Shower Me With Love.

143 days to go

I've been really stressed out lately. It's not all wedding related, though I admit I have had moments where I didn't know where to start to get back on track with the whole wedding planning bit. Most of the stress has been body and work related and to be honest with you it was really bumming me out. Then I got an e-vite in my inbox...Bridal shower! My bridal shower! Okay, a bit of background first. My Maid of Honor, G, is half way around the world in Hong Kong so she is unable to really do all the "Maid of Honor duties" but L (bless her heart) decided to step in and throw me a little shin dig which would also act as my "stagette";I'll be catering her shower later on this summer to return the favor:) At first I will admit I wasn't so excited about it. The visions of toilet paper brides and penis straws jumped into my mind. Which is fine for some, but in my mind I was a little old to be doing all that.

Even registering was weird for me.I mean Prince Charming and I have lived together for 6 years. What did I need to register for. Okay, think of it as an upgrade on the cheap stuff you already have, fine.I guess I couldn't really justify buying some of this stuff for myself on a regular day, cast iron cassarole...yes! So after a while of "shopping" it progressive became more fun, running around Bed Bath and Beyond with the scan gun...beep!

Maybe it was just me and my too cool for school attitude but I really wasn't so pumped about all the fuss. Till that little e-vite popped up and now I'm stoked! I think it could have been the calumniation of all that work stress and feeling unfit finally getting to me. The thought of having my wonderful friends around me is something I've been missing since moving to Ottawa and the thought of knowing in a few short weeks I will have a day to see all my girls in Toronto (home town) lightens the stress just bit and makes me smile. Don't get me wrong I have wonderful friends here in Ottawa as well, but there is something different about going back home. My wish is to some day build friendships as strong as the ones I've maintained with the ladies I've grown up with. That's when I'll all Ottawa home in every sense of the word.