The ceremony itself was beautiful. The Rollins' living room was transformed into a wedding chapel. I happened to have a cd of wedding music in my car (well, Heather and I have to listen to mood music when going to do wedding stuff) so I was in charge of music, as well as photography. I got some great pictures with Barbara's camera, which can be seen on her site. Both the bride and groom looked wonderful and I don't know about anyone else, but I had tears in my eyes more than once during the ceremony. I wish them the best as they start their new life together. Congratulations, Jeffrey and Samantha Rollins!

I enjoyed talking with David's relatives, and spent a lot of time talking to his not quite three year-old cousin Rachel. She and I are buddies. She wants to play drums when she gets in the band (gee, I wonder who might have planted that idea in her head) and I promised to get her some pink drumsticks.

Today, I saw an advertisement in the paper for a sale at Stein Mart, so Barbara, David and I journeyed out there. I found a couple of tops and a black skirt. And no, amazingly enough, nothing I bought was pink! We then went to the mall, because David wanted some computer stuff from Best Buy. I picked up a movie and a couple of cds. After lunch, we came back here and just hung out. I've been reading and watching movies all afternoon. It has been a wonderful trip!

After lunch, we ventured out to McKinney to check out the Bridal Portfolio. It is this really amazing place that apparently is THE place to go when you are getting married. Heather, Holly and I had gone out there before to try on gowns, but everything was a little out of my price range. However, we wanted to go out there to look at accessories. While we didn't find anything there, we discovered a charming little boutique next door called Lulu's!

They were having a sale on a bunch of stuff and I hit paydirt! They had this adorable outfit on the mannequin outside the store, and they just happened to have both the skirt and blouse in my size. Hooray! That is not something that happens very often. Something that Heather and I were laughing at is that almost everything I bought was pink. Except the black camisole (to be worn under the pink and black striped shirt) and the black flower-print skirt. I am definitely in a pink clothes phase right now. I don't know, maybe I've watched Legally Blonde one too many times. Oh well, but Heather bought the cutest pink flip-flops, and they had rhinestone initial clips, so she put her name on them. It was totally cute!

After the McKinney field trip, I dropped Heather off and went to visit with our friends Lisa and Jeff. (Plus I got to hold baby Jakob. That was a treat!) Lisa and I go and see chick flicks with each other so we don't have to drag our guys with us. So we decided to go see The Wedding Date. It was a cute movie, and totally predictable. We both really enjoyed it, but we knew the guys would not have. We walked around the mall afterwards, I was showing her our registry stuff at Dillards. I then introduced Lisa to non-caffeinated drinks at Starbucks. And now we have another Starbucks fan. We went back to their house, where David, Jeff and Jakob were watching a movie. The guys were nice enough to get take-out from Olive Garden and we had a great evening!

Sunday morning, I was wearing my new suit (bought at the Petite Sophisticate outlet in Hillsboro.) I got lotsa compliments on my new suit and felt really great! Sunday afternoon was spent relaxing and hanging out with David. And catching up on taped episodes of What Not to Wear. David put that show on his SageTV program, so I get to see several episodes at once! I love that show!

Another neat incident happened on Sunday. After Merry Music Makers rehearsal was over, one of the older girls in the choir came up and gave me a hug and said,"I love you, Miss Desiree." I returned the hug and told her I loved her too. It was really sweet.

Tonight was Women's Night Out, which is where the women of Grace Avenue gather for food and fellowship. It's neat to get to know the women of our church. We had several new faces there tonight, that was nice. However, the waiter's service left much to be desired. While I certainly understand that it takes awhile to print out our separate checks, he took forever to do anything. Drinks went unfilled, empty plates remained at our table and he was nowhere in sight. I finally got up and asked the hostess to please send him our way. Oh well, even with the mediocre service, we still had a fun evening.

Tomorrow (or actually today) morning, David and I will jump in the Dezimobile and drive down to Austin to attend a wedding. I'm looking forward to seeing David's Aggie friends! Have a great night, world!