Anyway, this is the penultimate installment of Summer of Dresses! This is what I wore to the rehearsal dinner two weeks ago.
Yet another ThredUP find! I could have layered it with a black Halftee, but wanted to test out the temperature of the room for the next day since my bridesmaid dress was sleeveless. I also wore my silver bridesmaid shoes for the rehearsal, but then changed into these black heels for the dinner. :)
I got a lot of compliments on the really cool "exposed" zipper. I think some exposed zippers can be tacky, but I love this one in the classy gold color.
Awkward:
- Feeling like a girl in an auto parts store when you are... well, a girl in an auto parts store. "Uhhh.... let me call someone who knows..."
- Spraying hairspray in your eye.
- Standing outside a fireworks tent talking to friends you ran into and the guy running the tent comes over and offers y'all Oreos, saying they weren't poisoned.
- Arriving at the wedding you were set to photograph and, going to fix your hair in the restroom, you find chunks of dirt in your ear from when you were working on the farm earlier in the day. Guess you showered too quickly. "Why yes I have my life together... why do you ask?"
- Driving to Office Max with three older guys you really didn't know, through one of the less-refined parts of the county. Y'all are driving happily along when one of them turns around real quick and goes, "Did you guys see that?!!! There was a lawnmower on a POLE. Is that normal?!" and you completely lose it with laughter because you know that a full-sized lawnmower mounted about 5 ft off the ground in someone's front yard is exactly what he saw. Sights like that are nothing new in our redneck town, but it gives someone from Atlanta quite a shock. Took me a good 10 minutes to recover from laughing and "Is that normal?!" became the joke of the weekend. :P
- Not knowing what to say when your designated groomsman apologizes for being "like a tree" during the recessional... "uh, don't worry about it? It's okay? You aren't leafing me alone now are you?"
- Going on vacation and doing nothing but sitting and talking to friends and eating. In our younger years we would have found activities to do, like mini golf or swimming or dancing, but now we just sit and talk like adults. It's kinda fun, actually.
- Pretty much everyone you greet asking about Fresh Apparel... this week alone I think over a dozen people in person have inquired about how it's going. It's awesome to have so much interest from so many friends!
- Walking with Jordan + Amy Taylor around the Farmer's Market and pointing out the vendors you know... "Is everyone here your neighbor?!?"
- Me: "I need...*voice trails off* Sister: "A sense of humor?"
- Doing my sister's make-up after helping friends slaughter chickens earlier in the morning, "Ewww! Your hands smell like dead chickens!" It was true. :P
- When you use someone's bald head to set the white balance in Lightroom.
- Friends who take pictures of you sleeping and Snapchat them to their friends...
- Getting home on a Friday night an hour before my sister was getting up to start the market day.
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| Abi, me, and Cami waiting to start the practice processional |
Awesome:
- That every time I think of the wedding last weekend I get this huge silly grin on my face. It was incredible and every moment is a precious memory.
- Getting stung by a bee on my right hand minutes before I had planned to hand-sew all afternoon. What's awesome about that is that I put lavender oil on it within a minute (had to drive home to get it :P) and ALL the pain went away almost instantly. Usually I react really bad and have to sleep for three days after a sting, but with the lavender I just had swelling that didn't bother me at all.
- The hammock that my sister replaced her conventional bed with. It's great to hang out in during the day, is helping her back feel better, and gives us more floor space when she pulls it to the side.
- Finding pizza sauce on my arm from when my 7 year old sister laid hands on me during our dinner time "Hey guys lets pray for Olivia since she's feeling bad" prayer. She's not been taught to do this and I felt very loved.
- The dancing at the wedding. We danced hard for almost 4 hours, late into the night, and had SO much fun. Guys, girls, parents, kids, all pretty much making it up as we went along. And our moms did a choreographed dance to Footloose!
- Getting an iPhone 5. Since I capture most of my life via my phone photos, I'm so happy to have a nicer quality camera!
- Three of the groomsmen letting me tag along on their "supplies" run to procure car "decorations". :)
- Safe travels as I drove my sisters and myself 1700 miles this week!
- Michael Hyatt's podcast, "This Is Your Life". It has been SO helpful for me as I expand Fresh Modesty and Fresh Apparel. :)
- Friends whose senses of humor match yours perfectly and keep you rolling on the floor.
- Sending out Fresh Modesty/Fresh Apparel's first newsletter! {Click here to read it and subscribe!!}
- That Kaliste hired Rachel Clarke to be her wedding photographer, which meant Rachel stayed with us all weekend since she lives in Ohio! She is one of my oldest dearest friends and has always been one of the best photographers I know. If you scroll through the pictures on her site (on the homepage and under "weddings") you might see some images from the wedding last weekend! Here is one of my favorite shots, which also shows a little bit the style of bridesmaid dresses we had:
// rehearsal outfit details //
Dress: ThredUP (click here for $10 off your first purchase): Banana Republic
Tank: Forever21: $1.80
Belt: Handmedown
Jewelry: Borrowed from sister
Shoes: ThredUP: GEOX Respira
I hope y'all are having as great a summer as I am! Hard to believe it's already August 1st!
What's been awkward or awesome about your week?
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