The director of my school, Cindy, is getting married this Saturday, and she invited all the teachers to her wedding!! I'm so pumped because I LOVE weddings!! Plus, it gives me an excuse to go shopping...for a new dress! I'm especially excited because Cindy asked me earlier last week if I would catch her bouquet for her. AHHHH!! It's a bit different from back home. In Korea, the bride pre-selects someone to catch her bouquet. They take photos together, and the bride specifically throws it to the person. According to Korean culture, after catching a bouquet, you must get married in the next three years....Welp! I'm not worried about that. I'm not Korean. I'm just SUPER excited that I get the honor of catching her bouquet!
On Sunday, I met Abby, Reuel, and Mi-yeon at Dos Tacos for lunch before church. We went to church and had a great service, and worship was especially good! The sermon was about intentionally seeking after God in everything you do. I always feel like God is speaking directly to me through Pastor Doug. It was a really good sermon. I definitely needed to hear those words.
After church I met up with Lisa so we could go SHOPPING!! We both needed to buy dresses to wear to Cindy's wedding. There were so many restrictions, so it seemed like it would be a rather daunting task. We couldn't wear white, because that's the color of the bride's dress. We couldn't wear black, because that's the color you wear to a funeral. We couldn't wear red, because it's bad luck in Korea. We couldn't wear a short dress, it had to be longer, around the knee, because we're in Korea. It's Fall, so we had to choose a color that would go well with Fall. Sigh...sometimes it's so tough being a girl. :)
Lisa and I were prepared to go shopping all day since we didn't know how successful we would be looking in Korean shops. However, we both found dresses in the first store!! We went to the dressing room together to give each other feedback and see what we liked. After trying on our first options, Lisa asked, "Did we just find our dresses for the wedding?" Jackpot! Well, once we bought dresses, we had to find everything else that would match. Shoes, a bag, jewelry...Fortunately, both of us already had shoes that matched our dresses. Lisa needed to look for jewelry to match her dress, and I needed a black clutch to match my dress. We ducked in and out of a few stores, and finally had everything we needed. After that, we were just looking around stores for fun. Since it's nice Fall weather now, it's a bit cooler. I bought a few sweaters, and Lisa picked up a few things, too. Overall, it was quite a successful shopping trip.
We stopped at The Frypan for dinner, a fried chicken and chips chain in Korea. Lisa had never been there, and it's one of my favorites. :) After dinner, we weren't ready to go home yet. We decided to get coffee, and I suggested we go to a local board game cafe that I've been to with other friends. We went there, ordered, and then headed downstairs to choose a board game. We decided on Monopoly. I was particularly excited because I've never actually played the real version of Monopoly, only Monopoly Jr. So, I didn't know how to play the game with mortgages, big money, and trading properties. And it quickly became even MORE fun because it was the Korean version of Monopoly. All the cards were written out in Korean, the game spaces like "Boardwalk" were now "Gangnam and Suwon," common places in Korea. Luckily, I can read Korean, so we were able to maneuver our way around the board. Lisa had played before, so she was able to decipher what the cards were saying based on the amount of money and the pictures. We fumbled our way through the game, with tons of laughs. It was pretty great for my first time playing real Monopoly! Lisa ended up winning...but I didn't mind! We were at the cafe playing for 3 hours!! We played until I went bankrupt. :)
Sunday was quite long and exhausting, but it was productive, too! We caught the subway home, and prepared for another week of teaching. I'm REALLY looking forward to next weekend when the wedding rolls around. It's going to be quite the experience! :)
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