Diary of a Real Girl

Okay!! So my last three days in BC were the most hectic, but they were for one of the best causes I can think of – MY BEST FRIEND’S WEDDING!!!

So we drove to Abbotsford first thing in the morning on Friday morning. It was an EARLY rise but MAN, was it worth it!!! I have NEVER had a spa experience like that one…it was AMAZING!! Fort McMurray is known for being expensive, but I am usually okay with paying for quality. This place was FAR cheaper than any spa I had gone to and they were professional and just fantastic!! I had a massage, a mani/pedi and some waxing. It was a PERFECT morning!

After the spa we grabbed some lunch and helped the bride deal with some last minute wedding details. I did a bit of running around with her and tried my best to help her remain calm…there were a LOT of people with a LOT of opinions and none of them were really jiving with that the bride and groom wanted…and since I recall how much I let OTHER people control my wedding, I didn’t want the same thing to happen to my friends.

The rehearsal went off smoothly and we packed up to head to the resort and helped the bride and groom get squared away. I was pretty much exhausted when we got to the resort, but I sat down with the maid of honor to listen to her speech and have a drink. Danny headed off to the pool with some of the Groom’s family and I used that opportunity to write some stuff for the reception. Yeah, I waited until the VERY last minute – honestly though, I have ALWAYS been like that! One of my best subjects was english and I always waited until the last minute to write my papers and it was my best work…I was pretty happy with my speech, the bride and groom had a great story, so it really helped having some good material!!!

Okay!!! Moving on!!!

The morning of the wedding!!! I got up and was killing time before heading to my friend’s room, only to find up that she had been up for ages and had taken a stroll on the beach!!! While we were in the lobby chatting, the hair and makeup girls showed up and we got the show on the road!!! The suite that the bride booked was AMAZING!!! The honeymoon suite was just to die for and attached to it was a suite where we got ready, it had a bar and everything! It was just gorgeous and SO much room to move around (which is great when there are 7 bridesmaids, one bride and 2 moms running around!). I got my hair done pretty quick and the girl did an AMAZING job!!! I felt bad because pretty much right after she did my hair, I got some really bad news from home and left the room all of a sudden. Luckily for me, I have an amazing best friend who, despite all the stress the was going through and all the things she still had to take care of, took me aside and let me cry on her shoulder…If you are reading this girl, I can’t tell you how much I needed that.

Moving on to happier things, after a while, I got my makeup done and those girls did an AMAZING job!!! I don’t think ANYBODY in the whole bridal party could have looked any better!!! What a great job…and when they finished with the bride…she looked absolutely breathtaking!!! And her dress….my god…my friend is a beautiful beautiful girl…I don’t even have words to describe how stunning she looked…just absolutely amazing.

Everything moved really quickly from there-on out. Before I knew it we were at the ceremony!!! It was exciting for me to walk down the aisle and see my husband up there (he was a groomsman) and I was so excited for my good friends to finally do what they had been waiting so long for!!! We started hanging out SINCE they were engaged, so as long as I have known them, this has been their end goal – pretty much – I was so happy to see it happen!! Those two love each other SO much and they are so deserving of it…it was just a beautiful ceremony!

SO after the ceremony…my nerves started to get the best of me…I downed two drinks PRETTY fast before I would have to get up to MC. I think I did pretty good. Except at the beginning, it was a little shaky. I was nervous and I now had alcohol in me and I got a little flustered when I had to start calling tables and didn’t realize that the buffet wasn’t set out. Hindsight is 20/20 because now I know what I would have said or did, but at the time I was flustered and didn’t know what to do!!! And at one point, the mother of the bride said I wasn’t going fast enough calling the tables and told me to sit down and she would take care of it (sorry C, I wasn’t going to tell you on your wedding night!! I did tell your sister though and she gave her the death stare!) that’s when I stood up for myself and kind of started focusing on what I was doing and the task at hand, I politely said “I am the MC, and I know what I am doing”

I was SO happy when the dancing started though and I could enjoy myself!!! Though at about 8 or 9 drinks in, I had to announce the bouquet toss…and at about 12 or 13 drinks in, I had to announce that the bride and groom were leaving…that took a little effort!!!

All in all, the wedding went off without a hitch!!! I was so happy to see my best girl marry the love of her life and that I got to be a part of it!!

Now I can’t wait for her to come home from her honeymoon and back to Fort McMurray so I can (selfishly) have my best friend back!!!

Oh, and that was the end of my trip!! We travelled home the next day!!