The Long and Winding Road

Much has happened in the past 4 months. We moved in with my future in-laws to save money (not nearly as bad as it sounds), we both picked up new hobbies (him: model-making for profit, me: we'll get to that in a moment), and we FINALLY took the plunge and booked a wedding location. I know for most people the actually getting married is the part to be proud of, but for me, committing to spend $10,000 on 8 hours is way, way harder.

We're getting married at the Sausalito Presbyterian Church. Neither of us are Presbyterian, or very religious for that matter, but they're happy to do weddings of all faiths so we're in. And its sooo pretty inside.


Did I mention that the wedding is in 4 months? And I have about 40% of it planned? Not bad for a week and a half of work. Our photographer is Aung Photography and we're getting a great deal since he and my love used to work together. For music we're having another work person to DJ. We're doing an early afternoon reception with hors d'oeuvres, cupcakes, dancing, and drinking followed by having everyone who wants to keep going back at our house for a casual party (NO HEELS) of dinner, real drinking, and wii playing.

Save the Dates are going out tomorrow, and I don't want to post about them until the one person who reads this gets theirs (Hi Carissa!), but I just finished them and I'm too excited so here's a sneak peak.


BTW, I am way more excited than I should be about getting married while these stamps are still valid, but I freakin love them. It may have been the second thing that popped into my mind when we decided to get married so soon - maybe. The save the date process has been overall a ton of fun, and I'm really happy with how they came out. The total so far is only at $106 including shipping, but I have about 35-40 more that just popped up (Thanks, Grandma!). A tip on DIY print jobs: laser color copiers can not print watercolor accurately. You're 1,000x better off using your ink-jet printer at home.

In other news, I've been slowly breaking into the cupcake/candy world. There's at least one store in Texas that is going to start selling my caramels and I made these cupcakes for a little boy's carnival themed 5th birthday party.


All in all, unemployment notwithstanding, things are very happy over here in the north bay.

Perfect One

The more I think about it, the less I care if my Love sees me in my dress before the wedding. I know that he will like me in anything I choose, and I don't feel like I need his approval on a dress, I just don't think its important. I showed him pictures from when I tried on dresses and he didn't even realize there were two different ones.

My dad didn't see my mom in her dress and they still got divorced so I don't think following superstitions makes a happy or lucky or long-lasting marriage. And a dress in a dress shop with my hair unkempt and my makeup not done is not the same as a dress walking down the aisle accompanied by a veil, curly hair, and six inch eyelashes.

At the end of the day, the dress isn't important. I let him see me in my dresses before we go to family parties and really, that's all a wedding is.

i love you, you love me...

I was at the gym yesterday and realized that my love of pink has turned to a love of purple. I seem to be going back through the color choices of my single-digit years. I had purple nails, a purple towel, a purple phone, a purple water bottle, and purple pants. As soon as I realized I got super self-conscious.

Then today on sfgirlbybay her Ode to Domino's My Deco Files the color purple was the theme and I LOVE them.

(See more at sfgirlbybay)

ma meilleure amie

Well, I survived midterms. I got some sketches out of it, and have to add accessories and expand the floor plan over the second half of the semester. Its been nice to step out of my comfort zone of 'Modern Design" and finally have the knowledge to execute what I envision onto paper. I think that to be a good designer you have to have a strong knowledge of all types/periods of design. I also think that set design would be really awesome to get into. But not if I have to live in LA.

My best friend came to visit and I tried on wedding dresses for the first time. We went to Glamour Closet in SF and the store was lovely. Only sample sizes, and since I have no job, I have no money, but we learned a lot about fit and color. Also, I have to lose 20 pounds to fit a sample size dress.



So we scheduled time with a personal trainer friend of my Love's and promptly went over to Paulette and bought 14 macarons and developed a crush on the french boy who works there.



Then we made our way over to Miette and bought two more sub par macarons and ate them in a park where a man had a parrot.


My Love bought us some tulips in a pot and they're beautiful, but floppy. I watered them and put them in the sun, but they're soooo tall and I am not a good farmer.


Then we put a fuzzy bug we found by our mailbox on a weed that's growing in our plumeria pot. I like the weed better than the plumeria that never bloomed, but lost all its leaves and is now a stupid stick in a tea cup pot.


I love that the new Chemistry.com advertisement features two gay guys.

Pictures look like crap when I upload them through blogger. I don't know what's wrong...

Money Honey

That being said, I don't want a donkey.

(via emily blows your mind)

Friday Night, 1:30am.

34 police cars
with lights and sirens blazing
just drove by my home.

hope no one is dead.
i'm sure at least one is gone.
life in the east bay.

its supposed to rain.
no sun, no trips, and no fun
all freakin weekend.

homework by moonlight.
not sexy and not awesome.
i fear the future.

3EB and Butch
sing their songs in the darkness
wish i could be there.