Reception headaches and the in laws

I eloped on 2/2/10. I thought that by eloping we had saved ourselves the headaches that go along with wedding planning....I was soooo wrong. See, we decided to throw a reception to make up for leaving everyone out when we got married. I am blonde, what can I say? So now I am knee deep in a sea of reception stress. We set a date and booked a venue only to find out that my parents in law will be on vacation and unavailable that weekend. My sister in law also pointed out that because we had set it for the day before Mothers day that I must be crazy. So I called venue....booked through the entire summer, not a single date open. Grrrr. So now we are shopping for a new venue with a new date. I didnt really care if we had a reception, then after I saw our first venue and really started imagining it I really started to get excited. I didnt get to wear a white dress and walk down an isle for my wedding, so I deserve this right? But now I am slightly heartbroken, because our perfect venue is not going to happen now. By the way, my sister in law is down right thrilled that our date has to be changed. She seems to not care at all that this has really screwed up what is supposed to be a very happy day for my husband and I. But our original date inconvenienced her....so she has no problem being happy about it. I digress.

I found a gorgeous dress I want to wear and am going to try it on this coming Friday. It is simple, white, 3/4 length sleeves. I love 3/4 length sleeves.....greatest fashion invention of all time. Seriously. Anyway, my sister in law informs me today that because of the sleeves this is a winter dress and I shouldnt wear it. There are a few tank top type dresses that would be more appropriate for a spring reception according to her. If I didnt have arms the size of tree trunks I might agree with her. But I am not comfortable in short sleeves, at all. If I get a "spring" dress then I am going to end up wearing a big wrap or jacket anyway. She made it clear she thinks the dress with the longer sleeves is bad and inappropriate. I really dont care what she thinks. She has made it more clear than ever that she does not understand what it is like to feel like the ugliest person alive just because her upper arms (or any other body part) is showing. She is about 50 pounds overweight herself, but no where near where I am at.

I messed up last night. I have been doing fairly well with my eating this week. Then last night I decided to do some drinking. 2 shots and 2 beers. This is not the end of the world...but for that many calories I could have had a sandwich or maybe some ice cream. It was stupid and a waste of calories. I dread my Friday weigh in because I just dont feel like I have lost anything this week, even with my improved eating. I really need to throw a few work outs into my routine.

Will let you you know how the dress shopping goes. It is at IGIGI...an online plus size dress place. They also happen to have their headquarters a few hours from me, so I am driving up to try some stuff on. I will do a review when I get back. :)

Happy hump day!