Brial Beauty

I am super excited - I'm going dress shopping tomorrow afternoon! The dress has been just about the only wedding-type thing that I've been excited about. I don't really want a wedding, I'd rather just be married. But Mike is very traditional and very romantic and all the lovely things you want in a husband, and it is so important to him that we do this the wedding way, that I'm getting myself exited for the whole money-sucking operation. But I didn't need any help with the dress. I've always been excited about the dress.

I just have no idea what I want! I know what I don't want:

1. Strapless. I hate strapless dresses, strapless tops, strapless everything. Hate. Yuck.
2. Big fat ball gown. I'm 5'3" and about 100 pounds. Anything bigger than A-line swallows me whole. A big poufy skirt is the thing I think I'd look the worst in.
   
3. Pure white. I'm super pale, with pink undertones. Bright white makes me look like an alien. I'll definitely be going the ivory route.
   

That's it. That's all I got. Oh, I guess there are a two things I want - I want a low or no back, and I want something that defines my waist/hip area with more structure/curves. That's it. I am totally open otherwise!! Hopefully, these ladies will help me find it.

Wish me luck!!

My Ball and Chain

Yay! My sweetpea finally took photos of my ring with his super fancy camera. They came out so pretty. Of course, I'm totally biased. But I love it so...

Shoes!

I had to do it. I just had to. The prices were too good, and I sleuthed a promotion code from the interweb, which made them all that much cheaper.

I present to you two of my new three pairs of shoes. Yes, I bought three pairs of shoes, online, all at once. I suppose I was detoxing from "No Frivolous Spending January."

This pair wound up costing $15.99. Original price was $89.99, on Naturalizer.com. I love that store! Great comfort and super good styling, especially as of late. I'm headed to a wedding in March, and I figure that these are excellent dress up shoes for a less than formal affair (beach wedding, Florida, etc.) and that they'll be a good addition to my regular rotation of spiky heels.
And this pair I got for $39.99, original price of $79.99. Hooray! So cute. I love red shoes. How adorable with a pair of skinny jeans? Or a denim skirt?
The best part is that I ordered them two days ago and they arrived today. The third pair is probably on its way, but seriously. Who cares when I have these two to keep me happy!

I guess I missed blogging, being that this post makes it twice in one week when I've blogged twice in the last three months. Ok. I'm back on it.

Still Still Alive

Hmm, its almost February and I realized that I have barely posted since December. What up? I guess part of it is guilt, part of it is laziness and part of it is time.

1. I'm guilty about not doing much knitting or sewing these past several weeks. I started a beret that I didn't finish, and I still have some old old projects in the works that I don't know if I'll ever pick up again.
   
2. I'm lazy about everything these days as I had my winter break from grad school and thoroughly enjoyed doing anything I wanted.
3. I don't have the time anymore, with my new job (not so new anymore, I guess) and school and planning a wedding.

Mike and I booked our location for the big day, and we just love it. We went back and forth about a lot of different sites, their advantages and disadvantages, and couldn't really find many negatives about this place. We both got a really great vibe there, both from the space itself and from our contact, the lovely J.

And I still owe pictures of my beautiful ring to so many people... I think I just have to buckle down and photograph it tonight after class! Its still just as perfect, and I love that it is mine. I also love the reactions I get from people who notice it - it makes me really proud and happy to have something so meaningful, and to have that be recognized by strangers who notice how unique and lovely it is. Someone called it "thoughtful" the other day, and that really touched a chord with me. It is thoughtful. And I love it.

Still Alive

Not much to say, just wanted to alert the masses that I am indeed still alive. The one thing of note:

I'm in to run 100 miles by April 1st. I'm pretty excited about this and I'm already on my way!

He Did It!

Its official, folks. I'm gonna be an honest woman.

Pictures of my beautiful ring to come...

Skirt! Skirt! Skirt Alert!

I totally made the coolest skirt ever. In the absense of my knitting, I've been sewing up a storm. Some good, some bad, but with each project, my technique is improving by leaps and bounds. I've also been collecting vintage sewing patterns, which I just adore. Like this one (I made View 2):



And here it is. I made it out of brown velvet that I got in Ohio last winter but never seemed to find anything to use it for. Its a good thing I waited! This skirt has a waistband, a hook and eye closure at the top of the back zip, and is so awesome.



This is the fully clothed view. I love how a skirt that sits at my actual waist makes my legs look longer, not that you can tell from my top-down photo, which actually makes me look about 2 inches tall! Though, perhaps my midgetness will distract you from the disaster that is my bedroom. In my defense, I cleaned the bathroom today AND baked a sweet potato casserole from Cooking Light Magazine to contribue to my mother's table tomorrow.



Happy Thanksgiving everyone!