Friday...thank goodness.

I can't begin to tell you how estatic I am that it is Friday! It has been a really long week!

Sunday night Alex and I got the invites put together (yes, he helped)! We had to put a stamp on the response envelope, the outer envelope, and then stuff the damn things. Of course when I bought stamps, I only got 42 cent stamps (160 of them) and of course they required more. THANKFULLY I was smart enough to have Alex weigh them before we slapped those bad boys on. We sat on the couch and put on Mirrors (an ok movie), and stuffed and stamped away, with the new 59 cent stamps. When I first got the invites I hated them. I didn't want to send them out, so they sat in the guest room for about 2 weeks before I pulled them out again. I tried to ignore them and would every once in awhile peek in the box, tear up, and then hope they would magically become something I liked. It kinda worked. The more I looked at them, the more I started to like them! I will have to post a picture...one day. ha!

This week has been insane with wedding planning. I had been waiting, and waiting, and waiting to hear from my wedding coordinator. Apparently she decided she wanted to try to give me an ulcer, and it almost worked. I told her a few months ago that I would like to have everything done by the end of February. She said that is doable. She sent me an email with my Event Confirmation Order the middle of February to which I had MANY questions and changes and then she went missing. Seriously. No emails, nothing for an entire month. I was emailing her asking what was going on, if she was okay, did she get killed by the drug lords? Nothing. Finally she calls me the Monday I get back from my bachelorette party (after I sent her an email and told her I was fucking freaking the fuck out right about now). She seemed irritated. Okay, maybe I used the F word a bit much, but c'mon lady! I am the type of person that keeps nagging (Alex can attest to this) until I get either a) what I want or b) a resolution that I am happy with. So, on Tuesday, I finally get an email from her (after more "what the fuck" emails) and now the ball is back in my court to which I have done nothing with. My plan is to go over it today as the boss man is out of town...YES! However, he of course had to leave me a full tape of dictation that I get to type up. Ew.

So, there was more wedding drama. I get Travelzoo updates about once a week. I ususally just delete them, but decided to take a quick look and lo and behold there was a deal in there for our hotel. Actually, it said, "Upscale Los Cabos Beach Resort w/Credit, Save $200." I clicked on the link and it was the Sheraton! What?! It took me straight to the hotels website where I went and did a pretend reservation. $149 a night for the Garden Room. Where we are paying $250 a night! Okay. I was pissed. We have about 19 rooms booked and a majority of them are Garden Rooms. I sent them an email and told them that they need to change our rate to the new price. Of course this didn't work. Who was I kidding? However, this created a war. Alex and his father both got involved. We were all three sending emails and calling. I understand that we have a contract, but the contract was for 20 rooms nights. I won't get into specifics because it is confusing, but basically we could cancel 9 of our Garden Rooms at the $250 rate and then rebook on the website for the cheaper rate. They finally said okay (it only took about 15 emails and multiple phone calls, no joke). This was all resolved yesterday. It was a nightmare. Too many people were involved, the hotel was freaking out which made me freak out! It's all done now though and the rooms are booked. Phew.

More Bachelorette Party Pics!

My sister uploaded all the pictures from her camera. Oh my gosh HILARIOUS pictures!! Just wanted to share...

End of the night....drunk...and I fell in the tub with my pants down! HAHAHAHAHA!

I want to go back...

A week ago today, I was sitting on a plane on my way to San Diego. I wish I was going again this weekend. I am so homesick. I can't stop thinking about it. Actually, it's all I can think about. I haven't really told Alex this because I don't think it's fair. I don't want to think that I am unhappy because we are here or because of him. Although I am unhappy at times, I like it for the most part. We have amazing friends here and a wonderful house. It just isn't home. Sometimes I think it can be. Sometimes I don't want to leave and am so happy here, but it doesn't last. I wish I could pick up our home and our great friends and move it all back to California. Thinking this way is only making things worse.

It was SO nice to hang out with my best friends and family. Kelli and I had the best time ever in PB. Thinking about it makes me smile, but also makes me want to cry!! The weekend wasn't nearly enough time. I want to be walking on the boardwalk again in PB with Kelli...

I just need to say it...

I am sure I am not the only one to have dealt with this, but why is it that people are getting mad at me for not inviting them to the wedding? Okay. I understand, it is mean. I didn't leave people off to intentionally hurt their feelings. I promise. We are having a small wedding with only close family and friends. I sometimes feel like I shouldn't have to explain this to people. I would never say anything to someone if I weren't invited to their wedding. It has happened to me before. To be honest, I was hurt for a minute and then I got over it. People that are bringing it up to me (about 5 different people) are making me feel like total shit. I am sure it was not their intention to do this and they are hurt by not getting an invite...but with all the other million and two things I have to worry about...I don't care.

