Thank you very much, everyone, for all your sweet notes about our wedding on Saturday. I have so much to share but no time to do a post!

I am so excited and so exhausted at the same time… I think everything is going to be great on the big day- thanks to the numerous hours of help from family and friends. I am so blessed.

I will check in when I can!

XO!

Wedding Craft Marathon continues…

I am covering glass votive candle holders with moss. Yes, with dusty, dirty itchy moss.

The reason? Well, my florist and I have worked really hard on the centerpieces and having candlelight was one of the most important things to me… It was either do this or have glass ones and I couldn’t take it.

I am anal and I have a problem. I know this.

They are kinda nice looking though, eh?

Okay, I know…

I am in the midst of wedding craft hell. I will survive I think but I don’t know if the tips of my fingers will. They are coated in super glue and very tender to the touch- ouchie!

Why? Here are our table numbers! Getting there- a few more to go. Lots more ones to do…

They are wire numbers covered in silver beads. I am going to string them up to our centerpieces.

Yay!

Casey and I were going to get our marriage license after work today because the Cambridge Clerk’s office is open until 8pm on mondays.

Unfortunately, we couldn’t go because the police shut down Central square because manholes were exploding.

Interesting. That wasn’t in my plan for this afternoon…

I found this adorable pattern for a lace knitted garter (by Diane Willett) yesterday.

I know the garter tradition can be a bit funky sometimes but I think it will be fun… we will wait until everyone is good and sloppy. haha

Too cute! I think I am, of course, going to do green ribbon. Although, I don’t have something blue yet.

Too bad I can’t get legs like that to go with it. Though she might be cheating with stockings…haha

I am so annoyed- Typepad hates my website again and won’t let me comment on people’s blogs.

This happened a while ago and I can’t remember how it was fixed…

So anyway, I have not been ignoring all you Typepad folks! I have stuff to say but I just can’t get it to work.

wah.

As promised, Casey took a few “before” pictures so that we can try to document the tanning process. I don’t know if it will work out but we tried!

I did a little shopping today. Ahem. Just a little.

I found a dress for our rehearsal dinner and it was on sale. FATE! I even got it on extra sale because the dresses were 25% off at Ann Taylor- even though I think I wasn’t supposed to get that extra discount since I think it applied to full price dresses only. Oh well, works for me… I guess. (I do feel a tad guilty about that one…)

It is in my favorite color- lime green! yay!

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I also got these beautiful shoes… I may end up wearing them for my wedding because I love them so much! (even more than the shoes I have to wear- I still have the receipt for them… hmmm…)

Those were not on sale- unfortunately… They are sooo pretty though!

I am the palest person- really. The only color from the sun I get is in the form of freckles. And more freckles.

So every summer I embark on the quest to find a sunless tanner that 1. does not stink to high heaven, 2. dries in a reasonable amount of time (although Casey loves the naked time… haha) and 3. gives me a natural looking color.

I have tried many products throughout the years and when I saw the articles in Lucky (gawd-awful website warning!!) magazine this month all about different kinds of sunless tanner, I almost peed my pants. Wee!

I have never read Lucky but I needed something brainless to read on the plane to Seattle when I was trying not to have a nervous breakdown with all the turbulence. Anyway, I like the magazine a lot more than I thought I would!

They had a great series of articles, as I mentioned, that focused on a bunch of sunless tanning products. I happened to remember one, Neutrogena’s MicroMist Tanning Spray, when I was at the drugstore the other day and picked it up.

I decided to experiment with my legs last night and began, as instructed, by exfoliating and shaving my legs. I chose a scrubbie/ loofah thing I got at Target but you can also use a scrub too. (I paid particular attention to my knees.) After drying off thoroughly, I used a little bit of lotion on my feet, ankles, and knees because I read somewhere that can help make the tanner look more natural in those areas.

The spray comes out in a very fine mist, just as they say. It takes a little getting used to and, although it says you don’t have to do this, I did spread it around with my hand a little bit to make sure I got even coverage. (wash hands well with soap and water after)

This stuff seemed to soak in really quickly- I don’t know about the 5 minutes that they claim but I felt comfortable going to bed without worrying I would get it all over my sheets or Casey.

The results? Not bad! Not bad at all! I think I would like it a little bit darker on the front of my calves (formerly blindingly white!) but other than that, I am very happy with the results.

I kept thinking though, while I was applying it, of that movie with Meryl Streep and Goldi Hawn, Death Becomes Her. Where they become immortal but don’t take care of their bodies and have to spray paint each other to not look dead? Come on- someone has to know that movie… I loved that when I was a kid. haha

The end.

*update: Real Simple magazine also has an article on sunless tanners this month, which seems helpful as well. They broke it up into categories and recommended products for light, medium and dark skin. Very cool! (They also had articles on flip-flops, hair remover products, and fans that I also enjoyed…)

Hi!

I am still alive… just in a bit of a stupor / pre-wedding craze is all.

Had a nutty weekend where we discussed ivy vs ficus trees (reception centerpieces), learned how to do the “cuddle” and the “peekaboo” (dance moves, you dirty people!), and had a lovely dinner where Casey almost ended up on the floor (one of his chair’s legs broke off).

This week has been more of the same… with wedding activities filling up every moment not at work. I met with a sweet woman, Veronica, who will be making my wedding necklace and bracelet tonight. Very exciting! It will not be exactly the same as this one, but hopefully a bit more delicate…

I will have a proper update very soon. 18 days and counting! yay!

Thanks to everyone for all your ideas on Seattle! I have had a great time here and am sad to be leaving early tomorrow morning.

I will have to come back… it is really a great city.

Thanks to Lisa, I did get to a yarn store today. It is called So Much Yarn and is the an area of the city called Belltown. (maybe because it is at the end of Bell Street?) It was a nice store- a good layout and there were a few comfy couches in the back. The people there were friendly and we chatted a bit.

But what did I buy? I just got one skein of this beautiful yarn from Montana. (I know! Not from Washington… but they still don’t have this stuff back home…)

Isn’t she pretty?

She is going to be some pretty sockies and will look super with my Dansko maryjanes.

The yarn is Mountain Colors‘ Bearfoot and the colorway is Ruby River. It is really soft and the color is even prettier in person. wee!

See you soon, Beantown…

I am coming home!

I was at a reception last night and was chatting and drinking with a bunch of people when… um… nature called. So I placed my drink on a ledge, went to the ladies room and returned about 5 minutes later.

I grabbed my beer and took a swig and, to my surprise, there was something solid and slightly squishy floating in my mouth. Gee, that is weird. I don’t remember there being a lemon in my beer.

Wait. I know that flavor. And that gritty crap has to be…

GAH!

Someone had put their cigarette out in my full beer. And I drank it.

Ah, it is good to be me.