Cheryl on the Web

As a small person in a big person’s world, finding clothes to fit me “just right” is not the easiest. Lately, it’s being made even tougher by the seemingly unendless clearance sale at mangoshop.com, my primary source of clothing.

For those American girls out there who don’t know mangoshop.com, get ready because they are about to open up their US online shop and you are in for a treat! Good, stylish clothes that fit smaller people well, with a price tag you can afford.

Anyway, let’s all hope that they bring out their new collection soon or I will end up wearing clothes from other stores that are big enough to be my pajama’s!

Maybe it takes a special kind of person, but in any case I have a special knack for fine-tuning myself into very deep holes. Just when I’ve got a project almost done, I begin to look for areas to fine-tune. Now, knowing myself, that’s when the alarm lights should go off in my head, but hey, I’m young and brilliant… just a little tweak there, a fine-tune there and… nooooooooOO! My website that used to work in Internet Explorer and Mozilla now looks like a kindergartener’s drawing in Mozilla!!!! booo-hoooooooOOOOOO Last night I worked 6 hours straight to fix what I did in 45 minutes! Now’s that’s an accomplishment… or something.

Well, I think I’ve learned my lesson… wonder how long it’ll stick with me! Any experiences of your own to share?

What do you think? When is life perfect? :) Leave a comment with your answer.

I say: life is perfect when you’re not afraid of the future.

If you have sufficient budget, planning a wedding is really fun. If you’d rather save your money for something practical like school or a car or you’re simply low on cash, I would say that planning a wedding is probably quite frustrating. Who knew that all those romantic fairy tales we heard as children about the princess marrying the prince were thought up by the companies who would milk all they could out of us when we ourselves wanted to marry in just that fashion?

Okay, talk about money aside, planning a wedding always has its fun sides. Yesterday I discovered the online market for wedding favors - you know, all those little things you can give to your guests at the end of the wedding. Little bubble jars in the shape of hearts are s0 cute! In comparison, the online market for wedding invitations is a let-down. The cheap ones are ugly, the expensive ones are over-the-top fancy, and there seems to be little market for simple, tastefully designed cards in the middle…

At the beginning of the week I reserved a florist. Since I’m marrying a Dutch guy, flowers (live ones, not fake ones) will to some extent be an important part of the ceremony. Too bad that neither Tim nor I can name a single flower sort we would like for the wedding… not our area of expertise! Tim actual comment was, Flowers?But what do you do with $xxx of flowers after the wedding?!?

Any of you ever planned a wedding? Share your experiences and advice ;)