Lazy recap list 1. Hair:

1. Hair: eh. Will bring better pictures for the real thing. Scheduled J to get a “real” hair cut 2 weeks before wedding, as I don’t trust myself with the razor for a big, photographed event.

2. Saw familiar looking girl on subway on way to hair appointment. Engagement ring? Check. Red toenails? Check. Eventually I had to see if my guess was correct, and it turned out to be Ms. Smitten herself, Deb, on her way back from buying some wedding party gifts.

3. Pondered weirdness of “knowing” people from their blogs and then meeting them in real life.

4. Ate at a lot of restaurants, as one is wont to do when one’s parent is in town. Resurrected the offending Chinese restaurant; now to be referred to as "zombie restaurant."

5. Went on laughably tedious trip—involving a Zipcar and orange plastic crates—to exchange plates we received as wedding present. Hint: pretty matte finish on plates = surface to pick up marks every time silverware hits it. Now we have pretty square plates.

6. Gathered all the in-town best men and got everyone fitted for tuxedos. Were helped by a blasé saleswoman who kept throwing samples at us and then saying, “That’s not available for weddings,” when we’d pick something up.

7. Went to birthday party in White Plains for baby cousin who turned 5. Entered into competitive bowling competition with J, which fell short when we tied with scores of 86. Ate gross bowling alley pizza/punch/cake and LOVED it in the way you sometimes love gross food mass-produced for children’s birthday parties.

8. Found a bustier in Victoria’s Secret in the White Plains mall. Victoria’s Secret is that she keeps all of her good stuff fully stocked at uncrowded malls outside of Manhattan. Failed at finding shoes. Which I have to do in order to get my dress fitted. Soon.

9. Celebrated with J for finishing his month of hell at work. Ate Junior’s Chocolate Mousse Cheesecake.

10. Exercised.

11. Ha! Just kidding.