a little change'll do you good

so i changed up the blog a little...  not sure why, exactly, i just felt it needed a little facelift.  i'm also not sure how long it's staying, due to the ginormity of this e.j. bellocq storyville gem, but i really liked her - she seemed relaxed/intoxicated and is in some killer tights, so, for now she stays.

today mike and i had brunch with some lovely friends at their lovely home in the burb where i work.  mimosas and homemade strata and coffee cake, and it was quite a good reason to visit madeira, unlike most other times i might be there.  it will be a while until i am back, however, as last night was my official last shift, and i am now on medical leave for the healing of the foot.  anyway, i digress, we'll talk about that shortly.  after our lovely brunch, we decided to do some big day errand running, and we got some major things crossed off the list.  namely the invitation.  as a gal with a background in print, i had a really huge block when it came to designing our own invite.  i was having nightmares and cold sweats, and i kept seeing things that would make me change my design, then i'd change it back, then, oh look!...  sigh.  we accidentally selected a lovely one from a book and ordered them up today, and i couldn't be more relieved.  they are just the cutest, and it takes a huge weight off my shoulders just knowing that this is one more thing i don't have to mess with.  we are customizing slightly, however - i'm hoping to shun the boring ivory envelopes provided with a stack of sweet colorful stunners that i picked up at poeme last week for a song while mike was away in denver at the conference.  the only thing i have to do now is address the envelopes while we wait for them to arrive, and that makes me feel really great.  i also got mah shoes recently  :)

yes.  they are bright pink.  magenta, even.  and shiny.  now, for those who know me realllly well, you are probably wondering to yourselves if i've officially lost it or not.  fret not, i haven't.  they are just terribly cute [and comfy too!] in person, which is really important for a bride-to-be with a foot injury.  i also found my 'something blue' last week, in the way of a sweet costume ring that is terribly big and awesome and sparkly that i nabbed at toku baru, as well as a cute makeup bag with deer and burning trees on it [my reward for cleaning out the medicine cabinet and scaling back on the makeup drawer while mike was away].  so, shoes and 'something blue' are marked off the list, dress is at the tailor, invites are ordered, cake tasting round II is being scheduled tomorrow [after my dentist appointment - my teeth will be fixed tomorrow!  no more snaggletooth!]...  i have to gather up the addys for the invites and make a save the date for the open reception.  i'm thinking these two things should happen soon.  we also need to get our bands and find out how to acquire this whole marriage license thing, i guess.  :D  one day at a time.  thankfully, i have more days free to do this stuff now while i sit on my rear and let my foot heal before my doctors appt in august.  because no one wants to have foot surgery right after they get married.

hope y'all had a great weekend!  check back often, because now that i'm on medical sabbatical, i'll be posting up a storm!

<3

in the wee small hours of the morning...

as i begin this, allow me to say that it's currently 4:54am, and i'm sitting outside my place of employment using my babybook™ and starbucks free wireless.  i closed last night, therefore, i'm pulling a what i lovingly refer to as a clopen [close, then open].  i was just here like 4ish hours ago.  one of my coworkers called late in my close shift very ill, and thinking that i was going to be up all night anyway, i took the shift.  why was i going to be up all night, you ask?  well, mike had a red-eye to denver this morning.  i was going to drive him to the airport so he wouldn't have to park, but after a lengthy discussion, the realization that his parking would be reimbursed, and my decision to take this shorty open, he drove himself.  so also as i type this, he should be safely arriving in dayton for his 6:30 flight.  sigh.  another financial aid conference, another 4 days without seeing his handsomeness.  i decidedly hate financial aid conferences.  they steal my love much more than i need them to.  be prepared for some grumpy few days, if you happen to cross my path, i suppose - i'll try to be my usual sweet, but it's hard to smile when mike's away. 

so...  wedding stuff.  i'm sure you're curious, since it's been a coons age since i've blogged.  work schedules and soreness are to blame for my absence, so please accept my sincere apologies.  currently my dress is at the tailor, shoes have been purchased, invites are in the works, flowers are being negotiated, and we've still not found a suit for the wee graham.  mike's got his though, so we're set there.  recently, we discovered that we can now have our little shindig at the NEW sign museum spot, which is very exciting, as it's much more accomodating for these things.  the older space is set up a little oddly, so it's a big sigh of relief that we can have it in the new space.  we took megan, the coffee lass, over there to see about setting up, and she was probably just as excited about it as we were.  she just kept saying, "the pictures are going to be amazing...."  i can't wait, seriously.  our families will even maybe forget that we're not doing the church thing once they get in there and see just how cool it is.  maybe.  ;)  right now the focus is the invite, since we're officially only 2 months out.  2 months!!  i can't believe it's so close.  i know these 2 months are gonna fly right by, i just know it.  i am beside myself with excitement, i just want it to get here, honestly.  as much fun as wedding planning seems, it's a lot of work, with a metric ton of decisions, things to consider that you never thought you'd have to consider...  ugh.  i'm just really looking forward to it all being over and just being mrs. mike and having some peace and quiet in my life.  :)

well, it's just about time to make the donuts.  looking forward to an iced coffee or two, a [hopefully] quick morning so i can go home and sleep, finally, and wednesday, because that's when mike flies home.  i'm really, really looking forward to that. 

have a great sunday, everyone!  and i promise it won't be so long next time.  :D