We rehearse

Most of you have probably fallen off the radar, but I want to finish up this wedding journey.  I am eager to turn this blog into a keepsake, which means I have to create an ending for this story.

So, here’s to the beginning of the end of a wonderful experience.

Photo by Kristen Taylor Photography

Afterthoughts: Trying out hair and makeup

A long long time ago, I decided to have a hair stylist and makeup professional do my hair and makeup. I am pretty good with updos and smokey eyes, but I wanted to feel special on my wedding day.

 I was super prepared for the hair and makeup trial. I brought Sara (the hair gal) and Jenny (the makeup gal) all kinds of pictures off the internet and from magazines. Most of my favorirtes were from magazines but here's a few from the internet:

Pretty hair found on ProjectWedding

 

Pretty eye makeup found on SMP

 

Décor that dies and thus cannot be resold.

Aka: Flowers. It feels weird to me to spend tons of money on décor that you can’t use afterwards. I am selling most of my wedding décor, so I feel like the money spent on that stuff is warranted. Originally, I wanted only a few flowers here and there to keep the budget down. Things changed when I formed a more solid idea of what I wanted, though... I wanted a fun wedding, but I also wanted elegant touches to the wedding. Nothing is more beautiful and elegant than white tables and white flowers to me. However, all white can look washed out if not done right, so I decided we would use purple as our pop color. Hence, I wanted lots of purple and white flowers. Also, I wanted it to look like we picked everything from the garden.

Some of my inspiration pics. Both of these photos are from StyleMePretty (I think!)

On the town

So, first was my wedding shower and then, we had my bachelorette party later that night. J SO MUCH FUN. My super-dupa-awesome-to-the-core friend and maid of honor, Colby, planned such a perfect party. She insisted that we get a limo so we could all enjoy the night and be together the whole time. I argued with her a bit on this because money doesn’t grow on trees, but she was right to insist. By far, the best part of the night was riding around in that darn limo. We got to talk and enjoy a “few” cocktails. It was so nice to have so many of my friends mushed into one little box. We were having so much fun in the limo that I guess Colby and I were a little difficult to get out of the limo later that night. The reason was because we got back to my house a half hour earlier that what Colby had paid for. We insisted on using the limo up until the last minute! And for the record, Colby I insist we have a limo for your bachelorette party. Don’t argue.

I have no photos of this portion of the night... probably for the better! So here's a good one of my mom and mother-in-law!

In between limo rides, we did visit was a comedy club and a piano bar. Which were fun! But, the comedy club really didn’t like us. I heckled the comedian a bit and apparently that is a no-no. Oh well. Lesson learned, don’t go to a comedy club when you have had enough liquid courage to heckle the comedian. The piano bar was nearly empty, but that was very good because it allowed us to get up on stage and perform the Unicorn Song.

WHAT? You don’t know the unicorn song?  Please press play as you view the following photos:

I particularly love how aggressive Josh looks in this one.

Overall, the night was a success. Fairly harmless, besides one broken toe. Rachel – I love you. I promise to break my toe at your bachelorette party.

The big difference between my party and Wes’s was that I had all my fun jam-packed in one night while he was able to span his out for a few days in Vegas. The whole “bachelor party” weekend is becoming so popular! Which kind would you want?