Day 2...Friday/Bachelorette Party

Friday was definitely my favorite day/night in Vegas. We got up and headed down to the pool. Since Friday was officially my "bachelorette party day," I wore my adorable 'bride' tanktop (thanks Ali!).We made friends with a group of guys and continued to spend the day hanging out, soaking up the sun, and drinking $34 buckets (ouch).Late in the day, they held a bikini/dance contest. We talked 2 of our friends into competing because the winner got a $150 bar tab and obviously, we needed that. After all of the girls competed and we seriously harassed my sister, she jump into the contest as the last competitor. As a non-dancer (her words, not mine) she didn't know what to do on the pole in the center of the pool. She continued to pose (yes pose...like Vogue). She did the kissy face, the wave, the Marilyn Monroe, the cheerleader #1 pose, and pulled out all of the Vogue-ing stops. And people loved it. Seriously...she won. It is amazing how a hot body and win a dancing contest! We were so proud...and the recipients of free drinks :)
After a LONGGGG morning/afternoon at the pool, it was time to get ready for our big night out. The plan was for all of the girls to wear black and I wore red. We had so fun in the hotel before heading out...this is the only PG picture I can show:)A group shot...my friend, Lauren, didn't get the all-black memo!
My awesome friend, Kate, hooked us up with a limo that took us to the most amazing part of our trip.We were off to The Thunder from Down Under. Seriously, words cannot express this. At first, I thought I had walked into a bad all guy showchoir performance. Some of the guys were so terrible at dancing that it was awkward. Then the clothes came off and everything changed. I am not going to get into too much detail and I don't have any pictures to show (they don't let you take pictures obviously) BUT.... let me tell you...I got to go onstage. Craig (3rd from the left) obviously fell in love with me, came into the crowd and pulled me onstage. Here is a picture from the website. Please imagine me lying on the floor, in between his arms, under his body, screaming and freaking out. Seriously, the most amazing 3 minutes of my life (just kidding Mike)! I really can't talk about it without getting giddy and sweating. I love you, Craig...call me sometime :)The rest of the evening was amazing but it just can't compare. We ate at Tao. AMAZING! Beautiful. Delicious! I definitely recommend. We even got to sit in front of the awesome statue in the center of the restaurant!We hated the club part of Tao...way too crowded. Apparently it is where most of the celebs go because there was a lot of paparazzi when we left. We then went over to the Palms where we enjoyed the Playboy Club and Ghost Bar. We couldn't go to Moon but next time I will definitely check it out! I loved the view of the strip from the Ghost Bar...so cool! We pretended that we were on the Real World and stayed until the club closed (I think 5 AM). I am tired thinking about it again. It was a great time!!!

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Day 1...Thursday in Vegas

Here we go...!!! I am going to make sure that my Vegas posts are appropriate because I will never really know who is reading this!

We arrived in Vegas at about 1:30 and went right to the pool! (How fabulous are the pink elevators!) After a few hours (and a few drinks) at the pool, we went up to our hotel rooms to get ready for dinner! There were only 8 of us in town so far and we went to this awesome restaurant called Battista's Hole in the Wall. For $22-$28, you get "all you can drink" wine, garlic bread, soup or salad, dinner with pasta, and amazing cappuccino for dessert! WE LOVED IT!!!
I was even serenaded by the most adorable little man ever! He sang an Italian wedding song!I would definitely recommend visiting Battista's next time you go to Vegas. It is definitely a "hole in the wall" but it was fun and they had great food (and who can complain about unlimited wine??)! It is located right by the Flamingo Hotel (where we stayed)!

So...while we waited for our other 4 friends, we went back to the hotel for some good clean fun :)Finally, with all 12 of us in Vegas and ready to hit the town, we headed to The Mirage to a club called Jet. Honestly, looking back, it wasn't my favorite. BUT, it was the first place that we went so we had a good time. I think that I especially had a good time! After leaving Jet, we headed over to The Wynn ("the only 5 Star 5 Diamond hotel in the World") to a club called Blush. We had free bottle service so that was great. The decor was really great there!Some craziness followed which resulted in getting to bed at about 4:30 AM Vegas Time (6:30 St. Louis time). I DDed (dialed) Mike early into the morning and don't worry...he was still awake. Where in St. Louis can you be until 6:30 in the morning. Yup, you guessed it! Mike thought it was his bachelor party part 2. Hummmm....

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I'M BAAAAAAAAAACK!!!


Daily 10 on E! , anyone? Sal Masekela and Ben Lyons....
...loved us!!! More soon!

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I am in Vegas!

And NO, I am not blogging while I am there!!! I scheduled this post like a good blogger! Right now, I am either laying by the pool, getting drinks, gambling, or living it up at a Vegas club! With 12 of my friends and the way we party, Vegas won't even know what hit it!!! Hopefully I will come home in one piece! I won't be home until 1:00 AM on Monday morning and I am sure that I will be sleeping for the rest of the day! You know that I will post pictures when I come back! Have a great weekend :)

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Invitations (take 2)....

