I had planned to write this post last week but after working a 15 hour day on Tuesday I just never found the time or energy.
Last weekend my sweet bridesmaids, mom, and future mother-in-law threw me an amazing bridal shower. The whole day was absolutely perfect. The attention that they put into the decorations, food, games, and gifts really captured me and P.
The weekend started with some of the girls getting into town on Friday night. We ordered pizza, drank wine, and watched 27 Dresses. They surprised me with a gift card to a spa for Saturday morning to get a mani, pedi, and my hair styled while they were hard at work getting the shower set up. It was the perfect way to start the day! My friend Jenny was giving the tough task of joining me at the spa. I was so happy to spend the morning catching up with her!
The shower was held on the 11th floor of our apartment building. We are lucky that our apartment has a beautiful party room with a kitchen and lots of seating. It was the perfect area to have the shower and still have a warm and cozy feel. The room was decked out with cherry blossom decorations and many pictures and memorabilia to capture me and P. Here are some pic from the day. Unfortunately I did not get a picture of myself with the lovely hostesses.
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| Each guest was asked to bring scrapbooking supplies to fill these awesome organization cubes. Everyone knew me so well! |
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| The room was filled with pictures and scrapbooks of P and I. The blue sign was made to replicate the night P proposed. |
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| French Minnie and German Mickey made an appearance. Special shout out to P for the awesome playlist he made! |
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| Chatting with some of my favorite ladies. Check out the special DC wine glass in front me. |
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| Game time! I believe this was during "Where in the world are P & E?" I love Allison's expression! Each guest was also asked to share their favorite memory of me and/or P and I had to guess who wrote it. So fun! |
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| Most pictures of me opening gifts are not very flattering. I had to include this one of me laughing after reading the card from Jenny. Her card was an engagement card that had a great line about if we are living together we might as well get a bunch of free stuff. Everyone in the room loved it! |
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| Group shot during game time. On the couch is my mom (blue sweater), P's sister, P's mom, and P's cousin Kristen who will be singing at our wedding. |
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| Another group shot. Check out the banner hanging up - we are planning to use it at the rehearsal dinner. |
After the shower a lot of the girls joined me in my apartment. We all relaxed and loaded up on caffeine before heading to dinner at my favorite mexican restaurant, Tortilla Coast. Although we had originally planned to go straight to the bars after dinner we decided to head back to my apartment since it was still early. We ended up just staying at my apartment all night, drinking wine and enjoying lots of fun girl talk. Honestly, it was the perfect night for me. I joked with a few of the girls that if this had been five years ago the night probably would have been a little crazier - I guess we are just getting old! Here is a picture of me and the girls after dinner:
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| I seriously have the best group of sisters and friends. I feel so blessed! |
Last Monday I put some of the scrapbooking goodies to use right away and made this keepsake for all of the cards I received at the shower. I saw the idea on Pinterest and plan to make one (or two) for our wedding cards too.
With the shower behind me, we are down to 48 days until the wedding. We are both getting so excited!!
