| 7:47p |
I'm supposed to be typing a paper...
but I'M A SLACKER. Just like I did as an undergrad, I put off my work until the very last minute before it's due. I have a night class tomorrow and I'm supposed to have a jounal article review or summary or something done [I'll have to check out my silly-bus] for tomorrow... along with probably over 100 pages of reading and a typed reading response journal. Yet I'm not flinching as I type this. I'm still on February vacation in my head. It flew by.
Let me tell you some of the exciting things I did:
-FOOD TASTING for the wedding.... was AWESOME. We're doing a split menu, so our guests will have a choice of a chicken or a steak dish. There's the Chicken Saltimbocca, which is a chicken breast basking in a lovely pool of merlot demi-glaze with a crisp slice of prosciutto and sage cheese to top it off. La tee da. Or if you're in the mood for a little steak, there is the red pepper gorgonzola stuffed tenderloin. A little too rare for me, but they can cook it for people, like me, who don't want their steak mooing on the plate. We're still choosing side dishes I think but it looks like the seasoned asparagus and delmonico potatoes are winning by a long shot. I'd be excited to go to someone's wedding and eat it.
Also making an appearance at the food tasting was our cake vendor, Konditor Meister. You haven't had decent cake until you've tried theirs. I am NOT a cake person.... and Matt's dad and I ate about six pieces of the cake between us... after eating all of the aforementioned entrees. I WAS SO SICK TO MY STOMACH LATER. BUT IT WAS SOOO WORTH IT. I'd do it again in an instant. Our wedding cake is called the strawberry grand-marnier. It's moist DELICIOUS yellow cake, layered with fresh sliced strawberries and a white chocolate mousse [and it tastes nothing like disgusting white chocolate... instead it tastes like the most delicious whipped cream mousse mixture that you can imagine], topped with a buttercream frosting. But not like, your mom's buttercream frosting [no offense, Mom]. It's so smooth that it, too, is like eating whipped cream. Soooo good. My mouth is watering.
-What else. Ahh, the flowers. We already met with the flower vendor who's contracted through the Sheraton for our centerpieces earlier. We're doing small square clear glass vases, with bright pink and light yellow roses, and some green berries but I forget what they're called. Since our wedding is citrus themed, I asked, kinda begged a little, to let us put lime slices in the vase. I told her I'd cut them up and drop a big bag of them off at the shop the day before the wedding if she'd put them in water. Deal. It's going to look pretty.
-Matt's parents got us a gift certificate to a flower shop in Holliston before they knew we were tied into one florist for the reception. So we went to this shop over vacation to pick out the ceremony flowers. I didn't know what the hell I wanted... and I couldn't find any pictures that shouted, "that's me." So I winged it. Not the best idea but we got through it with some lovely choices. My bouquet is going to be pink and white roses and amaryllis [those cute little white star-shaped flowers that need to be pinned to the bouquet because of their short stems... they'll have little pearl pins sticking out of their centers. Matt's boutineer will be a white rose... I think it starts with an A. My bridesmaids will have pink sophie roses, skyline yellow roses and bright green hydrangeas to add some pizzaz to the bouquets. The groomsmen will have skyline yellow rose boutineers. It will be cute and summery. At one of our last meetings with the priest, we found out we can't have our flower girl drop petals down the aisle... stupid rule. But they don't want to clean up after us. So we got her a flower wreath, which will have white baby's breath, and a mixture of pink roses and daisys, with ribbons streaming down the back. It will look adorable in her curly long brown hair. I decided since she can't throw petals and I already decorated a basket for her, that I'll go to AC Moore and make a fake arrangement to put in the basket that she can carry with her. Good enough.
-Next step, invitations. I am not paying upwards of $400 for a couple of pieces of paper and an envelope, so I have opted to do them myself. A.C. Moore sells blank ones that you can do on the computer yourself. It's like $25 for 50 invitations, which also include envelopes and response cards. I can always dress them up with a cute colorful font and a little ribbon and send them off. No biggie.
It's now 8:30. I think I can have that study read and summarized or whatever I need to do before 10:30 and still get a little reading in too. Then it's off to bed! |