Here are some of the ways I have been allowing myself to indulge...
Playing Hooky - I am a full-time student and to be honest, the days leading up to my wedding the last thing that's on my mind is school and schoolwork. I have the luxury of being able to grant myself a few free days without any real consequences. Luckily, we have not had any major assignments or exams due this week, so I have been able to cut myself some slack and miss a couple of days in order to prepare myself for the big day. I realize that many people who have full time jobs cannot just take it upon themselves to stay home when they feel like it. My suggestion for these individuals is to plan ahead and take a couple of vacation days the week leading up to your wedding day. Your head will not be in your work anyway, may as well make it official and take your body out of the office too!
Spa days - I have been lucky enough to hit up Ten Spa TWICE this week! Once on Tuesday night with Jason: we went for full body massages. Then on Wednesday afternoon my mother and I went for pedicures. Both were divine and left me feeling relaxed and blissful. The perfect way to take the edge off pre-wedding jitters!
If you're anything like me, it's not hard to come up with an excuse to go for a mani/pedi and although it's always a treat, it may not be as super-duper-special as it is for someone who does not indulge themselves in aesthetics as often. To make the pedicure day a little more special, I made appointments for my mother and I to go together and for us to get them at Ten Spa instead of the regular salon that I frequent quite often.
Shop - I have a great excuse for pre-wedding shopping! Since I am four months pregnant, I am quickly outgrowing my non-prego clothes. My mother and I took a couple of shopping trips earlier this week. Day one was actually quite miserable... We went to Polo Park Mall and there is all of one maternity store there, which I will not name, because I think it kind of sucks. None of the clothes were chic or fit me very well. Needless to say, it was discouraging. I like to think of myself as a pretty fashion conscious person who takes pride in how I put myself together... After this mall trip I left feeling as though I would just look like and unfashionable frump for the next six months...
I felt that way until I found the fabulous Boutique 9 located on Academy Road in Winnipeg. My mother and I found it while dropping off some things to be tailored at the shop right next door on Monday, it was closed.... So we went back on Tuesday - and hip hip hooray!!! It was a fashionable pregnant lady's dream come true!
Everything I tried on looked and felt fabulous, and there is still plenty of stretch in the clothes which will allow me room to grow. Granted, it is a little pricier than the mall store. But sooooo worth it! I believe it is important to have fewer high quality pieces to wear that will look fabulous than an abundance of cheap stuff that looks just that. Cheap.
I understand that not all brides are quite as scandalous as I am and tend not be be with child at their wedding. That doesn't mean you can't shop! Buy a cute outfit to wear to your pre- or post-wedding brunch, a great new dress for the rehearsal party, and/or a little sexy something for your wedding night (vava-voom!). There is always a very valid reason for a bride to buy herself something pretty.
Eat - If you are like most brides, you have been carefully counting calories for months leading up to your wedding day, so as the day is almost upon you allow yourself to indulge! A big bowl of pasta and a hot fudge Sunday a day or two before the main event will not go straight to your hips if you've been diligent in your health and fitness program up until now... So eat up! And enjoy, all your hard work has paid off and now it's time to give yourself some leeway. Go ahead, I grant you permission.
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