Pank. So much pank...

Yesterday was the day I put on my red tank top with the word bridesmaid spelled out on it in rhinestones.  It's not exactly my usual attire.  I took off late in the morning to get to the CVS and the liquor store on the way to meet with Laurie at a florist's shop.  I stopped and smelled the roses.  And I will be holding roses, as it turns out.  Laurie will be holding dark red roses with some deep purple calla lilies.

When we left there, I headed to Richardson and dropped off the stuff to make margaritas.  Laurie was wearing a tank top that said bride, her best friend's tank top said maid of honor and her sister's top was the same as mine.  I was glad to join them at the flower shop, because at the liquor store and the CVS, I looked like a lunatic.  My shirt needed context.  I totally made sense when I got to the florist.

When I met back with the ladies at a fingernail salon, I was the last to arrive.  The woman who welcomed me at the door immediately knew where I should sit.  She placed me with the group of girls in red, rhinestone emblazoned tank tops.

I got a gel manicure.  I had never had a gel manicure before.  I sat in a very comfortable chair while a pair of small Asian women filed, fixed, massaged and painted my fingers and toes.  Laurie got red, and the rest of us got the same color of pink.  We have been picking on Laurie for a while, now, about the way she pronounces the word pink.  She says pank.  My family has found this rather amusing for a while, now, so when I mentioned the pronunciation of pink, the other women from Arkansas said it the same way as Laurie.  Pank.

There was so much pank.

After that, I went back to Mom and Dad's house and helped out just a little.  I made drinks and scrubbed up some potatoes.  I wanted Cas to come for dinner with everyone before the rest of the people got into town.  Today, a steady stream of aunts and uncles will arrive, and the group will grow to a rather large size.  I wanted Cas to be able to sit with the smaller group so Jeff could get a better read on my guy.

For today, I have to get my pank fingernails and the rest of myself over to the house and help mom get all the stuff ready for the big bunch of aunts, uncles and cousins who will be arriving shortly.