wedding

the wedding of kate and michael was gorgeous. everything was perfection and amazing and i both cried buckets as well as having one of the most amazing weekends of my life.

i went to the airport on thursday around 1 and proceeded to wait for around 4 hours due to weather and air traffic conditions. i shouldn't complain because almost every other flight leaving laguardia was being canceled and i at least got out. i was picked up by kate, meg, and megan at the airport in greensboro and since we were all tired we went straight to kate's house and all had a glass of wine before bed while catching up.

we woke up friday and went to the bridesmaid's luncheon at the elkin winery. it was a small, low key affair but still very lovely. i had rizzotto and salmon and a lemon tarte. i was very delicious and great to see emily and brooksie again. we ran back to kate's house, filled up the cars and made our way to the graylon estate in winston salem where the wedding was being held. we checked in to our gorgeous room and rehearsed the whole affair. it's hilarious to me how much drama can happen from teaching people to walk in a straight line. oh well...we changed into our fancy duds and made our way to the rehearsal dinner. it. was. amazing. great great great food, wine, and fun. i claimed i would be bored by the slide show and toasts, but i of course cried and cried and cried. i will dream of that food for weeks while i eat ramen in new york. we then went back to the bridesmaid suite and drank some more champagne and had some more general fun/catching up with people.

i woke up saturday and went across the grounds of the estate to the wedding day carolina bbq lunch. much work was done to keep kate and michael from being there at the same time, but it went off without a hitch. the food and mimosas were great and it was amazing to see people from savannah again, if only for the brief time. the rest of the afternoon was spent getting ready and watching legally blonde. we relaxed, got pretty, and had a lot of fun. kate looked amazing. her hair was perfect and her dress was stunning. i went outside to help seat guests/pass out programs and everything was perfect. the flowers were amber-level perfection. i teared up, wept a little, and laughed too. it was short and sweet, but lovely.

the reception was mad crazy fun despite being called away to take pictures every 20 min or so. it was amazing to see and dance and drink with people i havent seen in months and months. i look forward to seeing them again in a couple of week. the recpetion was very fun with kareoke and lots of food and open bar-age.

i already miss the weekend.