'Tis So Sweet: Last Fling Before the Bling

Sunday, May 30, 2010

It's getting closer....

Next weekend, Kristin and Lee will be getting married! It's crazy how time flies. Last weekend, I took the girls for one "last fling before the bling!" We traveled south to Gulf Shores for a fun, relaxing, and hilarious weekend before Kristin ties the knot. We had a great time! I took off work early Friday so that Clancy and I could get to the hotel early and set up. The Corinth girls joined us to help.

Marley and Charli

We decorated and set up after eating a yummy supper. We even dressed up and had a little fun ourselves while we waited. Emily Anne really had the best outfit, but I just don't think she'd want me to share it on the blog! Ha!

Me and Mary Anne

I put together cute buckets for all the girls. Can you guess what the theme was for the weekend besides the bling? Yellow! Yep. This is the color of the wedding and Lee's favorite, so we went with that!

Among other surprises, their buckets had yellow sunglasses, a yellow coozie, and...

...yellow t-shirts to sleep in! Thanks Yaya Vic Vic for helping me out!

Me and Clancy

Kristin, Leann, Ally, and Kaitlin arrived late Friday night. We enjoyed a little "play time" before blowing up our air mattresses and squeezing 10 girls into one hotel suite! Up close and personal! The next morning, we headed to the beach!

Bride-to-be

The water was beautiful, and the sun was shining! I can certainly attest to the sun shining. Just ask my sunburned shoulders! Ouch!

Me and Kristin

We all wore our new yellow sunglasses, and Kristin wore her Bride-to-be ones...

The whole crew

...and we sported our new yellow flip-flops from our bucket. We were looking cute!

After a long day at the beach, we came back to the room in shifts to shower and get ready. Remember, 10 girls and ONE bathroom! It took close to four hours to get ready! Once we were all dressed and ready, it was time for Kristin to open her lingerie gifts.

No one put their names on their gifts, and Kristin had to guess who they were from. She did a horrible job! Ha! But, she loved everything!

Nope. No pictures here! This is a good example of "what happens at the bachelorette party, stays at the bachelorette party!"

Sisters

Now, it was time for dinner and a night out! We definitely went to dinner at 10:00! What? That's early, right!?

PLEASE look at this veil! OMG! Hilarious!

Bling! Yes, I did find light up engagement rings for everyone. Who needs headlights when you are wearing these!?

The whole group before going to dinner

We ate dinner at the Original Oyster House. I think we pretty much closed the place down. I think we left close to midnight! Ha! Then, we spent the rest of the night...well, I guess that would be morning...at Floribama. You'll never guess who we ran into!

Cousins

Dustin and Kendall crashed the bachelorette party! Ha! This completely weirded Dustin out, but Kendall didn't seem to care one bit! Ha!

Leann, me, Mary Anne, and Charli

Kristin and Ally

My guess is that we got back to the hotel close to 3:30...after running through McDonald's for a late night snack. We all went straight to bed! The next morning, we were all up and packing so we could checkout by 11. Before leaving town and all going our separate ways, we ate lunch at Lamberts. The Home of the Throwed Rolls!