Hold me! I'm scared!

Byron and I went to our very first, and last, wedding expo. It was free, which was the only way we would go to such a thing. But it was 30 minutes of my life I will never get back.

It was pointless, really, for us to go. We have all the big things booked for the wedding. And we have the little details like tags for the favours or attendents' gifts lined up in our heads. We did not need to see a ball cap with pink embroidery that reads "So Loved". Or some glass trinkets trying to pass itself off as a diamond necklace. Byron and I were stunned and shocked, and sickened.

It was almost precious. Someone actually greeted me with a "Congratulations" instead of saying hello. The idea of being a princess on your day was heavy in the air. Women were catered to and acted like they had won a prize for getting engaged.

I did get a prize in Byron. I got a wonderful gift in knowing him, loving him, and now marrying him. I don't need some second-rate vendors to tell me that. And this whole idea of being a princess of "your big day" drives me mental. I am not a princess, never have been and never will be. And to me, it's not "my day". It's our day, as in my and Byron's day. It's our day to share and cherish forever. And wearing some tacky tiara isn't going to make it any more special.

During the fashion show, we bolted. The dresses were heinous. All glittery and backless and sparkles and strapless. It was ugly, and our wedding is going to nothing like the load of crap they tried to shovel onto us yesterday.

I no longer fear hell for I have been to a wedding expo.

Conqueringly Yours,
xoxoSally

Growth Spurts

My family is growing.

Jane and Craig are having a baby in December. My brother will be getting married to Nicole, someone he met in New Zealand. I can't wait to meet her - the woman who makes my baby brother so happy. Byron's family feels like mine, now, too. His brother and sister feel like my brother and sister now... without all the history. You know, decades of quarrels, animosity, childhood traumas, and fist fights. Even Byron's aunt and uncle feel like family to me now. It's shockingly nice.

Jane and I have talked about this before, and we would both like to live closer to each other now that she's starting her family. We never grew up around cousins or aunts or uncles. Well, in all honesty some aunts and uncles of ours deserve to be in local loonie bin. We would like to be near each other so our babies can grow up knowing one another. I'd hate to have my nieces and nephews be strangers to me.

Babies and marriages and in-laws... oh my!

Expandingly Yours,
xoxoSallyt

I'm Gonna Call It...

Mark my words, Britney Spears will be dead within a year.

After much consideration, and after years of celebrity-watching, I am going to go out on a limb and say Britney is going to go the way of Anna Nicole pretty soon.

Foretellingly Yours,
xoxoSallyt