Pants, pants, PANTS!

We celebrated bridal shower fun on Sunday…I was really excited that my maid of honor, Stephanie, was able to make it up at the last minute. We had an incredibly perfect weekend, save for being hungover on Saturday morning.

Stephanie, Mike and I made it to 3 DIs on Saturday, well 4 DIs if you count going back to one twice to pick up the adorable $20 dresser Mike spotted. I have been desperately in need of a dresser. Hopefully now my clothes will stop gathering themselves on the floor of our bedroom. We also scored an assortment of Pyrex and a cookie jar I haven’t had time to photograph, and an adorable vintage jewelry box; I have been looking for one FOREVER.

Mike and I are both thrilled about getting married but the planning has been really stressful. It was so nice to have Stephanie here, there is something about having a friend around that you’ve known for 21 years…something that just makes everything OK. I really wish we lived a little bit closer so we didn’t have to travel four and a half hours to see each other but at least it’s doable for weekend trips.

The shower was lots of fun. It was nice and small, just like the wedding. At my request we didn’t play any shower games, we just sat around drinking mimosas and bellinis. Everyone seemed to think it was funny when I told them it should be illegal to have a shower without alcohol, including BABY SHOWERS! I don’t really care for the shower games (though I’m sure we’ll play games at my family shower on Saturday – I am considering bringing my new flask!). We ate lots of yummy food, including position of the day cupcakes my sister made, fruit salad with fresh mint (my new favorite), cheese and crackers, French toast bake, and some cupcakes that were so delicious they were evil. Heather made Aztec chocolate cupcakes with chunks of chocolate, almond, and chili so they were just a little bit spicy. I received all sorts of awesome gifts, including a “How to become a real old married lady” kit complete my very own muumuu, disposable panties (how have I lived without them?), gigantic cotton panties, a douche, and aspirin. I think the aspirin is part of the kit so you can grab it when you don’t want to have sex.

The hit of the party was definitely Boy Toy Brad, the blowup doll. Though he’s more of an Enrique so I had to rename him. He spent some time looking out the window of our living room window and seemed to attract some attention from a man in an apartment across the way. Enrique also spent some time in our bed and surprised Mike when he arrived home. Since then he’s been in our roommates bed, hanging from the chandelier, peeking out from behind the flat screen TV, and now he’s hiding out in the coat closet. Too bad it’s so warm that no one will discover him for a while.