Deadbeat Bride

I slept through the "Royal Wedding"...

Does this make me a DeadBeat Bride?

Well if it does, I will OWN THAT SHIT! Fat Bride needs her beauty sleep!

You know what else Fat Bride needs? An intervention. A French Fried Intervention. I have officially fallen off the vegetable wagon. Even as I type I am hallucinating the smell of deep fried dreams and char-grilled magic. I am pretty sure someone is playing a trick on me, pumping Eau de McDonalds into my airvents. Not cool whoever you are, not cool. I had an amazing fat girl moment the other day. I was feeling under the weather, and we had leftovers from the most magical Easter dinner ever...chicken pot pie, Matt's Famous Mac and Cheese (what doesn't make you feel better than these foods?)...and mashed potatoes...so I thought. I had my plate all ready for the microwave, a slice of CPP, a portion of MNC, and a heaping mountain of mashed potatoes. As the food was heating up I noticed the mashed potatoes were...melting??? Huh? Melting??? That's weird....until I realized..."Oh SHIT, that's not mashed potatoes....that's FROSTING!!!!" We weren't sent home with mashed potatoes. I put homemade cupcake frosting on my plate thinking it was mashed potatoes...and then...I ate it anyways.

Hot melting frosting. I ate it. And chicken pot pie. And Mac and Cheese.

And I liked it.

Not loosing any weight this week...

I have still been working on wedding things...not much...but some. We had a blind wine tasting to figure out what type of wine to serve. The wines ranged in price from $4.99 to $14.99. We had some great friends over and drank up!

The wines' labels were covered, only Matt knew which wine was which.













Each guest was given a score card to rate the wine they were tasting.

















Can't have wine without some good cheese! Had some delicious snacks to soak up some of the wine...














Tasting...Tasting...such hard work, right boys?

The winner: Red Bicyclette Shiraz...the most expensive. In a very close second, Fish Eye Cabernet, the CHEAPEST!!!The Fish Eye had better scores from everybody but me, I gave it ALL ZEROS! I guess I have more expensive taste then I thought...whoops. If it weren't for my zeros, the Fish Eye would have taken the top prize.
It was a fun boozie afternoon with great friends. We laughed, watched The Goonies, and ordered pizza (guess we needed more cheese!) Anybody who is looking for a fun way to involve/CON friends and bridesmaids into helping with wedding stuff...THIS IS IT. I have found rewarding friends with booze or food turns them into my little pinwheel and mustache making sweatshop.







HAPPY FRIDAY!

Fat Bride Returns!

Sorry I have been lame. I suck.

So Matt and I enjoyed the hell out of ourselves at my dear friend Katie Huppmann's beautiful New Hampshire wedding. A blanket of snow illuminated the PERFECT day Katie was blessed with, and although whenever she was outdoors she had to wear a big peacoat, I would say she enjoyed and loved every minute of it. I must say, if I can even be half as gorgeous and happy as dear Katie Huppmann on the big day, I'd be the luckiest lady in the world!

One thing this wedding did have....a MAJOR dance party, which is a must for our wedding.

To prepare for such a dance party, a gift to you all. The currant danceparty/workout playlist for Meg Tracy:



It has the perfect amount of uptempo mixed with a little breather music...enjoy! I have been trying to get my fitness on...but sometimes I suck at it. Having a wedding dress that fits perfectly and that I like looking at myself in doesn't help. But I did get in today for some elliptical machine torture and I have been swimming (my nontorture workout) as much as I can will myself to. I have a case of the weekend cheats though. Where I pretend like food doesn't count because it's Hot-Fudge-Sunday. No bueno. No bueno at all.

In wedding world, we are tweaking the menu with our caterer...I can't believe how overwhelming picking food can be. Can we have beets? No, they might stain the tablecloths...greens can't hold up to transport...Matt's allergic to carrots...tomatoes remind me of boogers...it is So ridiculous figuring out food for so many people. I'd be just as happy shucking oysters in my wedding dress, but some people would say it aint classy...classy my foot! Fat Bride is as classy as they come...shit!

While food is in the works, I have been focusing my attention on invites again. I have IJS. Invitation Jealousy Syndrome. Whenever I look at wedding blogs and sites, I see these amazing stationary suites that include a map and unique and magical invitations...I WILL HAVE UNIQUE AND MAGICAL INVITATIONS goshdarnit! SOOOO, I have been working on a Meggie original for the wedding invitation, a custom map of the Swansboro/Emerald Isle area to include with the invite. If anyone has a place they would recommended to outsiders, or somewhere you think a visit to the coast isn't complete without...let me know!

In DIY news: My friend Meg came over last week for some wedding prep fun...not much because I sucked at supplies (meaning I had nothing but felt, scissors and wine), but we still had a great night of mustache cutting and save the date making...thanks Megs, I will need your scissor skills again!

So thats whats up. Again, suggestions on EI/Boro hotspots!