bridal weekend

i may have had the best weekend of my life. i want to start off by saying thank you so much to everyone that participated in / helped plan this past weekend - i could not have asked for anything more!

friday night we had my wedding shower. even though i am biased i believe it was the best wedding shower i have ever been to. my mom's friend ann hosted it at her house and they did a cocktail type shower with wine and appetizers and games. it was perfect - like i said before, exactly what i wanted. my friend maddy had a really neat idea that everyone bring me a bottle of wine along with a gift; i loved this idea because not only did i get some really amazing bottles of wine, i also got some incredibly unique bottles that i probably wouldn't have ever bought for myself. i am definitely excited to try them all!

i know that it is traditional to do a sunday afternoon lunch type shower but i loved the friday night cocktail idea. i really think that the cocktail type atmosphere put everyone at ease making the experience all the more enjoyable. we played the traditional shower games like "how well do you know the groom" (yes, i did win - thank goodness! haha), "how well do you know the bride" (shockingly 4 of my friends tied for 1st!) and the "toilet paper wedding dress" game! all of them went super well and everyone had a ton of fun! after we were done playing the games, drinking some wine and eating some food we all opened presents. i was so incredibly lucky - i got a ton of what we needed and a lot of what i wanted. thank you, thank you, thank you!!

all my girl friends

the three wedding dresses made of toilet paper

all my gifts!!

my bouquet made out of present wrapping

so, since i knew i would be up late the following day for my bachlorette we called it a night around 11. i was fairly exhausted from the work week and it was definitely good that i went to bed early since saturday was a very late night. val hosted my bachlorette at her place. we did a similar cocktail / appy style evening then all piled into a party bus and headed to hudsons, a local pub we all love! all of us had such a blast. the fact that i misplaced my camera that has all the pictures from my bachlorette on it is a testament to what kind of shape i was in at the end of the night! so is this picture of yours truley and emi....

unfortunately, the picture is not the best quality but apparently i crawled into bed (around 1:48 pm) and emi crawled up after me. i guess she was trying to cuddle me. good thing she left my nose and mouth exposed so i didn't suffocate to death in my sleep... haha

all and all it was such an amazing weekend! i have the BEST family and friends! i love you all!!!