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The wedding

Photos

Hen Party!

I love these girls. Thanks so much for a fantastic weekend!

Arg, I probably shouldn't have...

...but I did. Its so eco-nasty, but I got stuff for bathroom baskets for the wedding! Some of it I already had, and all of it I'll use, especially because I travel so much. For the ladies room the little bin will have

Hair:
folding brush
bobby pins
elastics
hair gel
hairspray

Nails:
Polish remover pads
nail clippers
clear polish
nail file
super glue

Mouth:
Wisps (disposal toothbrushes)
flossing sticks
dental floss
mouthwash
mints

First Aid:
bandaids
first aid ointment
blister pads
advil
Claritin
pepto bismol pills
contact lens solution
purell
bug spray
sunscreen
Emergen-C
coughdrops

Clothes repair:
sewing kit
scissors
lint roller
safety pins
static spray
Wine Away
Tide stain remover
double sided tape

Other:
Tissues
baby wipes
lotion
body spray
blotting paper
tape
vaseline
makeup remover
tweezers
tampons
liners
AA batteries
list of taxis

Cost: $45, but had a $43 credit at Bed Bath and Beyond, so not terrible. The boys room will have the mouth stuff and some of the first aid stuff, nail clippers, tissues. Hopefully this stuff will come in handy. Apparently you can't get either areosol or pump spray deodarant anymore, so don't forget ladies!

The Final Countdown

This was the last weekend I had to get a bunch of minor stuff done before the wedding, because next weekend is my hen party with the girls!

Yesterday I made major progress on the final few projects I had and managed to only patronize small stores in my own town! My list of things to do included:
- Buy glue dots for photo guest book
- Make photo guest book
- buy foam core board for photo display
- affix photos to photo display
- buy earrings/necklace or beads to make them
- make "reserved" signs for the bride/groom table

At the stationary store in downtown Mill Valley I got this really cool glue on a roll to use for pasting the instant photos in the guestbook.
I bought earrings for just $14 at a boutique in downtown Mill Valley.
At the bigger stationary store across town, I bought a recycled chipboard binder to use for the guestbook, recycled cardstock for the pages, and a tri-fold foam core display board.

On a whim on the way home I swung by the art and paper store where I bought the paper for our tables. I had purchased every last piece that they had back in the spring but lo and behold they had more so I bought a few more pieces for use on the cake table and the guest-book table.

I'm really happy about how the guest book came out - I pasted one of our invites to the front and on the spine I glued a piece of the ribbon that will be used to decorate our cake. Just a few more details to work out today, then I'll feel like I'm in good shape. Two weeks to go!

More shoes...

So the green shoes I chose are pretty high and I'm kind of worried I'll suffer from shoe fatigue about 2 hours in. So I bought some lower back-up shoes for $40 today:

Local Flora!

Local Flora is awesome - we're getting a tray of 42 gerbera daisys for our tables from them. They were really easy to work with and their prices are VERY good. Best part? All the flowers are local. Our daisys will come from a farm in Petaluma picked THAT DAY. How cool is that?