old, new, borrowed, blue

As our wedding grows closer, people's questions have changed a bit. Rather than 'How's the planning going?' and 'When's the wedding?' the questions have become 'Feeling stressed?' and 'How many days now?' and the charming, "Should I not talk to you for the next 3 weeks?'. Um, thanks, I'm busy but I haven't become a monster (however, if you're going to say silly things like that maybe not talking is ok).

People also seem very concerned over whether I have my something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. I wasn't really worried about this list (I have enough lists as it is), but all these questions have me thinking... do I have my bases covered? I don't want to miss one of these items and have our marriage crumble upon our exit from the church! It also seems to really disappoint the question-asker when I imply that I haven't given this much thought.

Here's the status:

• Old- lots of old things: my engagement ring and wedding band, the piece of my mom's wedding dress that will be wrapped around my bouquet,various other jewelry I plan to wear.
  
• New- dress, shoes, etc. Easy.
• Borrowed- this one I'm not sure on-- I'm confused about what counts as borrowed (lots of items have been passed along to me, but I think it's expected that I'll keep them until it's time for me to pass them along to another woman in the family). I suppose I should borrow a bobby pin or something to be safe.
  
• Blue- A blue brooch of my grandmother's will be pinned on my bouquet or in the hem of my dress.

Did you know that this verse actually involves a 5th item? The last line is "and a six pence in your shoe". Honestly, I don't think I'll find a six pence in the next two weeks, and I'm working hard to make sure my shoes are comfortable-- a six pence shoved in there is not part of the plan.