THE DRESS FIT!!!!!

I finally got around to trying on my dress.  For the sheer reason the groom reads my blog, I am not posting that picture.


But we had a good moment of trying on the dress.  It was the women of my household: My mom, my sister-in-law (my brother's wife) and my aunt who is currently undergoing cancer treatments and living with my mom.


The dress was in this really tiny bag, shipped from China, and it unraveled so beautifully.  Just the palest of pinks, and tulle everywhere.  The applique shined so beautifully. 


My sister-in-law and my mom helped me into my dress and let me look in the mirror, and my aunt climbed the stairs, which she seldom does, to come see me in my dress.  It was a great moment to enjoy my dress and the women surrounding me.


I only have a few things that need to be adjusted, but if I didn't get them fixed it wouldn't be the end of the world.


THE DRESS FITS!!!!

Whoooo Hoooo!!!!!

It's almost here.....

As the wedding gets closer, I am putting together my house and getting things done.  Not much to do now that I've got everything pretty much ordered, appointments completed, my dress fits, etc.


I've been enjoying getting in touch with people I haven't talked to in years, and enjoying that some of them are close enough to get back in touch with.  I found out one of all-time favorite history professors actually lives in the zip code I work in.  I'm thinking a dinner is warranted soon.  He was actually one that fed my weird history interests, and allowed me to do a paper in Argentinian history called "The Wild Women of Argentina" my thesis statement was based on a quote, by a Ms. Ulrich which said "Well-behaved women seldom make history."  He and another professor encouraged me to continue with getting a Masters in History, but that wasn't in the cards.  But because of those two I am working on a donation of rare and out of print Irish History books and other hardbacks to be donated when I'm ready to my university. 


Hope to see him soon.


We'll see.


Only thing I have left that is wedding related to order is my fiancé's tux, and then get the house ready for wedding photography since we're doing our dressing pictures at the house (separate rooms, I pay attention to superstition).


Hugs and love to you all
~Melissa

Is it wrong I'm not remotely interested in trying on my wedding dress just now?

My wedding dress arrived yesterday. 

My move is on Saturday (the roommate kept the townhouse, my fiancé and I are moving two blocks over to a fully renovated one floor apartment, bonus on both ends for me).

And it's allergy season.

Is it wrong I don't want to drive all the way out to my mom's to go and try on my dress and do a girly thing right now? 

I know the dress arrived yesterday at my mom's house, and if it had arrived at my house, I probably would have wanted to open it and look and try it on.  However, I am moving on Saturday, I have massive allergy issues right now, I need to do laundry, etc. My schedule is full without a trek out to my mom's to try on a dress I'm scared might not fit.  Though custom sized, I still am trepidatious about the dress not fitting properly.  I'm all sorts of odd shapes, and I gain weight wayyyy too easily.  It doesn't take much to put me into the next size of pants. 

I asked a girlfriend of mine at work if it was wrong that I had no remote interest in going to try on my dress at present, and she was like "You need to march out there, with a bottle of wine, and put your dress on! It's not Prom for heaven's sakes, this is your wedding dress!"

So, I've already gotten the push to go and do the visit with the dress, I just am so overloaded right now that trying to do anything fun is going to ruin the moment I want to try the dress on, in that moment.  I think that's why I told my blessed mom that I would address that next week. 

Poor Mom, I'm sure she's dying to see what the dress looks like, see how it fits, etc.