Yes, I said it. I don't care anymore!!! I am done being so nice. I am done telling these people how sorry I am that they weren't invited and almost all of these people wouldn't have gone anyways. Call me a bitch. I don't care.

Wow. That is so not me. HA! To all those people that weren't invited, I am going to tell you all now. I am so so so sorry. Please forgive me. It is not a reflection on our friendship. I promise.

My Bachelorette Party was AMAZING!!!!!

Wow. Wow. Wow. What a weekend. Everything was simply amazing. Seriously. This is how it went...

Of course I got sick before going. So I was out of work ALL week (except for Monday)! I tried to go to work on Thursday, but only ended up making it a couple hours. I went home, relaxed (tried to sleep, but it didn't work) and then went to my hair appointment, got my nails done and tanned. I then ran home to pack and spend some time with my honey before leaving. I had to wake up at 2:30 a.m. to make my flight!! Suprisingly though, it wasn't that bad. I got up, showered, packed up the car and got to the airport at 4 a.m. for my 5 a.m. flight. Why did I do that? It was nice though because I got to San Diego at 8:45 a.m., which meant that I had the WHOLE day!

Kelli picked me up from the airport. It was SOOOOOO nice to see her face! I missed her so damn much. We grabbed my bags and headed out. We decided at the last minute that we wanted to go to our old stomping grounds, Pacific Beach (PB). We had SO much fun. We started out at Starbucks and then headed over to our cliff. When we were teenagers, this used to be our spot to hang out. We would take the tandum bike or our skateboards down to the beach and then hangout on the cliff and the pier. It was AMAZING!!

Here is the view from the cliff:

And the view looking the other way, it doesn't get any better than this!

Love my best friend!

Me sitting on the cliff:

After sitting on the cliff for awhile and some much needed catching up, we decided to head up and do some shopping. Yay! I got some really nice Spy sunglasses that I spent way too much money on, but that's ok, because I love them. I forgot my sunglasses, so I needed something! Kelli had let me borrow hers for a little while, but I needed my own. After spending too much money we headed up to the other shops on Garnet. We had so much fun trying on funky sunglasses and stupid hats!!!

And the funky hats:

By the time we were done shopping, it was time to head out to meet my mom for lunch. We stopped at Kelli's house and picked up Jen and then headed out to San Dimas to have a yummy lunch with my mom at Red Robin. It was so good and nice to see my mom. Us girls have been friends since we were little, so it was nice for my mom to see us all together again.

After lunch, we headed back to Kelli's and at this point I was starting to lose my voice. I wasn't feeling too hot, so we stopped and picked up some medicine. Since I had been up since 12:30 California time I decided I should get some sleep so I would feel better for the big day. I think I was passed out by 7 on the couch! It was so cute because Nyah (Kelli's 7 year old daughter) slept with me. I love her so much! I woke up with NO VOICE at all. I didn't feel bad though, so it worked out. We had to be in Temecula by noon, so we got up, Matt (Kelli's awesome hubby) made me breakfast, we showered and then headed out. The outfit I brought with me to wear didn't end up working. My jeans were too huge, so we made a pit stop at the mall on base. Kelli picked out the cutest outfit for me and ended up PAYING for it too! I still can't believe she did that, she is way too nice. I changed in the bathroom really fast and then we headed out. We went straight to South Coast winery where Brandon already was and started to taste some yummy wine!

After a little tasting Emily came to meet us! She looks so damn cute pregnant. It was so nice to see her and baby Navarro. Since she is pregnant, she decided to come hang out for a little bit which was SO nice!

We hung out on the patio right outside of the main tasting room. It AMAZING day outside! Emily ended up buying me a bottle of my favorite wine I had there. It is a sauvignon blanc and is super yummy! I had planned on drinking it in the room, but I totally forgot about it. Thankfully, it made it home in my luggage. I can't wait to drink it.

After hanging out at South Coast for awhile, we decided to head over to Ponte to see what they had to offer. It was so nice! It was really crowded, but it ended being perfect!

After TONS and TONS of wine Kelli and Brandon headed over to the hotel to get things ready and to meet up with my sister. Emily and I headed over to Del Taco to get a bite to eat (mmmm, I truly miss Del Taco). We had planned on getting lunch at South Coast, but somehow that never ended up happening! Pregnant Emily needed to eat (and so did I)! We had to kill an hour before we could head to the hotel, so we just ate in the car and talked which was really nice. Emily is one of my dearest friends, so it was really nice to just have some "Emily time." After grabbing a bite to eat we headed over to Vons to grab some limes for the drink that Kelli had planned to make, but forgot all the limes. HA! We bought so many damn limes!! As we were checking out, the checker decided to make an announcement to the entire store that it was my bachelorette party and everyone cheered. It was hilarious, but so much fun! Emily dropped me off at the hotel (I was sad she didn't get to hang out longer) and I rushed up to the hotel room. I was so excited I could hardly stand it!

