Day 104 Happy: I (finally) got my wedding dress!
While hanging out with my parents and siblings has been wonderful, the real reason I came to Georgia was to get my wedding dress. This morning, we got up and went to watch Jakie's baseball practice (since I never get to go to any of their games) and then went back to the house and took a shower so that I could be nice and clean for my appointment.
We went to a little bridal boutique called Bride Beautiful, which my Mom found online.
Let me just start this little story by telling you that I HATE trying on clothes. Just trying to find a pair of jeans that fits properly can make me break into tears in the dressing room. I have gained weight, and I hate it, and I don't want to look at myself in the mirror. Unfortunately, I have planned this lovely wedding and refuse to go marching down the aisle in my jeans and a t-shirt.
So, off to the salon we went. My consultant's name was Gail, and she was super nice. I told her that I didn't care about the size of the dresses that I tried on, and implored her not to tell me. She pulled a few things for me to try on, and three were worth showing my Mom and sister. Of the three, I liked the third one the best, and it was in the price range that we were looking at. It is beautiful, but I won't say much about it here, in case my fiance meanders over for a read.
It is too big everwhere except for the boobs and will need to be hemmed so that I don't trip over the extra foot and a half of material that is running around at my feet. I got my veil, too, and it matches the dress perfectly! I am afraid that it is going to cost a fortune in alterations, but that's okay, because my wonderful parents paid for the dress! My mom said that she was going to pitch in, but I never expected that they would pay for the whole thing. It was such a nice offer that I didn't cry until my Daddy told me on the phone that they were going to take care of it!
All in all, my appointment only took about 45 minutes, which was great! I didn't want to spend my entire day looking for dresses, and we had time to go to the mall and walk around and have lunch and then go back to the house to spend time with the boys before Mommy and Daddy drove me to the airport to come home!
Ah, the airport. What an experience that was! I don't think I have ever attracted so much attention as I did dragging my wedding gown (in it's pretty purple bag) through the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson airport. The lady who helped me check in even asked me to unzip the bag a little bit so that she could peek inside. The attention was nice, but trying to navigate my purse, carry-on rolling bag, the wedding dress and eventually the food that I grabbed (veggie burger from Burger King, yum!) was NOT easy. But I made it, and now I'm home safe and sound!
Now I just have to find out the absolute latest day I can take it in for alterations, and then as lose as much weight as humanly possible before then!
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Georgia!! (103/365)
Day 103 Happy: A short little tiny trip to Georgia.
After a very long day, I am finally in Georgia! Yay! It has been an interesting trip so far. I had to get up early this morning and go to an interview for my Neighborhood News Bureau class, and then I had to go to Ethics (we got our Ethics Bowl cases... one of them seems really interesting, and the other one I am not sure about yet. We'll see.). Finally, Marc picked me up from class and took me to the airport. I'm a silly girl, and I know that I'm only gone for one night, but I sure do hate it when I have to leave him. I miss him!
My flight was uneventful... Marc downloaded a Christmas episode of the Office onto my iPod for me, so I watched that on the airplane and giggled as the guy sitting next to me kept falling asleep and leaning his head towards my shoulder, and then snap up without waking when he touched me. He smelled nice, though, so I didn't mind too much.
Mom and Lyndsey picked me up at the airport and we hopped in Lola (the drag queen Jeep) to head back to Cumming. On the way home, there was this stupid teenager girl from Tennessee who was swerving all over the road like an idiot. She had her mirror down on the visor, kept disappearing as she rummaged around the front seats of her car, and talking on her cell phone. We were convinced that she was going to run into another car (perhaps us!) or slam into the barrier that divided the highway. In an effort to get away from her, my mom sped up, which is apparently when a Georgia State Trooper decided to shoot his evil little laser at her.
He clocked her going 82 in a 65 (oh no!) and asked her for her license and registration. Unfortunately, my mom had gone to the race last weekend with my Dad. She asked him (like many girls do) to hold her drivers license in his wallet so that she could have it in case she got carded, but she wouldn't have to carry a purse (we find this out later... at this point, Mom just thinks that she has lost her license. Panic, induce!). So, she has to tell the cop that she doesn't have her drivers license. She tells him that it is a Florida license (she just keeps renewing it) and he goes back to his car. When he came back, he told us that, in his system, it isn't showing that she has ever had a license in the state of Florida... which is simply not true.
