[IrishLake]

I was like, WTF bump? But now I'm glad it did. I was pretty bitchy when I posted this!

Everything is fine. I still feel like I don't know FSiL super well, but I like her more each time we spend time together. She's still high maintenance, but she realizes how much she spazzes about stuff and is working on relaxing. She even apologized graciously for flipping out about not ordering the dress right away. (I'm even down a dress size due to all the breastfeeding, so.... yeah I'm glad I waited). I've recently gone to 2 bridal showers for her (one her family threw, one my family hosted). Dress crisis was easily solved. I ordered it on March 3rd, and it came in last week. Huh. Imagine that. It looks hideous on me, but I'm ok with that. I need to get my shoes. My husband and son are both measured and fitted for their tuxes and my oldest daughters flower girl dress looks very cute on her.

The only downside now is the COST of everything.
My dress - $130
My shoes - $30
Daughters dress - $80
Daughters shoes - $20
Husbands tux - $100
Sons tux - $60
Bridal shower gifts - $100 total
(Passing on bridal shower #3 and the bachelorette party)
Hotel room for night of wedding - $130

That's $650 not including miscellaneous little costs. I still need a strapless bra. That's not including all the gas money spent driving all over for things. At least it's staggered costs and not all at once. My brother was shocked when I told him how much money we are spending. Things add up quick! I told him we probably can't get them a big wedding gift, we just can't afford it.

Now the drama surrounds my brother's groomsmen. One of them just got shipped to Afghanistan in January and won't be back in time for the wedding. He thought he'd get 2 weeks leave granted to him for June, but no luck. FSiL freaked out. My brother already has his best friend from home, two good friends from college, his 2 future BiLs, my husband, and one friend from C-bus. He's not close to anyone else. He's either going to ask the husband of one of our cousins, or one of his fellow football coaches. He needs to make up his mind quick, wedding is in June! He may have already asked someone, though, I just don't know about it. When FSiL freaked over being down one groomsman, my brother got on her pretty hard. Something along the lines of "Serving our country in a war torn county is more important than being in our wedding." (My brother is former ROTC, he lost his scholarship due to a severe head injury sustained during training at Fort Lewis. He feels robbed that he never got to serve, he planned on being an Army lifer).