Shoes

Since my last post was not wedding related I though I would blog a little about the wedding. I am on a mission to find the right shoes for my wedding day. Any suggestions?

Here are a few shoe designers I am planning on scoping out:
Jimmy Choo
Prada
Stuart Weitzman
Fendi
Manola
Cole Haan
Kate Spade
Christian Loubiton


Remember to keep in mind that I roll my ankles easily and I am not interested in being taller than Paolo Jr.
My dress is traditional,long, and off white. I can't wait to try it on again!

Doctor's orders

After making you fill out paperwork, what is the next thing you have to do at a doctor appointment? That's right, you take off your shoes and you get weighed and measured. This was the first thing that went wrong for me.

I apparently weigh five pounds more and I am an inch and a half shorter. For high school basketball I always exaggerated my height by an inch making me 5'9.5", which is why what the doctor said did not make sense. She said, "You're 5'7", sound about right?" I said, "Whoa, 5'7"? Are you kidding me? I am shrinking." To make matters worse, she was not concerned.

When I lived in Seattle I told my last nurse after being measured, "I am shrinking!" and the nurse said, "Really? If this is a concern you can talk to the doctor about it and we can check and make sure your calcium and bone health is OK."

I didn't get the same sympathy this time. I guess this doctor is fine seeing shrinking patients.

I had my blood drawn to make sure my hormones weren't out of whack (thyroid, etc.!). Everything was great until the phone nurse mentioned my cholesterol. That's right, my cholesterol is a little high, too. I'm shorter where I want to be taller and I'm higher where I want to be lower. At least my blood pressure was OK.

I am on a mission to lower my cholesterol.

A different kind of wedding

As we're looking at being original and creative for our wedding, I have to look at one extreme, which was my friend Danny's wedding this summer.

He and his wife Tiffany were married in the "Wall of Death," a motorcycle bowl (He's a pro motorcycle mechanic) at Soap Lake, Wash. Everything's fairly unusual about the wedding, including the make-out session at the end. The audio in the video isn't great, but you get the idea:



Here's to having a fun wedding!

Creepy Crawly

I am so glad it's the weekend. I am going to continue decorating the house for Halloween, hooray! I have a few decorations up so far and I am hoping to pick up a few gourds and baby pumpkins for table centerpieces.

As of yet, I have spiders hanging from the ceiling and bats hanging from the mud room. Strings of tacky lights are pinned around windows and doors, but my favorite decorations are the Frankenstein light hanging in the orange room and the skeleton on the front door.

Hopefully, by the end of this weekend I will be a few steps closer to achieving a festive house decor. Here are a few photos of the house so far. These were taken with my i Phone this morning.

30 Best Dates

Here is a post of great dates I have experienced over this past 1 1/2 years.
Best Dates in no particular order
1. July 15, 2008 Hazelwood and Oaxaca in Ballard (First date with Paolo, nice choice)
2. Shopping spree to Nordstrom to buy a couple dresses for summer weddings and then Alibi Room
3. Ferry to Alki Beach
4. Bowling on Valentines after an amazing home cooked meal (Wait, this was my planned surprise)
5. Surprise concert at Triple Door to see Damien Jurado
6. Date in a bag. This included a Sarah Silverman DVD
7. Pumpkin Patch in Carnation
8. Date in Winthrop
9. A month after dating, a trip to Vancouver B.C.
10. Birthday weekend, including a party for me at The Loft and St. Nicholas wine tour in Woodinville
11. Asado anniversary dinner (during the dinner we changed our anniversary due to kissing complications)
12. Nutcracker
13. Ballet that was the Director's choice. This included wonderful music by Frank Sinatra
14. 4th of July in Tacoma (It was our first 4th of July)
15. Dinner at Paolo's in Kent, WA (my surprise idea, but I didn't pay)
16. Date under the lilac tree on our patio and 2 bottles of wine
17. Golden Gardens and Paseo sandwiches
18. Pike Place Market always
19. Tatanka Take Out in Tacoma and Point Defiance
20. Weekend in Mazama
21. Chicago everything
22. Palm Desert, CA
23. Mariners game
24. Sunset hike
25. Numerous Italian meals
26. When Paolo brought home different kinds of soup to try from Infinite Soups
27. Black Bottle dates
28.Sounders games
29. Felicity dates
30. The day I got engaged. Started with Dinner at Purple, soccer game, and drinks at New Orleans

Truthfully, I basically have two dates from the past that I remember. I have been blessed with way more than 30 in the last 1 1/2 years, so it doesn't really matter.

The WA reception venue

On Sunday, Amanda and I went to check out a reception venue option that my Aunt Rhonda suggested.

The Aqua Club is way north in Lake Forest Park/Kenmore, but it looks like a good option. The size is right and it's basically one big open room with a nice, retro fireplace and beyond vaulted ceilings.

The big attraction: $250 for the whole day.

Here are the pictures. Use your imagination with the decorations. I think it will be awesome.

Bride + MOH

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