Tuesday, March 27, 2007
My BFF, the recipient of the red Monkey socks and the one who gave me my nickname "Cat," became engaged back in October. Since then she's kept me appraised of all details - the church, the possible reception locations, the food, the color scheme, her dress.
However there was one very important piece of information missing from all this. And it wasn't until yesterday that I found out what it was.
"We need to discuss what flowers you will have..."
"Me?"
"...and will need to pair with your dress. Yes you get some flowers - "
"Me?"
" - either as corsage or bouquet or hair."
"But...am I..."
"Are you what, kitty?"
"I don't know!!"
"I had flowers at YOUR wedding. You get flowers at MY wedding."
"Yes but - "
"Why are you worried kitty?"
"You were a bridesmaid. Am I a bridesmaid?"
"You are a matron of honor."
"HAHAHA YOU NEVER TOLD ME."
"YES I DID. First thing!"
"No you didn't."
"Right?"
"You did?"
"Didn't I?"
"I don't think so."
"OH MY GOD."
Flashback to October 2006 when BFF's engagement was first revealed...
"FINALLY!!! I can be BRIDESMAID! Heh."
"Yes you can!"
"HAHAHA!"
"I've had it in my head that I wasn't 100% bridesmaid because I invited myself. And then we never talked about it after that. So I just assumed I wasn't..."
"Yeah I said yes you can and I thought that was it. Dude that's hilarious."
So at long last, hooray! I am officially BFF's bridesmaid! This will be the second time I've been asked to be maid of honor, but the first time that I will actually perform the task. The first time my relationship with the bride-to-be - who I'd known since 9th grade - completely dissolved months before her wedding. Needless to say it was ugly, and ultimately very sad. There was just no other way around it though. But that's another story for another day.
Right now I'm very excited to officially be my BFF's Cat of Honor. Thank goodness this comedy of errors has ended. During my recent trip to NYC in February she assumed I was there to shop for a bridesmaid dress. Ha ha! I wasn't! Which explains why she thought I wasn't really "into it." Imagine though if I had bought a dress, and it was all gold and shiny and low-cut and bedazzled with rhinestones. Imagine if we had kept up our assumptions until 2 weeks before her wedding?
Communication is key, people.
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In knitting news, at long last I am on the sleeves of Kooch! This thing is far from being close to finished though. After the sleeves there's the collar to knit and attach. Then the border for the front, including button holes. Then the buttons to sew. Then the belt. One day my friends, one day.
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The deadline - this Friday - for the Knitterly Letter Swap fast approaches! Thank you to everyone who has signed up so far. There are lots of you (yay!), and I am so pleased to have my organizational skills tested in this way. Heh. I have tried to reply to each person as "confirmation" but have lost track here and there. So if you haven't heard from me, don't worry. I have your info. Woot!
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