Saturday (Day 53)

Had a bit of a treat for getting to my 2 stone lost this morning - a lovely facial at Clarins which was really relaxing! Better be careful or at this rate I'll end up turning into a girly-girl!Still, it's only until the wedding, which is 9 weeks today, & that means just 2 more sessions to go.

Headed down to Chepstow after lunch & got swamped by the kids the moment we arrived! They'd been to Euro Disney for Easter & were so excited about the whole thing, so were telling us all about it. Talked to h2b's stepmother, Fiona, about the dress & had a look at the material in daylight with her (& well out of the way of the boys who we left watching the rugby) - still felt it was a bit too creamy an ivory for me.

Fiona said she thought it was fine but I'm still not convinced, and when we tried it with my crystal bits for my hair, didn't match at all, so have decided to order the pale ivory instead & sell the ivory material on eBay. There's nothing wrong with it, it's just not quite right for me, which is a shame. Still, it's going to be the most important dress I'll ever wear & I want to get it right, and the material itself didn't cost a fortune. If I can get something for it on eBay that'll be good.

We also got out the 2nd mock-up bodice she'd made for me back in Feb, and it was far too big (yay!). I'm going to send her my stats this Wednesday when I measure myself, and also my cm rate of loss, so we can work out roughly where I'll be at the start of June. Fortunately I'm opting for a corset type back which means the fit doesn't have to be as accurate as a zip back. She's going to make it as a size 14 which should hopefully be fine, but we'll be able to adjust it if needed.

Also looked at the design of the dress we'd decided on, and though originally I'd liked the bodices with a bit of rouching at the front, we decided a boned bodice would suit me better. This time, however, she said that with all the weight I'd lost, the rouching would look really good, and that there's still time to change the design if I want to! So, we've decided to alter it slightly, it'll still be in satin but with a chiffon overlay that will be slightly rouched. Am so excited, it's exactly what I was after & we can try it - if it doesn't work we can still fall back to the satin bodice design!

Had a good evening as we went down the pub with h2b's dad & also JJ (friend of the family who's going to be doing the photography at the wedding) - was lovely to see him & he's so excited about taking the photo's! Talked through the type of photo's we were looking for & how it'd work on the day. The original pub we'd gone to ran out of beer (!!!) after the first pint (& they only had some generic smooth beer on tap left) so I ferried them all to the next pub which turned out to have 5 draught beers on tap so they were all very happy & wanted to work their way through the lot. Finally pulled them away about 8pm so we could go back & have dinner (plus there was only so many fizzy waters I wanted!)...

Was a good evening though, and although I had to sit next to them munching through peanuts & crisps when they weren't drinking their beer (oh and the smell! cheese & onion crisps, mmmmmmm) wasn't actually bothered by just having my water. See, things are progressing! I've now worked out that yes it actually is possible for me to go to a pub and not have a drink! ;-)

Oh, also forgot to say that the Tablet I made yesterday morning worked!! So pleased about it, but do have to confess I did nibble a really small piece whilst I was putting it away, which was so silly, but I really wanted to see if it was ok (I know I know, I'm just so stupid sometimes, but on the bright side I was able to stop at just that one small piece, which I suppose is something at least). Took it to Chepstow with us for an outside verdict and they all loved it, Stu's dad said it was as good as his grandmother's (not convinced myself, but the flattery was nice!).