Mom called Dad to see if she could find her drivers license, and get the number of it... or there is a pretty good chance that we are going to be hauled off to the police station. In the meantime, I pull out my handy dandy iPhone and google "how to look up your drivers license number" and it comes up with this website. I typed in my Mom's information, and the database said that there was one record of a Gaynetta McClain with a drivers license in the state of Florida. When the cop came back, Mom gave him her drivers license number (which she got from Daddy when he realized that her license was in his wallet) and I showed the cop that I found proof that my Mom had a Florida license online. He took my phone and looked at the website, and went back to his car.
Curious, I clicked on the view link to see what other info they had come up about my Mama, and I see this picture:
I proceed to nearly hyperventilate laughing as my Mom (still on the phone with Daddy) tells me to shush. Unable to breathe, I show the phone to Lyndsey, who starts cracking up as well. Mom finally catches on and we are all in tears imagining the scenario if the police officer had decided to click the view button. We would have all been hauled off to jail for sure!
In the end, Mom got two tickets, one for the speeding and one for not having her license, and a court date. She is going to fight the speeding ticket, since she was only trying to get away from the little brat who doesn't understand that when you don't pay attention in your car, you can end up killing somebody. Too bad we didn't get her tag number.
It's been a fun start to my little vacation! Hopefully we don't have any more of this kind of excitement!
After a very long day, I am finally in Georgia! Yay! It has been an interesting trip so far. I had to get up early this morning and go to an interview for my Neighborhood News Bureau class, and then I had to go to Ethics (we got our Ethics Bowl cases... one of them seems really interesting, and the other one I am not sure about yet. We'll see.). Finally, Marc picked me up from class and took me to the airport. I'm a silly girl, and I know that I'm only gone for one night, but I sure do hate it when I have to leave him. I miss him!
My flight was uneventful... Marc downloaded a Christmas episode of the Office onto my iPod for me, so I watched that on the airplane and giggled as the guy sitting next to me kept falling asleep and leaning his head towards my shoulder, and then snap up without waking when he touched me. He smelled nice, though, so I didn't mind too much.
Mom and Lyndsey picked me up at the airport and we hopped in Lola (the drag queen Jeep) to head back to Cumming. On the way home, there was this stupid teenager girl from Tennessee who was swerving all over the road like an idiot. She had her mirror down on the visor, kept disappearing as she rummaged around the front seats of her car, and talking on her cell phone. We were convinced that she was going to run into another car (perhaps us!) or slam into the barrier that divided the highway. In an effort to get away from her, my mom sped up, which is apparently when a Georgia State Trooper decided to shoot his evil little laser at her.
He clocked her going 82 in a 65 (oh no!) and asked her for her license and registration. Unfortunately, my mom had gone to the race last weekend with my Dad. She asked him (like many girls do) to hold her drivers license in his wallet so that she could have it in case she got carded, but she wouldn't have to carry a purse (we find this out later... at this point, Mom just thinks that she has lost her license. Panic, induce!). So, she has to tell the cop that she doesn't have her drivers license. She tells him that it is a Florida license (she just keeps renewing it) and he goes back to his car. When he came back, he told us that, in his system, it isn't showing that she has ever had a license in the state of Florida... which is simply not true.
Mom called Dad to see if she could find her drivers license, and get the number of it... or there is a pretty good chance that we are going to be hauled off to the police station. In the meantime, I pull out my handy dandy iPhone and google "how to look up your drivers license number" and it comes up with this website. I typed in my Mom's information, and the database said that there was one record of a Gaynetta McClain with a drivers license in the state of Florida. When the cop came back, Mom gave him her drivers license number (which she got from Daddy when he realized that her license was in his wallet) and I showed the cop that I found proof that my Mom had a Florida license online. He took my phone and looked at the website, and went back to his car.
Curious, I clicked on the view link to see what other info they had come up about my Mama, and I see this picture:
I proceed to nearly hyperventilate laughing as my Mom (still on the phone with Daddy) tells me to shush. Unable to breathe, I show the phone to Lyndsey, who starts cracking up as well. Mom finally catches on and we are all in tears imagining the scenario if the police officer had decided to click the view button. We would have all been hauled off to jail for sure!
In the end, Mom got two tickets, one for the speeding and one for not having her license, and a court date. She is going to fight the speeding ticket, since she was only trying to get away from the little brat who doesn't understand that when you don't pay attention in your car, you can end up killing somebody. Too bad we didn't get her tag number.
