Attendant's dress? Check.

I went shopping with my younger sister two days ago and we found her dress. Yippee! It looks gorgeous on her, will need no alternation, and gives me a color (dark periwinkle) to work into other wedding items along with the deep green and cream I've been wanting to use. Now I just have to find an outfit for my other sister and we'll be done with the women's clothing. Whew.

Can I just say...

...how much I adore my fiance? I adore him. *gush*.

Makeup for tomboys

I've decided to do the makeup for my wedding. Not just my own, but my sisters' as well. This, from the woman who as a girl stole her mother's eye shadow not to practice standard application, but to make appalling bruises on her arms and legs. My mother had the greatest shades of plums and greens and rusts and olive-y yellow. Perfect. I startled more than one adult with my makeup prowess back then. These days, I do the ol' 10-minute routine every day before work and call it good. But I'm actually very skilled at makeup application, and I've been experimenting with brands and styles. The other day I found a lipstick that stays on for eight hours, won't kiss off, eat off, or otherwise be rubbed off, and does NOT make my lips feel like they're visiting the Sahara. I've also road-tested eyeshadow that not only would be great for making bruises with at Hallowe'en, but that also stays on all day without creasing. This is good. I'll be damned if I'm going to re-apply makeup during our reception, hovering photog or no hovering photog.