Monday, May 30, 2011

Things left to do...

So we're beginning the countdown (or listing up of) things left to do. For instance, attendant presents. Shimon and I both have to figure out what to give attendants. It's got to be easier for him than for me. A few bottles of nice sake and a nice couple of cups to drink it with should do fine for him. Me!?!? Something Japanese. Yeah, that's a pretty broad category. Still not sure. Maybe I should go window shopping soon to try to figure out.

Then there's the dress (still too long), but I have to figure that out in Fairbanks in June. I'm sure that will all work out fine. :-) (The power of positive thinking? Oh yeah!)

There's also ordering the favors (which should be pretty easy since we now have some numbers). Plan is to do that next weekend... and maybe go looking for presents for attendants afterwards? Maybe.

Also left to be done:

- sorting out how to organize the rehearsal dinner (they don't have them in Japan)
- finding a way to transport my dress and all of the accessories in June (when I head to my brother's wedding)
- trying to figure out what else to add to our registry
- get Shimon started on the wedding ceremony and vows and things like that (It's all being done in English)

And none of that includes my long list of errands for when I'm in Fairbanks in June! Whee! It's all a bit surreal that we're under 2 months out from the wedding date. Eeek!

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Much later than planned...

So it's been a very long time since I posted anything at all. To be fair, between crises in Japan, starting a new job and wedding planning I was busy. Mostly, I just got lazy with the blogging. That happens frequently enough to me, but I figure that now is a good time to start back up. When I have a bit of a rant...

I chose a beautiful wedding dress a few months ago. Very elegant, but still me! When I tried it on it was without this underskirt thing called a panier. I was asked if I wanted to try it on with one, but declined since I don't really like the poofy, cupcake-top look of them.

Happy with the panier-less dress I decided to get it and even went to the shop to be measured.

Fast forward a bit... the dress arrived at the end of April (yay!!), but I had to get friends together to help with trying on the dress. I tried on the dress last Sunday. It fit well, except for the length. Even with shoes it was too long.

I contacted the shop and said that I wanted the length adjusted because it's just too long. After several emails, it comes out that the length of the dress was determined including all the information on my measurements and shoe size AND to fit over a panier. Apparently the style I chose is meant to go with a panier.

Problem 1: No one told me that when I chose and ordered the dress. Problem 2: Still don't want a panier. Problem 3: Going ahead with the length alterations could make the dress look strange. Problem 4: I want to scream!!! A WHOLE LOT!!! On top of all that the shop has no openings to try on the dress with panier to see if I would even like it.

At this point, I'm probably just going to go with the panier because it's about $60 and alterations would be much more expensive. But I'm still royally pissed because I'm not going to really be wearing the dress that I liked when I tried it on. It will be similar, but it's not going to be the dress I wanted. *whew*


Ranting over... I'll post better (more cheerful) blogs in the near future!