So Listen to This

Last night, as promised, I called the Nordstrom wedding consultants and discussed the dress I wanted to buy. And guess what?

I bought it.

In fact, I bought four dresses.

Before you have me committed, this is apparently the way they do business, since online has a much wider selection than any of the stores, and if you buy one at a time and return, you're likely to miss the window when the right dress for you is available. I shall return three (if not four, and keep looking) once they arrive and I try them all on. All of them would need some kind of tailoring, especially the long ones, since I want to wear short, just below the knee, and I am myself slightly taller than your typical mushroom.

This navy one is actually three pieces, a skirt, a top, and a jacket. Aside from the shortening, I would want the jacket sleeves made less balloony.




This is the one I really really wanted, but in cocoa. Since I got the last one last night, Nordstrom doesn't even have a picture of it online anymore, and this is the best I can do. It needs to be shortened -- the dress is 62" from shoulder to hem, and I am 62" from top to bottom -- but I like this dress and jacket best, and the cocoa is really a very nice color.




This is the one I kind of expect to end up with, and I ordered two of them; since they didn't have it in large, I ordered a medium and and extra-large to see what I can work with best. I hope it looks a little darker in person, but I like the dress a lot. The jacket would need to be remodeled a little; I don't think a jacket that full will look good over the parts of me that are pretty damn full, too.




On another website, I found this bag, which is made by the same company and matches all their dresses. It comes in every color the dresses come in, and is only $35, cheap for a dressy bag.




And I found these shoes on the Nordstrom website. I think they're kind of silvery gold, which will look good with any of the dresses. Yes, I suppose I will actually wear these shoes. I haven't had heels on since the last wedding I went to, and I took them off after the ceremony and put on flats. (I may have to go with that this time, too; I know I've seen ballet flat in a similar color at DSW.)

In the meantime, my only real concern for the shower is who are the people I get to invite. It's being done by the bridal party, with most of it in K's hands, as the maid of honor. The other five bridesmaids are very scattered: one in Colorado, one in England, one nearby in NJ (Wonderful Niece), one in Staten Island and one in Long Island. I have offered to help K when she needs it, and we're all brainstorming ideas as to location. I've been looking into tearooms, and even bowling alleys. (I think they call them "bowling centers" now.) There's a possibility of a karaoke restaurant, too. I don't make the final decision here (except on cost, since I'm helping out with that), I'm just trying to be helpful.

In other news, there are only six episodes of Lost to go, which is turning out to be a good thing. At this point, it all reminds me of how Saturday Night Live treated the lingering illness and death of Francisco Franco back in the seventies. In other words, endless.

Okay, now let's see if I can send this to the phone and put the pictures in from there, shall we?




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