Wedding Blog

Of late, I have been able to completely grasp the concept of the erstwhile Calgon ads of my youth. I have been overloaded with wedding stress over logistics (i.e. do we announce the afterparty with a postcard, or just have the band say so at the wedding?) and getting caught up in the minutiae.

Happily, yesterday was a day of no stress at all, and awesomeness abounded. That’s because Michael–the big brother I adopted for myself in college–took me on a “Miss Daisy City Adventure” that was a 100% cure for all that ailed me.

See?? Don’t I look happy!??He told me that we were having a “fancy” lunch and then we could do whatever fun bridal errands I had to do. He said not to worry about transportation…

At noon, Michael pulled up in a chauffeur driven Mercedes(!), and we were off to our “fancy” lunch on the Upper East Side.

The venue: La Goulue, where we had a wonderful French bistro meal (we each had French Onion soup to start, I had crabmeat salad for a main; he had steak frites, and we shared an upside down apple banana tarte for dessert.) I also got drunk just un peu tipsy from my two glasses of sauvignon blanc. (I am so not an afternoon drinker!) then we exited the restaurant

to our waiting car, and we were off to Saks for a bridal fitting. Tipsy though I was, the fitting went well, and the dress fit like glove (a bit of a tight glove, though, after the huge lunch I had!)

We then headed to the Wedding Library, to look at thank you stationery and I then realized that–universally–looking at stationery bores men. I drew this conclusion from Mike’s heavy-lidded eyes. He blamed the wine at lunch but I have seen that look on the face of a sober Mr. Daisy. It’s the “please no more paper” face.

Shana (of the WL) and I pressed on though, and I am 99.9% sure I found the stationery I want to use for my wedded thank yous–they’ll be flat cards by Julie Holcomb (like my invitations were because I am obsessed with the edging that they do on stationery) and will have a graphic element at top (TBD–if anyone has some great sources for clip art, please please please share it with me!!), “Mrs. and Mr. Daisy” at the bottom, and enamel edging as well.

After the Wedding Library, we headed to Barneys where I helped Michael choose an amazing tuxedo shirt:

The shirt being worn by some model guy who is not Mike.

(Since he’s an usher in our wedding he wanted to go all out for the occasion) as well as some formal shoes plus awesome Prada loafers, which I can fully endorse since Mr. Daisy already has them.

The day finished with our driver Damian (of Town Car International):

Picking Mr. Daisy up at work and dropping us off at dance class (where we still plow haplessly through need to tweak our two-minute foxtrot–much to the detriment of our spirits and my toes). Broken toes notwithstanding, this was one of the best days I’ve had leading up to the wedding (my shower/bachelorette being the other).

I think this should be a tradition, if it isn’t already. Leading up to the wedding all brides should have a random “Day of the Bride” where a captive audience/compatriot makes errands and other chores fun. Who’s with me??