Got Me a New Sis

This long awaited weekend was spent down in the mountains of Virginia for my brother in law's wedding. The hubs was the best man and I was a bridesmaid so when I say long awaited I mean stressfully anticipated!  Not in a bad way, just in a, "Oh shit I hope we don't forget anything crucial!" kinda way. I'm happy to say that the weekend went off without a hitch, well, one, but whatever, you know what I mean.

We headed down at the crack of dawn on Friday (I got up at 3:45) and hit the road around 5:30.  By the time we got down there was a list of chores for the hubs and some time for me to paint my toes and get ready for a bridesmaid brunch. Not too sure what to expect and I spent a little while stressing about what to wear, but it turned out alright. I rode with my mother in law and step mother in law, yeah it's weird, yeah I'm gonna glaze over this awkward detail. Brunch was classy as fuck. Luckily, that means that when you make eye contact with some guy named John he scurries over and promptly refills your polished silver cup with a fresh mimosa. At one point I had 3 drinks in front of me: a mimosa, a glass of wine and a cup of coffee. That's pretty much all the food groups. Needless to say, the drive home with MIL squared was painless due to my efficient alcohol consumption. The brunch was really nice, food was delicious and I met some very kind and sweet people. Lots of laughter and a very excited bride to be!

Next on the agenda the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. Cue outfit change, lucky for me I brought down another one piece outfit and changed into that sumbitch. Rehearsal went great, dinner was outstanding and I was in bed by 9 after a marathon day and a solid afternoon buzz.

For the big day I had a leisurely morning. Helped the hubs practice his speech, which he ended up delivering flawlessly! Got ready with the bride and her sisters at her parents' house and headed to the wedding. The day was glorious and the spot was perfect! The youngsters ended up camping while the older generation headed home. We set up our tents and were in bed by around 1am. A bunch of hippies stayed up until about 4:30 and I was wide awake around 6. The hubs was suffering from an I'm-almost-thirty hangover so I packed up our shit and brought us home.

We couldn't be happier for the happy couple! One brother-wedding down, one to go (next May).

In other news…I have a 5k on Saturday. Apparently they're gonna throw some color on this bitch. I ran for 20 minutes on the treadmill this morning! And if this damn shirt wasn't $28 I'd buy it.

Happy Monday!