Weddingness (and george)
George seems to be going away, now. The cramps went away last night by around 9pm, and didn’t return until I was out shopping with my friend early this afternoon. When the cramps and bleeding returned, it was mild. It seems to have dissipated again.
The store I went to with a friend wasn’t on the Sunday Wedding Dress Shopping agenda - I skipped that this week due to george. I’ll be hitting wedding shops tomorrow, though. Anyway, while I was at this local consignment shop, I saw a black dress, and my friend said she’d been eyeballing that one for me, and wanted me to try it on. So I did, and IT FIT PERFECTLY. It’s a black gown, a-line style dress. My friend convinced me that if I don’t use it for my wedding dress, I can always use it for other nice events, or to go to Convergence. And the price? Only $38.
Twist my arm! I bought it!
When I came home, I decided to give my father a call. Yes, I caved in, first. I called and sounded chipper, and in like fashion, both he and his wife were chipper. I asked if he’d read the last email I sent. He said he had, and said it’s okay, he’ll deal, but he’s still not happy with the idea of a Halloween theme, nor is he happy with how expensive our tastes are. Ahhh, ok, so here’s part of the confusion. I told him I’d sent him all that to let him know we needed a baseline from him - that we were looking at all these venues not knowing what kind of budget we’d be gifted with from him. My father finally gave me a firm budget he wants to gift us with, and now we can continue looking at more reasonable venues. This also means I have to talk with my man again about the reality of our budget, and see if his father and father’s wife are willing to budge on their “no money til we see a signed marriage license” nonsense.
It is likely that the guest list is going to have to be halved, sad to say. We just don’t have the money even for a $10K wedding, now, unless we put it on a credit card or two. It’s good to finally have solid numbers to work with, though. No more dreamland wedding planning.
I have my energy back today, and got some housework done. I also went crazy looking for wedding pix of friends so I can use these for ideas in planning my own wedding.