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!

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