Wedding Day Recap – Time to Get Ready

We made it back safely from our bridal brunch and when we got there, our two hairdressers were there, all set up and ready to go!  There were two of them and about 10 of us, and we really only had from 1:00 pm-3:30 pm to get everyone ready to go.  They were awesome… they stayed focused and stayed busy and got everyone done in time.  They also only charged each of us $20 which you definitely cannot beat when it comes to wedding hair styles.

There were some of us in the bathroom putting make up on...

and the others were making use of the board room table as their own personal makeup station.  

I got my hair done... 

and then moved on to make up.  I did my mom’s makeup as I was doing mine...

Side note: if you're wondering, that mirror says "Mirror, Mirror, What the..." on it.  My mom got that and everyone loved it.

Then my Flower Girl, Fiona, who had been practicing her petal dropping with her mom...

came in to get ready and I put some makeup on her before she got her hair done.

And then it was time to get into my dress.  My mom took it down and as I looked at it, tears came to my eyes.  Yeah, I had put it on a few days early for my final fitting, but that was different.  It finally felt like my wedding day…

doing my best to not cry...

As my mom was finishing up my dress, the next round of food came in.  I did not get to eat much of it, unfortunately, but I did manage to grab some pretzels, a Coke, a few pieces of fruit and I think a couple cookies.

I put the finishing touches (our memorial tributes) on my bouquet… my grandmother’s brooch and the two pins that symbolized my grandfathers… 

put my shoes on...

and then it was time to see J.

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