Full steam ahead

Well it is 45 days until the BIG DAY!! Things are officially picking up pace. I had my first fitting last week which went beautifully. Well except for the part where I cried. Let me explain...my dress only comes in 3 lenghts and when we ordered it they stressed the fact that it could not be hemmed because of the beading on the bottom. So we told them to get the 5'5" length seeing as I am 5'4" and my heels are only 1". Perfect right??? When I got the dress on there was about 3 inches on the ground. I started to panic. It took 2 months for my dress to come in and I knew there was not enough time to get another one. I started tearing up. They checked the order form and they had ordered a 5'7" dress even after they wrote down that we wanted a 5'5". The owner of the shop brought out a seamstress and they came up with a solution which I think actually makes the dress look better!!! The best part is they are not going to charge us for the alterations!!!!! YEAH!!!!! I go again next week and am very excited because Ashley, my maid of honor, is coming so she can learn how to fasten my bussel and sinch me up!! She has not seen the dress yet!! We also met with the table decoration people Monday and got to see what the tables will actually look like for the first time. Oh and we got the flower girl dresses. They are really cute. So far so good (knock on wood). Well I dont have much else to write about for now. My head is swirling with to do lists so I am not much in writing mode.

YEAH FOR PEI WEI!!!!!

My dear friend RyAnn got me hooked on the best asian food at a little restaraunt called Pei Wei!! Everytime I go to Arlington to visit her we have to go eat there. That is until now. That's right Amarillo is finally moving up in the world and getting a Pei Wei!!!! I was so excited when I read the article about it in the paper that I immediatly had to call Chris and tell him of our good fortune. The best part of it is the new shopping center it is going to be in is right across the street from my office!!!!! I can smell the Honey Seared Chicken now. YIPPEE!!!!!!!! I have Chris, an awesome family, great friends and a Pei Wei...what else could a girl ask for????

New Year's Eve Pics

For New Year's Eve Chris & I had friends over for dinner and then we all headed out to see a Dirty Sancho play. I hope everyone had as much fun as I did.

Me & Andrea

Me & Chris

Ty

Me & Aletha

Andrea and her boyfriend, Quentin

Christmas pics

Here are a couple of pictures from Chrsitmas with the Merker family!!

Mom & Dad

Andrew & Daniel

My Grandma


Chris opening his presents.

Macy enjoying her new doggy bed.

Creme Brulee anyone???

I have neglected my small but all too dedicated blog readers by failing to update for the last couple of weeks. While I dont have much to contribute today I am hoping that this latest post will buy me some time until I can get my pictures from Christmas and New Year's loaded.

This is a picture of a couple of my favorite gifts. Chris was very proud of himself for this one even though I did register for it and I think he only got it for me so he could use the blow torch. We tried the quick mix and it was just as delicious as I hoped it would be. Hopefully I will be able to make the real deal from scratch soon.