not necessary in that order!! But to catch everyone up.
The dress!!
I realise I never came back with the results of the dress for the wedding in Italy I am going to. A quick reminder of the two (although I got the one on the left in a celery green)
They finally arrived - and both of them looked fantastic on.
I, of course was drawn to the green one *quelle surprise* ......NOT *lol*... However - although it looks nice and light and floaty it is VERY heavy to wear. The 'overtop' is not a light stretchy material as it appears in the photo but actually all beaded (glass beads at that!!) and is REALLY weighty. If the part of Italy we are going to is anything like the rest of Italy that I have been to - and is hot and humid - I would absolutely in it.
As I said they both looked lovely on. I got my daughter Hannah to cast her eye over and give me an honest critical assessment of them both as well. I said to her - ok I got off the plane and I am bloated and the bloat did not go down.. and now I have eaten a big wedding banquet and I am stuffed - then I stuck out my stomach as far as I could.
Hmm!!!
In the green dress when I did that it looked like I had swallowed 2 turkeys!!
But in the blue dress - I could have been 200 months pregnant and you still could not tell!!
SO THE BLUE DRESS WON... although bugger it did not come in green!! Oh and the shoes I picked out - fit beautifully and look lovely - however now will probably not be able to wear them because of my knee BAH!
My knee
It is getting better.. slowly. However last Friday's ART session on my knee was so painful I actually wound up crying. I don't think I have EVER cried when I have been there - even when my back was at its worst. The bruise that came up almost immediately was rather large - and you should see it now - it is huge. However I suffered through it all, iced it when I got home and put up with it.... well sort of put up with it - I will admit to having a bloody good bawl when I got home because it was so painful. My knee was really really swollen, and part of my calf and shin on Friday and Saturday but that seems to have gone down now. It is feeling today like I can walk normally - but I am not overstressing it - I don't want to go backwards!
I am meant to go 3 times this week for ART - however if the bruising is still this bad tomorrow - then I am cancelling that appointment. Not even counting the diggy fingers into the area that needs working that is tender - I just could not bear anyone pushing on the bruise!!
Monthly Crop
Had our Meetup monthly crop on Friday night. What a hoot! We have a core group that comes now along with the odd one or two newbies and we have such a lot of laughs. I am not sure we are getting that much scrapping done - but we certainly have a good time.
Maybe its the wine that helps things along We even have a bit culture... last Friday - we gathered around Mike's PC and all watched Susan Boyle off Britains Got Talent - SHE IS!!... plus we have good nibbles and converstion. We were having a good laugh last Friday about Stickles. We have decided that it really is CRACK for scrappers.
On today's menu - I am going to the mall! BAH... it is a beautiful day here - meant to be 82... I should be outside... however our local BIG mall has cut their Sunday hours... sign of the times methinks!
I need to go and suffer through the salespeople at the cosmetics counters because I need some new makeup - mainly something foundation-ish. Oh well... could be fun.. maybe I will get a makeover!
Oh yes... and did i mention earlier in the week I got my hair permed???
