| To Do, to do, to do, to do, to do......
Well now that I’ve brought you all up to speed on how
we got engaged and where the ceremony will be taking place
and where the reception will be, I had a major problem in
deciding on a bridesmaid. There are a few other biggies on
the To Do list - but this to me was the biggest hurdle
yet!
We still have to pick a DJ and as Joseph doesn’t ‘get’
the idea of going to listen to a DJ at work, I feel this is
yet another thing that I will have to do by myself. We (or
more likely I) have to decide on a colour scheme which will
decide clothing, flowers, invites (to a lesser extent) and
other colour related items! Wedding rings have to be purchased;
videographer has to be booked, invitations have to be bought….the
list just keeps growing.
Back to the bridesmaid situation and Joseph has already asked
his only brother to be his bestman. Now I have three sisters
and have already asked my eldest sister to give me away, which
she has kindly agreed to do. Both of my other sisters have
been married and I really would prefer not to have either
of them as matrons of honour. Just on that, how antiquated
does that sound “matrons of honour”? Surely there
must be a more trendy term for what they do, answers in a
discussion on WOL please.
After having our son, now over two years ago, I have had
to put my old social scene on hold, or if I’m honest,
pretty much dropped out of it. I didn’t have the time
and energy to socialise (which basically meant going to the
pub and having a few drinks). Another problem is that now
that I live on the north side of Dublin, most of my friends
are southsiders. I’ve lost touch with them over the
past months and would have picked one of them to be bridesmaid
if we had stayed in touch.
Well, since I wrote the above, which was in early December
2003, I have asked my future brother-in-law’s girlfriend
to be my bridesmaid and she was delighted to accept the challenge.
So that is a major worry off my shoulders. The Bach rescue
remedy can be returned to the shelf, if only for the short
term.
Following on from that chat, I have been speaking with the
wife of a friend of Joseph’s, who just happens to be
a fashion designer and she was saying that she had a few ideas
on the style of dress for my wedding. I have yet to discuss
costs and styles in detail with her but it would make my dress
extra special to think that there wouldn’t be another
out there like it. She made one statement that “Shoestring
straps are out!” which I’m not too displeased
about. I was wondering how I could get away with a dress like
that and not be in an “over the shoulder boulder holder!”
and now I probably wont have to.
So, as I write this, I have a hundred and one things to do
and I don’t seem to be making a dent in this huge “To
Do” list. I can only hope that the To Do list gets done
before we say “We Do!”
Till the next time,
Lynne
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