BRIDAL PICTURES

I STARTED WRITING AND SAVING
A POST ABOUT THE CRAZINESS  OF
PREPARING FOR JESSICA'S WEDDING,
BUT THE WAY ITS GOING IT MIGHT
BE NEXT YEAR BEFORE IT GETS DONE,
SO I HAVE DECIDED TO POST BITS
AND PIECES OF SOME OF THE CRAZINESS
AS I THINK ABOUT IT.
GETTING A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR
THE WEDDING HAS BEEN  A LITTLE DIFFICULT BECAUSE JESSICA DID NOT WANT TO SPEND HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS OUT OF HER BUDGET.  SHE  DIDN'T HAVE "OFFICIAL" ENGAGEMENT PICTURES AND SHE WASN'T GOING TO HAVE BRIDALS, BUT TWO WEEKS AGO SHE HAD A PHOTOGRAPHER WHO WOULD DO HER BRIDALS AND HER WEDDING FOR $100.  SHE IS JUST STARTING OUT AND I KNOW, I KNOW,  YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR,  BUT  SURELY  THERE WILL BE SOME CUTES ONES WHEN IT IS ALL SAID AND DONE.  I SAY BETTER THAN NOTHING. IT SEEMS THAT IN EVERY STEP IN THE WEDDING PREP THERE HAS BEEN A HITCH OF SOME SORT.  JESSICA HAS SUNDAY AND MONDAY OFF AND SO THEY DECIDED TO DO HER PICTURES ON SUNDAY.  SHE LEFT IN THE MORNING TO GET HER HAIR DONE AND JEFF AND I WENT TO CHURCH, PICTURES WERE AT 4 PM AND  JUST AS SHE GOT HOME I REALIZED THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE A BOUQUET FOR HER PICTURES.  NO FLOWERS, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO DIE. HOW COME I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THIS EARLIER?  SO I THOUGHT WELL SHE IS USING SUNFLOWERS AND I AM SURE THAT ALBERTSONS WOULD HAVE SOME, AND OFF I GO TO THE STORE WHILE JEFF, JESSICA AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER GO TO HER FIRST SPOT FOR PICTURES.  THERE IS A HOUSE ON THE WAY TO THE STORE WITH A HUGE FIELD OF SUNFLOWERS AND I DECIDED TO STOP AND ASK IF I COULD BUY SOME FROM THEM BUT ALAS, THEY WERE NOT HOME AND I THOUGHT SHOULD I JUST CUT SOME AND COME BACK AND PAY FOR THEM?  PROBABLY NOT SO OFF TO THE STORE.  I GET TO ALBERTSONS AND THERE ARE NO SUNFLOWERS, BUT THEY DID HAVE A YELLOW FLOWER THAT LOOKED LIKE A SUNFLOWER BUT WITHOUT THE BROWN CENTER, SO I  BOUGHT THOSE AND SOME BABYS BREATH AND RAN OUT THE DOOR.  BEFORE I LEFT HOME I GRABBED SOME SCISSORS AND BURLAP TO TAKE WITH ME.  I DECIDED ON MY WAY BACK TO STOP ONE MORE TIME AT THE SUNFLOWER HOUSE, BUT AGAIN NO ONE WAS THERE AND AS BAD AS I WANTED TO CUT DOWN HER FLOWERS I KNEW THAT JUST WOULDN'T BE RIGHT.    WHEN I GOT THERE I CUT THE BURLAP IN A LONG STRIP WRAPPED IT AROUND THE STEMS, CUT THEM OFF AND VIOLA' INSTANT BOUQUET.  IRONICALLY WHEN WE WERE DONE AND AS I DROVE UP THE ROAD TO MY HOUSE THERE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WAS A PATCH OF SUNFLOWERS, READY AND WAITING TO BE CUT DOWN,  TO BAD I WAS IN SUCH A HURRY TO GET TO THE STORE OR MAYBE I WOULD HAVE SEEN THEM.  GO FIGURE, JUST MY LUCK, ALL I COULD DO IS LAUGH.

I snuck a quick pic at the happy bride-to-be