Monday, February 23, 2015

Total Re-Collie: The ladies get ready

   After we parted ways at 10:30, the ladies hit the Mille spa to get ready.  I had a hair and make up appointment at 11, and they let us hang out in the spa all morning long.
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Phil didn’t meet up with the ladies until 1 pm, so these next pictures are personal (and obviously, not nearly as good as when Phil showed up).
M & L are going to kill me.  But I did warn them that I was putting this make-up-less pic on the blog.  hehe.
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The girls all primped.
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Phil arrived a bit after 1.  We ran to the buffet for a quick bite to eat (well, I just picked at my food) and then returned to the spa to finish getting dressed.
All photos from here on out are from Phil Steingard Studios.
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Also, I’m just going to say this right now… my nails are a little bit of a sore spot with me.  Especially when I see my hands in pictures.  If you remember I had an appointment to get my nails done, and was looking at some fancy styles.  I ended up with this:
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The day we arrived at the resort (literally, as we were checking in) I looked down at my hand and discovered that two of the nails had broken.  A day later a third nail broke.  So I made an appointment at the spa the day before the wedding for a manicure and polish change.  I waited what seemed like a good amount of time after the manicure and left the spa.  As I was walking back to my room, I noticed that the polish was creasing and “swirling”.  It was really windy, and I don’t know if the wind was messing up the polish, or the humidity, but my polish looked crappy.  I was able to re-do my thumbs in the morning, but when I look at MOH M and BM L’s nails  in the photo above I get all wistful.
Moving on…
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Time for gifts.
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We busted out the robes for some pictures:
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Next up, it was time to get me dressed. MOH M laced me into my dress:

 
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BM L helped me with my necklace
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And I put on the rest of my jewelry
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And with that… I became a bride:
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And with that, it was time for my “big reveal” to my parents.
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