Friday I went with Raimee her sister her mom and Sarai to look at wedding dresses for the Raimster. She had found one at David's Bridal she supposedly really liked, but when I asked her about it, she hadn't looked anywhere else yet, and there were things she specifically didn't like about the dress. I talked her into going to this place in Walnut Creek just to look, (hopefully you only shop for a wedding dress once) when you pick your dress it should be everything that you want it to be. So on that note we hit every bridal salon between Walnut Creek and Pleasanton. This was an interesting affair (not made easier by the fact that her parents were never very fond of me). All in all it was fun, and Raimee bought a dress, (it's gorgeous, we were all very excited by the one she picked, each of us thought it was perfect). Yay! After she made her purchase Sarai and I were schlept to see our bridesmaid dresses at this little shop in Pleasanton where Sarai got sized since (she lives in San Diego, I'll be waiting til closer to the wedding).
When I got home from shopping with the girls, I called my mom up to chat and see where my parents were and what they were up to. I asked her about this bite I had on my thigh/hip that I had gotten from a spider of some sort while asleep the day before. It had gone from the size of a dime to bigger than a half dollar and was very red itchy and angry looking, I was mostly asking if taking an antihistamine would help, and she pronounced that I needed to go to kaiser right away, they'd be closing in 20 minutes, it could be infected blah blah blah. I didn't think it was a big deal but then she said that if there was something wrong I'd end up with an ER visit later. Fuck that, I ran out the door. I got seen the fastest I've ever been seen at Kaiser I checked in to minor injury and was walking out the door 15 minutes later if that. I was fine, the doctor said it was very swollen and he understood the concern but sometimes it just happens like that. Later that night I showed my parents and Steven and they both said they were glad I went (It did look really bad).
Saturday, we went to the city to go to Warped Tour! I have never in my life seen it so crowded at a concert, and the warped tours I had been to before were empty in comparison. There wasn't room to breathe, it was like being packed in jar of pickles. It took us probably half an hour or more to get to the stage of the band we wanted to see (The Offspring) and another half hour or more to get away from that stage. Inching along squished with people all around you and against you some trying to get to the stage some trying to get away from it, Crazy! After we left the concert we walked down the Embarcadero and ate at Gordon Biersch, it was an awesome view of the Bay bridge from where we sat we both had the most delicious pizzas and beer, while I was looking out the window I looked back at Steven and he hadn't taken his eyes off me. We live together and he never gets sick of looking at me, and he still thinks I'm beautiful, sure it goes both ways but thats just amazing!
Wow, so our lease is up to be renewed I can't believe we've been living here for almost 6 months!!! When we moved in we just combined the random collection of furniture we had to make our place livable. Our bedroom is nice, we have my bed, dresser, and tv. We have his desk and computer. We have matching night tables and lamps and then we each have our random bookshelves. I bought new bedding when we moved in, black sheets and this balckish gold silk dupioni duvet. We have candles and frames above the bed and it looks awesome. We love our bedroom. However, the rest of the house hasn't been a home. We had his blue couch, my big round papasson chair, and end table and coffee table we bought at IKEA, my parents old table from their cabin which is light wood and white paint with folding chairs, and bare walls. Not very homey, just kinda thrown together.
Friday night Steven was supposed to have a couple guys over for the fight, but then there was the option of going to the Fair, Steven told the guys to go to the Fair he'd order the fight another night, and that we may or may not go. We didn't go, we got caught up in both of us being out with friends me rushing to Kaiser, and then upon the realization that my parents were in town, borrowing them and their truck to go pick up a sofa and loveseat we liked. We had seen the set the night before and fallen in love with it, but we didn't have a truck to pick it up and I had figured my parents were gone. Lucky us they weren't leaving until the next morning. We moved the old couch into our guest room moved in our new couches and already our place feels more comfortable, relaxing and homey. Our new couches are super comfortable and deep, great couches to snuggle on, or curl up with a book, or take a nap, watch tv, or carry on a conversation when we have people over.
Steven decided with our new couches we needed a new coffee table, a wood one, It would match our couches better and be more warm and homey (bonus of not having to clean the glass on the coffee table every day). So we went coffee table shopping, though we found one that we kinda liked, we found something else that we liked better we found a dining room table and chairs, being that it was 4th of July weekend they were having a big sale. We sat at it, talked about it, walked around the store some more, looked at some art to put on our walls, went and looked at it again, walked the store some more, came back to it, decided that we both loved it and we needed a set anyway (we had been waiting on my mom's antique one that she supposedly was going to replace and sell us, but she told us that months ago and hasn't replaced it yet) and we this one was perfect for both of our tastes classic but modern, all hardwood and we actually like it better than the one we were "waiting for". With the sale going on it made the table and chairs affordable, we were sold. We bought the table chairs and a framed piece for the dining room. Our goal is to make our condo a home, cozy and decorated, with furniture we would have in our house (if we can ever afford one). I steam cleaned the carpets in the dining room yesterday, in the next few days I'll try to do bit by bit and get the whole condo done. We're probably about to sign a year lease and our apartment is becoming more and more our home, not just the place we live.
I love my fiance with all my heart, he is the sweetest guy in the world, everyday I realize how much more I love him, and how much we have in common that we didn't know we did. He's not afraid to tell me if he doesn't like something, and I'm not afraid to do the same. He tells me when I'm being stupid (and I know I am, and it makes me shut up) I tell him when he's being an ass (normally he'll think about it acknowledge it and shut up). I remember the first time I walked into his townhouse and there was Van Gogh all over his walls and I was slightly stunned. He actually liked the same artist that I do, and had his prints all over his walls, whenever we go out together I get that same stunned feeling over and over again, things that i like that I wouldn't think anyone else I have ever known would like, he points out before I can. That is so startling to me, don't get me wrong there are times our taste conflicts but not about big things normally something one of us will point to and say "hey thats kinda cool" and the other one goes "Eghh". The guy at the furniture store cracked me up when he thanked Steven and I for being so sweet to each other, he said that we'd be surprised how most couples are when they are furniture shopping together. I wouldn't be so surprised I've seen it, lol I've even seen it between my parents more times than I can count. I know how lucky we are, and how well we compliment each other and I learn more of it each and every day.