It's been a fun start to my little vacation! Hopefully we don't have any more of this kind of excitement!
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Wedding Stuff (for boys) (102/365)
Day 102 Happy: Shirts and stuff
Not only do we have bridesmaids in three different states for the wedding, but we also have groomsmen in three different states! Marc's best man, Justin, lives here in Florida, my brothers live in Georgia and John lives in South Carolina. Needless to say, that makes coordinating things a little bit difficult sometimes. My mom has been asking me what kind of shirts that they boys needed to wear. We didn't know where we were going to get them from, and since I picked ivory shirts (because I want to get an ivory dress) I didn't want them to all just get a shirt from wherever, because they would end up being different colors of ivory (does that make me ridiculously bridezilla? Maybe, but I think I'm pretty easygoing on most things, so just give me this one, okay?).
Today after work, Marc and I met Justin at the mall to pick their shirts and look for wedding shoes for me. They found their shirts pretty easily... they are ivory and stripey and look really nice. AND (bonus happy) they were on sale! Since they were at JC Penny, it should be pretty easy for all of the other guys to find the same ones. Just in case, I am going to take Marc's shirt with me to Georgia tomorrow (BONUS HAPPY) so that I can show my Mom and we can at least try to find shirts for the boys that are the same color. I didn't find any shoes that I liked for the wedding, so that was kind of a bust, but I have time.
I leave for Georiga after class tomorrow! I am so excited... not only do I get to go shopping for my wedding dress with my Mom and sister, but I get to see the boys and Daddy, too!
Edit 9/12: Since my bridal appointment took no time, we were able to go to the mall in Georgia afterwards to hang out and look around. We went to JC Penny up there and got the same exact shirts (still on sale!) for Jared and Jacob. Now all we have to do is have John get his, and we are all done with the boys!
Not only do we have bridesmaids in three different states for the wedding, but we also have groomsmen in three different states! Marc's best man, Justin, lives here in Florida, my brothers live in Georgia and John lives in South Carolina. Needless to say, that makes coordinating things a little bit difficult sometimes. My mom has been asking me what kind of shirts that they boys needed to wear. We didn't know where we were going to get them from, and since I picked ivory shirts (because I want to get an ivory dress) I didn't want them to all just get a shirt from wherever, because they would end up being different colors of ivory (does that make me ridiculously bridezilla? Maybe, but I think I'm pretty easygoing on most things, so just give me this one, okay?).
Today after work, Marc and I met Justin at the mall to pick their shirts and look for wedding shoes for me. They found their shirts pretty easily... they are ivory and stripey and look really nice. AND (bonus happy) they were on sale! Since they were at JC Penny, it should be pretty easy for all of the other guys to find the same ones. Just in case, I am going to take Marc's shirt with me to Georgia tomorrow (BONUS HAPPY) so that I can show my Mom and we can at least try to find shirts for the boys that are the same color. I didn't find any shoes that I liked for the wedding, so that was kind of a bust, but I have time.
I leave for Georiga after class tomorrow! I am so excited... not only do I get to go shopping for my wedding dress with my Mom and sister, but I get to see the boys and Daddy, too!
Edit 9/12: Since my bridal appointment took no time, we were able to go to the mall in Georgia afterwards to hang out and look around. We went to JC Penny up there and got the same exact shirts (still on sale!) for Jared and Jacob. Now all we have to do is have John get his, and we are all done with the boys!
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Netflix! (101/365)
Day 101 Happy: Netflix (and the obsessions that accompany it).
I love Netflix on demand. We have it hooked up through our Wii, and we not only have an instant queue full of movies and TV shows that we have lined up to watch, but it has tons of other things available directly through the Wii to watch that aren't in our instand queue. It's like doubling your DVD collection, but everything is held inside of the Wii instead of taking up a whole bunch of room in your living room (and it's definitely a lot easier on the wallet).
While I have enjoyed expanding the movies that are available for me to watch at home, I really like having TV shows on demand. Marc and I are totally obsessed with The Office, and have watched four and a half seasons in the two weeks. It is hilarious! I feel like I finally know what everybody else is talking about. If you haven't watched The Office, I would definitely recommend it... just don't get discouraged after the first couple of episodes... it gets way better in the second season.
I think after I finish watching it, I am going to watch the British version, which is also available on Netflix instant.
