generation gap

A while ago
Me: Mom’s Best Friend, would you do a huge favor for me?
MBF: ??
Me: I don’t have anyone to fluff my train and veil right before I walk down the aisle. Would you mind?
MBF: Of course!

Somewhat later
Me: Weddingweddingwedding
Mom: Oh, MBF is so excited about being your fluffer!
Me: …

Recently
Me: So I was talking to my mom.
DJ: Oh? (sips beer)
Me: She says MBF is really excited about being my fluffer. (waits)
DJ: !!! (snorts beer and turns purple)

If You Threw a Party, Invited Everyone You Knew*

DJ’s mom is hosting a shower for me in August, along with two bridesmaids. (The third is out of state and also planning a wedding, so definitely off the hook.) DJ's mom is really excited about it, mostly because she wants to use a set of girly luncheon dishes she bought some time ago but hasn’t had occasion to use. How cute is that? I love her.

BUT. She’s asking me for a guest list, and I am terrified. It’s not that I have no friends (I do, really.) It’s not that I’m stage shy of opening gifts in public (I am, but that’s not it.)

The thing is – my, this is embarrassing – once I threw a party and no one came. No one! I’m that girl. People said yes, no one showed.

That can’t happen twice to one person, right? Right? Let's not even get into my bachelorette/hen party fears.

* To the tune of Thank You For Being a Friend, also known as the Golden Girls' theme. No wonder no one showed?

at least it's white

This is my wedding binder. I understand that as a bride, I am obligated to have one. But I don't really use it. The contracts are stuffed in a folder over my desk, and most of my saved pictures are digital. I had to dust it off to take these pictures.
It's from Staples, and not even new. It used to go to Chem class with me in a previous life.

Now it holds ripped up bits of magazines and internet, leftover gold doilies (from luminaria) and stick on mustaches (being held for DJ.) It is, as Stephanie would say, shambly. I bet Meg would approve.