Written Whispers

Hey, I wrote this on my computer a couple of days ago and then forgot to post it so this first part happened a week ago, the update to this post is directly under it.

For those of you who know what I look like please picture me with an impossibly goofy grin plastered on my face. We went wedding shopping today and, oh my goodness, it was so much fun.

Okay, I absolutely can’t stand to go shopping for clothes. It is the ultimate torture in my mind. Nothing ever fits and if it does it’s because I broke down and looked in the children’s section or got extremely lucky. Worse than clothes shopping is clothes shopping with other women. *shudders* Then I have to try everything on six thousands times in all the possible color schemes and sizes, come out of the dreaded dressing room, and turn a couple of times while I’m poked and prodded just so someone else an tell me what I already know- that it doesn’t fit.

Chances are at the end of that I still won’t come out with what. I want- thus is why I let other people do my shopping for me.. at Christmas time. *wink*

So, as you can imagine I was so completely and utterly relieved when we first decided to make my wedding dress. I’m so happy.

We went pattern and fabric shopping today and I had way more fun than I expected I would have.

Hunny, his mom, and I searched a couple of books (looking strictly in the costume chapters as we’re so doing a Renaissance style wedding) till we found what we were looking for; a dress with these awesome flowing sleeves and a lace up back for me, and a poofy shirt and buckskin pants for him. The patterns were relatively easy to find and we almost certain that the one we picked out for me can be sized down without too much trouble.

Then we set off for fabric. We found a couple couple yards of a rich dark brown fabric with a suave texture for Hunny’s pants and a nice silk white for the shirt. For my dress (eee! I just love saying that- my dress) we found this beautiful fabric called baby silk that reminds me of pouring milk, it’s not quite white but not quite off white either if that makes any sense. We’ll be picking up some gold trim for it after we’ve put the basics together.

I’m so happy I can hardly contain it. Every little thing we do towards the wedding makes this all so much more real. I feel my breath being stolen away from time to time when it hits me in the head that this is ‘really’ happening. Sometimes I wonder though what this man of mine could possibly see in me to make him make such a lifelong commitment as he never makes a decision lightly (and one like this certainly takes a lot more thought than most).

I remember when we first spoke of marriage it was so surreal. It was so soon after a lot of bad things in my life that I was used to promises being broken- to be honest I’m not sure at this point in time any one had ever kept one for me. Still, I had a lot of hope in me and I wanted the happiness he gave me to be forever, love is such a power thing, and I said yes. :) A couple months later into our relationship he brought it up again as we started to tell people and the topic hasn’t dropped since. He really is marrying me.

Nowadays I don’t have those kinds of fears. Not with my Hunny. I know he won’t abandon me and I trust him with me heart. When he says something he means it- a quality that is rare, and restored my faith that there really are good people in this world who don’t have hidden motives or do something only for what they might gain. It’s beautiful.

*sigh* I’d better stop now before I make this one of my uber long posts as you all know how I get. :)

And now for today’s update on this post.

Day before the day before last we took my measurements. :)

Day before yesterday I tried on the the part that will go over my shoulders and a section of the part that will go around my waste. The both fit but we need to tighten it up around my chest (story of my life, lol) and sew the two parts together as well as do the sleeves. :) Not much longer to go now before the dress is gone and I WILL BE POSTING PICTURES!!! :) *sigh* I can hardly wait, after that will be my Hunny’s outfit which at the rate my dress is going should take less than two days to complete. Peace all. :)

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