Word dump and Halloween!

If you read my most recent post about my bridesmaids when it was published and then went back again today and read it again (nobody does that), you might notice that it looks a little different. Sadly one of my bridesmaids had to back out yesterday. She is in veterinary school, which eats up everyone's time and finances, and she didn't feel like she was going to be able to pull it all together. I totally understand, and everything worked out fine since Philip hadn't asked his fifth groomsman to be a groomsman yet. So we'll just have four attendants each instead of five. I'm sad that she won't be up front with me for the ceremony, but as long as she's present, it will be fine.

After I posted a little announcement to my bridesmaid group ("and then there were four"), two of my bridesmaids, Kaitlin and Patricia, almost immediately texted me to see if I was okay. This is why they are my bridesmaids, there to handle any sudden stress thrown on me! :)  It was really sweet and made me appreciate them even more than I already do. I know that as the days edge closer and closer to the BIG day, I'll probably have multiple nervous breakdowns and need lots of reassurance. I'm glad to know that I have such caring people on my team.

PS OH MY GOSH it's getting closer and closer and things are starting to happen. My bridal portraits are in a week, one of my bridesmaids just ordered her dress today, I moved up to the next bracket of dates on theknot.com's checklist...only 144 days to go! I simultaneously can't wait and am overwhelmed by how much there still is to be done. Well, overwhelmed isn't the right word. But there are still 49 things to do on the checklist before this thing can get on.

Philip and I went and met with our officiant Saturday and then afterwards had dinner with my grandparents at the place our rehearsal dinner is probably going to be held. It's a cute Italian place with delicious bread (always a win in my book) and delicious chocolate cake (forever the most important thing).

In non-wedding news, Halloween was this past Friday. I dressed up the dogs (and myself) in costumes for work:

Flashing camera lights were apparently terrifying.

Romeo's costume lasted maybe an hour. He wasn't trying to take it off per say, but he didn't really like wearing it and kept shaking his head, causing his caveman rider to list alarmingly to the left every time. Fiona's elf costume lasted much longer, but I finally took it off because I felt bad for her. It's a tiny bit too small, so whenever she laid on her side, her little corgi leg stuck out in the air. Oops.

Romeo was as thrilled as he looks

Friday evening Philip came into town and we went to Northgate to meet up with his friend Justin. Philip was dressed as a 1920s gangster, and I wore my Cruella costume:

Fiona matched, obviously

We had fun out with all the other people in costume. I got lots of compliments on my costume (along with a lot of "hey aren't you that lady from the dalmatian movie?" comments), just like when I wore it to the Renaissance Festival. Justin hadn't worn a costume, so after finding a bunch of little plastic necklaces on a table at a bar, I gave him two and demanded he wear them and tell everyone he was 2 Chainz. Which he did. Muahaha.

The pinnacle of the night though was when I spotted a girl wearing a headband with dalmatian dog ears and some other dalmatian printed clothing. I walked up to her and told her "You'd make a lovely coat, darling." Rather than laugh or appreciate my wit, however, all she did was look at me like she was frightened.

I regret nothing.