So I spent a lot of money for me today.
This morning I spent a little more time futzing with my application, and ... submitted it. Yikes.
Then I headed to a bridal dress shop I'd passed by several times before, and had seen on the knot that they had discontinued dresses and LOTS of choices for the non svelte figure types.
C, a mutual friend of Mr. FTs and I, agreed to come with me and be an opinionated eye.
I must have tried on 20 dresses. Finally there was one I could actually step INTO and not struggle to get over my head.
And .. it was just about perfect!
It's going to need a little alteration - straps removed, bust area taken in, etc. (It's probably about a size too big.)
I gulped at the price, but after having seen what most of the other gowns were going for, and realizing that time wasn't on my side to have something ordered ... I went for it.
$520 after taxes, etc. and before alterations.
What kind of made me go for the expensive dress rather than the one I ordered off Amazon is ... well, the b&b place has a staircase you can walk down as part of your entrance. I want a little bit of a train to make that entrance really awesome. 
I actually think I like this one better than the one I found in Omaha - not a LOT better, but definitely better enough to forego the $300 price difference. 
(The Omaha one was $800+)
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I stopped by the Bakery Mr. FT suggested to me last night, but they close at 1 p.m. everyday. So ... it looks like I'm going to be delegating that job to Mr. FT. He's going to love that (actually, he might really love it. Taste some samples ...)
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I saw an almost perfect house on FB today. 77k Owner Financed. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, basement, recently remodeled insides. W/D included. They were asking for a $2500 downpayment and then $1050/month. I pm'd the guy and asked how much of a downpayment they'd need to get the payment to $700/month.
His response made me roll my eyes so hard in frustration. "It would take a pretty substantial downpayment to get to that amount." Uh ... okay. Thanks for not answering my question.
So I responded by asking if a $15k downpayment would get the monthly amount to $800? He said he could work with us on it. I guess he realized that I wasn't dumb and thinking just a little more would do it.
I would need to take money from my ROTH (the one I've had 10+ years) plus cash money to do it (from Mr FT and I both), but it could be done.
I've got an email in to Mr. FT to see if he'd like me to schedule a viewing on Sunday so we can check it out. (Thursday we are checking out the bed and breakfast.)
Nevermind ... just got an email back from Mr. FT saying it's in a horrible neighborhood. So, scratch that. Something else will come up. Just have to keep eyes pealed.
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The local library has a stinky new rule that DVDs can only be checked out a week at a time. This is going to cause me to have lots of late fines I forsee. I take the DVDs out, and sometimes it takes me weeks and weeks before I watch them. Will just have to not put more than one at a time on hold I guess. (So I don't have six of them come in on the same day .. like I had happen last week.)
I Bought THE Dress :)
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Petunia - You will get to see a picture of it. After I get back from my honeymoon.
CCF - Thanks! It was exciting - especially to be able to find one that I liked about as much as the one in Omaha. It felt really bizzare to spend that much money on a dress, but I do kind of get *why* it costs more than a regular dress.
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Is March 27th target date for mailing invitations?
Thanks for taking time to act on college job.
Is house mentioned in a district targeted for gentrification?
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Hair and veil ... haven't figured that out just yet. Maybe that's a good excuse to post a photo.
March 27 sounds about right for the invitations. 6 weeks out.
Don't know about the gentrification thing. (I know what it is, but don't know if the house is in it or not.
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6 weeks out from the end of March puts your wedding sometime in May. Mine's the 21st, so we're pretty close! My invitations are going out early February though because it's destination.
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