and the money spent, you don't remember it like you think you will. Life kind of keeps going, and it was only one day.
Shirley,
ReplyDeleteI want to thank you again for your exuberant referral! My entire goal in life is to make women feel beautiful and confident, so when I have past clients that are so excited to work with me again - I feel that I am doing my job! You looked amazing and I hope you had a lovely time. I love your energy and spirit. I want to say hi to Margaret! And, even though I am divorced - I am glad that I had a wedding. It was worth the expense and effort to have so many friends and family in one room. You can get married for less than $50,000. Especially, outside of the city:) xoxo, Lo
Hi, ladies! Yes, Lo - you (and Jennie) made me look FABULOUS. It's always nice to see one's boyfriend look at you with a "wow" expression. Hee!
ReplyDeleteAs for weddings. I am sure most brides are extremely happy about their weddings and don't have regrets about the money. It's just not for me, as they say.
Best of all is when you meet someone who feels similarly (whatever it is) as in: private ceremony + public (invitational) party = happy couple!