Monday, November 24, 2008

wed!

1. He wore a tie, just for me, and looked smoking hot!
2. I was super relaxed, ecstatic, excited all day long
3. The ceremony felt so intimate, loving and real
4. The photo session was a blast
5. Things went a bit wonky over dinner but our lovely guests made it go away
6. The reception was a massive, crazy, marathon dance party, which I never expected, and loved, loved, loved!
7. Overall it was just imperfectly perfect and I couldn't be more thrilled.







We leave for Bali in about 12 hours, I can hardly wait.

Friday, November 21, 2008

ooh lordy

I've been completely calm, so calm I fell asleep during my mani/pedi this morning!
Now that I'm sitting here writing the final post before the day, I can hardly type... Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!
See you on the other side.
Eek.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

the wedding: super quick update!

Hello blogosphere, how I miss you!
Sorry it's been so long?
BB is snoring cutely upstairs and I finally have half an hour to myself so here I am, forgive my absence!

The past week has just flown by in a blur of happy activity.

I had my hen night, the best night out of my life, it was fantastic. Embarrassing pictures later!

And then so many of our friends who live far away have arrived in town and now it's daily breakfasts and shopping and lunches and wine tours and sun-downers and dinners and on and on and on...

BB and I really miss our copious amounts of alone-time together, but also realise that there will be years and years for that, so we're living it up and absolutely adoring having so many fabulous people gathered for this celebration of ours.

Monday night I finally had all my bridesmaids together in their entirely individual black dresses and they looked so uber-stylish and drop dead gorgeous, every one of them, it was too exciting!

Arrangements have moved along steadily enough, hiccups and surprises galore but I've just been in the most zen-like state of calm, peace and pure joy, nothing gets me under.
I thank the wedding gods for this state of grace, I swear I'm not even on the Calmettes (yet!). I actually think it's from reading on so many blogs how important it is to maintain focus on the true priorities of the day and not sweat the small useless stuff you can't control anyway? Either way, it's working like a charm and I am an ecstatic bride-to-be!

Things that went wrong:
Darling photographer cancelled our venue recce, was not impressed but it will be fine, he'll come early and do it on the day.
Dear friend of BB's brought an extra guest to stay, unannounced... Long story but we're coping well.
Dear family member of BB's has to go in for a hip operation today and won't make it to the wedding. (Best of luck and strength to her!)
2 Good friends' parents home was flooded in storms last week and they missed the hen night :-(
Storms last week! Crazy, heavy rain and insane winds... If my wedding was last weekend I just can't imagine how it would've been!

Things that are going right:
Weather forecast for Saturday looks just perfectly balmy, slight breeze, bit of cloud... exactly what I ordered!
My dress fits like a comfortable glove. An unbelievably beautiful, glamorous, ethereal, feminine glove.
My bridesmaids look amazing and have been getting on great.
Our lovely guests are making it such a fun week for us.

I can not wait to marry my man.
My man, my man, my man.
What a good man.
I love him!
To pieces.
Yay.

And here's just a sneak peek of some little sentimental pretties that might feature on Saturday!

I can't wait.



I CAN'T WAIT!

jewel

My childhood friend, Jewel, who became my high school friend, my varsity friend and then my friend for life, got married on 07/07/07 in a beautifully indescribable shade of pink.

It was the middle of the winter, she wore red feathers in her hair, her daisy-covered vintage Beetle served as the wedding car and the groom was in jeans. The strap of her dress snapped just after the ceremony, the itunes acted up for a little while, someone spilled a beer all over her somewhere during the crazy snake dance and we all got soaked to the bone while trying to find our overnight accommodation...

Regardless, it was the most fun wedding I've ever been to. A perfect celebration of love, joy and friendship. Just awesome.





























Love you Jewel! x

Thursday, November 13, 2008

blonde bombshell

I have five bridesmaids. Four have (newly shortish!) dark hair and the fifth, well, I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Bombshell came home from London to get married to her fabulous man in January 2007. I don't know how the poor dear planned such a glamorous, sumptuous party from afar, when all we did was have our bridesmaids dresses made! But it was a classy affair from start to finish, at a stunning hotel in Cape Town's famous Waterfront.

The day was filled with champagne (the real deal no less, it was that kind of party!) and giggles and ended in a truly gorgeous meal and hours of dancing. It's so hard to pick out my favourite pictures, sadly the inept photographer made the choices more obvious. I refuse to make a rant out of this post, so I'll leave it there.



















The Choos darling, the Choos!




My favourite memory of the day is how Bombshell never, ever stopped smiling her infectious little-girl-in-a-candy-store smile. So, so beautiful.









Oh happy, happy day.