Man o' man....

Talk about feeling the heat! Holy cow - 5 months away and SO much to do! Here are a few more updates from the BTB: Booked my invitations! WOO HOO! Sally Balt, owner of La Happy has held my hand and is guiding me through the world of wedding invitations. Cross your fingers we get them out by Mid-End of May :) Bachelorette Party - Palm Springs here we come!!! So far we are at 16 girls - holy moses! We have nailed the houses down to 2 - one is an estate and is FABULOUS! Need everyone to cross your heart and promise to be there :) Rehearsal Dinner - @ the Casa de Johnston Familia (or something like that)! My parents have graciously agreed to let us use their home for the 60+ person rehearsal dinner. Thank you so so so much! Next up - my first dress fitting, eastcoast meets westcoast family meeting next week, finalizing the palm springs adventure, and about a zillion other details. Stay tuned :)

The dress...

It fit - kind of... :) Looks like I need to let it out a 1/2 inch OR just have a rib or 2 removed. Nothing too drastic ;)
To be honest - I had not had a great...er...good...ok I will be honest - I had a horrible dress experience. You watch the shows, you see it in movies, it's all over reality TV - where the girl tries on the dress, and everyone cries - and you know its the one. I was too caught up in the "i hope everyone here is comfortable" or "everyone else likes this, i guess it's the one".
But before I was engaged, I had my eye on this dress. If I would have a spare moment in the day, I would go to the website, look at all the dresses -but always stop at 'the one'. I could see myself in it - and it even has pockets!! :)
I have to tell you, the moments that led up to me trying it on at my neighbors house were the same feelings you have when you walk into an interview - i hope they like me, i hope i like them...i hope it fits and i still love it! My neighbor, Elspeth, helped me step into it, zipped me up - and she made the moment amazing...making me feel so extremely special and repeating - it's so you, this is so you! It is - i love it! I can't wait for our special day :)

Today - it arrived....

Today - my wedding dress arrived! I can hardly contain myself right now! I've opened in twice already - it's beautiful! BEAUTIFUL!! I'm going to take it directly to my neighbors house and try it on - please, oh please, fit!! Stay tuned... :)

Week in San Fran

I'm here in SF for the GDC conference - and big YAY - Matt was able to join me! If you could see me now....we are sitting on a 2 seater couch - catching up on email. Today is BEAUTIFUL! OMg - the sun is out, and it's around 60 degrees. We are staying at the White Swan Inn - free breakfast and happy hour - love it! We were able to catch Jessie and Annie for "lunch" at Buena Vista. After dropping them off at their hotel, we sat outside @ Union Square, enjoying a beer and sunshine....Seattle winters can be overwhelming. Today we are heading out to the W for the unveiling of our new feature w/ I2, and out to dinner with Dana and Aaron. Tomorrow, GDC (Game Developer Conference) and back to Seattle (and the winter weather) on Thursday.