Here comes the bride

This weekend is my sister Jennifer’s wedding. She is marrying a wonderful man named Marc. This is her second marriage and his first. I am so excited! I am the matron of honor and my sister Sarah is the maid of honor. Connie, Steph and Kelley are all bridesmaids. Though I know it is going to be a blast it is has been a little stressful getting to this point. Not nearly as stressful as other weddings, but nonetheless stressful. The theme is a Hawaiian luau.

We had her bachelorette party last Saturday night. Took her to dinner at Shooter’s and then over to Howl at the Moon for some dueling pianos. A few of the girls bitched about money, cover charges, etc. This really pissed me off. Felt like telling them to go home. If they didn’t have the money, why did they attend? Anyway, I was able to shield most of this from my Sister as I didn’t want her shitty friends to ruin her good time. Mind you, these are not great friends, but friends. We ended up at the Velvet Dog on the upstairs deck. It was awesome. I reserved 3 hotel rooms at the Wyndham so that no one had to drive home. We needed two as a couple people bailed. Oh – and they left their valet parked car ($22 on my bill) and asked my sister Sarah to drive it home on Sunday.

I ordered my dress from lavahut.com. It is a really cool dress. We actually all decided to get the same dress, but in a different Hawaiian print. They talked me into ordering a large. I need a medium. So, last week I placed another order for a medium. Just received notification that it shipped yesterday……from Hawaii. FUCK. Tonight I will spend trying to shrink the large. It isn’t huge, but definitely can tell it is too big. Also need to find shoes. We are all supposed to wear flip flops. Not like shower shoes, a little dressier, but no formal shoes. Yeah, I can’t find any I like. I think I see a bottle of Cabernet in my future.

I am pumped because my cousin CHRIS (totally not mentioning you just because you threatened to turn me into the NAACP if I didn’t) is coming in from Rochester, NY. He is the male version of me and we always have a blast, and get into trouble, when we are together. We should be well under control this weekend though as my husband, his fiancé and his mother will be there to make sure our fun doesn’t get too out of hand. Hey – let’s work on our Buttercup routine! Chris is our D.J. for the reception. Dave Matthews….play some Dave Matthews.

Also, going to be great to see lots of other out of town family that I don’t get to see that often. I will post lots of pictures of everyone next week. Unfortunately neither of my stepchildren will be there and that sucks ass, but David is having surgery and Jen has another wedding to attend of friends she has had for a l o n g time. Still makes me sad though and they will be missed. Unfortunately Rach won’t be there either as she is Jen’s date for the other wedding, but the Storks will be there and that rocks!

My best friend Tammy is performing the ceremony so that is really cool. Nice to have a friend of the family instead of some random person. I even helped write the ceremony on Tuesday and that makes it even more special.

I think that is everything for now. Will let you know how it all goes. Also, I’m only working ½ day tomorrow due to wedding prep so you guys will have to keep Lo Lo entertained!

Hugs and kisses to all.