Ah, the joys of being in St Louis for wedding stuff. Coming in every couple of months means that certain things MUST be completed before I jet back to Pittsburgh. So today was no exception for accomplishing a fair amount. We started this AM with a trip to get matting for a wedding picture, and gel pens. The idea is instead of signing a guest book, we're going to ask our guests to sign the matting. I shamelessly stole this idea from Kathy, and it was re-enforced when I got to see hers hanging on the wall when we visited in August. Very cool!

Then we went to the stylist to do a trial run on wedding hair. Ladies and gents, I think it's safe to say it will be extremely hard to recognize this ponytail wearing tomboy on December 11. I don't mean to scare anyone, but curling irons, bobby pins and hair spray were all involved. As a matter of fact, judging from my difficulty in attempting to brush it all out later, I would have to guess that I'll be able to repel bullets with the top of my head. The heck with Wonder Woman and her bracelets, just call me super bride. I seem to recall a certain friend's justification for buying a kevlar motorcycle outfit as including the phrase "And it can repel flying nails!" (Ahem). I'm pretty sure my 'do will accomplish the same critical task.

After the stylist, it was off to St Cecilia's to hang out at a wedding and meet with the organist. I messed up the wedding times (I think. Or he told me the wrong time)and got there about an hour later into the wedding than I expected. Oops. But I did at least hear one song that he did, and we got together and finalized the music for the wedding. Mom and I startled Dad by returning from this journey an hour early. Quick! Hide the dancing girls!

Then, not to be daunted by a quick accomplishment of the critical tasks, Mom and I went out shoe shopping. That turned out to be more of an adventure than we thought. Mom found a very lovely bridal shoe for me, but it had about a 3" heel and laced up like a corset. Hmmmmmm.... For Mom, we were trying to find a shoe that matched purple. Alas, this was the only flop of the day, but not all was lost. We did get to eat some lovely pretzels and see some cute doggies up for adoption.

And now...it's late. Tomorrow is a shower, and hopefully a bike ride with Dad. Monday I head home. Sleep tight!
cb
- posted by cam @ 10:25 PM