The Dress
i got to put my dress on again yesterday.
just when i think my excitement about getting married is drowning in an ocean of teeny tiny to-dos, i have a reason to put The Dress on and am swallowed up in giddiness all over again. yesterday, we staged a “final fitting”. mom fixed all of the crooked stitches done by the seamstress in May and we undid a few of her other embellishments* as well. as you can see, the final touches also involved delicate maneuvering with pliers.
then i stood in the dining room with sunburned shoulders wearing pajamas from Brandon’s mom and steamed the dress from top to bottom. and bottom to top.
now it’s hanging from a sturdy hook in the attic ceiling with a “GROOM: DO NOT ENTER” sign on the door.
the next time i put The Dress on, i will be wearing the most ultra super duper dunk-tank strength waterproof mascara i can find and walking down a green grass aisle.
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*big ugly metal bustling hooks on the outside. seriously.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Hooray for mom and her pliers :D Can’t wait for all the little pieces of your day to come together – so exciting!
July 14th, 2009 at 9:42 am
What a teaser! :D It’s all coming together and going to be unbelievably beautiful.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:58 am
Seriously I am so excited for you!!
July 14th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Moms who can sew are the coolest. :)
July 14th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
I can’t wait to see your dress and you in it!
July 14th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
I’m with everyone else! We are all looking forward to your big day and seeing you all again! :))
July 14th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
oh my….there’s something in my throat…a lump…oh wait, oh my….I’m gonna cry I’m so dang excited and happy. Oh wait, I don’t have waterproof mascara. It’s so much more fun when you can truly be happy for other people.
Love,
Rocky Racoon Eyes
July 14th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
I will be bringing some waterproof mascara of my own as well as a hanky to hold underneath my bouquet if it is large enough to hide it.
July 14th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
I love the picture of mom and those ugly pliers working your Dress. Thats priceless.
…cant wait to gain an awesome brother-in-law…. :)
July 14th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Aaaaaiiiiiieeeeeeee! Soooooo excited! :-D
I, too, will need the waterproof stuff!
July 15th, 2009 at 4:36 am
Unlike all of you I don’t think I will need any waterproof mascara, however it will for sure be one of the greatest days ever : )
July 15th, 2009 at 7:38 am
This is so great.
July 15th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Awww, Brandon, you will be blubbering along with all the rest of us, you’ll see! :-D
July 15th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
I think he will too. But the thing is, he won’t be wearing mascara.
:)
July 15th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Can I recommend Clinique mascara… the one that coats your eyelashes with little tubes that only come off with warm water and squeezing the lashes? That’s what I wore :)
July 15th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
I sure hope you’ll be posting tons of pictures for those of us not going to the wedding :) can’t wait to see it!
July 17th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh … i cannot believe how freaking excited i am!!! oh. my. gosh.
and teary, seriously, i have to get the teary out of the way now ;-) xo