Wonderful news!

So I've been reading a lot lately about 'practical' weddings and 'diy' weddings and such and have determined that it would not be possible without us being in theatre. Thanks to that, we have built in singers, musicians, photographers, and even a dj/karaoke set up (possibly complete with drag queen...still working on that one). It is amazing how so many people are coming out to help us do this for a small amount of money. With that said, I will continue with my story.

I've never wanted a poofy wedding dress. I think it's ridiculous and I feel that if I had one, I might look like a munchkin. Or Glinda from the Judy Garland version of "Wizard of Oz".Yeah, not such a good idea, right? Although, the crown is fucking awesome... But I digress. Fortunately, though, we know some amazing costume designers and sewers. The wonderful Hayley was persuaded into making something for me, more along the lines of this.Which I still love. It's so simple and pretty. So this all happened about two months ago. At the beginning of July however, Justin and I went to Blowing Rock Stage Company to see "Leading Ladies", which if you missed, you missed out on a hilarious show. "Give us a huuuuug!" God, it was hysterical. Anyways, the leading female role, Meg, comes back from shopping in this beautiful stone silver shimmery dress. It was beautiful. The second I saw it, I looked at Justin and said, "I have to have that dress!" It is exactly what I have been looking for. It's tea length. And just the right time period. And it will look fabulous with a feather birdcage veil and some awesome shoes. For the past month, I was emailing Alice Neff, the costume designer, to try to see if I could buy it from her or something. But I never heard anything back. So I gave up and started looking for more designs to give Hayley.

However, today we went to see Peter Pan at BRSC and ran into Alice. She asked me which dress it was that I wanted and she said she saved it for me. However, it is now the property of the ASU Theatre Department, and since I want it so bad, she will give me the dress, and do alterations on it....FOR FREE!!!!!! I am so freaking excited its not even funny. Mom is ecstatic as well. It's great though, because since we don't have to pay a penny for the dress, she says I can have awesome shoes, so I may be getting some actual designer shoes.... like these...Yes, they're the shoes from Sex and the City: The Movie. Don't judge me.

So the dress kind of looks like this one. Only stone silver. And a round neckline instead of V. And cap sleeves. But it's similar.Comments?

PS. In other wonderful news, the complete series of The Two Fat Ladies was released on DVD. I must own this :)