Our Wedding: Girlfriends Bridal Shower

Finally recapping some wedding festivities!

Sometimes in the wedding planning World you get so caught up

in the What centerpieces are we doing? What appetizers did you want?

Where are we going on our honeymoon? What kind of cake would we like?

that you allllmosttt forget about one of the most exciting parts... like I don't know? 

Maybe the bridal shower per se ?

My fabulous Maid of Honor (Is there an award somewhere I can nominate her for?) offered
to throw my girlfriends' shower and my sister-in-law and soon-to-be sister-in-law (hyphenate much?)
offered to throw my family shower. The first one snuck up on me WAY too quick!

First you're engaged in June, then was the 5 months of engagement bliss and wedding planning

and then before you know it it's your first shower! 

Pretty Little Shower

Happy Super Bowl Sunday, loveys!

Yes, I do have time for a quick Bridal Shower recap post while

my industrial size pan of pasta salad is cooling and

 my sweet and sour meatballs cook in the crock pot.

Yesterday was Lyndsey's shower which was thrown by 

her aunt and cousin. Uhhhhdorable.

Check out her Bachelorette post HERE.

Brace yourselves for a photo dump.

First stop: Mimosa please!

The food spread

(I do always love me a cucumber sammich)

The Betty Cake 

Despite my traumatizing experience

with this bakery, I just can't stay away.

Even though their staff's intelligence is questionable,

they really are the best in town.

Moving on!

Precious Chalk Board

Not sure if these candle sticks were suppose

to be part of the spread but I. NEED. THEM.

Britt and I with our Bride

And then of course, all the ladies

In other news, my girlfriend's toddler has cuter shoes than I do:

Ridiculous, right?!

Rowan is clearly a fabulous, fashion-forward toddler with these MK boots.

Meanwhile I am rocking 2 year old boots from TJ Maxx.

God, get it together, Corin. 

Ok back to Super Bowl preparation!

12 Bars of Christmas... ouch.

Last Friday was the annual 12 Bars of Christmas pub crawl-

not annual for me, clearly, because by midnight it was apparent that I could not hang.

And yes, that is tutu that you see on my 24-year-old body.

I know what you are thinking.

While my girlfriends decided to be all cutie in their red and green, 

I proceeded to bust out the tutu and carried all my belongings in a stocking that night.

Ob-noxious.

I promise I wasn't the only one dressed like that!

Had I not been dancing around like a fool, trying to consume

as many shots as possible during the 2 for 1 special, I would have actually snapped 

a picture of the guy dressed as Buddy the Elf- who I tortured with the questions:

"What's your favorite color??!" all night long- or the man dressed in a

LEGIT, FULL Grinch suit.

So that was iiiiinteresting!

I did forget to mention that this was actually for a good cause.

You either bring a toy valued at $20+ or bring $20 cash

that goes to children of local families. 
Soooooo win, win! 

Saturday was Morgan's lingerie bridal shower!

Her and Jeremy (ok, so we played the "can't sat the groom's

name" game- and I feel like I will never be able to address him formally,

for fear that I will lose one of my little pins) are getting

married in THREE WEEKS and I can not WAIT!

Sorry for the ridiculously LATE weekend update, but CHEERS!

Southern "Tailgate" Bridal Shower

When I said "Bridal shower recap post coming shortly,"

you didn't think I meant this soon did you ?

Well, surprise!

I was hoping to have more pictures of Mandy's

bridal shower this past weekend from her sister's wonderful

camera- BUT- all you get for now are Instagrammed-iPhone photos.

So sorry :/

I was contemplating asking Santy-Clause for a nice, new professional camera

buuuuuuutttt that quickly worked its way to the bottom among

other wants :)

First, let me set the scene a little.
When we first started planning her shower, we were having a hard
time on setting a theme/color scheme. 
Her wedding colors are navy and lime green and just an FYI:
it usually isn't standard to use the same color scheme as the wedding for the shower.
Lime green and navy is just very "Mandy," so we wanted to have a fitting shower
but minus, well.... the navy and lime.
So Mandy and her fiance Thomas both went to Florida and
loovveee them some Gator football.
We decided to go with a classy "southern style" Gator-themed shower.
Yard games, orange, navy, burlap and details!

Here is the adorrrrable table setup.
Mandy's little sister managed to round up some old pics of the bride-
some of which were with me from cheerleading in middle school that were HORRIFIC
and Katy did such a good job on the banner bunting! 
Very "cute tailgate-ish!" 
We had the most amazing pulled pork sandwiches, orzo pasta, brown sugar bacon
and a few other delish side dishes... and of course dessert!
Dark chocolate and french vanilla buttercream cupcakes, cake pops and Key Lime piieee!

For drinks we spiced things up a tad with a sangria... IN LOVE...
we served a white and a red with fruit options and some sweet teas. Given.

I'll post some more pics of the details when I get them from her sister, 
but I wanted to share these asap :)

Here's a shot with Mandy and her bridesmaids!
Me, Keelen (Thomas's sister), Alex (Mandy's sister), Mandy *BRIDE, YAY!*
Caitlin (Mandy's sister), Katy, Jennifer and Amanda.

The bachelorette party destination is still up in the air...
Charleston?? Charlotte? Key West? New Orleans??
We're planning on the first week in Feb so wherever these shenanigans are taking place,
we need to get crackin so we can start ordering penis straws and 
other appropriate accessories. 

I still can't believe we're 24 years old and Mandy is getting married.
I honestly feel like riding 4 wheelers out at her Dad's farm, sneaking out of my house,
getting in trouble in Miss Johnson's English class, or going to our first Gator game tailgaite-
wasn't all THAT LONG AGO...
PSA: It totally was. 

Anywayyyyyy, not trying to drag on with a tear fest but I'm SO 

happy for this girl and can't wait to stand by her side on her wedding day.

Congrats Mandy Lu! Love you times a million, girlfriend! :)

Est. 1999