DRRRESSES: WANT

Not totally foreign - that's what we did!

That's what my mom and stepfather did, too, come to think of it.

Did you have a private ceremony and invite ppl to the dinner etc?

I feel like it's much more common here to be invited to the whole thing soup to nuts. I mean that's the default, right? In the UK it's very common to have a set of family/friends at the ceremony and meal and then invite another set of more casual friends to the drinks and dancing. I've found that most people here have never heard of that kind of thing before.

I'd never heard of it before being ivited to only an evening do myself. The whole concept seemed really strange at first.

I think being invited to the whole event is definitely more common, even if the ceremony and the reception are separated by hours and miles.

We got up at an ungodly early hour and went to the courthouse with about ten people, friends and family, and then had our reception at a bar and invited, I think, about 30 people. My parents got married in a church in front of maybe ten people, friends and family, and then had an insanely huge reception at a local yacht club (not as fancy as it sounds).

Yacht clubs never are.

Yeah. I think now it's becoming more common to do stuff like that but it's will sort of thought of as unusual especially by older or more traditional people. I remember telling my mom we were going to the drinks/dancing part once and was really confused. But you're not actually invited to the wedding? etc.

To be fair, we issued an open invitation to anyone who wanted to accompany us to the court house, but not too many people wanted to get up that early.

I remember invites to big Mexican-American weddings, when I was a kid and it was the some people were invited to the wedding only, some to the reception after and others to the breakfast at midnight. Baptisms and quinceñeras were the same, several events not everyone was invited to all of them. Might still be that way.

breakfast at midnight!!!

AWESOME

It's pretty common to have an evening thing kind of separate from the wedding day bit. But I've never actually been to one, only whole weddings! It's a co-worker's one tomorrow (my boss will be there, lol). We just invited everyone to the whole thing for ours - was too young to really have co-workers tbh and would've felt weird inviting them at that stage in my life; it was family and schoolfriends. Now my friendship group is quite different.

anyone have their eye on anything at eShakti? they sent me a $50 gift card for today only, but I think I've purchased everything I want! free to a good home?

woah lex for real? I want!

lex you are so generous and nice

Seriously dude.

is this too twee for a tall lady?

I really love with but I normally don't really do cutesy things liek the peter pan collar.

http://img.eshakti.com/clothImages/CL0025224L.jpg

i think the black on black of the collar reduces the cutesy-ness significantly

Awww. I'm just normal! E, I will send the info over FB in case there are any evil lurkers. I think that dress is fucking BOMB. I have a monthly discount code too, hopefully we can make this thing -cheap-!

Ah, I love you!! I am excited!! I might pull a couple others to get your opinion on but i really like that one. Can't fb from work so will have to do tonight but YAY and Thank you! I need a new dress so I'm pumped! <3

Em I think you're right. It would be a whole other story if the collar was white or something.

Glad to help! I am a little burnt out on eShakti, too many purchases lately but I suppose as a result they love me & send me this stuff. Hope it works! It was sent with no context whatsoever, so weird!

Ah, rats. I think maybe the card is tied to your account because it keeps saying not valid or already used. Thanks anyway.

Awww! I would offer to do it myself but I bet it would just deliver to my house :( Sorry to get your hopes up dude! That 10% off should at least work, but that's nowhere near as fun as a free dress. :(

FFM can you do it through your account and just have it go to a different shipping address, ie ENBB's?

Oooh! I could paypal you the $$. Hmmmmm.

I am up for trying! If it ships to Canada I would say don't bother because lately I've been getting slammed with $20 customs fees. Send me your info if you haven't and ill give it a shot!

OK maybe we'll try tonight. NBD if it doesn't work out though.

Okay! I'm at home tonight so just let me know :)

I'm super jealz I was too slow!! I'm in love with a couple dresses on there at the moment

booo :( hopefully they will send me more and more!

that dress would look great on you, E!

yeah and roxymuzak otm re the no-contrast peter pan collar. it's cute without being cutesy.

slow slow slow but E, that would look great on you especially with your new short haircut when it arrives...

is it just me, or does this look like something tanya harding would have worn? sadly that is kinda what is enchanting me about this dress.

http://images.asos-media.com/inv/media/2/7/1/5/2495172/black/image1xl.jpg

That dress just screams Homo to me. I'm serious.

that dress is awesome - you should get it. Hell, I should get it too.

it is Tonya Harding and that's why you need to get it homo. you'd rock the hell out of it!

its time to reevaluate tonya

otm

also - lol

haw

tonya harding: fashion icon

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JzOQJjUPxGM/SJMjAw3mU_I/AAAAAAAAIyY/UJBbjo_afTc/s400/Picture%2B1.png

i dont like this but its relevant

let's get this print happening again

http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/050412/050411_harding_bcol.grid-6x2.jpg

haha well they say the 90s are back

yeah but that stuff's for babies. shit needs to get REAL

i mean i could see that having a home in this versace campaign maybe

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5q8w1DymC1r06q46o1_500.jpg

OTM

That dress just screams Homo to me.

lol

;)