Month: August 2014

Weekend Things

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This weekend I…

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Went to the wrong Rockies game.  Lost 13-4 on Friday, but won with a walk off single in the 13th inning on Saturday night.

Had breakfast with my dad.  We talked wedding details, what it was like to grow up in the 60’s and how similar my mom and I are.

Got the most amazing facial and followed it up with a massage.  I was basically out of commission for the rest of the day.

Accompanied Hannah on a Target run where she rode around in one of those motorized carts because she has a broken leg!

Wrote bridal shower thank you notes.  If yours is written in shaky handwriting you can assume I wrote it once the iced coffee I was drinking had kicked in.

Made a zucchini pie and had the Food Network on for a majority of the day on Sunday.  The Kitchen is my favorite.

Drank mint-peach sangria and ate cheese with my sister during some Sunday evening Happy Hour action.

Welcomed Joey home from his bachelor party — he was in Vegas with 10 other guys… — and didn’t even pretend to be sympathetic that he was tired 😛

 

 

My Bridal Shower

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True Story: A couple of days into being engaged I woke up in a panic thinking “I can’t get married, I don’t have enough girlfriends for a bachelorette party or a bridal shower!”  Then my brain woke up a little more and reminded me that when it comes to friends, quality > quantity.  And even though I’ve always had a small circle of friends/family, I was about to gain a whole slew of female family members on Joey’s side.  And that was the last worry I had about my bridal shower.

What can I say?  It was Mardi Gras themed, there were mini muffulettas, Hurricanes and masks and I only felt slightly terrified while opening presents in front of a roomful of people.  I’d like to never do that last part again, please and thank you 🙂

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This is normal bridal shower behavior, right?

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Post-mask recovery photo.

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Oh, there we go 🙂  My cousin flew in just for the shower!

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Guess who found the baby in their piece of King Cake — Emily tried her best to hand that specific piece to me all nonchalantly but I saw right through it 🙂  I guess I’ll be throwing the next party!

P.S. Please forgive me, I am physically unable to think or speak about anything that’s not wedding related right now (that’s a real sentence I spoke to Joey yesterday morning when he was trying to talk to me about a burger bar that’s opening up down the street from our house).  So it’s gonna be a long three weeks for you readers! 😛