wild girls weekend

Here is a little psot about my super awesome bachelorette party thrown by the bestest friends and sister-in-law!
On September 7 we went out for an early birthday dinner after work (my birthday is on Sept. 12, but it's a week day and going out on Friday was easier) at what may be our favourite resturant. In case you wondered, I got a pulled pork sandwich with mustard on a pretzel bun and David got a philly cheesesteak sandwhich.  After dinner we headed back to David's to wtch some TV and just relax.  His sister Kaitlyn had come home from grad school for the weekend but she was gone when we got back...this is important!  SO, we were watching TV when Kaitlyn comes downstairs and asks me if I've had a pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks yet.  I said no and got up to take the drink she offered.  As I got closer to her I realized my BFFs/bride's maids were right behind her!  This ws exciting and weird becuase Sarah had just returned from spending the summer working up north and Kate currently works in Toronto. 
After a lot of confused looks (me) and giggles (them) I was told "We packed you a bag, there is a car waiting and we will return you on Saturday."  I was really surprised and just said "oh, ok!!"

So off we went into the night to a secret location.  I had no clue where they were taking me or what we would possibly be doing.  Since I had to close my eyes a lot because there were signs advertising the place I didn't actually know where we were until we were inside.  Aaaaand, we went to Viamede Resort! For those that aren't familiar with Viamede, click here.   The girls had brought along chick flicks, fruity drinks and lots of junk food for a super awesome movie night!  We stayed up late,  ate lots of snacks and Kate fell asleep early (usually I'm the first, even in my own house!).  Kaitlyn and I stayed up even later talking after Kate and Sarah went back to their room.  I actually only got 2 hours of sleep thanks to my awful allergies which seem to be especially annoying at night.  Thankfully I managed to fall asleep again but I didn't feel very rested.

Anyways!  The next morning we ate breakfast together and then headed to Viamede's SPA:)  The girls surprised me with a facial, manicure and pedicure.  I was very rested and relaxed after the facial which was ah-may-zing.  After a whopping 4.5 hours at the spa and all of us nearly falling asleep at some point, we somehow managed to drag our freshly painted toes out to the car to head home.  We had a munchy attack and ate more junk food on the drive:) 

I eventully got home, managed to unpack my bag that Sarah had packed for me, east some more candy and take a nap.  I napped for a solid 6 hours, woke up, text David to tell him I'm still alive and went back to sleep until morning. 

It was such a fun surprise and I literally do have the best friends!

it's starting to come together

Yesterday I went shopping for brides maids dresses with my besties. We went to Yorkdale Shopping Centre and looked in several stores. One store had about 8 or so different dresses in the same colour and fabric so the girsl each grabbed their sizes and all tired on the same dress at the same time. Then they ranked the dresses in order of most fav to least. After much debating and a few definete NO's everyone found a dress they liked. We also went shoe shopping! It was a super fun and busy day of bonding and merriment:) Over lunch I obviously talked their ears off with wedding stuff and it feels like all these abstract ideas in my head are finally coming to life. David and I have talked a bit about what the guys will wear and we have been out to look at invitations. I consider myself crafty so our invitations will be awesome!

I hadn't planned to have a "theme" but it seems like a lot of our ideas will create something cohesive and fantastic!

christina

uber productive

the day after we met the photographer (see previous post), Kaitlyn and i went to look at more dresses. i didn't see anything i liked...except my 'wedding buddy' (jessica) from work in her gown! she was modelling it for her family and Kaitlyn and i got to see all the loveliness. the gown is big and poufy and flowery...its so pretty. jessica is getting married in October of this year so we have been comparing plans and she has been sharing a lot of ideas. it's pretty fun:)
on sunday David and i went to look at a venue for the reception. i'm not giving any hints about it so that if we choose it, the small group of people coming for the dinner can be wowed! we like it a lot and the owners actually make all the food fresh that morning.
i thought i knew what colours i'd like for everything but i changed my mind this weekend...the new colour scheme is also a secret! only David, our mothers and my girls know:) speaking of the girls: we're going to look at bridesmaids dresses next month.  YAY!

that's all for now.

christina

A date, a dress and some girls

We set a date! We are getting married October 28, 2012.
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Last Thursday after work I went dress looking with my mom.  I tried on a bunch of different dresses and found one I really like. I'm not going to describe it because I don't want David to know what it looks like:) I will say that it's ivory in colour and not what I imagined wearing...I haven't bought it yet because I'd still like to look around.
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I've talked to the people I want to be in my side of the bridal party and I'm happy to say they are all in! I've asked my future sister-in-law Kaitlyn to be my Maid of Honour and my best friends Kate and Sarah to be brides maids.
I'm so excited for everything!