Tuesday, October 11, 2005

A whirlwind week

Not alot going on here folks except for wedding planning, more wedding planning and even more planning!! The past week has gone by in bit of a whirl wind to be quite honest as we get even closer to the big day, only 9 days to go now. I've got hardly any spare time at the moment -between phonecalls, list after list, dress fittings, trying to do 101 things during an 1 hour lunchbreak - whew! but we're getting there and the end is in sight.

On Saturday afternoon my two cousins Odette and Kimberley threw me a bridal shower/hen's party and what a laugh it was. I have to admit I was a little nervous beforehand, especially when I'd been told to take my swimming togs and a change of clothes but that was all a big windup. I had to wear a hat with all sorts of things hanging off it and I wasn't allowed to mention "Glenn" or "wedding" and if I did I had to blow the hooter I had hanging around my neck within 15 secs or else I had to put on something silly to wear. I ended up with quite a few extra things hanging off me!! The girls had organised some great games and I have never laughed so hard as I did while watching my mum and Glenn's mum trying to dress themselves up with a blindfold on. The theme for the presents was the letter "K" and I got some great gifts including an essential wedding night kit, something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.

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the hen's night hat
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opening presents

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Heather (Glenn's Mum) and my Mum Shirley

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my cousin Odette (my matron of honour) and I

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Odette, her son Josh, her sister Kimberley (my junior bridesmaid) and I

Later on in the evening some of us went to a local bar for some more drinks and the girls started buying me cocktails - oh my poor stomach, I won't mention the names of the cocktails here, lol.
I got home about 2am and Glenn arrived about an hour later from his night out that his groomsmen had organised. Sounds like they all had a great night too. Sunday was a very quiet day around home for us, as you can imagine,lol.

stitchingwise, Celtic Winter is coming along and I've even started some of the beading on her. I've also made a start on the Retro Ornie - its over 1 which I'm finding quite slow going as I haven't done a lot of over 1 stitching before. That will be my main focus this week I think.

6 comments:

Unknown said...

Oh Katrina, what a laugh your hen's night was. Loved all the pics, and Heather and 'Mum' looked great. Got your email too....

We are counting down the days till we come up... and I just can't belive how organised I am. Thrilled to bits and are very excited.

Hugs,

Kiwi Jo said...

Looks like a wonderful hen night Katrina! Thanks for sharing the photos.

Chiara said...

What an amusing hat!!!My dearest wish for your forthcoming weeding!!

Anne S said...

Your hen's night looked and sounded like an absolute blast! Good to hear the preparations are coming along well - hope you are getting a bit of down time inbetween all the chores ... if I don't get chance to write beforehand - best wishes for the big day :-)

Carol said...

Looks like it was a great time!!!! What a lovely family you have :-) Wow, can't wait to see your CW WIP - sounds like you are really cruising!

Schokti said...

Only 9 more days - that is fast!! I hope you find some time to relax a bit! CW is coming along nicely - even with the breaks with kitty!

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