Before we knew it, we were leaving for New Mexico; it was
going to be a loooooong road trip. Miranda and Max skipped out on Vegas as
well, so they came with us too.
After a 3-day drive, we arrived in Albuquerque and it was
good to be back. Getting in with a
little over a week before the wedding made things way less stressful, I was
able to get a final dress fitting in and Miranda picked up her dress, Kelsey’s
and Vero’s too.
We had done a few other changes too, the girls and I had
found really cute yellow heels for them to wear, and my heels are the same blue
as their dresses. We got the cake from my favorite bakery, and after the boys
won the cup, I decided to surprise James with a groom’s cake in the shape of
the Stanley cup. He’s going to die when he sees it!
Our combined bachelor/bachelorette parties are tomorrow, so
the rest of the group from Pittsburgh would be getting in today. Everyone had gotten situated into their rooms
at the casino where the reception was going to be, except for James and I, we
were staying at my parents house until the night before the wedding, when James
would join the guys at the hotel and the girls would all crash at my parents
house.
The girls and I went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner, while
the guys opted for Twin Peaks…and I have TK to thank for that one, I don’t know
how he figured that one out. Great.
The night of dancing was about to commence. We got into Dirty Bourbon at the same time as
the guys and went straight to the dance floor.
To know that James had learned how to two-step from his days in Dallas
made me a happy fiancé, not to mention Kelsey and I dragging them out to the
country bar back home.
We all had such an amazing time, I was glad that James and I
could agree on doing the bachelor/bachelorette parties together, because it
just made it that much more fun.
Wedding weekend was finally here! I couldn’t believe how
fast time just flew by. On Friday
morning, all the girls and I, along with my mom & sisters, went to the nail
salon for our manicures & pedicures.
I debated on giving the girls their bridal party presents, but I decided
to do that later in the night at the rehearsal dinner.
We grabbed a quick lunch then headed back to my parent’s
house to meet up with the guys, who went to play golf with my dad while the
girls got pampered. The rest of the day was pretty relaxed until it was time to
head to the church for rehearsal.
From what I had heard from the people surrounding me, I was
doing good at not being a crazy bridezilla…well for those who weren’t at the
church for the rehearsal, can keep thinking that.
At some point when I was having the bridal party line up,
Bailey was putting herself behind Ashley, the MOH, when she was after Kelsey.
We decided WAY in advance that, after me, it would go tallest to shortest; it
worked great for the girls and even worked out pretty well for the guys. So
clearly it was Ashley, Vero, Miranda, Kelsey & Bailey. And she wasn’t
having it.
“You’ve known me way longer then all of these girls, and I’m
walking LAST?” she says
REALLY! Shits about to hit the fan.
“First of all, that’s a lie, I’ve known Ashley the longest.
Secondly, James & I decided forever ago how we were going to place
everybody & you just happened to be last,” I say, trying not to snap
“But you’ve still known me longer then these girls, I’m
supposed to be your best friend,”
“I know that, but these girls are my best friends too, and
all of you, I treat equally, like family, not by who I’ve known longer. You’re
walking with Sidney, that’s where he is…& he’s not complaining!”
“Well I just think this is…”
“Well I just think this is…”
“You think it’s what? This is MY wedding! You already had
your turn, now it’s mine. So guess what? You can walk with Sidney, in that spot
with him. OR you can exclude yourself from the wedding party. It’s as simple as
that.”
Bailey doesn’t even say anything; she just turns around and
walks out. Something I knew she would do. Her loss, not mine.
So I do my best to not have a nervous break down while James
comes to comfort me, and we continue on with the rehearsal.
“Ok, well lets arrange it so Sid walks in solo, sorry Sid,”
I say apologetically to him
“It’s ok, really. You did good standing you’re ground,” Sid
says with a smile. That is why I love that man.
“Thanks. So he’ll walk in, then when y’all start to walk
out, you come over on the other side of Kelsey and she’ll walk with both of
y’all,”
“Whoop, Kelsey’s a PIMP,” Miranda yells
“What, what!” Kelsey says with a little victory dance
“Ok, lets run it through that way, yeah?” James says
We run through it all 3 times, then a 4th for
good measure. Everything looks perfect & suddenly, I like the fact that
Sidney is walking down with Kelsey and Tyler. It just looked good and Sid
didn’t mind, because he’s just that kind of guy.
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