P&J's Escape Wedding PJ! Feb 15, 2011(SBP, UK Lower) A year gone by...

[neener3]

My bachelorette was last night, and my girls did SUCH a good job. I feel so lucky to have great friends. They made a million jello shots, t-shirts for the 3 of us, pink and black cupcakes, and we did strip tease dancing here before we heading downtown. It was literally the best night ever. We got home at 4am, went to bed at 5, and all got up at 9. Nobody sick. How that is even possible, I don't know.

So lucky

Here are a few appropriate photos of the night

Here's me, I know it's big but the "Mrs." doesn't show up in the little ones, so I left this one large I'm very into it here...

Myself, Bridesmaid, and Maid of Honour

And again, but being utterly ridiculous. I've been friends with these two since high school, so over 10 years.

Group shot!

There are really no words for this one...

And the end of the night. The pole was holding me up. Really.

I got many congratulations and some interesting advice at the bar. Some really nice boy child bought me a few drinks. Some older gents asked my friend how old I was, because they were concerned that I was FAR too young to be getting married (thank you, I hope I continue to look younger than my age!).

I didn't even want to do all of this, but my girls insisted it was a "rite of passage". I'm so glad they pushed!

 

[KristiLyn]

I'm glad you guys had a great time!! Love the pics!!! It's almost wedding time!!!

 

[Mindyjoy]

What a lovely group of ladies! I'm glad you had such a good time!!!!

 

[neener3]

Thanks! They are lovely.

Now. We are sooooo close. We leave Friday!

I woke up with a killer sore throat this morning. Went to zumba and she asked if I was angry with her, because my energy level was NOT there. I'm spazzing out a little. Philip is not sympathetic. He's a mind over matter kind of guy, so he thinks that if I believe that I'm not sick, I won't be. Uh-huh. Sure.

Philip's grammie has the flu and a respiratory infection. So that's just awesome!

AND we fly out Friday...they are predicting 10+ cm for Thursday here, and 5-10cm Friday. Of course, this IS Nova Scotia, where the weather people can't predict their heads from their...well, anyway.

Pass the adivan.

On the positive side, I FINALLY got my 2nd necklace in the mail, and it's definitely the one I'll be wearing! I took pictures with the necklace, earrings, and headband, and you'll have to forgive the selfies...DF doesn't want to see anything. I also had my consultation today at MAC. She sent me away with a little paint-by-numbers if you will, so I don't think I can mess it up the day of our portrait session. It's quite a few hours later that I took the pictures, and I think I still look decent, so I'm happy with it. Plus I got some pretty new makeup, and we all know that's what really matters

That's it! I need to pick up my dress, get my mani/pedi, get these horrid eyebrows done, and we're off! PLEASE keep wishes for no snow going for us. And health. We should probably all be healthy. I'm going to keep gargling with warm salt water.

 

[tinkerbell 766]

No snow wishes coming from here!!!!

Good luck!!

 

[KristiLyn]

You're so close!!! I can't wait to read all about it when you get back!!

 

[sw33t_angel]

You're so close!!! I can't wait to read all about it when you get back!!

What she said!

And sending pixie dust your way for no snow!!

 

[neener3]

You're so close!!! I can't wait to read all about it when you get back!!

What she said!

And sending pixie dust your way for no snow!!

No snow wishes coming from here!!!!

Good luck!!

Thanks all! The forecast has changed, and only flurries are predicted now! YAY!!!!

I picked up my dress this evening and it is WONDERFUL (not that I am biased...). My cold is settling into my chest but I think I'll survive it. I'm taking a sick day tomorrow to try to kill it with sleep. DF's grammie is on the mend as well. Let's get this show on the road! 3 and a half sleeps to go!!!!!

 

[neener3]

We're off in the morning! Everyone is healthy, no snow in the forecast, and it looks like 21 degrees and sunny on wedding day!


Let's knock on wood...it CAN'T be this easy, right???

 

[pixiegirl]

Sending more pixie dust your way!!! More could never hurt!!

Have a safe trip and can't wait to hear all about it when you get back!!

 

[I'm.a.Disney.Bride]

Happy wedding day!! I hope it's wonderful

 

[pixiegirl]

Happy Wedding Day!! I hope it is everything you dreamed of and more!!

 

[KristiLyn]

Happy Wedding Day!!!!!!!!

 

[neener3]

We're back! The wedding was everything I dreamed of and more. We're settling into some deep post vacation syndrome and I'm very thankful that I have a large tax refund coming! Now let's hope Philip doesn't end up paying in and canceling it out....


Our pictures are in (there were in before we even came home!), and I'm so in love. Of course there are a few I hate, and I KNEW DH should have been working on his smile more, but I already want the hi-res cd, which I didn't think I'd want...ugh.

It's late, so this is all I have tonight.

