I'm alive!!
"now i might be really gulliable, but i would hope that you would tell your former ra slash occasional drinking buddy that you were getting married haha"
Haha...no, it wasn't my wedding, but one of Garren's friends that got married on New Year's Eve. It was absolutely the most amazing wedding ever!!! The wedding itself was in this huge, gorgeous church, and it still had all the lights and pointsettas up from Christmas so it was soooooo pretty. I met a couple of Garren's friends before the wedding, including Tim, the groom, and they all seemed nice. The bride looked absolutely beautiful, her dress was gorgeous and she had this sparkly veil that I was jealous of. I want to look like that on my wedding day.
After the ceremony we went back to our hotel, which was conveniently where the reception was. We walked into the room, and the first thing that happened was one of the girl's at the door greeted us and gave Garren a long stem rose to give to me. Ok, so this place was classy, like wow. There were all these stations of appetizers set up, surrounded by ice sculptures etc. The second thing that happened was a lady came up to us with a trap of champagne, all the glasses had little raspberries in them, it was only 7, but we started drinking then. There was an open bar...hellllooooooooo:) So for about an hour we walked around, ate, drank and mingled, then the wedding party showed up from pictures. Eventually we headed into the actual dining room which was next door. Once again, the room and table settings were gorgeous, they went all out on everything. There was a 4 course meal, with crab cakes first, then this sorbet thing to "cleanse the palate", then the main course was surf and turf, which was lobster tail and filet mignon...soooo yummy. And then there was an entire dessert bar, but we were too stuffed at that point to eat any more. So there were toasts, which were hilarious, the bride-groom dances and normal wedding stuff like that. I went up to catch the bouquet but I didn't get it, Garren didn't catch the garter either so it's okay. We danced ALOT, and those shoes that I loved so much, yeah they hurt like hell, but it was fun.
Overall the night was a ton of fun, it was the nicest wedding either of us had been to, and the countdown at midnight was fun, the hotel provided Don Perion...I don't even think I spelled that right, either way, it's super good, super expensive champagne. It was a blast, I have a few pictures, but they're on a disposable camera cause I forgot my digital so once we get it developed I'll be sure to show you guys. We drank a ton, hello, open bar, but because it was so spaced out and we ate so much neither of us got particularly wasted, however I did manage to wake up at 5am to puke...which I'm sure you guys all wanted to know:P
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In non-wedding news, my mother is driving me up the wall. I've been looking for a second job so I can afford to move out, and I've been pricing apartments for a while now. Last night at lie 8:30 I went over to Garren's for the night, my parents had been out for a while grocery shopping and I figured they'd be back before I left but they weren't, so I left them a note, and I told Andy where I was going. I came home this morning and my mom was giving me all sorts of attitude. I don't know what her problem is, she thinks I'm screwing up my life by dating someone who's a little older, and she's also still mad that I'm only going part-time this semester. No matter what I do she just doesn't understand that what I'm going is good for me. I'm much better off being with someone like Garren than having a repeat of freshman year. And she also doesn't seem to understand that I can't force myself to do something I don't want to do. And that maybe taking it light for a semester and figuring out what I really want to do is better than blindly taking classes I don't like so I'll ultimately end up with a degree in something I hate. And she's on my back about money again, but she doesn't want me to get another job because it will distract me from classes. Gosh I wish she would make up her mind, no matter what I do she won't accept it, and I'm not about to change my life to make her happy. Whatever, in other news, I miss you guys! We need to hang out before you guys all go back.
Haha...no, it wasn't my wedding, but one of Garren's friends that got married on New Year's Eve. It was absolutely the most amazing wedding ever!!! The wedding itself was in this huge, gorgeous church, and it still had all the lights and pointsettas up from Christmas so it was soooooo pretty. I met a couple of Garren's friends before the wedding, including Tim, the groom, and they all seemed nice. The bride looked absolutely beautiful, her dress was gorgeous and she had this sparkly veil that I was jealous of. I want to look like that on my wedding day.
After the ceremony we went back to our hotel, which was conveniently where the reception was. We walked into the room, and the first thing that happened was one of the girl's at the door greeted us and gave Garren a long stem rose to give to me. Ok, so this place was classy, like wow. There were all these stations of appetizers set up, surrounded by ice sculptures etc. The second thing that happened was a lady came up to us with a trap of champagne, all the glasses had little raspberries in them, it was only 7, but we started drinking then. There was an open bar...hellllooooooooo:) So for about an hour we walked around, ate, drank and mingled, then the wedding party showed up from pictures. Eventually we headed into the actual dining room which was next door. Once again, the room and table settings were gorgeous, they went all out on everything. There was a 4 course meal, with crab cakes first, then this sorbet thing to "cleanse the palate", then the main course was surf and turf, which was lobster tail and filet mignon...soooo yummy. And then there was an entire dessert bar, but we were too stuffed at that point to eat any more. So there were toasts, which were hilarious, the bride-groom dances and normal wedding stuff like that. I went up to catch the bouquet but I didn't get it, Garren didn't catch the garter either so it's okay. We danced ALOT, and those shoes that I loved so much, yeah they hurt like hell, but it was fun.
Overall the night was a ton of fun, it was the nicest wedding either of us had been to, and the countdown at midnight was fun, the hotel provided Don Perion...I don't even think I spelled that right, either way, it's super good, super expensive champagne. It was a blast, I have a few pictures, but they're on a disposable camera cause I forgot my digital so once we get it developed I'll be sure to show you guys. We drank a ton, hello, open bar, but because it was so spaced out and we ate so much neither of us got particularly wasted, however I did manage to wake up at 5am to puke...which I'm sure you guys all wanted to know:P
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In non-wedding news, my mother is driving me up the wall. I've been looking for a second job so I can afford to move out, and I've been pricing apartments for a while now. Last night at lie 8:30 I went over to Garren's for the night, my parents had been out for a while grocery shopping and I figured they'd be back before I left but they weren't, so I left them a note, and I told Andy where I was going. I came home this morning and my mom was giving me all sorts of attitude. I don't know what her problem is, she thinks I'm screwing up my life by dating someone who's a little older, and she's also still mad that I'm only going part-time this semester. No matter what I do she just doesn't understand that what I'm going is good for me. I'm much better off being with someone like Garren than having a repeat of freshman year. And she also doesn't seem to understand that I can't force myself to do something I don't want to do. And that maybe taking it light for a semester and figuring out what I really want to do is better than blindly taking classes I don't like so I'll ultimately end up with a degree in something I hate. And she's on my back about money again, but she doesn't want me to get another job because it will distract me from classes. Gosh I wish she would make up her mind, no matter what I do she won't accept it, and I'm not about to change my life to make her happy. Whatever, in other news, I miss you guys! We need to hang out before you guys all go back.