The Wedding is 4 days Away!!!
WOW - 4 days - I am so excited! There are so many things going on in the next couple of days! I know you won’t believe this but my mom is getting married tomorrow. It will just be a small ceremony, it is her second marriage so she wanted to keep it small and have just immediate family there. Then on Thursday my mom, sisters and I are going first thing in the morning for final wedding manicures and pedicures.
After our manicures and pedicures are done I am off to get my airbrush tan and then to lunch with my sisters. Thursday night we are having a birthday dinner for my younger sister and also for myself (yes my birthday was last Friday 
if you can believe that as well.
Friday is the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. We had to start the rehearsal at 3:00pm because that was the only time we could reserve the space. We are having the dinner at a little bar and grill - which is only 5 minutes away from the rehearsal site.
Then Saturday is the big day! It is amazing how fast time fly’s! I cannot wait for the special day – it will be a day I will never forget!
The Bachelorette Party
I know it has been a little while since I wrote…trust me I have been very busy! My bachelorette party was July 11th and today is the 21st so I am a little behind and less then 2 weeks away from my wedding!
My bachelorette party was so much fun! We ended up having a pretty good turn out - 12 people for happy hour and 14 people for dinner. We started the night at The Nines they have a roof top bar called Departure and we went for happy hour from 4-6pm on our private couch.
After we enjoyed happy hour we went to the room to open some presents and all get better acquainted. After opening up a variety of fun gifts - that would take me through the night- we headed to Henry’s Tavern for dinner.
The food was awesome and everyone had a great dinner. After dinner we lost some people that had to take off for various reasons. As we were walking out of Henry’s we met a table of guys that were more then happy to buy us a few round of shots for the special occasion!
The reaming “party girls” - props to Trish, Kim, Misty, Nicole, Laura and Alison - all headed to a martini bar in the Pearl called Vault. This is where I had to start knocking out all of my challenges as the bachelorette. My sister gave me a challenge book that had 10 things I had to accomplish by the end of the night.
The list is below: (Read at your own risk)
1. Kiss a bald guy on the forehead
2. Have 3 guys write down there “size” if you know what I mean
3. Find a divorced guy and ask him 3 tips on - what not to do!
4. Find a condom and blow it up
5. Stand up on a chair in a crowded bar and scream - this is your last night being single - because you are getting married.
6. Make out with a beer bottle and pretend it is something - that it is not…
7. Go to the men’s bathroom for 2 minutes…
8. Identify the hottest man in the room (by way of all girls in party) and seduce him until he buys you a drink.
9. Find a guy with white socks and give him a kiss.
10. With the help of your ladies make a list of bad habits - your fiancé needs to avoid.
Needless to say I did accomplish them all! After we had a few drinks at the Vault – we all jumped in a stretch Hummer and headed to our final destination Candy. Candy is a dance club that was pretty hopping that night.
All of the ladies arrived back to the hotel room by 3am – It was one crazy night…The rest of the details are top secret!
3 Weeks and Counting
All right so I am now less then 3 weeks away from the big day! On Saturday I had my makeup trial run and my bachelorette party. Needless to say it was one crazy weekend! My makeup appointment was at 10am and I was so excited for it and my bachelorette party I could not sleep practically all night.
When I got to my makeup appointment I have to admit I was a little nervous. It was my first time ever having my makeup professionally done and I did not know what to expect.
Let me tell you I was very pleasantly surprised! The lady that is doing my makeup has over 15 years of experience and she knows exactly what she is doing. Her name is Kim King and she is amazing with Mac makeup! She is located in Portland but will come to you on your special day. I showed her a few pictures that I had in mind and once we talked a little about my goals - she went to town!
My full look took about an hour - and I looked incredible! Kim used a lot of purples and gold’s, which brought my eyes out to the fullest! I have green eyes and using the purples really brought them out. I also had her put on fake eyelashes. My eyes were so beautiful! I am so excited to have my makeup done again one last time before the wedding ☺
Stay tuned my next post will update you on my crazy bachelorette night!!!!
The Never Ending Wedding Checklist
With our wedding 26 days away the checklist seems to be never ending. I have to admit every time we get something accomplished it does feel good to cross it off - but there seems to be so much to do and the wedding is right around the corner.
I think I am currently in a state of shock as the big day gets closer and closer. This week we have our last and final meeting with the DJ before the rehearsal. We also have are first session of couple counseling and to top it off we have family coming to stay with us in the middle of it all.
I had my last bridal dress fitting and my dress fits perfect! All of my accessories are ready to go along with my fabulous dress!
I am pleased to say that my bridesmaid dresses are right on track - thanks to an amazing mom! One of my bridesmaids has a final fitting tonight and after she has her final fitting there are only a few more girls that need there final fittings and then the girl’s dresses are done!
This weekend is a pretty big weekend for me as well! On Thursday I have my trial airbrush tan so that I will have a good idea of what my tan will look like on my wedding day. Along with that I have my trial makeup run on Saturday morning and then Saturday night is my big bachelorette night!
With so much going on I will be sure to keep you posted how everything goes!