When I got to the room, they had stuff all over the door. I wish I took a picture, because it was so cute. There was a sign that said, "Yes, we're open," a penis balloon and a sign that said "Bachelorette Party." Too adorable. I knocked on the door and saw the most amazing room ever!!! It was a HUGE suite and the girls went alllllllll out decorating it. Oh my goodness. It looked amazing!! I was so shocked when I walked in! Behind the door, Liz was there which was a total suprise! I didn't know she was going to be there.

Liz bought me roses and the balloons which were so beautiful. My sister put together little party bags with chips, water, advil, mints, a shot glass and a penis straw...hahaha! So cute!

Kelli and Brandon were making the drink with the limes. It had vodka (and lots of it), ice, limes and splenda. It sounds really weird, but it ended up being really tasty!

Doesn't it look yummy? They did a really good job!


Getting the party started! My best friend Jen showed up! How cool is the bar area? They had snacks and of course you can't miss the penis straws!

Love Liz! She is such a riot!

All of us have been friends since we were 2! I am so lucky they were there to spend such a special day with me. Kelli and my sister planned everything. I know it was insane and I am sure they are glad it is over. ha! They did such an amazing job!

We hung out in the room for awhile. We drank, talked, danced, talked some more, drank a LOT more, opened presents, more great friends showed up. It was so much fun. Oh, and we played fun games that my sister put together. HA! It was pretty funny. I don't think everyone was really into the games so much though...everyone really just wanted to drink!

We decided at some point that it was time to head down to the bar where there was a band playing. The bad thing about it was the place was too crowded, so we couldn't get in! We all stood in line for what felt like FOREVER! We could only get in 2 at a time which was just stupid. I felt so bad because everyone had to stand in line forever. It took us about 2 hours to get everyone in. That is the ONLY part about the night that I would have changed. It was just too bad that we all couldn't be in there at the same time. We danced the night away though! Someone bought us shots of Patron (ewwwww). Which was really nice, but damn that was nasty! I was really drunk at this point, but was having a BLAST!!!!

We decided at some point to leave the bar and everyone got split up. At this point in the night I can honestly say everything went a little fuzzy. I don't really remember much of anything! I know, horrible, right? Hey, it was my bachelorette party...isn't that what you are supposed to do? HAHA!? I remember looking for my sister and Liz and found them gambling at some bar. It was pretty funny because they were both pretty drunk too. My sister (I think) really wanted me to take a shot, but I really didn't want to. I was so drunk already and knew it would throw me over the edge. The bartender caught on and gave me a shot of water! hahaha. My sister had no idea!

We decided to go and eat and at this point it was about 2am (I think). It ended up just being my sister and I because Liz took off. HA! It was good (I think). It was SUPER fuzzy! After eating, we headed back up to the room where I really don't remember much. We passed out after that (I think, hahahahahahaahaha).

The next morning I felt great! Still had no voice, but I wasn't hungover at all. Kelli and I got ready and headed out to the airport. I was so sad to leave. I am really missing home a lot lately. I could cry. It made me realize how much I miss all of my friends and family. Seeing them put it all back into prospective. I know we will be back one day though.

I have TONS more pictures, but there is no way I am putting them all here. ha! All in all my weekend was seriously amazing. It couldn't have been better. Kelli and my sister did an amazing job planning. Wow...this is a long ass post!

Mucinex...

makes me really sleepy. I am so dizzy too. I don't feel any better either.

Have I mentioned how excited I am about this weekend? I am so excited to give the girls their presents too!! The last piece to the present is coming in either today or tomorrow. I think they will really like what I got them. I will be sure to take pictures and post pictures.

Oh, if you are looking for really amazing monogramed items, check out this website:

http://nnichols.com/store/

Nicole, which I believe is the owner is really nice and friendly. The items I have received so far are amazing. Her prices aren't that bad either.

Monday....and I'm sick!

Figures that I would get sick the week I leave for my Bachelorette Party. I have had this flight booked and this weekend planned for about 4 months. I haven't been sick in a year (actually, last year at this exact time I was sick). Alex has a really bad cold and of course I caught it. It isn't his fault and I don't blame him, but isn't that just perfect? I went out and bought Mucinex and Cold-eeze in hopes that I can make it go away! I am hoping and praying!

Our weekend was very uneventful. Since Alex was sick, we just hung out at home. Saturday night we ended up going over to our neighbor/friends birthday party for a little bit. We started watching Heros which is awesome!

I can't wait for Friday! Not the early morning wake up call though...I hope this week goes by fast!