christmas wish list 2012!

hi guys!

i'm doing my annual christmas wish list entry!  it's a bit late, so i doubt i'll get anything from here.  but a girl can dream, right?  =)  some of these are repeats from last year, but again, wishful thinking!  =D  

1.  People Magazine Subscription - note that i chose the channing tatum cover.  hehehe!

GOT IT!  =D










2.  iPad (still really want this!)

3.  mini guitar (for a mia-sized person!)

GOT IT!  =D






4.  gold plated initial necklace in script

5.  new glasses (should i go for the hipster look?)

GOT IT!  =D



6.  toms! (which color do you guys think is the best?)

7.  the book - This is how you lose her  (i really wanna read this!)

GOT IT!  =D





8.  fake pink hydrangeas - to brighten up my cubicle!

GOT IT!  =D





9.  kate spade bow ring (how darling is this ring?? and i don't even wear rings but this one is so me!)

10.  broadway show!  i haven't seen a broadway show in years!  how sad is that?  (i actually haven't seen any of the below.  that can't be good!)

okay, i'm gonna stop now.  if i think of more, i shall add!  =)  merry christmas everyone! 

understudy to the bride

this weekend, i was a bridesmaid in a wedding.  but that didn't change anything for me.  all the usual things happened to me, as it always does, just like the last 16 weddings i've attended - i can't help but imagine myself being the bride.

i watched julia get married, but amidst reality and my dreaming, i saw flashes of my own wedding - like a scene from a movie.  i watched her dance the first dance as husband and wife.  and i saw myself dancing with my new beaming husband.  i could hear our whispered conversations...

me:  i can't believe we're finally married!
him:  hello my wife.  ;)
me:  eek, this is so awkward...everyone is staring at us!
him:  really? all i see is you.  

he smiles and then kisses me on the forehead, and i realize then how lucky i am because he found me at last - and i am loved.

i saw myself standing on the altar - eagerly waiting for those final words to be uttered - i now pronounce you, husband and wife.  and the rush of excitement as i go from miss to mrs in one fell swoop of a kiss - a kiss to seal the deal, a kiss that is full of promises and hope of a life to live. 

and i saw myself watching our own slideshow of pictures.  watching the story unfold of how God took two seemingly strangers, and weaved together a love story so intricate, yet so perfect, to make this story ours.  to show how that daydreaming little girl would one day meet that batman-loving boy, and their lives would never be the same again.  there will be tears of joy, laughter, embarrassment at the awkward years, but all to return to the cute love story of mia and her love.  and people will say, you know, he really loves her so much.

this is what happens every time i go to a wedding.  i've watched myself get married sixteen times now.  i hope you will get to see her get married soon.