Nip/Tuck

When I got home from a scrapbooking class on Thursday -- on making your own wedding invitations, no less -- there was a message on the machine from David's Bridal. Actually, the scene went like this:

David's Bridal commercial plays in the background...
Julie: I should call David's tomorrow and see when my dress will be here.
Jason:Actually, no you shouldn't.
Bewildered, Julie looks at Jason with her mouth hanging open.
Jason: Check the machine.

So, the dress arrived safely. On Saturday morning I made Jason wander around CompUSA while I went in to pick up the dress (and try it on to make sure it fit). The store was a madhouse -- one girl brought all the 15 females (and all their various children) in her giant bridal party to pick dresses. Miraculously, I managed to get slipped into an empty changing room. And while the salesgirl was less than attentive -- she had about 20 other people to deal with -- she did manage to zip up my dress and compliment me in the appropriate places. The dress fits almost perfectly, with the exception of a little too much boob (not the dress' fault), so I've begun a hard-core regime of working out, eating right and firming up the upper arm and back flab -- the "cutlets." If I lost 20 pounds in six weeks in the Ukraine eating buckwheat and walking three hours a day, I can certainly firm up a bit in the 11 weeks until the wedding.

11 weeks! Egads!

Comments

[Annalisa]

Eh, at least you have 11 weeks. I figured out I had to work out 45 minutes every single day and watch absolutely everything I ate so to: a) maintain the weight, because there was no way the dress would fit otherwise, and b) firm up my arms, about 4 weeks before my thrown together at the last minute wedding.

The funny part is I lost some weight after the wedding, of all things, proving once again that being stressed out in and of itself makes it harder for some people to keep fit. =P

[Alison]

I'm confused. Just found your site - very cool - and read that you ordered your dress from a local bridal shop. But you picked it up at David's. What happened?

[Julie]

Well, I ordered it from David's. They didn't have the size I needed on the rack, so they ordered it for me. It took about 13 weeks or so to come in.