Wednesday was my last day of work until the wedding and honeymoon are over. And I DID end up having to turn down a job. But I was 100% definite that I did NOT want to accept any work the week before the wedding. I've been trying my hardest to just sit back, relax, and enjoy my free time. Some days I've succeeded in doing this and some days I have not. Haha!
FLOWERS
My paper flowers from Etsy arrived last week! They were made by Dana of Dana's Paper Flowers. They turned out fantastic! They are even more beautiful in person than on the website!
DRESS
Went to a final fitting for my wedding dress and picked it up yesterday after it had been steamed and cleaned. Linda (the tailor) gave me a big hug, wished me a blessed wedding, and sent me on my way! (Again, the alterations place I used was R & L Tailoring.)
MARRIAGE LICENSE
We were in and out of the Old Orange County Courthouse in 10 minutes, license in hand. The people working here are incredibly efficient!
RECEPTION WALK THROUGH
Met with Greg and Lexi, event coordinators at our reception site (Tantalum), and did a final walk and talk through. I also found out that Greg and Lexi themselves will be the servers on the big day. Nice!
HOTEL ISSUES: RESOLVED!
My wish of last minute hotel cancellations came true! Both the best man and matron of honor were able to get rooms at Pacific Inn Friday night before the wedding!
DOUBLE BACHELORETTE
The first celebration happened Thursday night with my girls Lindsey and April. Lindsey and I took a nice long exercise walk to Santa Monica. Midway, we stopped at West 4th and Jane for some Oktoberfest beer and brats. Then we walked back to my place, met up with April, and continued the beer and food fest!
Yes, this was the FIRST alcoholic beverage I had consumed in nearly 2 months. Taking that first sip of beer after so long almost brought a tear to my eye... SO amazing.
Saturday night, Sophie and Pam drove up to LA for bachelorette part 2! Our original plan had been dinner and drinks on the 3rd Street Promenade. But after driving around Santa Monica and finding nothing but full parking lots (Note to self: NEVER take a car out to Santa Monica Saturday night. You'll be sorry.), we abandoned that plan in favor of something a little more chill. We settled on a great little restaurant called Nook that is just down the street from my apartment. And afterwards, we did some dancing at Mom's Bar, a great dive that is only a block from my place. It was a great night!
*gasp*
I know what you're thinking. Where's the male strippers? Where's the debauchery?!?!
Meh.
While I sometimes feel like getting crazy, that's not usually my party style. I'm a low key gal. So the best parties for me are also low key. Meaning both parties were PERFECT. My friends know me so well.
Sophie, Pam, Lindsey April... you're the best. :)
That's all the updates for now!
We had originally planned to do a meeting with our officiant down in Long Beach on Friday. But we postponed it when we realized we'd be in Long Beach anyway starting Thursday. So we save ourselves a commute! We'll just meet with Alan on Thursday.
My mom arrived Sunday night. Luckily she's totally fine with my wanting to do nothing the next few days. We've basically just been sitting around watching movies all day!
It's the calm before the storm. Right now I'm just enjoying the calm...
**Louisa**
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