The invites are officially sent.

The invites are officially sent. There are one or two that are waiting for addresses, but I’m going to cross them off the big list of things to do. I even think I’ve thought of a clever way to share the design with you. Although it involves me having a flickr account, which…well, I don’t have. But I’ll figure it out! Liz smart.

I think I have to get my dress fitted soon, but I’ve been putting it off. It seems expensive and sort of a pain in the ass. I got the dress from David’s, but Krista, after accompanying me on one of my awful trips there, expressly forbade me from ever entering the store again (at least the Queens location), so I’m on my own here. I do know I get to pick out shoes and undergarments before the fitting, so I think I’ll focus on those things. Which involve shopping for pretty things and seems overall less stressful. But I do have a weird wedding undergarment question for all you smart people. I assume I will buy some sort of bustier, to do the lifting and slimming and fancy-making, to go under the dress. I don’t think I’ll cart my dress around with me to Victoria’s Secret trips, but how do I know if the bustier goes well under the dress? The one I used at David’s when first trying on the dress, for example, poked up over the neckline. I’ve considered trying the dress on, drawing the neckline on my skin, then going shopping with that guideline. Which seemed like a fine plan until I actually told someone that and they were like, “Liz! Have you done lost your mind?” This person, let’s note, did not offer up any good suggestions otherwise, so I’m counting on you guys!

While we’re on the subject of wedding wedding wedding, I’m very much looking forward this weekend where we will be indulging in some cupcake testing. Abby has really taken on this project with gusto and I’m excited to play with all the ideas she came up with. She’s going to a big crazy baking supply store this afternoon to pick up some goodies and she emailed me their website so I could see if there was anything in particular that looked fun. Of course there was lots of great-looking RELEVANT things, but I immediately locked into the petite ghosts. Because, hello, petite ghosts? That’s cute.

Exorcist: So you have a ghost problem?
Lady: Oh, well yes, but it’s very small. It’s only a petite ghost, really.

Tall ghost: Ugh, I hate that store.
Small ghost: But Ann Taylor Loft has an extensive petite ghost section! It’s the only place I can buy sheets that don’t have to be hemmed.

Child ghost: I hate school! Everyone makes fun of me because I’m so short.
Mom ghost: Oh, honey, you’re not short; you’re just petite.

Anyway, I’m changing the theme of the wedding to petite ghost, so dress accordingly. Abby has also hinted that we might be getting mojitos while we taste, so I am expecting everything to taste damn good. We’re on the lookout for some of those plastic containers that supermarket bakery cupcakes come in. Let me know if you have any bakery hook ups, because if we buy wholesale, we’ll end up with one million containers, which is too many containers by a lot.

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