Which Dress, and what about the Groom

     Some of you have asked me which mermaid
dress I am wearing. This is a back view of it. I am having the sash decked with bling, the dress adjusted and a veil made. When this is done I will post a big "reveal" picture.

     Now on to Ric's clothing. It is customary for the groom in a Jewish wedding to wear white. In a very traditional wedding he would wear a Kittel, a white

robe that men wear at their wedding, on high holy days and are buried in. I asked Ric if he wanted one and he looked at me a bit aghast. It seems that he only knew about usage of a kittel for burial, and was a bit....concerned....that I was planning his funeral attire even before the wedding.

     So OK...no Kittel. We managed to fit in a shopping trip when my Mom was here for Mother's day, forced him to try on clothes, and bought an ivory colored shirt and vest which will go with some light colored pants he has. In fact, he is going to wear this outfit to the other weddings we are attending this year.

     We have three so far on the calendar. The first is in Israel next week. We leave on Monday for a wild celebration. I promise to post pictures. We will be standing under the chuppa with my cousin as her eldest daughter is married. I will have the honor of escorting the kallah (Hebrew word for bride) to the mikvah before the wedding (more about that later when I go before my own wedding).

     No...my wedding dress is not going on this trip since I have not worn it at my own wedding yet. However it did occur to me that since I am having a second wedding I should have a second proposal. So I mentioned to Ric that it would be very romantic if he proposed to me in Israel...and made it a photo-op.

   I am not sure how he took that suggestion since it followed on the heels of the Kittel misunderstanding. We will get this all sorted out, I am sure. I do hope I have not scared the "Chosson" (Hebrew word for bridegroom) off at this late date. How embarassing would that be for me...the kallah.