Only just

This weekend went by relatively quick.

On Friday, I was meant to go by the bank during my lunch break to deposit a cheque. I ended up next door, which coincidentally was a store called Tiffany & Co. I tried on some wedding bands. The sales consultant was quite helpful. Probably trying to cash in on 'brides to be'. She looked at my engagement ring.. and gave me various wedding bands to go with it. She said to me "If you don't mind me asking, what is the size of your diamond?" The innocent and humble little girl in me replied "Oh, its only just..." Before I could continue my sentence, she interrupted "Oh, you NEVER say 'Only just', NEVER, No no no!" And she was stern about it. Whoopsy daisies..

Lesson learnt. I walked out with some quotes, her business card and the Tiffany & Co wedding book.

After work, still in the mood of wedding-ness, I went by to Cartier.. Ahhh Cartier.. , only this time, I remembered not to say "Only just" and again, lovely sales consultant gave me some quotes and a business card.

While waiting for Grumpy to finish work, I also stopped by at Gucci, to check out suits for my very lazy groom. It was okay.. sort of have an idea of how much it will cost.

Finally he finished work, we went to a lounge at QV for a drink together. It has been a longggg time since we ever did something like this. The last time we went out for a drink, just the two of us, it was in Dublin, and it was really so enjoyable! Considering it was a warm night, think it was in the mid twenties, it was a lovely evening to sit outdoors and have a few beers and to show him all that research I did during my lunch hour and also after work. He was not too impressed with the prices, but I assured myself that was only because he was not in the store trying out the wedding bands. After drinks, we headed to Chinatown for dinner and then we hopped on the train home. It was nearly 11pm when we got home, and my little puppy, I thought it was a RECORD - 11pm!, he held his wee wee and poop (since early morning) until we arrived home at night and let him out to the garden. I was so impressed at this dog of mine, it must be torture! He was bursting!

Saturday night, we met up with some friends for dinner, and then we went for drinks at a lounge in the suburbs. Haha Coco lounge at Glen Waverley. It was actually quite nice.

Today, Grumpy and I went for yum char for brunch. It was my shout, only because I lost a bet to him the night before. And then... we took a drive to St Kilda. Walking on the very popular Acland St, there was a bunch of people cheering at us. At first we thought it was someone else, but it was actually at Grumpy, he was wearing Ireland's home rugby jersey I bought for him from Dublin. County St Kilda.. lots of Irish people hang out there. It was quite funny.

But the real reason we went to St Kilda, was to look at a wedding reception venue I am quite keen on. Seriously, it is the first time Grumpy has ever made an effort to look at reception venues! Maybe it was the weather, I don't know, but the sun was shining, and the place looked pretty decent. I liked it, he likes it too. But he doesn't love it or anything. But at least its a start.

After that, we drove to South Yarra, to check out a cafe which sells a specific cupcake I have been looking out for. You see, there is this cupcake company, and they make the most beautiful cupcake towers for weddings. I know, so cliche.. but I've tasted them at a wedding before, and it was absolutely delicious. Back to the story about this company.. they make cupcakes, but they don't have a retail store of their own. They supply to only 2 cafes in Melbourne, but if you want to order for a special occasion, you can go directly to them. So anyways, we went to this cafe and it was just like any normal cafe, but there was only one cupcake left. Grumpy was expecting like a cupcake megastore, with a million different cupcakes to choose from. Much to his disappointment, I bought that one last cupcake, and we ate it at home, while watching Wall.E on Foxtel. Yummmmmyy.

Anyways, enough of my wedding talk. While I am glad we finally had a bit of a kick start to the wedding preparations, I remind myself that it is 'Only Just' the beginning..