some things from the weekend:
The train up on Friday afternoon was a lovely sunshiney ride, entertainment provided from Fruits Basket manga and a silly text conversation with Rachel. My sister met me at the mall after I'd picked up some important items from the chemist (concealer! Concealer rocks!) Her friend J was there too and we all went back to the hotel and played singstar.
The wedding rehearsal was really moving. My sister used the traditional 'to have and to hold' vows and I could see her fiance was quite nervous.
Then sister, J and I went to the Warehouse for cheap swimwear: the hotel had a pool and a spa and none of us had remembered togs! We ended up getting matching black and purple 'yoga singlets' and various different bottom parts. I gotta say, size 12 boys swim shorts are ridiculously comfortable! Girl's board shorts should totally have that net lining as well. Plus, I had an internal pocket attatched to the waistband for keys or change or something. Boys' clothing is so much more functional than girls'.
I was introduced to the delights of America's Next Top Model by J. I already knew about it because Pirate Wench does recaps but there's something about watching the bitchy and cheering when someone cries...and the photos they take of the girls are really gorgeous.
The rest of the night was pretty much singstar mondo ridiculouso. Amazing dance moves, silly accents, emoting and worshipping of fantastic performers makes for a falling-on-the-floor-laughingly fun time.
Saturday: wedding madness. I had my nails done a rather ugly shade of pink. i did get a rhinestoney flower on one nail though, which is very exciting. I keep wanting to pick it off, but I also want to keep it on to show off as well. My nails chipped quite fast as I had to run errands and they didn't dry properly. Had my hair done (ow, ow, ow). Took between 1 1/2 and 2 hours, but it looked awesome so I didn't care.
The weather was really sunny and lovely, there were flower girls and their siblings everywhere and Lee was in the next hotel unit over playing Xbox with the boys.
The reception and the wedding itself all went off fine, no hitches, although the speeches went on longer than I would have liked. I didn't speak, although I probably should have. I was glad I'd said I wouldn't though, as it meant I had nothing to worry about apart from leading the bridal march. I chanted "don't fall, don't fall, don't fall" inside my head and it worked.
Lee's parents and Sok's mum were there, plus lots of my extended family so I had lots of people to talk to. Mr Sister's family is about a million times larger than ours, and they weren't even all there. The reception was something like 130 people strong.
Sunday I was exhausted. Lee and I stayed at my mum and dad's and my sleep wasn't very restful. The after wedding BBQ was nice though, a lot of mingling and present opening. Lee and I drove my aunty and cousin back into Wellington and after a bit of singstar with them I took them to the airport. Lee and I singstarred into the evening and then had an early night.
I didn't want to wake up this morning.
PoF: tokidoki
CO: 48 hour film comp.