Ah, Materialism! And Exclamation Marks!

I've been sort of stalled out on wedding planning tasks since returning from the dress shopping experience. I suppose that was such a big task that I needed a mental break.

Then yesterday I received a little email direct marketing thingy from a website that offers eco-friendly products, they were having a sale of some awesomely gorgeous glassware. I clicked the linky, and *drool*. And *expensive*! But wait! Solution! They have a registry! Apparently every website big and small can have a registry now. Nifty!

But how to let people know that I was registered at this utterly out of the way little web store? AH HAH! Take that tangled rope and bridal-dial for all their worth! I'll make those cheesy little websites where guests can search for me and my sweetie by name!

I also used the uber-cool new google homepage to make a proper wedding site, the URL to which I will give out to all guests for actual travel info as the wedding approaches. I feel so diabolical. Mwwahahahahaha!

A dress!

I visited Chicago last weekend for my nephew's Christening. My brother and sister in law asked me to be Godmother, and I accepted, of course. He's a precious baby, and it was awesome to hang with my family.

But the wedding related news is: I found, bought, and took home a dress! In less than two hours! We went to David's Bridal (make whatever sound you like here) -just expecting to get ideas about what sort of shape and style I like. Mom and I both thought I'd end up with something from either a fashion student or a department store that we fancied up with lace and sparklies.

Well, instead of that, the 2nd dress I tried on turned out to be the perfect dress for me! And rather than dealing with any shennanigans regarding ordering a particular size and then it not fitting, or who knows what (I've heard the horror stories, believe me), I asked for the floor sample that I was wearing. So we got an additional $200 off the price! Score!

Kosh, if you somehow found this, cover your eyes: My dress is a spaghetti strapped gold lace overlay sheath with a small train! I absolutely love it.

This does mean that neither pair of shoes (below) work with the dress. We managed to find shoes for the dress -strappy gold heels (this was much harder than finding the dress!) and now all that's left is finding a suitable undergarment.

The big debate: gold or red toes?