I did it… I used “wife” for the first time today on the phone with the utilities company. It’s official… we’re definitely married.
I’ll use my word-use triumph as an invitation to start the wedding re-cap posts. Let’s start with the salon:
All images by Kelly Prizel Photography
I totally put off making a hair and makeup appointment until it was really drawing VERY near the wedding. I do not recommend this to others. I had to make an appointment that was slightly too late and then I felt rushed trying to get into my party clothes and have all our formal shots taken. I would definitely recommend getting your hair and makeup taken care of five to six hours before the start of the ceremony. Especially if you’ll have to do a lot of driving around from salon to hotel to venue.
My best friend and maid of honor was with me at the salon. She took the opportunity to try and make me crack up while my makeup was being done. This was particularly hilarous since I really couldn’t laugh or screw up my face in any way since there was always some kind of brush or pencil doing it’s intricate work on me.
Another tip… no matter how ridiculous and expensive it seems… get a trial hair appointment. I wasn’t going to do it becuase it seemed totally ridiculous, but my mother convinced me that it really was a necessity, so two days before the wedding I went in for a trial. I didn’t really know what I wanted, so I just said “um… I don’t want to look too bridal, but I think it want it up… but maybe not.” God, that poor stylist. Anyway, she did my hair and I HATED it… I mean… really hated it. I felt like I was going to prom and it just didn’t feel like me. So I had her try several more styles until she got to one that I felt really comfortable with. Before we got the the style that I liked, I felt really stressed out and uncomfortable, like I wasn’t going to look or feel like myself on my wedding day. I’m really glad I didn’t have to go through that on the day of my wedding. Cause when wedding day rolled around, I was cool, calm, relaxed and ready to joke around with my best friend.
Oh… another tip… EAT. Halfway through my salon appointment, I was FAMISHED and I realized that all I had eaten all day (it was 2pm), was a quarter of a bagel at 8am. I had to send my MOH out to get me a smoothy, which I sipped very daintily while I got my hair done.
One tip that a married friend of mine gave me right before the salon appointment (I met up with friends in town before hand for a few minutes). Relish your salon time… it’s the last relaxing time you’ll have all day… drink it in.
Next post… getting ready with my Beau.
