Happy Monday, all!
This weekend, I did not blog, due to a weekend filled with friends and fun!
My best friend from college, and bridesmaid, Cheyenne came on the midnight train from DC to Jacksonville. I picked her up Friday morning, we had lunch with my matron of honor and flower girl, did some shopping, and then drove back to my house.
Cheyenne, my sister, and I spent a night on the town at a swanky southern food restaurant in the downtown area that is one of my favorites.
On Saturday, after a walk around the neighborhood, we went to the bridal salon for my first consultation with the seamstress who is altering my wedding dress. It was so exciting to put on my dress again. It's a pain to get into but once I get it on, it's worth it. I'm so excited to wear it on my wedding day. We are making a few small changes to it to make it reflect my style even more.
{The rest of the bridal salon story will be acted out in GIFs because it's the only way you can really tell how I reacted. Thanks, Reaction GIFS!}
During our meeting with the seamstress, there were some pageant girls trying on pageant dresses with their mothers. I noticed one of these mothers, with perfectly coiffed long red curly hair, flawless skin, and bright pink lipstick staring at me, with a smile on her face while I was being fitted. I thought nothing of it really, mostly because I was too tickled to be in my dress again. Later, I overheard her talking to Cheyenne and my sister. When I walked up she started to tell me how great I looked in the dress.
With a thick southern accent she said
"You just look so Victorian, just the complete opposite of what you see in bridal magazines...
...And when you pulled a little bit of your hair back I was just like YESSSSSSSSS...."
...you just look so ecleptic!"
I just took the compliment and said a million Rachel Berry-style "thank you"s. 
What else could we do? I knew she meant eclectic. But you better believe we used that made up word over and over all weekend.
Saturday evening, Cheyenne helped me finish addressing ALL of the Save The Dates. Every one! It was so nice to cross it off the list,
especially knowing how long that would have taken me to do on my own.
Sunday afternoon was a bunch of fun. After church, we went to brunch at a place in town and it was so scrumptious. I can wait to go back again. Then we got Cheyenne all packed up and we headed back to Jacksonville so that she could catch her train. It ended up being two+ hours late so we ate a good dinner, did some shopping, and got our nails done.
It was so great to get to see her
and even get some extra time with her before she returned to DC.
You really can't put into words what a weekend with your best friend can do for your soul.
This is the last week of school! Hooray!
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