That time I was a bridesmaid

What better way to talk about Wedding Wednesday than to talk about the wedding I was recently in!

On June 7th my amazing friend, Allison, married the love of her life.  I was so excited that she included me in her special day as a bridesmaid.

The Dress

We ordered our bridesmaid dresses from Weddington Way.  Similar to my upcoming wedding, Allison struggled with all of her bridesmaids living in different states.  Weddington Way made it easy for us to all go "bridesmaid dress shopping" without physically being located in the same room.  I loved Weddington Way so much I even used it for my bridesmaids!

You'll see our dresses were a BEAUTIFUL purple.  These colors POPPED.  And even better, Allison really stood out as the bride with two contrasting colors.

The Shoes

While the shoes took great photos, they came off as soon as the cameras turned off.  Luckily for us Allison purchased flippy floppies for us for the reception so we could boogy all night.

The Event

... was amazing!  Everything.  

The cake was delicious.  

Her photographer, Jeramie Lu, was so much fun to work with.  

The food at Wild River Grille was DELICIOUS

The dancing lasted all night long

Basically, the entire event was a success.

Congratulations dear friend!! 

Wedding Nightmares!

Background Story

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When I was a high school senior, the cool thing was to have a graduation party.  My friends and I all coordinated our graduation parties so that none of them would overlap and we could go to each party.  My friends all had their parties and mine was last.  It was up at the beach at my dad's cabin and I couldn't wait!  The morning of the party was pleasant - a warm June day.  

This slowly turned into a little breezy

Which turned into a lot breezy

Which turned into a complete thunderstorm

Needless to say, NONE of my friends showed up.  Not only did they not show up, but they didn't even call to say they wouldn't come.  I had two guests - which I am thankful for! - but we planned on a much larger turnout.  

Joke was on me.

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To this day, I have not had another party.  I am terrified I'll have my friends RSVP then play a practical joke and not show up.  My mom had to surprise me with a 21st birthday party with family because I refused to have one.  College graduation parties?  Out of the question!  I refuse to ever plan any other birthday party or event, because I remember how crushed I felt the day of my graduation party when not a single person showed up who said they would.

So for the past 9 years I have not hosted a single event for myself.  Until now - my wedding.

And you can imagine how terrified I am that no one will show up.  I'll go through a ton of effort and get my hopes up, just to be left at the altar by myself.

Since October-ish, this is what my dreams have consisted of.  Almost every night I have dreams where:

• I forgot to send out invites
• The flowers didn't show
• My guests didn't show
• My bridesmaids forgot to come
• No one booked the band
• I lost my dress
• Etc etc etc

After posting this on Facebook, I quickly found out I'm not alone!  I thought it was my FEAR of parties, but turns out I'm not the only one who has these nightmares!

I think whenever anyone pours their time, money, and emotions into an event we want it to be as perfect as possible, so it's common to worry about the "what-if's" of the world.  But goodness if these nasty little "what-if's" could leave me and my dreams alone, I'd greatly appreciate it :-)

Does anyone else have wedding nightmares?!