Category: BlahBlahBabble

It’s been really quiet around here lately – not many comments at all. I realize that it is in part to me not posting very often lately, but I’m working on changing that. Promise. (And they won’t all be bridezilla rants!)

I’m sick – yesterday, I could tell I was getting hoarse, today I have no voice at all. None. So I’m just sitting here, watching. I see all of you guys coming by as I look at my log files, but … that’s just numbers and data. I want to know WHO you are. Leave a comment. Talk back. Suggest things you want me to write about. Heck, if we pass the 100 comment mark on this post, there will even be a PRIZE in it for lucky #100! If we go higher than that, I might even give out more prizes! Sweet!

No multi-posting just to jack with the number – I’m looking for unique comments! Besides that, standard contest rules apply. Blah, blah, blah, must be eligible, etc. You know, the normal fine print.

Oh, screw it. I sound all “sunshine and light” in my last post. That’s not really true. I’m bitter and angry. How dare that woman mess with my wedding plans.

I have her home address. Who wants to go there with me?!?

Friday afternoon, Kymberlie and I met up for lunch. Afterwards, I said that I needed to go to Foley’s to find some earrings for my bridesmaids. She didn’t like the first ones I found, so I thought it would be smart to take her along.

As we walked through the store, the girl at the Origins section asked if we wanted a chair massage. I swear, if there had been people in front of Kymberlie, she would have thrown them to the ground to get to that chair faster. After she got her massage, I got mine. Mmmmm…

After enjoying my massage, I was looking at some of the products they carry. I spotted a crock pot on the counter and joked with Cat, the Origins girl, asking if she was making soup for lunch. She said no, that they offered facials too – and asked if I wanted one. Heck yeah! Delicious!

After my facial, Cat did my makeup. It was simply fabulous! Absolutely awesome! So wonderful that at the time, Kymberlie commented on how Cat should come to Galveston for my wedding to do our makeup. I reminded her that my hair lady was going to be doing our makeup too – so we were all set. Cat said that it was her second to last day at Origins and that she was starting a new job on Monday – but if she was off on the 29th, she would come and do my makeup.

Forward to Sunday morning. I was getting ready for my appointment for the trial run for my hairstyle for the wedding. I had my makeup items ready to go along with my “spreadsheet” with all my bridesmaid info. I was ready and excited about the trial run.

Then the phone rang. Shanna, my stylist, was on the phone. Cancelling. Not just my trial run, but the whole thing. She said she just couldn’t commit to doing the wedding as she is working 3 jobs right now and has had some family issues come up and so she just couldn’t do my wedding to.

What huh?

Call me crazy, but if you book a wedding months in advance, it’s booked. You don’t call the bride on the day of the trial run and cancel. Silly me, I knew it was booked and I had the contract, but it wasn’t finished yet – we hadn’t signed it, and she didn’t have my deposit yet because they don’t take that until the trial run is over. That’s to protect you so that if you don’t like your hair, you can still cancel. Doh. I should know better. But I never expected she would cancel on me.

I cried. I think I might have even sobbed. I was really looking forward to being pampered on my wedding day – and now she was cancelling on me. Gah!

After going through a distraught Bridezilla moment, I calmed down. All things happen for a reason. I know there is a reason behind this.

I called Foley’s yesterday afternoon to ask them to call Cat for me. The clerk gave me her number instead. (I would have been pissed if they had given out my number!) She is going to find out her schedule today and will let me know if she can do the makeup for the wedding. I mentioned the situation to a lady at Jason’s swim team kick-off party last night, and it turns out that she has a family friend that does makeup and hair for weddings. She has already called to find out if she is available and would be willing to travel to Galveston. I’m also going to check out salons on the island – maybe I can find someone there that can do it.

The fact that the original plan fell through isn’t the end of the world, but it still shook me up. Fortunately, it is just leading me to find other options. It will all work out. It will all work out. *sigh*

Anyone know someone in Houston that can do wedding hair? Are they available on May 29th? Send them my way!

