1. Engagement pictures!
Robert and I had our engagement pictures on Wednesday afternoon. I got my nails done around 10, and when I left at around 11, I noticed that the sky was gray. Praying that it wouldn't rain, and recalling that I'm highly superstitious about rain, I drove back to my home rather than to Robert's first. I grabbed the umbrella I had originally forgotten with this thought running through my mind: if I don't have my umbrella, it will rain; if I do have my umbrella, it won't. This is called "magical thinking" in the pysch world--just means that a person believes he or she has the power to change certain events with the power of thought or behavior. It's where people develop their superstitions and rituals. Well, anyway, it didn't rain. So, I was right. ;)
It was 91 degrees and 100% humidity on Wednesday afternoon, so my hair was really threatening to go huge on me, but I think it held (what with all the maximum hold hairspray Ami put in my hair when she styled it right after class). We had a great deal of fun with the photos, and we love our photographer so much. She said that the photos will be ready to view sometime next week. I'll be checking religiously until then. I can't wait to see them!
After the engagement pictures, Robert and I had a fancy dinner. We figured (he figured, actually) that we were both dressed up nice, we shouldn't waste it. So, we went to a new nice restaurant in downtown, and sort of ate our way through the most delectable menu I've sampled in quite some time. Soooo good. It was "Wine Wednesday," which meant that bottles were half off, so we were able to buy something a little pricier than we usually buy. We had such a fun little night out. We celebrated our milestone before our wedding day, talked about the future, and also celebrated my birthday. (We decided, well, I decided, that it isn't logical to have two fancy dinners within a week of each other when we're both so poor as we are. He's going to cook for my birthday and take me out to a movie.) So much fun--I'm so excited to see the pictures! :)
2. Bridal shower!!
My sister has been planning this phenomenal bridal shower for the past several months, and I have been so excited for it. She hasn't let me help her a single bit, which she swears is how it's supposed to go. She and my mom have been entirely responsible for everything. I wanted to help make favors, but they delegated the responsibility to my cousin and aunt. My cousin assured me this morning that the favors are too cute and that I'll love them. I knew I'd love them before she said anything just because they worked so hard on them.
The shower is tomorrow at the university hotel and conference center. It's sort of a learning hotel, where hospitality majors can get their experience for their résumés. I haven't really had a horrible experience with it as of yet, so it's pretty good. They have a wonderful Italian restaurant attached to them, and they're basically catering the shower tomorrow. We're having a pasta bar where guests can create their own pasta dishes. And then there's apparently a dessert bar, I think...I can't remember if they decided to do that or not. But it's going to be a lot of fun. My sister has been planning games complete with prizes. One of the games requires an answer key, which I created. So I won't be playing that game...that would sort of be cheating. It's a "how well do you know the bride" game. We updated it with more contemporary references so that it's a little more relevant; I'm hoping it'll be fun for everyone. :)
Well, I have used up all my free moments before class and should end it here.
A recap of the bridal shower will come sometime in the next few days! :)
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