I was rudely awakened at 6am by Gizmo pawing at the blinds. Our internal clocks are definitely NOT on the same schedule! Even though my alarm was set for 6:30, I put him out and went back to sleep. 6:45 I finally got out of bed and got ready for the day. I met Lauren, Kelly and Natalie at Malvern and we set out for Farmville. It was probably 10:15 or so when we got to Esther May and the place was already getting busy. But we managed to snag some dressing rooms so the three of us tried our dresses on and got the alterations pinned. Spent another 20 minutes in line waiting to pay.

Meanwhile Lauren is trying to find her dress. It wasn't lost, just misplaced. And they were so busy that the people we though were helping us didn't even know they were supposed to be. So we waited for a good 40 minutes before Lauren finally got to try it on. I would put pictures up but I can't do that yet :)

By then the place was an absolute madhouse. It's prom season so all these teeny-boppers were in there trying to find the perfect dress. As soon as Lauren's dress was safely stowed away we made a mad dash for the door...to Macados. Surprisingly it wasn't all that busy and we got a table right away. After some much needed nourishment we headed back to Richmond.

On the way, Natalie and I volunteered to come help Kelly set up for the bridal shower. We ditched Lauren (sorry!) at Malvern and went to Kelly's to pick up the stuff. The party was to be held at Kelly's parents place. I wasn't quite sure why until I found out the guest list was about 30 people! We started out fixing the food. Natalie was doing the hot dog thingies while I worked on the fruit. We got the bright idea to use half a cantaloupe, turned upside down, to stick the fruit kabobs into. It ended up looking like a porcupine and being a lot of work, but it was fun. Kelly was all over the place making cakes and decorating. We gave her a hand with the decorating and then decided that was about all we could do for the day. It was after 8 before we left there. Exhausted, we drove back to Malvern were I promptly fell asleep on the couch. Around 11 I figured Gizmo was probably pretty upset with me so I came on home. Fed him and went to bed.