Three hours later..

the biography was done and so was the layout of the program for Kat's debut. It took me almost 3 hours..geez. It shouldn't have taken that long but then again it wasn't as if I didn't have any distractions. Kat was asking for my help with her homework as I was writing the bio. What was the homework? Oh making a sentence using the vocabulary words assigned to her. Nice! I was having difficulty putting the words into her bio and I was coming up with sentences for her at almost the same time. But important is I am done with the bio. I made true to my word that I have to be done with it by last night..well okay past midnight since it was already past 1 AM when I wrote the last sentence. I will read it again today and edit if it needs editing. Knowing myself, I will find something to edit. I am that critical of my own writing to a point of getting a red pen sometimes to check it. I was too tired and sleepy to really check my satisfaction level of what I wrote. I have to read it aloud to hear the tone of voice, if its pleasing to my ears. I have to double check the tenses, grammar. *sigh* It turned out my aunt can wait until tomorrow to bring it to the printers. She just needed to know how many pages there will be so she can ask for a quote from the printers. So I have all of today to double check everything.

Biography..done

Next on my agenda is the script to introduce the members of the court. This one has to be ready by tonight as well so they can time their entrance during tomorrow's practice. *sigh* This is easier to do since I will just be writing into paragraph forms and summarizing the bios that the members of the court already wrote. I just have to reduce the information to the simplest and most basic. It shouldn't be like a book since there are other parts of the program.

Court introduction..in progress

Another item on my agenda is the timeline of the whole event - from the moment Kat has to wake up to the end of it has to be carefully timed so that no time is wasted. With the program done, this is easier to do. I have started it and I have the skeleton so it just needs to be filled. The checklist will fall under here as well.

Timeline....in progress

I still have to write my message since I am one of the candles. Knowing my other aunts and my cousins and my sister, they will most likely come to me for their messages too. It shouldn't be so hard since we are limiting it to 1 minute per person. How to make each of the messages unique and original is the hard part. *sigh*

Messages .... to be started

I also have to make the ribbons for the chair covers. 250 of them but then May 26 is a holiday and I think I can make all of it in one day with less distractions that is. If there will be, then maximum of 2 days for all of it.

Dress has been picked out but needs alteration. Shoes is still undecided but that's not too hard.

Okay..looks like I am in good form for this. But then again this is only for the event on May 31. Not to count the other debut on June 7 of my boss' daughter. Well, with this one I just need to have my dress fixed and altered and shoes to decide. The other aspects are being taken cared of already. Just a little help in coordination here and there. Nothing major.

Next is the Sto. Niño fiesta on June 14. I will see an overlap of activities on the last week of this month with debut preps and finalizing fiesta plans plus printing of souvenir program plus preparation of costumes for the Agta Festival project for the same day and also choir practice. *sigh* My days are so full that I don't have any sense of space and time anymore. This will all dwindle down after June 14...I hope.

I am not complaining, not all. I am actually enjoying all these flurry of activities albeit bordering on exhaustion. I am learning a lot about myself..about other people. Its fun because these are not forced upon me but what I want to do.

The Empress' New Clothes

No..I have no plans of walking around in my birthday suit in my search for clothes to wear in my side of the kingdom. But today, I am amused with myself because I have become a semi-smart shopper. I bought two cardigans (same style, different colors) a week ago but it seemed I got a size smaller than what I usually wear. I have this aversion of trying on clothes at the store unless I really have to which explains the getting the wrong size part. Usually, I would go back to exchange these to the right size and if I see something else, I will buy it along with what I exchanged. But today, I let go of the cardigans and got two items that I know I will wear more often and more worthy of my money. For the two cardigans, I was able to get a really cool jacket and a dress that my mind couldn't stop from coming up with creative ways to wear it. I only added a small amount to the one I previously paid for the two cardigans. I still got two items but instead of having two of the same thing, I have two different kinds that could actually go together and also be more versatile with other stuff in my closet. I don't know if it really makes such a big difference but in my own warp mind, it does.

With two debuts to go to that is one week apart (May 31 and June 7) and still no dress for either one and its already May, I am starting to get anxious. Its hard to find clothes that fit me off the bat. I usually need to have things altered. Good if its only the length but if its more than that, clock is ticking fast to have it ready by that time. An aunt told me to wear one to both. I would if they are not a week apart and if I would be able to go to the dry cleaner right away. But that's not possible and besides I have to think about pictures. LOL

I am on the fence if I am going to wear long or short for my cousin's which is on May 31. I feel like going short this year but its a formal affair. Is there any rule that I cannot go short if its a formal affair? I know not a lot of people follow dress codes anyway. I will ask my other cousins what they are wearing. Besides, if I go short for Kat's its not like its going to be casual or something. I still plan on getting something formal. I know for my boss' daughter (June 7) I have to go long because that's the request of the mom of the debutant and the debutant herself. With me helping coordinate it, I can't be the first one to violate the rule. Buying two formal clothes is going to break my bank or so I thought. Today, I wasn't just a smart shopper but a lucky one as well. I was just browsing around and I saw this long navy blue gown. I checked the tag and woah so cheap. I am not going to say the price but its really a steal. Super, super steal. I tried it on and double woah it fits me so well. Sure the length has to be shortened a bit because it goes way past my feet as expected but other than that, it fits me so well. The rhinestone details need to be changed because its missing some and there's some very minor and barely noticeable imperfections. Well for its price, I really shouldn't expect a really perfect dress. Besides, its not like I will go to church on Sundays wearing it. I am most likely just going to wear it for that night anyway. I think I will pay more for the alteration than the dress itself. Good thing I know someone who can alter it for me for almost free and the changing of the rhinestone details I can actually do myself. Just has to buy those. A little creative will bring me a long way. I am just happy to be down to one dress to look for. Now I can splurge on the dress I am going to wear to my cousin's debut. I am more convinced to go short now because the probability of me wearing it again is higher than buying a long one. I will have more for my money. But who knows I might be lucky again and find a dress for almost a steal. If that happens then I am splurging on Kat's birthday gift. I am after all her confirmation sponsor. We will see. One down, one to go with less than 30 days left!