***Go read a technology blog, Dan. This has spoilers. Shoo!***

So what’s happened between now and The One?

The Other One vs. The One
Yes, it’s true, I cheated on The One. During my visit to I Do Bridal, I actually believed I found the real One. It was very simple, no frills, and it was part of a sample sale that would go back to the main company that coming Monday. Everyone seemed to think it was the real One, so we had the final meeting set up to purchase it right before they shipped it off. I even told Dan I changed my mind, but Sunday morning changed everything. We were sitting in the car after church and Dan pulled the David’s Bridal magazine out of the backseat and asked me to show him the First One. Figuring the deal was off, we flipped through the pages and I showed him the rejected One, and as we browsed, I spotted something odd: there, for $300 cheaper, was a dress that looked almost identical, but cuter, to the New One. So Sunday afternoon, Nanny (my dad’s mom) and I dashed to David’s Bridal to check out this new New One.

David’s was packed. No one could help us but the front greeter girl (who, as it turned out, rather wanted to be an assistant, but was only part time and couldn’t be.) Needless to say, I probably made her day and her commission.

Of course, initially she told me I couldn’t try on the dresses at all because policies required that there be an assistant. She didn’t seem to grasp our urgency, so I told her that this was dress life or death; we’d either buy a dress from them or not, and this would seal the deal. (Besides, I Do’s dresses are 10 times more expensive and they let me put them on myself, so I was almost insulted at this point.) So she talked to the manager and they obliged. With the greeter girl’s help, I was shoved in the Poser One dress and quickly decided that it definitely wasn’t it. And as I stood there in the store, I found myself gazing longingly at the rack that I knew held The One, hanging there sad but  proud. I remembered the flowing layers of soft ivory taffeta, the dainty flower and sparkling old fashioned appliqués on the hip; how it looked like every 50’s Prom Dress Princess I could have ever wanted to dress up as a little girl. And I decided I needed to try it on again. The greeter girl said “Of course!” this time and when she brought it out,  my heart lit up. We meet again, dress, I thought. The dress at I Do was lovely, but it wasn’t uniquely beautiful like you. And it forgave me, because even 3 sizes too small, I could tell that this was still The One. And it wasn’t “too much” for the park. It wasn’t $1,000. It was the one that made my mom cry. It was perfect. 
And with a flash of 12 months no interest financing, I bought it, and a size smaller than I am right now, against everyone in the store’s wishes. Come September, I’ll need to be about 3-4 inches smaller, which isn’t horribly difficult considering the incentive. I can do it because I’m worth it, the wedding is worth it and The One is worth it.

And so concludes Operation Dress Hunt!
Next up: Operation Lose Some Friggin’ Weight. Oh joy…
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A Sadly Shrinking Guest List
My guest list is shrinking, and it’s not our fault. I don’t know if this is a typical situation, but this year, every few weeks, someone I know dies. First it was my grandpa. Then my aunt. Monday, it was my Grandma Diana’s brother-in-law, who I called Uncle Jack. So I issue this formal plea: Please stop dying, People I Love. You’re messing all my plans up. kthx.

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On that subject, cake tasting was going to be tomorrow and Sunday. We were going to Cake Affairs and W.O.W Cakes, but the thing is, Grandma Diana is buying our cake and we don’t want to go without her. This has been a hard year for her, so I know it’d be something she’d love to be a part of, but I can’t bear to ask her if she’d still want to go tomorrow with the funeral of one of her oldest friends still so fresh. So I called W.O.W, which was simple enough to change, but Cake Affairs is tiny and it took 3 weeks to even get the appointment we have now. For the time being, we’ll just cancel and hold position until we know for sure; meanwhile I reiterate my previous statement about people I love dying…sigh.

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Other Updates:

Dan’s Mom and Grandma really really like me! I wish like anything they didn’t live 5 hours away, because I totally heart them too…

My red and cream lanterns came in! Yay!

We’re thinking about changing from poppies to reddish orange cabbage roses since poppies are nearly impossible to get. Thoughts?

The invitations are getting closer

My Magic Mouse came in, which is neither here nor there, but wowzers is it nice….

And that’s all for now! Thanks for hanging with me!