Not all bad

One of my guilty pleasures is watching wedding-themed reality tv shows (“Bridezilla,” “Rich Bride, Poor Bride,” etc.). The shows are interesting and give me ideas for my wedding, but they’re also fun and help remind me of what I absolutely do not want to be as my wedding gets closer. This morning I was in bed watching “Whose Wedding Is It Anyway,” a show about wedding planners, when I realized that I didn’t know where the shoes I bought for the wedding were.

I distinctly remembered carrying the dress out of the store and it taking both hands, but I didn’t remember the box of shoes. I looked in the closet, and there was the dress, but no zapatos. The more I thought about it, the more keyed up I got, and finally I called the bridal store to see if the shoes were there. After talking to a very nice woman who remembered me from when I went in earlier in the week (one of the pluses of having an unusual name), who checked with my sales consultant, I learned that yes, the shoes were there. Miguel, my guy, forgot to give them to me, and I forgot to ask. They put a note on the box and Mike and I swung by today to pick them up. Disaster narrowly averted.

If I hadn’t been watching the show, I probably wouldn’t have remembered that I didn’t have my shoes, and more time would have gone by, and the store workers wouldn’t have remembered me (or my shoes), and I quite possibly would have been required to buy another pair. Thanks, “Whose Wedding Is It Anyway,” for saving me a bunch of cash!