Don’t you just hate it when you are cruising along, in a good mood, getting things done – and then someone jabs you with a comment that, while probably not intended to upset you, really just hurts pretty bad?

I hate it when that happens.

To address issues brought up in my previous post comments, I thought I would write another post.

– I have started writing my fancy thank you notes already. That way they won’t be piling up and waiting after the honeymoon. I just wanted to acknowledge that we have received it somehow, so I’ll send a “we got it” note now, and the formal thank you notes in a year.

– While I realize that some etiquitte rules say that you can wait up to a year to say thank you for the gifts, that just seems really, really tacky. My “how to write a good thank you note” book says to send them as soon as possible. Either do them before the wedding as gifts come in, or right away after the wedding. I agree with that system. Waiting 3-4 months even is terribly rude and makes people wonder if you got the gift or if you just don’t care about thanking them.

– Mike has lived in London, but there was a lot he didn’t do or see. So it is nice to know that he will be able to find our way around, and at the same time we will discover new things. Having a tour guide is good.

– When I went to bed last night, I was thinking “well, London is probably the best choice.” When I got up this morning and saw the Eiffel Tower statue that D got for me on one of his trips to Paris, I thought “but Paris sounds just soooo romantic.”

– Visiting both London and Paris has been considered. I’m investigating that further.

– When I visited Paris 13 years ago, I got away with knowing just hello, goodbye and thank you in French. As long as you attempt to speak the language in a foreign land, they are normally nice to you. They realize you don’t really have a clue – they just get bitter when you don’t even try.

– I loved, loved, loved Ste’s photos of Venice. However, I went there when I did the Eurorail thing in the early ’90s and got massively dehydrated. I was miserable. And there was no way I could read a map in that city. I swear that every single square had the same name. I’m sure being sick didn’t help.

– However, Venice has been brought up on the list. I want to give it another chance, I know it is an awesome city. When I was there, I swore I would come back with someone I love and rent a gondola. I really want to ride in one of those.

– Scotland was also brought up, but Mike travelled there some with an ex when he lived in London. That taints Scotland just like parts of Germany.

– Bavaria absolutely ROCKS. I have been to Italy, France, Austria and Switzerland – but could not wait to return to Germany. As mentioned above, I left a lot of emotional baggage behind there, so it might not be a good honeymoon spot. (The Danube cruise doesn’t touch my baggage cities, so it’s ok.)

– We have both seen some of the same things in Paris – like the Eiffel Tower. He didn’t go up in to the tower at all; I only went up to the second level. I swore I would return someday to go to the top. I visited Notre Dame, he didn’t. I haven’t ever been up on the roof though, and I love the Gargoyles, so I must make that trip someday. (Again, go and check out Ste’s photos. *le sigh*) I also want to see the Louvre. Versailles. A lot of other places. And I want a good photo of the Arc d’ Triomphe.

– Let’s be honest. No matter where I go, it will become a giant photo tour. Fortunately, Mike is ok with that. (He would have to be, otherwise I couldn’t have married him. Seriously.)

– I’ve never had a desire to visit Australia or New Zealand. I know, I’m strange like that. I also don’t want to go to Japan or really anywhere in Asia. There are some places in the world that just seem to call to me. I feel most at peace in Boston (I know, that probably sounds weird) and England and Europe just call to me.

– New Orleans is dirty in a way, but … well, we still found it romantic. When we visited last summer we had a great time, but it was too short. There is so much we still want to see there. I still want to go on the cemetary tour – that’s an absolute must someday. (Yeah, I didn’t get to go last summer. I’m still bitter.) It’s close enough though that we can visit on a 3 day weekend.

– We briefly discussed beach locations – Jamaica, Hawaii, etc. Then we realized we are city people, not beach people. Europe became the front runner then.

– There is a certain “stress-free” factor to returning to a city that one of us knows like London. However, I was able to get around the Paris subway system without any problems at all, so that is an option too.

Maybe we can pull off 10 days – 5 in London and 5 in Paris. Some down time, not moving around too much, but getting to see it all. Hmmm…