The Past Few Weeks

I’ve not been on here a lot this month. I had a glorious 2 weeks of work as our office closed for the 12th July holidays. Unfortunately I spent one week in agony and I’m still suffering from mysterious abdominal pains. The lovely doctors in A&E ruled out appendicitis thank goodness but they had no idea what was causing the pain so I had the option of staying in the hospital stuffed full of painkillers where they could keep a bit of an eye on me or I could go home with loads of painkillers and at least be miserable in the comfort of my own home. I chose the latter and I’ve been holed up in my parents’ house feeling rather sorry for myself.

I suspect the major culprit is stress. I may have mentioned once or twice before that I’m quite a stressed person in general but with all the doings that need done in the run up to the wedding I feel like I’m turning into a time bomb that will explode at any minute. Thank gawd I have some very understanding friends and family and a very very very patient husband to be!

I’ve had my first dress fitting and all went well – I just need about 6 or 7 inches lopped off the bottom of the dress to stop myself from tripping head over heels as I try to walk anywhere in it! My next fitting is in a couple of weeks time and I’m very excited to see how it’s coming along. There will be one more fitting after that to make sure that everything is perfect and then I get to take it home. I will have to leave it safely in my friend’s house away from prying eyes and cigarette smoke and also to stop me from being tempted to try it on every 5 minutes and parade around the house in it!

The bridesmaids have now all been for their fittings too. 2 out of 3 need absolutely nothing done to their dresses and the third needs hers taken in (the bitch!!!!!). Hahaha… she will know who she is when she reads this and she knows I love her really! I’ve been told by my own dressmaker that I’m not allowed to loose any more weight or my dress won’t fit around the bust and it would be a nightmare (not to mention rather expensive) to take in in time for the wedding. Ho hum… I will just have to keep up the arm toning exercises and cut down on the aerobics.

Another day closer

Phew… another day closer and another day of waiting for the rest of my invitation stuff to arrive. What a bummer – I’d have liked to be ready to post them by now.

Oh well… I am much cheered up after a fab cocktail night with my two bestest girlies ever. For two lightweight drinkers they certainly gave me a run for my money! We lasted 10 hours and got through a lot of booze – certainly more than 3 people have any right to drink in one sitting. I’m sure we got through our weekly recommended units allowance 3 times over in just the one evening!

All the cake and booze consumed over the weekend have done nothing to help my waistline or general feeling of well being. I feel a bit like the Michelin Man at the minute which is very bad with only 10 weeks to go before the big day! So now I’m planning a regime of daily walks and aerobics 2 or 3 times a week to try and keep me trim on the run up to the wedding. I know if I was left to my own devices I’d end up as big as a horse because I comfort eat when I’m stressed – cake and lovely sweet coffee or cheese and wine… oooohhh… the possibilities are endless! So. Yes. Definitely. Walks with the dog and my wee hand weights to help tone up my arms, some aerobics and a lot less cake.

I can feel myself becoming more motivated as I type!!!

(yeah, right!)