Friday Five: Wedding Edition

1. Our RSVP deadline has passed, and after a few emails and IMs, we're down to only eight people who haven't responded. It looks like there are going to be about 80 guests at the wedding, which is only five over our initial target. I'm feeling very pleased about this. It's a good size for a wedding, I think. And it means that our budget is pretty much on target.

2. We got our ceremony music squared away, finally, with an affordable string quartet. And I have to say thank you to the readers who emailed with suggestions, advice, and even, in one case, an offer of free musical services. You guys are seriously the best.

3. I get my engagement ring back today. I'm excited for it to fit again. And not to feel naked and weird without it. Plus, they'll have cleaned it, so it will be all shiny and new like it was when Torsten proposed. I remember looking at it that day and not even being able to really see the diamond because it was so dazzling, reflecting all the sunlight. It hasn't looked like that in over a year, I suppose. But now it will again. Too bad it's rainy so I can't go outside and recreate the effect.

4. I have planned several lovely wedding errands for this weekend, including a trip to a stationery store to buy purple paper for programs, favor tags, and table name cards. Perhaps I've gone crazy, but I'm actually kind of looking forward to putting this stuff together. I feel very invested in all the little details, and making them pretty and nice. And I'm really not feeling much pressure about the wedding, because so much of it is already taken care of, and the details, while lovely, aren't crucial.

5. We are so close. If October flies by anything like as fast as September has, it'll be our wedding pretty much tomorrow. I feel pretty good about that.