**ting ting**

....that's the sound i heard on the bathroom floor right after my alarm went off far too early yet again.

what was it?!!?

my wish!!!

i must briefly interrupt this story & wish everyone a belated happy heart day! i started off my morning with an adorable card from my adorable parents & ended it with ethan rushing to the door after work: "sarah! sarah! we've got a surprise for you!!"

and we were only supposed to exchange cards... thank you, my valentine(s)! :)

carrying on....at the beginning of august, i ordered personalized wish bracelets for all my bridesmaids & two personal attendants from an etsy shop.

aaaand one for the bride, of course. ;)

i had no idea how long these little buggers would last --- i have never personally worn one. a couple of the girls' fell off fairly quickly, but mine just hung on. it literally became a part of my wrist. me & my little black string excitedly boasting "bride". my little bracelet loved to come with me everywhere. i was starting to fret that, perhaps, she wanted to walk right down the aisle with me.

a few weeks ago, my dear friend jen (also a personal attendant) and i were instant messaging back & forth at work about some very important topic -- probably the headline on people.com for the day -- when all of a sudden she interjected:

"OMG!"

what?

"IT'S GONE"

what's gone?

"my wish bracelet! it's gone!!"

oh that's so fun!

"no! i don't know where it is!!!!"

i don't get it

"i don't know when i lost it!!"

umm...that's okay? now your wish can come true!!

"no! i want to find it!"

but...it's supposed to fall off...

at this point, i think she had left her desk & started retracing her steps for the day. :)

then i began to get paranoid over my charm...would i be able to find it and keep it forever? even though i was setting an imaginary deadline in my mind of when i'd start fumbling with the bracelet (i had even started wearing my big heavy watches over the top of it --- nothing. my little string had wits of steel), i began to more regularly check if she was still along for the ride. i mean -- my wrist would probably feel totally naked without her, right?!?

so i must say, i was happy that she didn't go quietly...i scooped her right up...it's faded out letters and all.

here's hoping she keeps her promise. :)

by the way --- jen found hers on her kitchen floor tucked under one of her cupboards.

and a word to the wise for any future wish bracelet wearers...don't cut your strings too close to the knot, even if they get so straggly you can barely stand it. silly notion or not, that little charm made me smile every time i glanced at it. a little reminder of the day i get to marry my valentine. my one.

coming up this weekend:

the too-cute-for words and TOTALLY handmade invite courtesy of Aunt Tricia...i'm so excited!!