Hilarity

Molly sent us this pic that cracks her up.

Sara improved it!

I can't quit laughing every time I see this picture!

Offbeat Nastiness!

I know Sara has done quite a bit of research to get the wedding ideas she has. While most ideas come from the less frightening recesses of her and Curtis's minds, I know some inspiration has been from Offbeat Bride. My favorite part about reading up on these is because they say "Why my wedding was offbeat..." Most of them qualify because the brides eschewed the traditional white dress in favor of some blood or poo colored ill-fitting gown. Congrats girls, you have no taste! But we'll just call it "offbeat!" While I think we all encourage and love the unique-ness that will be Sara & Curtis's wedding, I've come to realize how much restraint they are exercising. Check out the more scary contenders!


Memoirs of a murdered geisha...



Ahh, yes, she found something "old"! She just had to kill it first.



Congrats, you found the ONE other person in the world that doesn't think you're a total freak.



Thank goodness Sara's parents help financially, or Sara might have had to make the SAME dress! God bless you Tammie and Larry.




This is my favorite offbeat bride pic! It strikes a certain similarity to Sara & Curtis. I think this is just adorable! It'd be kinda funny if they wrecked after this pic though! :)

Countdown

Has everyone scrolled to the bottom of this page to check out the Lost countdown? I KNOW you all can't wait for it to come back...same as me! :) I mean, is Juliet really gone for good? Did going back in time work for the 70's crew? If so, does it affect the group stranded in present time? Ack! So many questions!

I'm thinking about adding Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and Twilight's New Moon countdowns. But those are on July 15 and November 20 and I'm not about to forget that! My boss and I are talking about taking a long lunch on July 15 to go see Harry Potter. That would be freaking awesome!

Man, talk about a good summer!

Favors

I am wowed. Lesley is amazing. That's all this comes down to. Her wedding gift to Sara & Curtis is to make the wedding favors. I mean check this out!!

Sara...you are damned lucky to have the friends you do. Lesley doing favors, Molly & Heather doing the cake around cost, Adam for being so pretty, me for just being who I am... Ahhh, so lucky.

NASA and bras

Strapless dresses seem to be iconic of a summer wedding. All the bridesmaid ads I've seen show these pretty girls wearing feminine, summery, strapless dresses looking as though they are having the most fun they've ever had (and without a man in sight!) So I'm thinking...hmmm...I want to wear one of those! (Kudos to all marketing execs for making a chubby, breasty girl think she will pull off a look similar to their ads).

Even in my bucolic hometown, these ads have infiltrated the minds of young girls. My dear pal Ashley chose strapless dresses for the bridesmaids in her July 4, 2009 wedding. Now, her sister Tasha, who is both beautiful and thin, thought this was a terrific idea. After viewing all the afore-mentioned ads and being suckered in by marketing geniouses and Tasha's encouragement, I'm pretty game for the idea. Plus, my dress for Sara's wedding, though it has straps, stays up pretty well due to the fit and my bra, with hardly any strain on the straps themselves. With all of that information flowing through my over taxed brain, I happily ordered the strapless dress.

I received this dress yesterday at work. I was too excited to wait until I got home, so I gathered my co-workers Brenda and Deb outside the ladies bathroom door so I could try it on. The ladies room is up front in our office, by the elevators, but safely tucked off to the side. So there I was, wearing a red strapless dress and my bright blue bra. Classy. I was describing to Brenda and Deb how I hoped my strapless bra could provide some support as I grabbed my chest and squished my boobs up against the force of gravity. Unfortunately, at this exact moment in time, the ONE male employee in my office decides to grab an elevator to take his break. He witnesses me, standing in a strapless red dress with a bright blue bra (straps and all) holding my pile of cleavage and lifting it toward my chin. Now my face matches the dress color.

After spending the rest of my work day apologizing to my male co-worker, I take my dress home after work and try it on with the appropriate strapless bra and a smaller audience. Once I was completely zipped up, it actually works out pretty well. I of course must purchase some spanx to fool any men I meet into thinking I'm thinner than I really am. My boobs are somewhat in place (but hey, if they are above my stomach, I find that to be good news). I decided that the strapless bra Beka lent me will suffice and I called off my search for a NASA strength anti-gravitational bra. Feeling a little adventurous, I decided to try the dress with NO bra. After the fabric & boning collapse under the crushing weight of two DD boobs, I realize that I will never be able to leave my home bra-less. John Mayer was right...gravity is working against me!