Bridal Shower

My old high school chum and scrapbook buddy, Amy (aka Chippie) is getting married next month to her very cute fiance, Titus. On Saturday I attended a surprise bridal shower in her honor, and boy was it a blast!

Amy was so surprised she cried when she came in. There were about thirty of us there, with gifts and lots of food to wish her well. Titus stayed a bit for the food and some photo ops, and then he headed out to his very hush-hush bachelor party.

I sat at a table in the back with fellow classmates Kris, Donna and Janine, and we had waaaay too much fun back there. We caught up on gossip, wrote marriage advice on the plastic table cloth, and Donna tried to come to terms with my blue hair and tattoo, LOL! We were given the task of crafting the ribbon hat for Amy to wear at the end of the gift opening, and we approached it with much gusto and duct tape. Overachievers that we are, we also crafted a bra from paper cups and a skirt from wrapping paper. It was hilarious!


Before I left we had a group picture that also included fellow classmate, maid of honor, and hostess of the bridal shower - Aimee. Now I can't wait to see everyone again at the wedding next month, and Lord help us if there's alcohol at that shindig!

Wedding Weekend

Saturday was Wedding Day for the Brunos. Joe's cousin Jason was getting married (all the way out in the willies, too!) and we were invited. We all got dressed up, and some of us got too dressed up - the weather was only supposed to be in the 50s and rainy, but it ended up being in the 80s and wicked muggy. Blech!

It was a very nice wedding, and I really liked the color of the bridesmaid dresses. Xander did very well - it was his fourth wedding, so he's an old pro! He sat quietly, ate some fruit snacks, and told me frequently that he was starving and when could we go to the reception. And actually, we made a pit stop at Stewart's on our way to the reception to get some snacks, because we were all hungry!

The reception was at an Elks Lodge, in an outdoor pavilion. It was really nice! The food was good, they had a DJ playing some good tunes, and Xander had a whole bunch of kids to run around with. My personal highlight was getting to hold Destiny's new baby, Little Spanny. Such a peanut!

We were invited back to Destiny's place after the reception, but we were too tired. It was a good day, though. And I know how much Joe likes reconnecting with that side of his family. Still two more cousins to get married!