engagement shoot

Today we had our engagement shoot.  And, as would be expected of me, I flailed in my attempt to get my girly on.

Yesterday, I woke up early, took pictures of outfits in the mirror like the high school girl I never was.  I emailed them to my Ultimate Fashion Adviser.  Ultimate Fashion Adviser picked the purple sweater with a scarf.  I hemmed and hawed--I am, after all, bound and determined to wear my purple peacoat in any outdoor shots.

Coworker also picked purple sweater.  I continued to balk at the idea of being purple in all pictures.  Seriously.

So I went to the mall with Fiancé for the last two hours of the day.  Tried on numerous colorful sweaters--apparently gray is not very in this season.  Two were almosts last night.  But only because I was desperate to not wear purple twice.  Looking back, I have to acknowledge that I looked like a leprechaun in one and Veruca Salt in the other. 

This morning I had ring scare #2.  Took the ring off because I was freaking out that it would fall down the drain (that has a cover on it) only to drop it in my laundry bag and have to take everything out piece by piece until I could find it.  I then trundled over to my old apartment armed with two bags, 5 outfits and my makeup.  The roommate who abandoned me for a husband also chose the purple sweater.

I gave up.  I'll wear purple in all my photos.  Decision made.

Time to go through the checklist:

1. Running late?  Check.
2. Stomach in knots?  Check plus.
3. Almost forget the buttons and the tickets?  Yup. Early enough to run home and get them.  
4. Ding at least two freshly painted nails?  Yes.  Three, in fact.  And almost a fourth as I smoothed the divots out with a fresh coat.

And then Hon and I spent two and a half hours with two of the most amazingly fun photographers.  Oh yes.  I have never found myself comfortable in front of a camera, but today...today was fun.

Ok, maybe getting to play at the aquarium while two lens followed us around helped a lot.  As my photographer put it: #HipposHereWeCome