For the most part, I think I have been a pretty calm bride. Honestly, we have been so distracted for the past few months taking care of Kaesea (details on that here) that the wedding planning has sort of been happening in the background.
But I now understand why perfectly normal women become "Bridezilla" -- and, you know, it's not always their fault. For instance, my seamstress is trying to give me a heart attack. My last fitting was supposed to be yesterday, but she had to postpone it until today. Fine, fine. Sure. Today. A week before I leave. Okay. No problem.
When I got there today, the dress was still not done and the shrug (yes, for anyone wondering, I abandoned one of my early plans of knitting my own shrug. I tried a few times, but it just didn't work out -- it looked awful) is giving her trouble. The fabric is not behaving correctly. She just showed me this today and said, "So, do you have a backup fabric?"
I looked at her and said that no, I didn't have a backup fabric (thinking: Why couldn't you have told me I should be looking for a backup fabric when you saw this coming... like, before I came in today) and she said, "Well, I'm pretty sure I can make it work..." So I tried it on and it was too big, so she put pins in it to take it in, but the question still remains: Is it going to work? And, more importantly: Will I find out if it's going to work more than one day before I'm leaving for my wedding?
So I said, "When can I come back for another fitting?" and she suggested Thursday. I am leaving Sunday. I said, "That seems like it's cutting it a little close..." so we made it Wednesday.
As a person who works well under pressure, I do understand that maybe that is how she works as well. But as a bride who is trying to get everything finished before I leave, I wish I felt more confident about the state of my dress and my shrug. Whee!
-kelly
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