I have to start getting ready for our long weekend away this weekend to North Carolina. We’re spending New Year’s at my parents’ this year. It’s going to be a full house, with lots and lots and LOTS of relatives coming, and I’m not entirely prepared for what’s going to happen. It’s supposed to be a “second ceremony” for our wedding, but the pregnancy kind of put a kink into things because I can no longer fit into my white wedding dress or my Vietnamese custom-made traditional wedding attire. I haven’t actually tried them on yet, but seeing as how all of my pants are now too tight for me, I can tell custom-made-to-fit wedding gowns aren’t gonna do a thing for comfort and the ability to breathe for me. I told my mom that there’s no way I’ll be able to fit into these dresses, and we’re kind of stumped on what to do at this point. Heh. I guess just dress up really nicely and go out for dinner? The whole point for me is to introduce Dave to more of my side of the family. My mom wants a Vietnamese-side ceremony that she wasn’t able to have with our actual wedding in July (plans to go to Vietnam for this fell through because of many outlying reasons, most notably the lack of funds :P).

Anyway, other preparations also include getting some appropriate luggage. I wonder if travelpro luggage has what I have in mind: I need a specialized suitcase of some sort to put our formal attires in. I don’t really want to fold my wedding dress. It’s too darn special for that. I’ll have to start looking around. And with my bank account at a whopping $12 until payday next Monday, it’s going to be difficult to do anything at this point. Hmmm…