it's true

everyone told me that once we got under the 100 days until the wedding mark, time would fly by.  and boy, were they right!  today marks 88 days until the big day, and i feel like there are a bazillion {that's a technical term} things left to do. 

this week is working as my beauty dress rehearsal of sorts.  today i'm having my highlights touched up and my eyebrows groomed.  tomorrow evening i'm doing a spray tan test run.  i would be lying if i said i wasn't having nightmares of anne hathaway a la bride wars. yikes.  have any of you spray tanned before? any advice?

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saturday morning i'm doing a test run of my wedding make-up.  my first bridal shower is on saturday afternoon {so. excited.} and then a bunch of us are going out to dinner for my birthday, so i figure this will be a good way to see how long the make-up lasts and how well it photographs.  here are the pics i'm taking with me for the make-up artist to see:

just the kate hudson part

for the life of me, i have no idea where any of these are from. help, please.

so you can see i'm kind of going for a subtle look.  emphasis on the eyes, but not in a smoky, overdone kind of way.  pink lips.  a nice, healthy glow.  i just want to look like myself, only perfect.  not too much to ask, right? what do you think?

and even more exciting, i shipped my envelopes to our calligrapher this morning!  i can't wait to see the sample she sends for approval.  calligraphy was one thing i knew we would spend on and i just love the pretty, whimisal style of our calligrapher.  hard to believe that the invites will be in the mail in less than a month!

we also have our pre-marital counseling session this friday.  normally something i'm not sure i would be looking forward to, but since i come from a big family of ministers, my mom's sweet cousin is marrying us and i know he will make this a great and helpful experience for us.  plus it means lunch at dickey's! beef brisket and okra, here i come! never mind the fact that my first dress fitting is a week away...