"Cassablanca" Bridal Show

Brenda, Cassandra, Me, Mom

Girl day was a success!

Brenda-Mom came over yesterday afternoon. We tried some ice cream flavors. It was an interesting experiment: Lemon, Vanilla Sugar, Cocoa and Apple (which was really just cinnamon).

1. Lemon was HORRIBLE
2. Vanilla Sugar is a definite go
3. Cocoa is a also a go
4. Apple was mediocre and so we decided "no"

We also tried pudding as the powder for Lemon II. It actually helped the consistency, but the flavor was a bit bland. We'll have to try pudding for other flavors next time. We also are trying different flavor names that revolve around our music theme:

Vanilla Vibrato
Vanilla Virtuoso
Vanilla Violin
Chocolate Cadenza
Chocolate Cantata
Chocolate Counterpoint

We also looked at crazy wedding gowns in the magazines Brenda-Mom brought with her. There were some crazy ones in there! I also want to say that she brought me two paintings she made herself! I love them. They are very calming to me because I love the beach and ocean. I would never like to live there, but I still love to write about them; pirates and all. Love these paintings! Thank you, Brenda-Mom!

After we tried flavors, Cassandra arrived for all of us to go to the Bridal Show. It was a very nice set up. I liked that it was small and not so HUGE as the show we went to during the summer. I got a lot of business cards and some interesting ideas. However, when I was there I did have to readjust my idea of the overall budget. It has been adjusting each time I get new information. It is weighing heavily on me, but I know it has to be taken one step at a time. All will be well!

We also got to watch a fashion show. It was interesting. I did not see too many things I liked, but it was still interesting nonetheless. Cassandra took some video, but the stage lights were causing a harsh glare. However, this particular video is funny. The ring that I had to wear to distinguish me as the bride was blindingly bright in it's twinkling. It also broke to where I couldn't turn it off:

After the fashion show they handed out door prizes. It was rather unorganized and so Cassandra and I went outside to the lobby to check out a few more vendors. While speaking with one, I thought I heard my name being called. It was so butchered that I just shrugged it off. Then a few seconds later, I see Brenda-Mom running out calling my name. I turn and then she informs me that I won something. I went running back with her to claim my prize. I won a free slide show burned to a DVD! Pretty cool since Nathan and I can have up to 150 photos on it. It can be played during our reception. Awesome!

That was my day in summary. I will say though, that ring? I had to cut it open to turn it off. A good ending to a wonderful day!