changes are a' comin...

I feel like I have been up forever.

Hair and makeup today at 8:30 in the morning...guh. Makeup trial was fine, but I wasnt a big fan of the hair. I could do what she did to it, and it had fallen out by the time I had my pictures an hour later. That needs to not happen on the wedding. So I'm a bit stressing about that...my mom claims it will be ok on the day and that she will make sure the girls does it better...but, well, I dont know. I mean, it wasnt ugly, it just wasnt...wedding. It was more like, homecoming, and I had my hair done nicer for homecoming. So I dont know.

Makup! It was early and I just rolled out of bed and came...I looked hideous.

Start of the hair...

More hair! I cant put a pic of the final one up because I dont want Adam to see, even though I want to change it...haha.

But we booked out the upstairs of the salon for the bridal party to get ready in. They let us bring in champagne and food and all, and it's all rented out to us, so we can get our hair and whatnot done up there without the stresses. I had wanted someone to come to the hotel, but this was cheaper, and there are couches and stuff up there, so I think it will turn out ok. Plus, it looks cool.

Next we had to make a mad dash for a place to change into my dress for the pictures...thank goodness for my grandpa's hotel. We stopped in, and mom used her connections to get us a room to change in, haha. That was, well, interesting...me wandering around in a tiara and my dress in the comfort inn. We made it to the pictures, which went good I hope. I never think I look good in pictures, and my hair kept messing up since the girl failed at doing it, but hopefully a few of the shots turned out. It was fun to get the urban, grungy pictures that I wont be able to get on the wedding day. Trunging around in my dress was interesting, and I was glad we hadnt spent the money to have it cleaned yet, since he took me into tall grass and whatnot...ha.

Then we had a problem with the alteration place. We showed up already in my dress (I mean, I had it on for the pictures and I would have had to put it back on anyways, so why not?) but after a bit, they informed us they cant work on the dress because of the beading. Ok, fine...he gave us the name of a place a couple blocks up that he said should be open, so we rushed over there, only to find they were closed. So it's after 1 in the afternoon on Saturday, and we are trying to call an alterations place that is 1) open, and 2) works on bridal gowns. Luckily we found a place that was open until 2, and seemed to be able to do gowns, and were only a mile or so from where we were. So we walk in, me in my gown, and after they got over the shock of me in full hair/makeup/jewelry, we got the dress pinned and ready to be altered.

Finally we headed back and picked up Adam and everyone and headed for our unplanned trip to Branson. Let's just say...things are going to be changing a bit in regards to the wedding. I'm in a bit of a shocked state right now, but once we get back home I'll inform people of the changes...but dont be concered- they are all good!!

Your only hint!!!

Catering meeting was next (yes, we had meetings until 10:30 tonight). That went well, we are hoping that we are going to be able to do a bit more food-wise than we were initially, and the guy seemed really nice and seemed to know what he was doing. We worked out the table and chair situation, the setup, and really everything regarding the Tonic. So far, this has been my best vendor to work with...they have been super accomodating and everything, so hopefully this will follow through up to the wedding day. The manager is new, but he's obviously done this before, and he really put us at ease. And while we waited for the DJ, he brought us some drinks, on the house. I guess people like you when you rent out the place for a night.

DJ Vinyl Richie was next (or Shawn, as is his actual name). He was really easy-going and you could tell he had done this many, many times over. This was a meeting we really didnt HAVE to do, but it was nice to put the face to the name, and I think he will do a good job at making people involved and getting people out on the dance floor.

So today was definitely a productive day. Even more productive than originally anticipated. Tomorrow we just have our meeting with the wedding planner, and then we need to figure out a place to hold the rehearsal dinner. Aside from that, we have really done most everything that we needed to. Sigh- I feel like we've been going 100 miles an hour, but when this is our last time to come down here before the wedding, I suppose it's bound to feel that way...