Weddingness

9 days until the Wedding!  Its hard to believe!  I remember back at the beginning of the year when they told us and how far away October 16th seemed at the time! 

My dress is hung in my room all ready to wear.  My purse and shoes sit near by.
I bought a pair of silver flats to change into at the reception if my feet start to hurt!

I made my appointment for my hair to be done the morning of the wedding!  The girl that does my highlights doesn't do up-do's and so I had to find someone to do it.  Little did I know that wasn't an easy task!  I had no idea who to call since I've been going to the same person for years and have never had to go to anyone else.  I called the bridal shop for suggestions and they didn't have any so I started looking online.  I am VERY particular about my hair...I am mean VERY!  Finding someone was going to be very difficult because I had no idea how good...or bad they were.  I was hoping to find someone that was experienced in doing up-do's but yet I didn't want to look too "made-up"....I thought probably someone a little younger would be best because they would be more up to date with the current styles.

I found a place called Looks Unlimited and spoke to a Terri.  She suggested I stop by with the picture of what I wanted my hair to look like for the Wedding.  So the next day after work I stopped by to see Terri.  When I got there this tiny older lady was sitting at the desk....her hair was bleached blonde and teased and sprayed into this high bouffant...."please don't be Terri"....
Hi, I'm Java here to see Terri...
"Hi-ya!  I'm Terri!"....
Ohhhhh...hi!

"Come on back to my seat and lets see what you have!"
Okay...
So I sat down and handed her the picture of what I wanted my hair to look like.  I looked around and seriously thought I was back in the 1970's.
"Oh yeah...I can to that"...
All I could picture was looking like Flo from Mel's Diner!
Okay...well thank you and I'll call you when I get home because I'm not sure what time I want to make the appointment....
I ran to my car...
I drove away as fast as I could...
As I was headed home I remembered a salon that I had been in before when I was doing sales for the Nail Polish company and it just happened to be on the road that I was on and decided to stop in and see if anyone there could do it.
I went in and spoke to the receptionist Lori who said that Carol is really, really good at up-do's!
Yes!!
"What date is the Wedding?"
October 16th.
"Ohhhhh....Carol isn't here that day"....
Ugh!!
"Lisa is here that day and she is good too!!"
Ummm okay...is she here by any chance so I can meet her?
"She is!  Let me go ask her!"
"She will be done with her client in about 10 minutes if you want to wait?"
I sure will!
So I sat patiently waiting...
Lisa pops her head around the corner and said "hi!"
Whew...she doesn't have a bouffant and she looks like she would be "good"....
I showed her the picture and she said, "no problem at all!"
Yipee!  I made the appointment and out the door I went!

But then I got to thinking...what if she isn't any good....its not like I'll be able to re-do my hair after its done because it will be too late!

So I started fretting about this...."what if my hair looked like crap?"....I was driving myself nuts!

Well don't you know that yesterday I ran into the regular receptionist at the salon that I'm going to and we started talking because she couldn't remember where she knew me from and I told her that I used to come into her salon with the Nail Products....she then remembered me and I told her that I was in there the other day but she wasn't there and I told her what I was there for.  She said that Carol and Lisa are both equally good at Wedding hairdo's and that Lisa is actually more particular then Carol is!  She said that I won't be disappointed!  Whew...I was so relived and happy!   One more thing I can check off the list!

Friday is the RSVP date for the rehearsal dinner and as of today, we still haven't heard from 2 of the bridesmaids, 3 of the groomsmen and 3 others!  We sent these out 3 weeks ago.  I made it easy to RSVP with either a phone number or email.  Why is it so difficult to get an answer?  They were supposed to let us know their dinner selection...pretty soon they aren't getting anything!  I always respond right away for things like that and can't understand why other people don't.   They all are obviously coming since they will all be at the rehearsal....so why won't they respond??

I am going shopping Saturday morning for something to wear to the rehearsal dinner!  I'll let you know what I find!