Week 3 and Wedding Free
We took week 3 before the wedding OFF.
I had a business trip to go on and my fiance joined me. We had decided a while ago, that we would extend this trip into the weekend, because neither one of us had been to Boston as a tourist. We always went on business. We decided it would be a wedding free week, and for the most part we stuck to that.
Mom, on the other hand, took the list of things to do and marched down it. I just got the report:
Wedding favors - done as far as they can be without the almonds (they arrive in 2 days)
Table cameras - purchased
Non-fragrant tealight candles - purchased and trimmed
Late RSVPs - opened
Cats - Fed & watered (while not wedding related - equally important)
The only thing my fiance and I did wedding related was try Italian cookies in the North End. Rough job. We did find some nice Pignioli cookies, so we brought some of those home. Besides that? We took in the sights, walked all over the place and ate way too much food. Back on the wedding diet when we get back, although I am not sure how much can be done in 2 weeks. Two weeks?!
3 weeks before "W" Day | Comment (0)Mom has kicked into high gear
I think Mom is starting to see cracks my calm facade. Or perhaps she has been talking to my fiance. Or perhaps, since I gave her access to our google wedding calendar, she can see all of the things coming up in the next few weeks. No matter what the reason, she has kicked it up a notch, and I have to say she is right on time. When the wedding is 7-8 months away it seems like you have plenty of time to iron out all of the details. And in truth you do. At least, you have the time to iron out the details that you KNOW about. The trick is that there are a whole bunch of little nitty details that don’t crop up until way late. Add to that all of the details that you have (eh hem) procrastinated on, and suddenly you feel like the only guy wearing red at the festival of San FermÃn in Pamplona. So Mom has graciously offered to take care of some of those pesky details, and I am one to say a hearty “Thanks, Mom”.
3 weeks before "W" Day | Comment (0)nutter butters are not my friend
How is this related to my wedding you ask? Follow me….
Most brides start dieting immediately to fit in that “perfect dress”. Well, my “6 hour dress” has a corseted back, thus allowing me to justify procrastinating on the typical wedding diet. I was happily eating anything I wanted until a friend of mine, unknowingly sent me into diet overdrive by announcing “only 6 more weeks until the wedding! Can you believe it?” NO, as a matter of fact I can’t! When did that happen? Is it possible to lose 20 pounds in 42 days? That’s around 1 pound every 2 days, if I calculated that right. I might be able to do it if I ate steamed vegetables and brown rice every day. We did get a really cool rice cooker from Mom… Okay, wait…slow the panic train down. My seamstress pointedly asked my if I was planning on dropping dress sizes. Even with the corseted dress, she seemed to frown on this idea. Okay, so 20 pounds, not such a good idea. How about a more reasonable amount like 5-7 pounds. That was more doable. A pound a week. I could lose that. So for the first few weeks, I was pretty good. Then hell week at work hit. Hell week at work has culminated in my sitting here in the airport at 9pm waiting for my redeye back east, which has now been delayed for 2 hours. Enter the Nutter Butters. I needed solace and for some reason, I thought the Nutter Butters could provide it. And to be quite honest, they have done a good job (don’t tell weight watchers). I have managed to only eat half of the package (don’t ask the obvious question) and I think I will stop now. But to bring the story full circle… my wedding diet was blown today due to the plane being delayed and the pull of the Nutter Butters.
Tomorrow will be a better day.
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