C'mon, let me see you shake a tail feather...

Well, not yet, they don't really have any to shake as you can see in the third picture. I'm sure it won't be long though. They are about a week old today and you can acutally see how much they grow each day! They love being let out for a run around the lounge room but freak out a bit whenever they venture somewhere new. So, so cute! I'm keen to name them but A thinks I'm a little mad as he doesn't think we'll be able to tell the difference between them once they've grown. What do you think? Would you name chickens? And, if so, what would you name them?  

So the chickens are something I can cross off the to-do list. Their arrival also puts a couple of things on the to-do-really-soon list. That is, fix the fence and build them a real home!

9 days

So, I bit the bullet and bought the hydrangeas.

Flowers - tick, so happy. Also ordered roses, lisianthus, alstroemeria, blue gum, billy buttons and everlasting daisies.

Discovered my first not-so-good purchase. Earrings. They are beautiful and shiny and gorgeous but I have worked out why I don't wear dangly earrings. One of my ears is slightly lower than the other. Weird. The earrings make it really obvious - ok - maybe just to me. Anyway, I had earrings and a necklace that belonged to my Nana as a back up. They've just been cleaned up and have come up nicely so I'll wear them instead.

Procrastinating on the last job of the night - putting place cards into envelopes for each table. Best get on with it.

You never know, if I keep this up I might get more than 5 minutes to relax next week!

10 days!

BM gifts - tick
Seating - tick

My beautiful BM and sister found hydrangea plants with flowers at a nursery, now, even though everyone says they don't flower until December - ok so we'd have to buy a couple of whole plants... is it worth it? Then I could really have these beauties....

Green Wedding Shoes

11 days - 279 hours

Gah! It just keeps getting closer and there's nothing like a countdown timer to reinforce the feeling! That is a good thing, I'm looking forward to it. I just wish everything else would stop and wait for two weeks!

Had a lovely hens weekend. Nothing too wild, just some good food, good drinks and good friends. Heard all about A's bucks (or what he could remember) - I think there's meant to be rules about not sharing stories but they've never applied in this household so no reason they should start now!

Possibly even more excitingly A came home without a suit/shirt/tie but with one being altered in Melbourne and all the other bits and pieces being held ready to pick up this coming weekend! It's grey with a bluey pinstrip I think, from the dodgy mobile phone photo. Whatever, it looked great on him and his two groomsmen so ....woo hoo! Who said you needed to be organised about these things?

So, the list looks a bit better after the weekend. I still haven't done that marking though!

• Finalize seating
• Work out what flowers and how many to order - tick (sort of, the lady I need to order from is on hols for a couple of days but I have worked out what I need to order). Three minds are definately better than one when doing these things!
• Get A a suit. Yes, you read that right. He still does not have a suit! - tick!
• Buy bridesmaid gifts - any ideas people? - half tick, sale at the jewelers tomorrow. I will be there!
• Finalize music
• Finalize ceremony
• Get A to organise transport for beer - tick!
• Email a trillion people
• Pay photographer + venue
• Hire umbrellas (just in case)
• Work out what is going on top of the cake - tick!
• Do something about a guest book - half tick - have worked it out, just have to do it
• Buy parents presents - again, any ideas?

Little packages of goodness

Over the last week I've been getting mail.

Exciting, beautiful, Etsy mail! Oh, if I had a larger bank balance.

My hair flowers arrived...

Percy Handmade

And a bracelet...

Rush Creations

Just waiting on some earrings now!

Still on the to do list...

• Finalize seating
• Work out what flowers to order (and how many - erm, if you are getting married and have this grand idea of doing your own flowers, listen to your mother when she tells you you are crazy. She's more than likely right. She has been before and, no doubt, will be again)!
• Get A a suit. Yes, you read that right. He still does not have a suit!
• Buy bridesmaid gifts - any ideas people?
• Finalize music
• Finalize ceremony
• Get A to organise transport for beer
• Email a trillion people
• Pay photographer + venue
• Hire umbrellas (just in case)
• Work out what is going on top of the cake
• Do something about a guest book
• Buy parents presents - again, any ideas?

That's nearly as many jobs as there are days left and I'm sure I've forgotten something!