you're such a sucker for a sweet talker.

08/30/2010

i went to london this weekend, sort of on a whim. rather, josh was planning to go to fanexpo, so i asked michelle if she'd like to hang out and she invited me to london with her. it was an alright trip, and great to see michelle, but some parts of it could have gone better. on the bright side, i got to eat my fave thai food at my fave thai place, and experience the only face-to-face reactions about the engagement i'll get from my friends. i also invented a pretty and delicious drink hastily named "the engagement situation": tons of ice, lemonade, and raspberry sourpuss. not for those afraid of sour drinks.
now, i have to apologize for wedding talk. this whole engagement thing is very strange and still so new to me. i don't want this to turn into a wedding-obssessed diary, nor do i want to start a diary for wedding-related things. as this is just going to be a part of my life, it's going to go in here where all my other life-happenings go. i hope y'all can bear with me.
i love all the congratulatory remarks, tho i have to say that i'm surprised by the level of rudeness i didn't know some of my friends possessed, ranging from demanding an invite to the wedding, and on at least 2 occasions being asked if they could be in the wedding party. if i were in their position, it wouldn't even cross my mind to ask, just to be happy for the bride-to-be.
despite my original "i never want a long engagement" stance, i'm actually happy that we're not going to get married till next winter [we're thinking feb 2012]. it gives me tons of time to plan... sloooowwwllly. i'm trying to take baby steps and not get overwhelmed. that said, i'm taking things as they come, and some things are just falling into place. for instance, i'm 95% sure on my dress already. tho, to be fair i was 95% sure on it before josh asked. a friend of mine is getting married so i was surfing around dress sites a few months back, giving her opinions, and stumbled upon what seems to be my perfect dress. so perfect in fact, that when i half-jokingly showed it to my mom, she suggested that i buy it right then and there. uh, no mom, i won't be the crazy cat lady with a wedding dress in her closet and no ring on her finger. i suppose that i could theoretically buy it now, but even that doesn't feel right. i don't want a dress hanging in my closet for a year and a half. as for those worrying it won't be available in 6 months or a year, well then, it wasn't meant to be. that's just how i see it.
then, in looking excitedly at my dress today, i happened upon a major contender for "bridesmaid" dress. we're likely only going to have one witness each, and i've known since the first moment that it will be lindsay. i suppose that would make her my matron of honour. whatever, i don't care much about titles. what i do know is that she would look stunning in this dress. i suppose that i have to ask her, and i'm not sure how that works exactly, in that this behind-the-scenes wedding thing is new to me, but i think that she'll be really happy to be my right hand lady.
i think that's all i need to mention tonight, except that i just ate the worst chinese food of my life. ew ew ew. never again.