Weekend in Review: Dan's Sister's Wedding

Before we get to what the title of the post clearly spoils... let's start at the beginning...

Thursday night we hung around the house and watched two new episodes (finally) of Parks and Rec.  Then I watched Project Runway All-Stars - a nice relaxing night of TV.

On Friday I met Susan at the mall for some shopping.  I wanted to get a dress for Dan's sister, Amy's, wedding the next day.  Right before I left I tried on a dress in my closet that I've had for maybe about five years that I've never worn (that's how I roll)



So we shopped around although it was nice that I had a fall back just in case.  I did find a dress that I really liked (this one in case you're interested) and one I wanted to buy but knew I shouldn't spend the money (I was going to link to it but I can't find it - it was black with silver and gold sequins in like arch-y patterns - so cute!)

 

I didn't buy the one I liked just because seemed on the expensive side and we walked around the mall... along the way I was convinced I should just wear the dress I had at home... so we went into Payless looking for some shoes.

 

I ended up getting these booties - I used to be pretty against the trend, but I love it now, and seemed the like a nice thing to do - especially with a fall wedding.  They were actually pretty comfortable too!!

We stopped off at Charming Charlie and I got some jewelry too (Susan is much better at the accessories than I am!)

I ended up getting this bracelet (loved how it sparkled!!)

And earrings that aren't located online... think that gunmetal color but big earrings... I also got some fun Christmas earrings that I can't wait to wear!

We finished off our shopping trip with lunch at California Pizza Kitchen.  Luckily Susan and I both like the same pizza there - yay!!  It was a lot of fun shopping with her!!

 

I went home and had a bit of a sinus headache (darn thing would follow me around all weekend... boo) so I laid down for awhile.  Dan and I spent the night in with pizza.  It was nice.

 

Saturday was the wedding.  We had to be at the church at 1:45 for pictures (well, not me but Dan did haha).  I spent the morning relaxing and then getting ready... here are a couple of selfies I took...

More full body

And close up on the hair (and you can see the bracelet woohoo)

That second picture gives you a better idea of what color the dress is as the other pictures (in the spare bedroom) make it look more nude color.  My awesome sister let me try out her Magic Wand hair curler... it worked out pretty well and I loved how my hair looked.  I totally added it to my Christmas wish list... which is just becoming too long at this point...

We headed off to the wedding and let me tell you - we had a wonderful time.  There was eating, talking, drinking, laughing, and even dancing.  That's right my friends - Dan danced with me... slow and fast.  I did a fair amount of dancing without him too.  I really just can't express enough how much fun we had.

Escort Cards - made from maps

Dan's friend Kyle was the photographer  - so we got to hang out with him as well.  He did a great job... seriously if you're looking for a photographer he's wonderful - https://www.facebook.com/#!/BraunMultimedia

He was even nice enough to get a photo of us - probably our best one yet!!

Overall we had a great time at the wedding... so great in fact we spent much of Sunday laying around the house doing next to nothing (ok ok I baked some cookies I'll share with you tomorrow)

PS:  Amanda - I know you read this blog and wanted to tell you that Dan has two sisters - Amy and Amanda... how weird is that?!?