Three Weddings and a Beach Vacation

I never really believed what they said about December being the "weddingest" month--and not June, until this December, when three people I know are tying the proverbial knot one week apart from each other.

First Wedding
The couple is boyfriend's buddies. But things aren't everything that they seem to be. Boyfriend came to wish the two goodluck to their new married life, and watch the past flit away like a forgotten butterfly. Me? Like a zombie, I sleepwalked through the day.

Second Wedding
What is worse than being invited by a friend to her wedding on a day like today, when it's too far from the last payday and too far from the next? Easy! When the wedding is as lavish as to have half the Congress and half the country's population of business tycoons attending. Certainly smells like a wardrobe emergency.

Since I didn't have the moolah to spend, I hit the nearest SM to see if they've really got it all for me. I was fighting the urge to splurge on a new gown so I went into the store, resolved to wear an old wardrobe item and to shop for accessories that would jazz the dress up. I was able to buy:

1. A white pashmina shawl with intricate pink embroidered patterns on the hems;
2. Two-tone pashmina shawl whose color changes from wine to lavender (in case the white one doesn't work);
3. A lace purse;
4. A pait of silver shoes;

I got them all for less than P1,500.

Third Wedding
Two climb buddies who met up and fell in love in between climbs are exchanging "I do's" next week or the week after next. I'm sure I've been told the date, but having the memory of a senile elephant, I cannot, for the life of me, remember. I am too ashamed to ask, so I'll just wait for the invitation as my cue to shop.

That's three weddings in my schedule already. (Incidentally, I learned that two friends are also attending two different weddings today.) The fun part happens when all this is over. We'll hie off to the beach for a weekend vacation that we haven't had the time for, not with the weddings coming one after the other.