Oh man, this blog has been gathering dust, hasn't it? Sheesh, so much has been going on and I haven't documented it! Let's start with the most recent - our first practice dance!
Well, we waltzed (is that a word?) for the very first time, for exactly two minutes, in our kitchen, at 12:30 in the morning!
We decided on our first dance song about a month ago (Can't Take My Eyes Off of You - Frankie Valli) and I was debating about doing a waltz, the foxtrot, or choreography. Mr. Margarita refuses to do any "boy band type of crap", and it's not in our budget anyway. So scratch choreography. The debate inside my head continued between the foxtrot and the waltz, until Mr. 'Rita voluntarily (!) viewed some youtube videos of both types of dancing, and made my decision for me!
The waltz it is! When he actually pauses his video game to look up something, and instantaneously says which he likes better, I go with it because he NEVER gives me a real opinion unless he really wants/likes something.
So that was about a week ago. I showed him a PDF of the basic box step (we'll eventually graduate to a turning box step), and tonight we actually practiced! Yeah, it was brief, but it's a start!
Well, we waltzed (is that a word?) for the very first time, for exactly two minutes, in our kitchen, at 12:30 in the morning!
We decided on our first dance song about a month ago (Can't Take My Eyes Off of You - Frankie Valli) and I was debating about doing a waltz, the foxtrot, or choreography. Mr. Margarita refuses to do any "boy band type of crap", and it's not in our budget anyway. So scratch choreography. The debate inside my head continued between the foxtrot and the waltz, until Mr. 'Rita voluntarily (!) viewed some youtube videos of both types of dancing, and made my decision for me!
The waltz it is! When he actually pauses his video game to look up something, and instantaneously says which he likes better, I go with it because he NEVER gives me a real opinion unless he really wants/likes something.
So that was about a week ago. I showed him a PDF of the basic box step (we'll eventually graduate to a turning box step), and tonight we actually practiced! Yeah, it was brief, but it's a start!
This is the woman's steps. The man's is mirrored.
I thought I would be better than him but......I'm not. I looked at our feet, while he did it the right way by looking forward. And I stepped on his toes (luckily we were barefoot). And I keep confusing which foot should go forward. For those who don't know, it's back with your right foot, together, step to the right, together. Then you step forward with your left foot, together, step to the left, together. And switching feet is where I get mixed up. I keep trying to step forward with my right foot. And meanwhile, Mister Self-Proclaimed Two-Left-Feet is doing it right! WTF? I'm proud of him though. And we've got 9 months to practice!
Yay for progress!
In other news...I also moved our groomswoman over to bridesmaid, since Mr. 'Rita has chosen two more groomsmen. So now we have 3 girls on my side and 3 guys on his. Cool.
In more other news....
And I got extremely burned out on paper flowers for the centerpieces. So my dear Mom suggested we do real carnations instead. We made a mock-up (with pom-poms instead of carnations, because nobody has them in stock right now) and took it over to Texas Old Town to see how it looks. I think it's great! And seeing the tablescape really floored me. All my hard work, all my research, all my comparative shopping, MY VISION has finally all come together! See?
Yay for progress!
In other news...I also moved our groomswoman over to bridesmaid, since Mr. 'Rita has chosen two more groomsmen. So now we have 3 girls on my side and 3 guys on his. Cool.
In more other news....
And I got extremely burned out on paper flowers for the centerpieces. So my dear Mom suggested we do real carnations instead. We made a mock-up (with pom-poms instead of carnations, because nobody has them in stock right now) and took it over to Texas Old Town to see how it looks. I think it's great! And seeing the tablescape really floored me. All my hard work, all my research, all my comparative shopping, MY VISION has finally all come together! See?
Of course, the tablecloth won't be wrinkled on the Big Day. We plan to buy some shorter vases, and trim the curly willow by about 5 inches. A few more pictures under DIY ---> Decor. Goodnight, my Knotties!
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