Wedding bells

I woke up well before dawn the morning of the wedding, and was too nervous to go back to sleep.  Instead, I got up, checked my pre-wedding checklist, loaded up the car, wrote six thank-you notes, printed out my wedding speech and our vows, got breakfast at the local bagel shop, and then walked around [...]
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Top honors

It turns out that I took quite an array of prizes: my “Black Jewel” and “Ocean Sunset” shawls took first and second place in the accessories division, my “Lava Flow” scarf won second place in the neckwear division, and my wedding-dress won…ta-daaa…Best in Show in the Fashion Show! I can’t resist sharing some photos of the [...]
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Appraised!

Got the appraisal back.  You ready?  Replacement value for the coat is $9,900 and the dress is $16,800.  (The actual value, of course, is “priceless”.)  That’s time and materials only, no retail markup.  In this particular case there is no retail equivalent, so T&M made sense.  Total value, $26,700.  That’s as [...]
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Finis

Both coat and dress are done now.  Woven, cut, sewn, hemmed, lined – DONE, DONE, DONE!!!  Sharon and I broke out a bottle of champagne to celebrate last night, and then (for the last time) I took the garments home.  They are carefully folded, stowed safely in garment bags, awaiting their appraisal this weekend and [...]
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That magical moment

Yes!!!  The dress is finished.
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