All the final details are coming together. As a helpful reminder for myself and for my readers I have decided to make a little wedding week checklist...
1. See your hairdresser for a trial hairdo: I had not necessarily planned on getting a trial hairdo before my wedding day. I trust my stylist, Hanna, and figured she would do a great job. However, Hanna suggested to me that it's always a good idea to do a run through prior to the main event in case for some reason your hair vision and hair reality don't quite jive the way you may have imagined.
I went for my trial 'do yesterday and am very happy with the result. It turns out that it was a very good idea to do the practice run. What we had discussed and what we ended up actually doing are two fairly different concepts. I may have felt a little uneasy completely switching gears so close actually walking down the aisle, but since we worked it out ahead of time I feel confident in knowing my hair will look great!
2. Pick up Wedding Party gifts: It takes some work to be a member of a wedding party, and it's always important for the bride and groom to remember that and be sure to pick up a little something special for the friends and loved ones standing up for them.
For the fellows we bought Gerber pocket knifes from Mountain Equipment Co-op. They are equipped with pliers, a screwdriver with two bits, a blade, and some other masculine goodies to arm yourself with. It took quite a bit of brainstorming before we settled on pocketknives. Man gifts are far more difficult to pick out than woman gifts. We came up with fishing rods, digital watches, flasks, but in the end a pocket knife seemed like a useful and masculine gift that many gents wouldn't actually purchase themselves.
For the ladies I am heading to Hilary Druxman (http://www.hilarydruxman.com/) designs tomorrow to pick up some jewelery. Druxman is a local jewelery designer with a fabulous store and workshop on McDermot Avenue in Winnipeg's Exchange District. She makes contemporary, clean, and classic looking pieces and the best part id the price point. I recently bought my cousin a pair of earrings there for her 30th birthday and they only cost thirty-six dollars!! Of course, if you want to spend more there are higher end pieces as well. That's the beauty of Druxman's pieces, whether it's a golden anniversary gift or bridesmaid favours, there is something for everyone!!!
3. Write wedding vows: Okay, Okay... Maybe I should have started this one already, but between school, work, wedding planning, and being pregnant I simply have not gotten to it. This is definitely a biggie.
Jason is taking his mother out to dinner tomorrow night, so I am going to take advantage of having the evening to myself and get those words down on paper. The problem is seeing as I've never done this before, I'm sort of at a loss of what people say in their home-made wedding vows... As ridiculous as it sounds I think I will have to Google 'wedding vows' and see what comes up. Not to plagiarize what's out there - just to get an idea of what people say when they say wedding vows...
Obviously there are many more i's to dot and t's to cross. Hopefully I will remember to do them all before Saturday!
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