Practice makes perfect

Everyone knows that the day before the wedding is the rehearsal.  When the bride, groom, bridal party and parents meet at the church - briefly run through the ceremony a couple times so that everyone can get an idea of where they need to be at each point in the ceremony.  But there are a few other things that you get to practice before the big day that are also pretty fun! 

Eating

When I first contacted my caterer to ask for some more information on pricing, menus etc.  they asked me to come out for a complimentary tasting.  They felt like that was the best way to sell their products - and let me tell you it worked!  Jody's Pantry catering prepared a great sampling for my parents and I - along with showing us videos and pictures of previous events they had done. (Special cheese display by Jody's Pantry pictured above.)  Everything was so good - and that was just the first of 2 more.  One for the final menu we decide on and one for cake. 

I seriously cant WAIT for the cake tasting.   Jody's Pantry offers 25 cake flavors and 25 cake fillings. Champagne white, wedding white, orange mimosa, chocolate fudge, dulche de leche just to name a few. I have never really met anything with sugar in it that I didn't like so picking out my favorite is probably going to be tough.  Luckily since wedding cakes are multiple layers I can pick more than 1 flavor.  I don't think I can have a 25 layer wedding cake - so I guess in this situation, Jon's nut allergy is kinda a good thing because it will help to eliminate some of our choices.

Hair/Make-up

How many times in your life do you get to practice getting your hair and make-up done?  Usually, its a special enough occasion to have your hair and make-up professionally done.  For your wedding you get to practice getting pretty....I have to admit it is very fun....

some pics from my hair/make-up trial runs....

Unfortunately, I didn't get to show off my hair or my make-up....after my hair trial run I did yard work, and after my make-up trial run I took a nap. 

Dancing

Jon and I have been discussing what kind of song we want to dance to for our first dance.  A few weekends ago we turned a song on and practiced slow dancing to it.... haha it did not turn out well - Jon and I only have 1 dance move- the twirl and dip, and that one took us about 2 years and many sorority formals to perfect.  I still remember the first time that we tried...ok, I tried, Jon wasn't ready - and I landed on the floor.



I decided that since we don't have 2 years to practice our first wedding dance, that we are going to enlist the help of professionals and take dance lessons....so I guess our "first dance" wont really be the first time we dance to our wedding song....we will have practiced before.  But I am confident that that option is better than Jon dropping me on the dance floor in my wedding dress :)