Mag-vice

Greetings!

I only got to talk to you for a few minutes last night and then cut you off, and didn’t get ahold of you again, so I just thought I’d offer some Mag-vice (This is the combination of the word advice and my name. I just let out an audible giggle at my desk. I know you miss me). I will be the first to admit that I know little to nothing about weddings, fashion or the stress and organization that it takes to plan a wedding. But I’m nothing if not honest, and usually somewhat rational. (I think we could also add exceptionally witty and clever to this list, see above: Mag-vice, but I don’t want to get too carried away and then have to add “wordy”)

...Now that I seem to be writing a full profile of personal attributes, lest we forget that my memory isn’t too shabby; (Note the oft-mentioned shoe incident) at least not for things I choose to commit to memory… and one of the things that I have chosen to commit to memory is the night you and I laid on Zach’s creepy roommate’s bed and went through the maid of honor responsibilities checklist in the wedding book that Jesse bought for your engagement…

To somewhat cut to the point there were two particular responsibilities that stood out to me as tasks that I was confident I could actually handle. The first, as I’m sure you’re well aware, is holding the bouquet of lead balls. I’m all over it. But perhaps the most important was to be an overall support and sounding board for the bride, as well as give honest feedback on all matter of or relating to the wedding.

So here we are approaching the first major decision besides the whole wedding dress thing, (which your standing best friend and “new bestie” Tracy handled beautifully… and if I do say so myself, brings up an amendment to the latter responsibility, which is: the maid of honor in addition to being an overall support, must fully understand her own limitations and refer to the resident “Jesse” in all matters out of her own expertise) and having already been a sounding board, I feel that perhaps the time has come for the aforementioned honest feedback/Mag-vice.

Without any further digressions or ado, I have assembled a list of 8 important thoughts for consideration:

1. You’re supposed to be bad at making decisions for your wedding; that’s what makes a wedding a wedding, and wedding planning a multi million dollar industry
2. No one color or style looks good on everyone. Everyone has a different color palette as well as different taste in fashion. There isn’t a single dress in the world that every bridesmaid is going to wear after the wedding. That’s ok. That’s what makes it a bridesmaid dress.
3. There is no such thing as “the bridesmaid dress that got away…” It’s only March. You’re getting married at the end of November. You already found one possible dress. You will find at least one more if you keep looking.
4. You are a teacher. You have summers off. That is 3 full months devote to finding another dress if you choose to find another dress. Right now you have a full time job and countless other school year commitments, and you still found one you like. The odds are on your side.
5. I know nothing about fashion, but I think I’m somewhat logical. I usually love summer collections… But wouldn’t it be logical to assume that summer collections would be mostly built around color palettes for tan people? I’d never thought of this until last night, but if it’s true, there may be no hope for Powder… I mean Jesse. (You know I love her; I'm just kidding. Sort of...)
6. You haven’t even gotten your dress yet… You haven’t even seen it in 3.5 months. You’re going off memory and amateur pictures with bad lighting… perhaps it will be easier/bring some more ideas in terms of style and color when you are able to see the dress that these dresses are supposed to complement.
7. This perhaps should be a sub point to # 3... You and your dress are the real point of the day. There is definitely such a thing as “the wedding dress that got away…” You found it. You bought it. It did not get away. Hooray!
8. You aren’t crazy. There’s a reason that Banana’s spring collection has just launched and already they’re sold out of this dress online. Thousands of other women have already given their stamp of approval to this dress by buying it. This means you have good taste with mass appeal; so whatever dress you end up choosing, choose confidently.

And that’s all I’ve got for now. I must admit I’ve enjoyed composing this message; having been my only recent attempt at overly verbose writing with an undeniably elementary use of improper puncuation in quite awhile, I feel somewhat refreshed. I only hope the jumble of words, as well as perhaps a few of the underlying thoughts and affirmations find a similarly welcome place in your head.

‘Till next time…