Registering.

So, after posting my last here, about feeling like I am under pressure and not really enjoying the process anymore.
You know, that one.

I now feel a bit better about things. And I had some really nice chats/emails/messages from people who had read it and support my "I'm doing my own thing" mini fit.

Which is awesome.

And since having the Weird Weekend, in which I felt like I was accosted on all sides about Registering (I wasn't ACTUALLY accosted. It just felt like a synchronized "oh my god you haven't registered yet, are you trying to make this hard on everyone, what are you DOING" brigade) Really it was just a handful of people giving me shocked face and me over reacting. As I do sometimes.

Ahem, anyway.

So I have just now set us up online with a registry service through The Bay (and apparently just the one downtown. I thought it would work at all of The Bays, but no. That is not the case. Sorry our of towners)

There is nothing IN the registery as of yet, Geoff and I still need to actually go down there and look at stuff.

But it's a STEP.

So now if you want to get us something (and we're not asking by the way, we are more than happy to just hang out with everyone sans drama (this is a big one for me. I want NO DRAMA all day. I have heard some scary stories about the drama at weddings and I want NONE OF IT. So if you feel inclined to bring us some drama as a gift? Take it back and replace it with NO DRAMA.
I might actually be hiring someone to send people home if I feel like it's turning into an episode of 90210.)
No joke.
But if you really want to get us something, we will try to get some items on the registery this weekend.

Phew!

Under Pressure

So this past week I was hit with an interesting realization.
(that I can't say that I love, but I get it)

This wedding is turning into something unexpected.
It's kind of starting to feel like it is turning into something that is not really about us any more.

I appreciate where everyone is coming from, there have been some amazingly incredible offers of support from unexpected places, and some equally amazing support from places that I did expect it from.

So thank you for being awesome.

I am not really complaining. In fact I don't think that I am complaining at all.

I think what it is, is that I had this picture in my head of what I expected this day to be like, and I am realizing that it may in fact not be that way.
Which is fine, we can't always get what we want right?
What hit me the hardest was that I was no longer excited about it. I was anxious about making sure we got it right.

Which, frankly, is ridiculous. It's OUR bloody wedding.

So that realization leads me to this statement.

We're doing this our way people. I am happy to accomodate people that I love as much as I can, but I am not going to sweat it if things are not going the way that someone else thinks it should. Unless that person is Geoff.

And already, after deciding that this was what I was going to do, I feel better.

So there.

Sincerely,
The Bride.

hair pieces

I have been checking out the Ban.do website this morning and there are some really cute pieces in there.
Like these guys...



I am still not quite sure what I want to be doing with my head for the Big Day, but I am right now leaning towards something like the first one.
Hair up? Hair down?
Who knows at this point.

It's fun to just think about it right now!
I've got a couple more weeks before I really need to stress out about it!

Accomodations nearby

I went through our local yellow pages and found some B&B's on the lake and in the nearby area.

Please give them a call if you plan to stay over night and don't want to camp out on the back lawn in what we are affectionately referring to what will be Tent City.


1. Shawnigan Shores Bed & Breakfast 2374 Renfrew Rd 250-733-2233
www.lakebb.com

2. Whistle Stop LakeSide Bed & Breakfast 1838 Baden Powell Rd. 250-743-4896

3. Marifield Manor Bed & Breakfast (in Cobble Hill) 2036 SunnyBrook Lane 250-743-9766

4. Prancing Horse Retreat (Cobble Hill) 573 Ebadora Lane 250-743-9378

5. Deer Lodge Motel (Mill Bay) 2529 Partridge Rd 250-743-2423


We are expecting to be having a silly good time into the night (we'll give the neighbors a heads up!) and you are all of course welcome to stay here (in Tent City, the cabins are both already spoken for) or nearby.
We will be preparing a breakfast for the troopers the following morning. Probably hot muffins and coffee.
And lots of water.

Got to rehydrate you know.

Where have we been??

I am a lax blogger lately. The computer that I work from is STILL in various pieces from the move and even though I am on a computer right now, it is not the one that I use.

Hence the random, month long lag.

Sorry folks!

But since the wedding is now 2 months away (excuse me while I barf) I really need to get back to some sort of routine and get this thing PLANNED ALREADY!

Ahem.

I am completely in love

This photograph is everything I want right now.
The dress, the light, the water.

SO amazing.

(found it via Design is Mine)

oh yeeeah.

There it is people.

The ENGAGEMENT RING.


I have worn it for a couple of weeks now and I am still drawn to stare at it.
Sitting in traffic.
Walking (and consequently stumbling into something. Naturally)
Typing on the computer.

RIGHT NOW!


sigh.