Ok, so it has taken nearly a decade but my 1.0 human and I are going to try to elope next month. How in the world we are going to pull this off is beyond me, but we're working on it. One big hurtle is, although I don't want a fancy dress, I do want a white dress. However, even the simple bridesmaid gowns have 6 month ordering times! I'm fairly handy with a needle and thread, been sewing since I was a kid, and a veteran of many a Renaissance Fair costume so I believe I could do a pretty good simple dress. I could get it done in time and it would be tailored exactly to me.

Superstition says if you make your own dress, "Every stitch will be a tear you will shed in your marriage." Now if there is some sort of backlog then I'm ok, because we've had it pretty rough so I believe there has already been more than enough crying to stitch a dress, but I have to admit that, while I normally cast these silly things aside, I don't want to mess this one up. Maybe a little encouragement is in order? Thanks in advance for any stories or advice!

Also, anyone know where I can get some reptile hair picks? That'd be so fun!

PS I do find it funny that BP.net is the one forum I'm a part of that has the highest ratio of female members such that I can post something like this and not get immediately blasted! Ha!