Leaves and Lists

Seriously now, where has the time gone? Last time I glanced up from my keyboard it was Summer and now, judging by the leaves falling from the trees, we are now officially in Autumn.

Since I got engaged almost nine months ago (Nine!?) it feels as though each week has flown by at double speed. The more I need to do, the less time I seem to have. However, there has been progress since I last updated this blog.

I've now ordered my bridesmaid's dress, and may have thrown a spanner in the works by asking one of my best friends to also be a maid. This may mean a secondary order and my mum is already stressing that the dresses may come from a different batch of material and won't be a precise match. The reason I left it so late to ask my friend is because there is a second friend that I would have also liked to ask, but she is having a difficult time at the moment, and it's not practical to ask her to take on the role on top of everything else. I didn't want to ask Friend 1 without asking Friend 2 and vice versa. Then I felt bad that Friend 1 might miss out simply because of Friend 2's circumstances, so there was much sighing and contemplation before I asked F1 to do the deed. She still has to see if she can get childcare on our wedding day, so we could still be down to one bridesmaid and 2 flower girls. Are we keeping up at the back?!

I'm now also able to cross Organist and Choir off my 'to do' list as I've booked both. Thing is, I now need to decide on the music and hymns, which is proving very tricky. I used to be a chorister when I was a kid, so there are plenty of things that mean something to me. Too many. I actually feel a little paralysed by the choice.

There's still plenty of time to sort out everything else, but the way that time is galloping by 2010 will be here in no time at all!