- Regina was amazing. Seriously. We loved her. She even got DH's brother to smile, which he later confessed to me was because she was pretty. Whatever works buddy.

- Patricia LeJeune was incredible. I didn't have my hair or make-up redone for the MK shoot. My bridesmaid did a bit of tweaking, but it was mainly Patricia. Incredible.

- We only had two vans show up to transport us to the Dessert Party, instead of three. Cue hissy fit in big white dress. Cue people springing into action when girl in big white dress starts hyperventilating.

- Getting married at Disney was the best decision we ever made. Except for saying "I will", you know.

Oh, and the pictures.

Have fun looking. Let me know your thoughts. Reading comments makes me giggle a little, and like I said...serious post vacation syndrome going on here.

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[Disney9.9.10]

Glad to hear that your day went so well! Your pictures are breathtakingly gorgeous! I think that those are some of the best bridal portrait photos I have ever seen. I love the way the castle looks, and the photos of you on the grass. Beautiful!

 

[neener3]

Glad to hear that your day went so well! Your pictures are breathtakingly gorgeous! I think that those are some of the best bridal portrait photos I have ever seen. I love the way the castle looks, and the photos of you on the grass. Beautiful!

Thank you so much! Regina was a star. The Magic Kingdom day was beautiful; the clouds were spectacular.

 

[neener3]

Let's jump into this with day one, shall we?

Our day started BRIGHT and early at 3 a.m....yuck. This hour is only appropriate if you're heading to Disney (or coming in from a bachelorette party ) Because of my obsessiveness, we each had a checklist of final things to put into our bags. And not one thing was left behind, thank you very much! We were picked up by a town car at 4, which was much nicer than imposing on our friends to pick us up and have to be cranky for work that day. We drove through snow, with the back windows frozen over. Brrrrrrrrr. Are we there yet?

We were the first at the airport, again, thank you very much. Had a very bizarre incident where we were walking by a woman and she exclaimed "What are YOU doing here?!" "Ummm....going on vacation..." "Where?!" "Florida...."....to which I kept walking away, very quickly. I have no idea who she was, and I wonder if she ever figured out that I wasn't who she thought I was? I thought MAYBE she might be someone I knew from subbing in a school, but I really don't think so. I remember faces, and I didn't know this one! Weird. I then ran into a student; we were both playing hooky from school so we exchanged rueful waves and off we went to corral the family and friends. Everyone made it to the airport without trouble, so we all checked into our multiple airlines and separated. DH's Grammie joked multiple times that we were like the Royal Family....all on separate planes!

The flight was uneventful, which should have prepared me for Toronto. See? We're relaxed.

And...tired. LOL

DH

And MOH

Wait for the GRRRRRRR. When we checked into Westjet, they gave us one customs form to fill out, just like when we flew before. Well. We got to customs and the guy asked us our purpose, so we said we were heading down to get married. He asked who filled out the form (I did, but with Philip's name). Then he jerks his thumb back to the line, chucks another form at me, and says "You're not married yet. Get back in line. Fill out your own." I just stared at him, and stammered..."Ummm...we LIVE together. For three years." He stared back and said "Back in line.". I held it together fairly well. Except I had to fill our a customs form while juggling my massive purse and dress. Then some random traveler tried to make me go to the back of the line so I wasn't in front of him. Um. No. MOVE. I got a very nice lady who asked me my purpose, then was dumbfounded that DH wasn't with me, and shocked when I told her what happened. Whatever. The next customs guys shouted at me because I couldn't hand my form to him. DO YOU SEE THE DRESS BUDDY???!!!! Arrrgghh. I was almost in tears when we dropped our bags off, get to security, and I get selected to be patted down. Great. Even better was the guy behind me, who seemed to thoroughly enjoy it. Who I of course ended up in front of in line to get a sandwich, and he wanted to talk about it. As in "They sure took their time with that patdown, eh? Think it was a little longer than necessary?" Wink. Ew. Philip decided to tell me to calm down when I returned with my sandwich. Easy for him to say, Mr. 2 Adivan.

Okay, we get to Orlando, on the bus. DH is ready to get a tan...

We're having a good time. Then we check in....and I cry. NOT out of happiness. I've written a book, I'll finish later.

 

[Mindyjoy]

Don't leave us hanging!!!!!!!

 

[LuvLuvLuv]

Philip decided to tell me to calm down when I returned with my sandwich. Easy for him to say, Mr. 2 Adivan.

This situation sounds like something DF and I would go thru except switch the actors, lol. He always gets swabbed, or patted, or double checked.... and I'm smiling in the background from my prescription

Can't wait to hear more!!

 

[lt90]

Love your pictures!! Its nice to see that your MK shoot turned out so well - after hearing so many horror stories I did wonder whether the shoot is really worth it, but after looking at your pics I think I'm sold!