March 28, 2005
*Cough*
Had a pretty good long weekend. Thursday night Greg and I went to Ft. Worth for the Charity Challenge on Ice VIII game. We took a picture with the Stanley Cup after making a $10 donation to the Greyhound Adoption League of Texas. It was cool to see it up close. As for the game, as expected, the girls beat the guys good...7-2. We left in the middle of the 3rd period.
Friday morning Greg took Benny to the vet. Our vet had an extremely rude receptionist, so we aren't gonna go there anymore. He took him to this other one down the street...who manhandled Benny and subsequently got scratched (ha!). Anyway, the vet was really strange...he wouldn't listen to the medicial history and just kept saying what he *thought* was the matter. Finally Greg convinced him to prescribe this med that Benny took the last time he had stomach issues. Miraculously, Benny was feeling better after a few hours.
Anyway, in the midst of all this vet excitement, I picked up my Mom and then went for my dress fitting. It went pretty well (and quick). Afterwards, we went and picked up my sister and we had dim-sum for lunch. Mmmmmmmm. We also took a tour of my sister's workplace. It's pretty cool. I'll know who to ask to get some iron fencing! Ha ha ha.
After that, I took my Mom to get her last shot for Hep B immunization (or was it Hep A). Then I drove her up to the golf course where we're having the reception, so she could see it. She got to meet Danny and his sidekick...they were so excited to meet my Mom (or rather, just another Chinese person) that they kept on blabbing. My Mom really liked the place, so that's good. Hee hee.
We then went back to my parents' house. My Dad was already home 'cuz his office closed early on Friday. He helped me print the labels for the reception invitations. We talked a bit about the trip and stuff, and I went home at about 6ish. Greg and I tried to go to the driving range that night, but we saw lightning in the not-so-far distance, so we went to Golf Galaxy to check it out...and then went home.
Saturday was rainy. We spent some time fighting the ants in the kitchen. It was ridiculous. They just wouldn't go away, and we can't use insecticide because of the cats. They just kept coming to take "food" from the ant baits. Ugh. Anyway, we had a quick lunch and went to Dallas Gold & Silver Exchange to take a look at wedding rings. We ended up finding some that we really like. Greg's is a platinum band that's really cool (I'll post pics later), and mine is a 1/3 ct. 10-round-diamond channel set ring. It's purty. :o) We were glad that we went there, 'cuz the lady was really nice and didn't try to force anything on us. Plus we can get free resizing/polishing/cleaning there...and they'd even clean my engagement ring! Very cool deal. Anyways, since we were buying both of our rings from them, they ended up giving us a $100 discount on the total. Pretty nifty. Highly recommended.
The rest of Saturday was spent stuffing envelopes and sealing envelopes, and watching NCAA basketball. Hee hee.
Easter Sunday we went to church, which was packed. Then we went to Souper Salad for lunch. That was fun. We hung out and watched some golf, then I went over to my sister's to do some reception planning, and to see her new apartment. :o) I think we have a general idea of what we wanna do at the reception.
Posted by alpha at March 28, 2005 10:12 AM | Family , Hockey , Kitties , Wedding
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Fun weekend!
Sounds like you guys got a great deal on rings. Yay! I can't wait to see what they look like.
Iron fencing? Really? Where does K work? We need some fencing to section off our yard (the big side part from the smaller back part).
Posted by: Luci at March 28, 2005 12:37 PM
Yah. My ring was like $320 and his was $430. :o) I was a little surprised as to how cheap his platinum ring was...
She works at Fortress Iron. They're a wholesaler, so I don't think you can get the materials directly from them.
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at March 28, 2005 01:11 PM
hmmm! I supposed I could always email them and ask.
Were the rings new? Maybe they had been traded in or whatever because I know that store does do stuff like that, hence the lower prices. *shrug* Either way you guys got a good deal :)
Posted by: Luci at March 29, 2005 05:07 PM
I'm pretty sure that you can't get the materials directly from them. My sister said that they sell to wholesalers, who sell to contractors, etc. etc. Its only exception is for the employees...
Yah, pretty sure that the rings are new. There were a couple of others that look just like it (in different sizes) there.
Posted by: alpha at March 30, 2005 07:44 AM
Yeah, I emailed them & they said wholesale only but that they can give me the names of some places.
Cool! I've never been to Dallas Gold & Silver, but if all their TV ads are true they prob have an amazing selection & pricing. I wanna see pics of your rings :-D
Posted by: Luci at March 30, 2005 12:01 PM
Ah okay. :o) Hee hee. Well that's cool. They have some neat fencing. I wish I could use some of it.
They really do...anything they don't have, they could order too.
Oh yeah...forgot to post pics of the rings. Uno momento.
Posted by: alpha at March 30, 2005 01:17 PM