It's Wedding Week

I finished a lot yesterday and, phew, because it was weighing on me. Try as I might, though, I don't have enough time to hike today. I'm setting myself up for overdoing if I take the better part of the day for a hike. I actually thought about going very early, but it's cold -- significantly below freezing early this morning so that ended that idea. An outside run will give me enough of what I need without a big time commitment. 

What's left today ... 

I need to finish a mock write up of the toast and practice since I won't be reading it. It's almost finished. I have final confirmations -- 7 total. That's a lot of phone calls that need to happen during business hours. I want to pack up jewelry options -- I don't think the earrings will arrive in time so I'm bringing a selection that will hinge on the hair jewelry choice. Game day decision.

Outside of wedding stuff, I need to clean for the broker open house tomorrow. Whole Foods run because I have no food. Afternoon garden planting because I think today was the last frost of the season (or enough that I can cover if I need to and I won't have time later this week).

Welcome bags are mostly finished -- waiting on cookies from the bakery on Wednesday for a few of the bags. I didn't so much as look sideways at the chocolate. That's a relief. As I said, no sugar coma ahead of a big week or I'd be in energy trouble.

I finalized my outfit for the rehearsal dinner too. It's smart casual and I wanted to be a little more trendy. I ran options by my fashion friend and she agreed on the boots. Yea. It feels fun and feels like FS me. This is the dress I switched to for my older son's wedding after it changed during the pandemic.

Fine, but nothing special.

Winner!

I tried on the dress for the wedding for the last time before Saturday. The zipper is tricky and the illusion lace supports a heavy dress so I don't want to keep putting it on and off. 

Truth is ... I don't love, love it. I don't hate it, but it's probably not what I'd choose again. It's the original dress for my older son's wedding that got lost in a NY port during the pandemic. It's the cap sleeves that throw it off for me -- not flattering. I wonder if I needed big statement earrings to balance the look but that's not my style at all. Hopefully with hair and makeup it'll feel more balanced. I paid more for this dress and alterations (it had a train) than any other outfit (even MY wedding dress). It didn't make sense to get something else.

Backup shoe choice

Winner!

What's funny to me is my favorite part of both outfits are the shoes. I'm a sensible shoe wearer and shoes are just an after thought for an outfit and comfort-forward. I'm having fun playing around with more fashion-forward choices. Of course, shoes have come a long way and many are more comfortable than they used to be -- these are fine on my feet (as fine as non-sneakers can be). I'll have sneakers on until go-time because I'm not pressing the comfort factor for 2 days in a row.

Three more days until fully immersed in the wedding weekend. I'm relaxing on certain things and starting new worries about what can go wrong. Geez. I need to calm that storm -- at a certain point, what will happen, will happen. I have backup plans for a few things that might be hiccups and I need to let the rest go. Why can't this voice of reason speak up when I wake up in the middle of the night?!?

Off to write a toast. Have a good Monday. Later gators.