Monday, September 19, 2011

Party Week!

This week has been busy and exciting!!

Since so many of our friends in Japan could not make it to our wedding in Alaska, we decided to do a small party here in Yokohama. That party was on Saturday. In the lead up to the party there were lots of little errands to do.

Luckily, I had the day off on Friday. So I had a list of things to do: get my hair done, make a music CD for background music, wrap some prizes for bingo (we played a silly kind of bingo game at the second party!), and choose pictures for the slide show! I got everything done, but man, I was tired at the end of the day!

Then came Saturday, the big day! I had forgotten to call my clinic on Friday (amongst all the other things I had to do!) and so had to go in to the clinic on Saturday morning.After an hours wait, I got in and out and back to the house in time to help Shimon get going (he had to meet people at 2ish) before I got ready (makeup and hair) to meet up a little after 3.

In Japan, there's always an MC kind of person (no DJ because there's no dancing) at these kind of parties. Shimon's two friends from Tokyo volunteered to do the honors. These guys were great. Another friend helped with getting people seated and he also took lots of pictures (as soon as I have copies, I will post them).

The party went off without a hitch! Lots of people came and had fun. There was good food (really amazing Italian food!) and plenty to drink (open bar!), which helped fuel the party.

Since it's a long weekend, I've been mostly relaxing at home, while Shimon has been out hanging with some of his friends who are still in town after the party. They came a long way, so he wants to make sure they have a nice time while they're up here! I don't mind... it's nice to lay around and relax sometimes!

Monday, September 05, 2011

Shopping!!

As many of you know (or maybe it's the first time hearing the news), Shimon and I are expecting our first child in January. After recovering from the initial shock, we're doing very well.
As I am just entering month 4, most of my clothes are no longer fitting properly and I had to do a bit of shopping yesterday.

Our first stop was H&M. Quite often H&M has great sales when the seasons change, however I think my timing was off because there was no big sale and all of the fall clothes were already out! Ack! That said, I did manage to find some things that will work very well for school. I'm not a huge fan of leggings, but I really love that they can go under my belly versus over it.

Then we wondered over toward a shopping area that has the only maternity shop that I know of in Yokohama. I had checked it out before and thought that things were awfully expensive. What I had not checked out were the bras. (Sorry if that's TMI to any gentlemen readers!!) So, I marched over and checked it out. And boy was I glad I did... they were very reasonable (about $15 a piece) and comfortable! So I scooped up three and a dress ($20!!) that I could wear to school.

I still have comfy shoes on my list of things to buy, but that will have to wait until a bit later. :-)