So J and I finally set a date (I think). We're still waiting to hear back from our wedding planner, but we have a certain date in July confirmed with a certain hotel in Honolulu. Now we're just waiting to hear from a certain church to get our wedding date really set (seems like it's still in the gelling process). Next week I get to meet with a local priest at a church I have never attended. The priests at my regular parish never returned my phone calls or emails so I am trying with a different church. Hmph.
Anyway, I am determined not to turn into a bridezilla. Here are some pics of our reception venue. I look at them to cheer me up. Eyes on the prize...



In preparation for the wedding, I decided to take two of my bridesmaids (my sister and my cousin) to David's Bridal in Milpitas last Sunday after a completely useless Bridal Extravaganza at the Marriot in Santa Clara. The whole day was a disaster. We didn't know you had to set up appointments at David's Bridal since I had walked in there the week before on a not-so-busy day and was told to "just look around and maybe try something on."
The bridesmaids (being good little attendants) eagerly took wedding dresses off the rack (Gasp!) so they could show me all the goodies they found. Like a frenzy from a bad bridezilla free-for-all, they were running from aisle to aisle snatching up semi-acceptable dresses. Each had two or three gowns in tow. Sadly they were stopped by the Wedding Dress Police and immediately scolded. They tried to convince me to leave. But I kept pushing it. And when we set up an appointment, they told us the wait wouldn't be long. Oh but it was! 45 minutes later, we left. I am almost positive I am having my dress made by my aunt, but I wanted to at least try some dresses on to see what kind of dresses looked best on me.
Slightly defeated, we went to the tiny Jessica McClintock store at the mall. It seemed like every dress didn't fit on us and even if it did, it wasn't very flattering. I can see why David's Bridal is so militant about wedding dresses because a lot of the dresses at Jessica McClintock were stained or ripped. The best thing that came out of Sunday was a general confirmed conviction to diet and lose 20-30 lbs before the wedding.
So as of Tuesday, I'm back on the South Beach Diet. I'm trying to get in shape for the Big Day with a diet that has been the most successful for me so far. No bread, rice, flour, etc...at least for a few weeks while I'm in Phase 1 of the South Beach Diet. It's actually pretty easy since I spend most of the day at work and the pain of falling behind even more with my caseload overshadows any hunger pains. We'll see what happens when the weekend rolls around though...