Updating from work

It's been a while since I wrote here, so I figured I'd do a recap of the last six months. Christ bought a ring, a black pearl, then decided he didn't like it; thought it looked too cheap. We went to the Charleston Aquarium and decided to change the venue to there since we were too poor for the Georgia one. Haven't confirmed a date with them yet, as we keep going back and forth between getting a memorable date like 11-11-11 or 9-10-11 or something and booking for a Sunday, which would save us a little over a grand. Also it would make rehearsal dinner easier for people who work Monday-Friday.

Went to Elegant Bridals near the apartment to look at dresses and the lady gave me pause in my headstrong determination to have the kind I wanted when she put me in a dropped waist tight little number that actually looked good with a birdcage veil. But it was about eight or nine hundred dollars. Woe.

Went to Windsor Jewelers to begin the exhausting search for a ring without a single hint of diamond. Discovered the gorgeousness of blue topaz. The guy suggested just a solitaire on a plain band, but it seemed...I dunno, supercilious of the stone, all lording it over the band, whose sole purpose is to support the stone. Yes, I know. Anyway, so I found a neat twisty band, but it was positively crawling with crusty tiny diamonds. The guy said he could have it specially made for me without them for two grand. I thanked him and left. Then we went to Jared's and found a simple twisty one. But they couldn't order blue topaz. They assured me that aquamarine looked very similar and said that if we opened an account and ordered the band, they could order the stone and if we didn't like it when it came in, they'd send it back free of charge. So Christ whipped out his card and applied. And gloated for the rest of the month over how much he was approved for.

Three weeks later, he called them about it and they said it wouldn't be ready until 12/27, three months after our initial trip, when we'd been told 3-5 weeks. So I called and talked to the manager about it. He said they'd order the aquamarine -and- blue topaz and it'd be in in less than a week. They called a few days later and we went down to approve the stones. The blue topaz looked sososo much better and was almost half the price. Also! They would be able to have it mounted in the store, so we didn't have to wait until December for the band.

Went to David's Bridal with Barrie yesterday afternoon and it was TOTALLY different than my previous outings to try things on. Our lady had Barrie help me in and out of the dresses, she only brought us one or two and then sent us out to wander the store in one of them while she flitted about with other people. It wasn't even as though it was busy or anything; I dunno what she was doing. Anyway, she sent us over to the section that had my size and told us to pull whatever we wanted. When I pointed our other dresses on mannequins or in the catalog, she said that she'd show me something 'similar in [my] size', which were never very similar. She wouldn't let me try on anything else (using those handy little clamps they have) and when I asked about removing details or changing necklines and things, she just kind of dismissed it with a maybe. Didn't offer any suggestions or...anything. I mean, I don't expect to be waited on hand and foot, but seriously? When we were leaving, she suggested I look online at their website. Bluh. I bitched about it to Beth, who called the manager and complained. So I'm supposed to go back Tuesday to try again with someone else.

Christ also picked up the ring yesterday and won't let me see it. He keeps gushing about how awesome it is and showing everyone else, though. Jerk. I think I've settled on bridesmaid dresses and colors, so that's good. And flowers, too, maybe? I like tiger lillies, amaryllis, and hibiscus with blue delphiniums, maybe? I dunno, something little that's bright blue.