I was able to salvage some of my post with the invitation pictures so I am going to try this again. Invitations are arriving at peoples' homes today! SO EXCITING!!! It was such a great feeling to drop them off at the post office but I couldn't help but feel nervous. What if we spelled something wrong? What if we put the wrong time or place? What if we put the wrong stamp on them and they all get returned? (I actually had that dream last night!) I am pretty positive (about 99%) sure that none of those issues will be a problem but I guess we will find out soon! Here are some pictures of the hardest (but so worth it) project of our lives!!!

First, we cut large pieces of black paper into long strips and then folded them to create our tri-fold. (Oh, I forgot...usually when I say "we," I mean "just Mike." I did help on most parts but I can't take credit for most of it!!!)Next, Mike (with my help and OPINIONS!) created the design for our invitations. This was stressful since there are so many wording options out there. When we finally decided on the design and words, we decided that we wanted thermography. Ellen's invitations were amazingly beautiful and she pointed us in the direction of Shamrock Printing. We were so happy with the quality and the great price but decided to save money by having them only create 1 thermography plate. This choice=HUGE PITA!!!
This required us to cut out all of the parts with exacto knifes. Seriously, I felt like a moron. This is so much harder than it seems. I think I ruined more invitations than I cut out correctly! Cutting in a straight line is hard!!! Once all of the components were cut, we were ready to start assembling. We even got the whole family involved!!!
This is where the details start to get tedious. My sister was putting stamps on the RSVP envelopes, I was cutting 6 1/2 inch long ribbons, my dad was removing excess sticky stuff from the edges of our green cardstock, and Mike was centering our invitations on the green cardstock and then centering those on our black tri-folds!!! (EDIT...I cannot believe that I forgot to mention my mom! She took this picture but she did so much work! The worst part for her... licking all 134 of them. Thanks, Mom!)

SOOO...we just went into work over load to get them all finished. It was actually fun when we figured out a system to make it go faster! When they were all finished, Mike even did all of the amazing calligraphy. I am so impressed...they are beautiful!

Here is the front with the guest names in calligraphy...

Here are the inside components...
And the final product...
Oh...and how could I forget our fabulous Zazzle stamps...
I hope that you like them! If you see a mistake or error...PLEASE DON'T TELL ME!!! Thanks:)

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Grrr....

now...when I try to post pictures at all, it is all messed up! I used to be able to upload pictures and actually see them on my blog as I was writing. Now, I only get a code, which is harder to move around the post as I did before. I AM SO SO MAD!!!!!

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I hate the computer sometimes...

I just spent over an hour posting pictures of our invitations. I thought that it was a pretty good post! Unfortunately, I was not linking the pictures correctly and I totally messed up the whole thing. I just deleted an hour of work :( and I am NOT happy about it!

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102 Posts???

I didn't even realize until now that I have written over 100 posts!!! I really can't believe that!

Stay tuned tomorrow for some more invitation pictures! I brought them to the post office today!

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4th of July FUN!

We had a wonderful 4th of July! Although the Cardinals lost against the Cubs (grrrr...), we had a darn good time. Honestly, I wasn't watching too much of the game anyway!Our seat were on a "Party Patio" and they were awesome!A picture with the birthday girl! Happy birthday, Kate....great party :)This man is going to be my hubby in less than 2 months. AHHH!My camera doesn't take pictures of fireworks but we had a nice view from our patio!!!

Such a great night...I hope that everyone's 4th was as great as mine!!!

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Happy 4th of July!

I hope that everyone has a wonderful 4th of July! Tonight I was will celebrating my friend Kate's birthday watching America's favorite past time. BASEBALL! We have an all-inclusive party patio and hopefully will be able to see the fireworks downtown! I can't wait...it is going to be a great night! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATE and GO CARDS!!!I hope that everyone had a great weekend!

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SYTYCD Blocked?!?! ***UPDATE***

Did anyone else get blocked from "So You Think You Can Dance" last night? I went back to watch it on TiVo and an hour of the middle was missing :( I only got to see 5 dances :( What is the deal and where can I see the rest of the dances? YouTube?


***I FOUND MOST OF THE DANCES ON YOUTUBE!!! You have to type in "So You Think You Can Dance Dancer's Names" Example: So you think you can dance Chelsie and Mark
YAY!

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Invitations ALMOST out!

I set a goal date for our invitations to be in the mail. That day was yesterday! But it isn't our fault. See....the invitations are all ready to go, sitting in boxes at my parents' house. We are waiting on the freaking Zazzle stamps to come in the mail. I checked their status today and it said that they are "scheduled for delivery on 7/7/08." UMMMM...excuse me!?! NEXT MONDAY! Grrr...
Hopefully they come early! I am getting so antsy and I just want to get them out in the mail. I want all of our guests to get our pretty project that has consumed so much time and energy! PLEASE STAMPS...hurry home!

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