PrincessInOz
Thanks for my avatar, Mary Jo!
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- Feb 8, 2010
It was nuts!
Your tree is so cute! I hope the meeting of the oarents goes well. I know about fathers with idiosyncrasies. We just told my parents that Fran's father was crazy and they let it go with that.
I hope your holiday went well. Ours was uneventful. Just four of us and a lot of food.
Merry Christmas!! Hope your holidays and all meetings went well
Phone Calls, Sisters, and OMGYAY
So, in exactly ten weeks, I will be 1100 miles away from DF. While I'm excited about the opportunity to work for Disney again, I'm not at all excited about being away from him for four months. I keep trying to remind myself that it's just four months and, compared to the rest of our lives, it's just a drop in the bucket. Sometimes it works, but sometimes it doesn't.
At any rate, this morning, I got a phone call while he was getting ready for work. I didn't get to it in time, so it went to voice mail.
My dress is in!
They're able to hold it for 14 days, so that gives me some time to figure out when we're going to pick it up. My parents are most likely going with me. Given my mom's schedule and mine, it's going to be a little difficult finding a day when we can go. I have class Monday through Friday and my longest day at work is Saturday (and right now, I can't take any off). So we're going to figure that out tomorrow. She's out of town for work right now and comes home tomorrow, so we'll get it sorted then.
DF asked if I was going to keep it here or at my parents' house. I'm honestly not sure. I kind of want it here so that he doesn't have to go get it when he's packing up the apartment in July, but apparently he'd be very tempted to peek. Says the man who's still refusing to consider a first look.
Anyway.
A few weeks ago, I was talking to my sister about the wedding. My sister is very into punk rock and tattoos and piercings. This doesn't bother me. She typically refuses to dress up. I had told her that her dress was up to her, as long as it was black and at least knee length. She has since asked me if she can wear a Renaissance Faire type dress, because she seems to think that it's a Halloween THEME, not just taking place around Halloween She doesn't want to spend money on an actual bridesmaid dress, either. I haven't talked to her about this again just yet, but I'm going to. I'm half tempted to just wait until David's Bridal has another of their super cheap dress sales and buy her something, then tell her if she doesn't like it, she can just deal with it. I want her to be happy with what she's wearing, but at the same time, I'd like her to look nice. Not costumey. It's one day. She can wear a nice dress for one day.
Kim and Mike, two of the people in our bridal party, just got engaged on Christmas, and I'm very very happy for them They filmed a goofy announcement video and posted it, so if anyone wants to see it, I can link it. I believe they're planning for 2017, and Kim is going to go with me to a local bridal show in March. We think it'll be fun.
YAY! Glad the dress is in. I hope it's perfect when you go pick it up!!
Maybe you could get your Mom to talk to her with you.
Congrats to them!
I'm glad that your dress is in and it's smart that you wait to get it altered, you never know which way you will go, and hopefully it will need to come in a bit! I hear that Disney works you hard!
The thing about your sister is kind of a drag. It's YOUR wedding and I think you gave her a lot of leeway, but I think you need to put your foot down and tell her as much as you want her in the wedding, you don't want her to make a mockery of it. An October wedding means Fall, not costumes and outlandish garb. It's your wedding and you should have people participating how you want them to and not them telling you what to do. Let her know that she is important to you, but so is that day and how it will be remembered for years to come. If you're not having a "Ren Faire" wedding then a Ren Faire dress isn't appropriate.
I agree with the others in you should have final approval over the attire in the wedding party. Maybe you can find some samples of what you'd like and show her what you're thinking would look appropriate.
Congrats to your newly engaged friends.
Have fun picking up your dress, that's so exciting.
Yay for your dress being in!! It's so exciting to know that you have it! Does DF really think he won't be able to resist peeking? Do you dare to take it to FL with you (especially since you'll be living there and all)?
I'm sorry about your sister. Maybe you can shop for a pre-owned dress with her, or help her sell hers afterwards? Maybe if she's not spending as much she won't have a problem with the style as much. Hope she comes around in time