I love Netflix on demand. We have it hooked up through our Wii, and we not only have an instant queue full of movies and TV shows that we have lined up to watch, but it has tons of other things available directly through the Wii to watch that aren't in our instand queue. It's like doubling your DVD collection, but everything is held inside of the Wii instead of taking up a whole bunch of room in your living room (and it's definitely a lot easier on the wallet).
While I have enjoyed expanding the movies that are available for me to watch at home, I really like having TV shows on demand. Marc and I are totally obsessed with The Office, and have watched four and a half seasons in the two weeks. It is hilarious! I feel like I finally know what everybody else is talking about. If you haven't watched The Office, I would definitely recommend it... just don't get discouraged after the first couple of episodes... it gets way better in the second season.
I think after I finish watching it, I am going to watch the British version, which is also available on Netflix instant.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
100 DAYS! (100/265)
Day 100 Happy: The Happiness Revolution!
It's hard to believe that this is the 100th entry for my yearlong Happiness Revolution project. This also means that I am 24 years and 100 days old (gasp!). While this project seems a little daunting sometimes (I mean, there are just some days when it seems like there is literally nothing to be happy about), it is a lot of fun and has helped me to see the silver lining, if you will.
There are only 265 days left of the project, and I have a really good feeling that I am going to have a lot of happy things to write about, especially in the next few months. Between Halloween, the wedding, Thanksgiving, Christmas, seeing my family a whole bunch, and the honeymoon (which may or may not happen... I'll let you know as we come to more decisions), there is a lot of stuff to look forward to coming up.
It's hard to believe that this is the 100th entry for my yearlong Happiness Revolution project. This also means that I am 24 years and 100 days old (gasp!). While this project seems a little daunting sometimes (I mean, there are just some days when it seems like there is literally nothing to be happy about), it is a lot of fun and has helped me to see the silver lining, if you will.
There are only 265 days left of the project, and I have a really good feeling that I am going to have a lot of happy things to write about, especially in the next few months. Between Halloween, the wedding, Thanksgiving, Christmas, seeing my family a whole bunch, and the honeymoon (which may or may not happen... I'll let you know as we come to more decisions), there is a lot of stuff to look forward to coming up.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Workout! (099/365)
Day 99 Happy: A good workout.
In general, I hate working out. However, with my wedding coming up, it's either do or die. I want to lose weight before I have to stand up in front of everybody in my dress, so I guess I don't really have a choice anymore whether to work out or not. So, I decided to man up and just do it... and it actually feels really good. While the actual workout itself doesn't feel amazing, how I feel afterwards is well worth it. Now, if I can just remember that the next time I try and convince myself to work out, I will be all set!
Wedding dress shopping is in less than a week!
In general, I hate working out. However, with my wedding coming up, it's either do or die. I want to lose weight before I have to stand up in front of everybody in my dress, so I guess I don't really have a choice anymore whether to work out or not. So, I decided to man up and just do it... and it actually feels really good. While the actual workout itself doesn't feel amazing, how I feel afterwards is well worth it. Now, if I can just remember that the next time I try and convince myself to work out, I will be all set!
Wedding dress shopping is in less than a week!
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Flowers!! (098/365)
Day 98 Happy: Wedding bouquet making.
Today, my lovely bridesmaids Angela and Sarah came over after I got off of work and we assembled the bouquets for my bridesmaids and myself for the wedding. Marc and I decided to get fake flowers instead of real flowers and ended up spending around $150 on fake flowers and supplies to make the bouquets (Bonus Happy, since real flowers would have most likely been $150 just for my bouquet!). Not only was it nice to get a wedding-related craft out of the way, but it was so great to be able to spend time with two of my friends, just sitting around and chatting and having girl time.
As of tomorrow, there are only two months until the wedding! I'm so excited I could barf!
Today, my lovely bridesmaids Angela and Sarah came over after I got off of work and we assembled the bouquets for my bridesmaids and myself for the wedding. Marc and I decided to get fake flowers instead of real flowers and ended up spending around $150 on fake flowers and supplies to make the bouquets (Bonus Happy, since real flowers would have most likely been $150 just for my bouquet!). Not only was it nice to get a wedding-related craft out of the way, but it was so great to be able to spend time with two of my friends, just sitting around and chatting and having girl time.
As of tomorrow, there are only two months until the wedding! I'm so excited I could barf!
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