so work has been a little busy the past week and a half.. one of my bosses is out and the other is going crazy trying to cover for the one that's on vacation. plus we have a small staff anyway, so having one person out always means more work (and more chaos) for everybody.
on that note, i have tomorrow off! i took it off because i thought there would be a rehearsal dinner on the eve of the wedding, as is usual, but bc of all the kids' work schedules, dad and bonnie decided to have the rehearsal last sunday. and i decided to keep friday off anyway. i have some errands to run, but mostly i just don't want to go to work. i want to be around for a friday night. not that we have much planned.. we're deciding between going to iparty, going to bidwell's (the place with all the wings!! ::drool::) or cooking faJitas.
either way, my dad's wedding is saturday, and that's a little weird for me. i'm happy he's happy, but it's just not something you ever picture yourself going to, i guess. and/or being involved in. as in the maid of honor. although technically i am the only girl up there (besides bonnie and the justice of the peace, anyway). eric is dad's best man, and then bonnie's boys will walk down after me and go stand on her side with the eldest walking her down the aisle, and then eric and i will be on dad's side.
i am sure it will be lovely. the dress is okay.. still not my favorite ever, but def not the worst ever, either. bonnie & her sister keep saying i should have it taken up to tea slash knee length to have as a party dress, and i am thinking they might be right, i think i might like it better like that. but then i'm not really used to full-length gowns, so that might be why.. i've only ever worn them ..... 3? times. for proms. that's it. i don't even wear full length skirts. they look really cute on some people but i always feel like a hippie. and uncomfortable. and if you feel uncomfortable in your clothes, you look uncomfortable.. so i just skip them. knee length is my favorite for skirts, basically.
i am excited for the hair, though. i was nervous about the whole professional hair done thing, but the style the girl came up with -- in the midst of a double dose of antibiotics for a kidney infection, for pete's sake -- well, i really liked it. i can't remember if i blogged about this, so quick synopsis slash recap: she used a 1-inch curling iron and curled all my hair in small sections and then used a bunch of bobby pins to make a cascading waterfall of curls down my back, and up on my head it had that sort of messy but elegant look. i know that seems contradictory, but i don't know how else to explain it. i really liked it, and i'm excited to see how it comes out with hairspray and all, actually doing it. (the double antibiotics were making her nauseous, so we nixed hair spray and did it sort of quick, the poor girl.) i loved the whole cascade of curls thing, and i was so relieved that it had a soft look to it, not a slicked-back helmet of hair-sprayed hair. i know it'll be sprayed now, but it's okay because it's not that generic prom hair look that i just can't see myself wearing.
i'm sort of nervous for the makeup, mostly because i don't wear much. i wear foundation, cover up and mascara, and that's pretty much the extent. occasionally i play around with blush, eyeliner and/or eyeshadow, but it's never usually much and usually in neutral colors, soft browns & tans, although i have some blues i like to use. (side note, i bought that almay 'bring out your eyes' thing, and i was so not impressed. my eyes didn't pop any more than they usually do.) i like to have friends do my makeup, though.. it's fun. i don't really know what i'm doing, so i'd rather have people playing who know what they're doing.. i may or may not end up looking like a clown when i do it. i remember once when we were kids my best friend and i did each other's makeup and i literally made her look like she was a ghost -- not on purpose, either. it was sorta creepy. and proved that i am not much good at makeup, so i usually keep it pretty simple. it's okay, anyway, i'm not really a makeup wearer. i don't think i would be even if i knew how.. some people can rock it but i always think i look sorta weird. just me with paint, sorta.. not really prettier or anything. but maybe that's just cause i'm used to my face regular? haha. turns out jon isn't a big makeup fan anyway, so that works out for the best. although he hates chapstick and lip gloss, which is sort of a bummer, cause i do like to wear both, and i've pretty much cut down on all usage, cause he makes a face when i kiss him, and that's not really the reaction i'm going for, yknow?
okay, dress, hair, makeup, what else.. the shoes are okay, they are a goldish color with small sparkly iridescent sequins covering the straps, which are a simple curved band across the toe and then an ankle strap. the heel's around 2, 2.5, so that's not bad. a little bit of height but i won't feel like a giant -- although thank God for 6'4" boyfriends! i can wear just about anything. and i say just about because i tried on a pair of stripper boots at halloween last year and i was literally looking him in the eye. it was weird. anyway. the wedding heels, they're all right, not my favorite but again not the worst ever. they look good with the dress, and you can't really see them anyway cause the dress hem goes basically to the floor. i am a tad concerned that they will hurt my feet and i will have to take them off, which is not a problem in and of itself but only becomes one because that would raise the possibility of stepping on the dress and ripping/tearing/otherwise destroying said dress.
(research -- they are these shoes: http://www.gownsbysimpleelegance.com/gowns/Crystal.html but in a light gold-ish color.)
(research2 -- they are actually these: http://www.gownsbysimpleelegance.com/gowns/BabySequin.html but the other picture is better, i think, so i left it up, ha.)
okay, dress, hair, makeup, shoes... oh! purse. oof. my aunt got me this gold beaded scallop-shaped purse, and ... well, let's just say i would not have bought it. although, to be fair, i have never bought an evening purse.. my mom bought my first one and i stole my second one (not on purpose, i just forgot to give it back) from a friend in hs). and she was trying to be nice. i suppose it works out anyway because i only have black purses, and they wouldn't really have gone.
jewelry, i am borrowing some stuff from bonnie -- about .02% of my jewelry is gold. i have a necklace that my dad gave me for graduation that is a gold and silver looped charm (it loops over a necklace) and has a rainbow of gems in it. the trouble is the necklace itself didn't work -- it's a reversible omega chain (http://www.ntferro.com/shop/images/OM6WY16_lg.jpg) but because it stays in that circle shape, it just didn't fit with the halter style dress, so we had to find another chain for the charm. the problem there was it's a good-sized charm, so it dwarfs a small chain, but bonnie had one that was a decent match for it, so i'm borrowing that. and a pair of earrings that are gold and they are four diamond-shapes of gold stuck together one on top of another. simple, won't take away from the necklace or the hair, and the angles sort of match the charm. and she said she's going to pick me up a simple gold bracelet, so we will see what that becomes!
i think that's about it for wedding updates. now you can all envision me on saturday (okay, sort of), and i am sure there will be plenty of pictures -- dad's friends go crazy with cameras -- so i am sure i will find some to post after the wedding.
in the meantime, i'm going to go to bed now.
a lovely friday and ensuing weekend to all!
(ps, anyone who picked up on the fact that the title of this is 'going to the chapel,' i am impressed, and you win my favor. woot!)
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