Bridal Expo!!

So Alyssa (my maid of Honor) and I went to the bridal expo today(My other brides maid, Becca, was supposed to come with me but kylie was keeping her all to herself today), and I didn’t really expect much just kind of going to get some cards for a DJ or ideas for bride’s maid’s dresses, or whatever I could find. When you first walk into the bridal expo the bride is supposed to register so you can win the “big” prizes and what not. So I registered and waited in line to get into the main room, except we didn’t know that you could just walk In, so we probably stood there for a good 5 minutes before following these other girls, who obviously paid more attention then we did. The main room had tons of little “booths” set up all around the room with a catwalk in the center, for the fashion show.

Well we walked around the room, and put my name in a bunch of different drawings to try and win stuff. I wanted to try and find a workout class, or something along the lines of that. We found this lady who released 26lbs. She didn’t lose, she released them. The lady was talking to Alyssa, and told her she “knew people around her needed to lose weight!”…well Thank You lady for not so bluntly pointing out that I needed to lose some weight, nothing I haven’t heard before. Other than that minor mistake she was nice. The funny thing was the girl who actually won the workout/yoga package she was offering, was this skinny girl who looked like she needed a cheeseburger or something. Crazy people.

The bridal fashion show started and we seen some really pretty dresses. We got some good ideas about what we did and didn’t like for brides maids dresses. I am pretty sure I found my flower girl dress too! The little girl who modeled the dress was so stinking cute; you could just eat her up. In between the scenes, the models would go and change dresses, fix hair, makeup, and accessories. When the models were changing the hosts would call names for prizes and say thanks to all the vendors. The only “big” prizes I really wanted to win were invitations, and a DJ. I honestly didn’t really care about winning anything else.



This is one of the two dresses I really liked for the flower girl.



On the stage there were these really big white ostrich feathers. They were pretty, but not anything I ever would have put up there. They were just big and obnoxious, and they looked really out of place. Alyssa and I kept joking about stuff the whole time we were there like winning the laser hair removal, or the Tupperware, or the florist who did the ostrich feather thing.

At the end of the fashion show is when the drawing for the “big” prizes are drawn. The rules are simple if you’re not there you don’t get your prize. Simple right?! Well anyways people kept getting up and leaving before they called all the prize winners. When the florist name was called I made a joke to Alyssa and said “man I really hope I win this, I want those ostrich feathers at my reception” sure enough guess whose name was called!?!? That’s right my name. of all the things I would of rather won. The prize is actually not too bad, $300 towards flowers for my wedding/reception. I honestly wanted to win invitations or a DJ, but I will settle for $300 for flowers. It’s free so why not.

Overall today was a success. Won $300 for flowers, made my brides maids dress appointment, and an appointment for Jesse to go try on a tux to get an idea of what looks good together. Now I am just relaxing and waiting for family to come over for cake and ice cream for my grandpa’s birthday.