Melanie ~ look at me with starry eyes...

The wedding was beautiful. We didn't fall down the steep hill. The DJ was an idiot and didn't show up with the right music, so the bride walked down to the same music as us girls.. but the guys walked out to "bad to the bone", which was amusing. It's a gorgeous spot for a wedding, I walked down the grass hill towards the ocean, and stood with the ocean behind me.

There were a couple bridezilla moments, but not too brutal. One of the bridesmaid's husbands went and bought us tons of food for between the wedding and photos. He was amazing. Juice boxes bottles of water and cookies and pepperoni and apples and pears and more.

We all drove around town honking horns. Katrina and Matt rode in this gorgeous cream coloured vintage car.

The reception went well. So much good food. I was so tired I didn't even touch mine wine, and could have had all the drinks I wanted, but I just drank so much water. I was wearing the most brutal underwear that I did not want to have to remove to pee, so I drank as little as possible, which is probably why I woke up feeling hung over today.

Katrina's favourite moment was when her mom actually got up and danced. She was worried her parents would be angry that she had a dance, and alcohol. They are very conservative, but she loved it and you could tell that her dad loved watching her mom dance ;) She's pretty hot for her age!

I loved my hair and felt beautiful. I thought it all went really well, but I am SO glad it's over.

I woke up at 6 this morning and thought my brain was trying to push it's way out of my head, so I went back to bed and slept till 10. Marina phoned and asked if I wanted to go boating with her and her husband, so I made a quick appearance at the present opening, and then drove to Campbell River. We were out on the water by 1 pm and didn't come back in till 6:30 or so. We hung out with a bunch of their friends and their boats. We found a private beach and planted ourselves. I put my chair in the water and just relaxed. At one point I walked up a trail and found this platform up in some trees. I climbed up and had a 'nap' (didn't actually sleep, just closed my eyes) for about 20 minutes. It was perfect. One of Marina's friends has a boat barbeque, so we barbequed smokies and ate those. It was really a very perfect day. Probably my last weekend of boating this year!

I'm still feeling dehydrated, think I'll try to suck back some juice and water this evening so I hopefully wake without a headache!

Pictures:



(you can see popchex and wee_scot and their baby in a photo behind me :P )

my bouquet



my face



my boobs

So, the shower could not have gone any more perfectly. Loads of people were there, she got amazing gifts, there was so much food, it was perfect.

I decided that I'd make her a tissue/ribbon bouquet to use at her wedding rehearsal instead of a silly bridesmaid hat. (Do other people do those? It was always a staple growing up, at showers)

The bride, with her bouquet:



( gets worse )

I think I've figured out that I'm an "after it's over" person. I work work work, feel all frantic and worry about everything turning out perfectly, and then as soon as something is done, I finally breath and sit back and enjoy how well it turned out.

Today I walked past a bakery and saw this massive éclair. Pastry filled with cream, topped with chocolate and pieces of skor bar. It was round and luscious. I wanted it to be mine. I wanted to savour each bite. I never buy pastries.

I started to think that it might be okay to buy. It was only $1.98. It had skor bar on top! I had just finished a run... I deserved it.

Instead I walked past and went and bought some insanely over-priced cherries and I will enjoy every bite and will feel no guilt, and maybe I will eat an éclair one day, but not today.


ps. I tried on my bridesmaid dress and it fits better than last time I tried it on!! I'm feeling confident for September.

Did I mention that Elton cut about 3 or 4 inches off my hair? It's no longer at my waist, but it's gorgeous and healthy. He spent half an hour washing (oh, the massage...) and cutting, and then an hour just brushing and drying it straight. I already hear a lot about my hair (since it's red and so long) but I had so many clients asking me how I get my hair so shiny. It was great. I love feeling gorgeous, after seeing him.

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Katrina just phoned and she loves my dress, loves the colour, and wants me to wear the dress I already own. Part of me wanted a new fun dress, but hell, I've only worn this one once, and it's great on me (ooh, cleavage). It has a bit of a plunging neckline, goes just below my knees, is fitting enough to flatter, but loose enough to really flatter. It's a gorgeous dark eggplant colour, and uh.. I don't have pay for a dress! Woohoo. All the other girls just have to match the colour of their dress to mine!

The best part is that this dress was on sale a few years ago, but was I way to large for it. (like.. couldn't even get it on..) I thought I bought it for fifteen bucks or something ridiculous like that, down from over a hundred. Now it fits. I knew I'd fit it one day, and I do. Moments like this I'm really proud of myself.

Now I will spend money on super sexy suck em in underwear for under the dress. Hot.

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Breaking news: I have a head cold. It sucks.