the wedding, the dress and the king's speech

made
chocolate biscuit cake again (not that i'm obsessed or anything;) - this time using the correct ingredients (but omitting the raw egg because the thought of it made me feel queasy and salmonella-y, even though i eat raw cookie dough ALL THE TIME... also i made them cupcakes instead of one big cake... because following recipes to the letter of the law just isn't my style ;) anyway, this time, OMG, the Queen/Prince William are quite right - they are sooooo good!! Danny LOVES them too - even though they do contain animals (we used animal crackers because heaven forbid we should use rich tea biscuits as the recipe suggested :)

loved
every single thing about the Royal Wedding. the only thing that wasn't quite right was that i wasn't watching it there with my family... and rewatching it... and rewatching it, over endless discussions and rounds of tea (i did rewatch it and rewatch it, but the boys got bored and went to bed ;)

loved
Kate's gorgeous, flattering (her waist must be 18 inches), demure, elegant, classic, unfroofy wedding dress. i do believe they are the most perfectly radiant, naturally gorgeous couple ever :) and i love that Will doesn't try to disguise his balding-ness at all :)

didn't love
Victoria Beckham's dress - she looked so round shouldered and, dare i say, a little dumpy :| i am aware that she's like 10 months pregnant and all, but that's the vision of VB i want to keep in my head forever - pregnant and dumpy, with round shoulders :)

also didn't love
the gross overuse and misuse of the words "cheerio" and "toodlepip" by clueless American TV hosts. they mean goodbye ONLY - not hello or anything else!

watched
half of the King's Speech last night but fell asleep - not because it was boring but because i got up at 2:33am :) on the contrary, it was so fascinating that in an unprecedented move, we are keeping it an extra night (be hang to the extra $1 fee at redbox!) to finish it. that kind of move n-e-v-e-r happens ;)

looked
high and low for Jo Malone sweet lemon cologne (there's that obsessive thing again ;) i even called Chester's Jo Malone :| i finally begged some nice little man in Edinburgh to send me a bottle for American Mother's Day! which reminds me, mail (belated) English Mother's Day gift/card home in time for next Sunday and pretend it was on purpose :)

signed up
for Skype :) now all i need is a fancy webcam (and make-up and a good haircut ;)

off for Saturday night datenight - i am totally craving mexican food and really good guacamole ;) back later xoxox