What to do on a really cold Saturday when you’re feeling sick? How about finish the Wedding Week Challenge that I started way back in December?

I’ve already discussed the story of Our Engagement, Our Engagement Party at Williamson Brothers’ BBQ, and the trials and tribulations of Wedding Planning.

Now we head to the actual week of the wedding. First of all, we had the crazy idea to get married on December 20th, smack dab in the middle of the busiest season of the whole entire year! On top of that, Jason graduated the day before we got married – so our wedding week schedule looked a bit like this:

Tuesday: Got our marriage certificate! The pink room we are sitting in is my old college apartment.

Tuesday Night: Harry Connick Jr. Concert with Friends in Atlanta (a really thoughtful wedding gift). Here’s us right before we left.

Thursday Afternoon: Attend Jason’s Graduation (School of Education) with Jason’s Parents. This little piece of the agenda was thrown off a bit when my car battery died at Wendy’s about 10 minutes prior to the start of his graduation!

Thursday Evening: Manicures and Pedicures with my bridesmaids and Mother-in-law.

Here’s a pic of Kristen, Teresa, me, and Jason’s mom Ruth.

Thursday night: Bachelorette Party in Athens – more on this down below…
Friday Morning: Jason’s big UGA Graduation – I missed this due to not going to sleep until 3:00am after my Bachelorette party.
Friday Afternoon: Lunch with my parents, my grandparents, Jason’s parents, Jason’s grandparents, and our siblings at Brett’s in Athens to celebrate his graduation.

Friday Evening: Rehearsal at Watksinville First Baptist and Rehearsal Dinner at the Foundry Inn – coming up in my next post…
Saturday: Bridesmaids Luncheon, and The Wedding Day in Athens! – I’ll discuss more in a future post…
Sunday Morning at 9:00am: Fly out from Atlanta to St. Lucia for our honeymoon..

It’s a wonder I didn’t pass out while walking down the aisle. Although I’m sure every bride feels this way as she looks back over that crazy week.

But anyways, back to the Bachelorette Party. After having lots of fun seeing my best friends and pampering ourselves, we got ready to go. Wow I forgot how pink that room was! There’s me with Brenda, Audrey, Teresa, Angelyn, Amy, Kristen, and Julianna.

I was very happy that my friends know me well enough to know that I did not want the typical, crazy Bachelorette party. I’ll admit that mine was very tame and involved: dressing up in silly attire, going to Shokotini Sushi bar in downtown Athens, doing some karaoke, and coming back to movies – Mamma Mia – to be precise, junk food, and girl talk. It was perfect in my opinion. They did get me two girly cocktail drinks, but that was about the extent of it.  I’m really glad that we did this on Thursday, since it allowed everyone to be there – it also meant that we could enjoy ourselves the next night at the rehearsal dinner. Plus, it was really fun having the party in Athens, since it meant two nights of big slumber parties at our apartment! It’s really fun to look back on this time with such great friends.

So that’s it for tonight! Hopefully I’ll be able to finish this wedding stuff soon!