Savannah at night :)

So this post is comin' atcha at almost 11pm eastern because I had my second wedding dress fitting today! Y'all, it's so beautiful. I'm so excited!

~

Of course a bachelorette weekend wouldn't be a bachelorette weekend without going out for a night on the town, amirite? (How do people feel about the phrase amirite? It's being used more and more frequently and I think I like it ... I'm testing it out to decide. Just so you know.)  Friday night we headed out to the Olde Pink House which was an insanely delicious fine dining southern restaurant. I'm telling you ... each meal in Savannah was better than the last. 

PS - I had a sash and a crown and giant blinking ring and a button. It was basically the most fun thing ever.

So we're sitting at dinner at the Old Pink House and this lady walks over and is asking us about the wedding and she's all "Oh I heard someone was getting marrriieeed" and I'm all "Me!" and then ... she busts in to the most beautiful gospel style rendition of Goin' to the Chapel. It was amazing! 

this is just a little picture that is proof that we went to Savannah Smiles, a dueling piano bar, and they pulled me and another bride or 2 up on the stage to sit on the pianos while these guys danced around us to "It's Raining Men". Yep, that's what happened.

and then we did some dancing and it was fun ;)

and lastly this is what happened on Saturday night .... it was this guy's bachelor party and his groomsmen dressed him up like a bride! literally he was wearing a strapless gown that laced up the back ... or at least tried to, haha. This picture was taken at a karaoke bar where he and his friend sang "You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman". niiiice.

dining with Paula

On Saturday, we headed to Savannah's famous lady Paula Deen's restaurant: Lady and Son's. And let me tell you something ... the food was incredible. If you don't have a reservation, it is worth waiting in line for.

After a visit through the gift shop, we ran in to Paula Deen herself! Just hanging out in the hallway...

She looked great. I got to link arms with her ;)

Just chattin' with Paula. Basically this is how this went down... 

Danielle: Hey Paula, I love your biscuits.

Paula: Thanks darlin'! I just put 3 sticks of butter in 'em.

self portrait! Paula was so happy to meet me and wished John and I lots of luck :)

speaking of biscuits, to start your meal you get a cheese biscuit and a piece of corn bread that looked like a pancake.

fried green tomatoes ... hello delicious.

a very pretty chicken pot pie 

and this is what's on the buffet ... minus the meat. the sides looked so good I just skipped the fried chicken and meatloaf. And I realize that this looks like an insane amount of food... and it was impossible for me to join the clean plate club but I tried everything and it was amazing!

6 years ago today...

On this day, 6 years ago, John gave me a napkin with his phone number on it.

And in 40 days we are getting married!

I love you John  ♥

we went to...

Savannah, Georgia!

It was amazing!! I have so many pictures to share and stories to tell that I don't even know where to start. These pictures are from the beautiful historic trolley tour of the city that we took on Saturday afternoon. All of the trees are draped with spanish moss and the green squares and lovely architecture were everywhere. The trip was the best because everything was within walking distance so the only time we were not walking somewhere was when we rode this trolley! And thankfully Miss Irene stayed away from Savannah for the most part. Friday was windy and overcast with a little rain but Saturday was hot and sunny! I hope you weren't badly affected by the hurricane.

~

ps ... this is where we stayed.

 It was quite possibly the best place I've ever stayed on a trip. Seriously, these girls know how to plan a trip!

~

How was your weekend friendys?

bachelorette weekend?

^ this just happened at work. seriously. that is a delicious Garye-style oatmeal raisin cookie. and I'm not a girl who loves raisins until Garye puts 'em in his oatmeal cookie batter and bakes them to perfection. ah-mazing.

In other news...

Holy cow! 

In 2 hours I am headed out of town (I think!) to my bachelorette weekend. That's right, Hurricane Irene isn't going to ruin our fun! A surprise trip has been in the works for weeks ... maybe months ... Honestly I would say we've all been excited about a fun bridesmaids weekend since I got engaged (amirite?) and the only one who doesn't know any details about it is yours truly. That's right. I'm completely in the dark. Actually I think Ruthy wants me to literally be in the dark and be blindfolded all the way there ... for who knows how long! Needless to say ... I am SO excited!!! 

Danielle suggested yesterday that I put together a list of places I might think we are going ... based on clues I've been given that may or may not have all been lies - we'll see. Either way, here are my guesses and on Monday I'll have all kinds of fun details to share!

Savannah, GA

image 1 | image 2

Charleston, SC

image 1 | image 2

Williamsburg, VA

images

(this is going to be us - frolicking in the waves ... that are probably going to be insanely rough and dangerous - thank you Irene.)

Wrightsville Beach, NC

image 1 | image 2

~

Honestly no matter where we end up, it is going to be a fun fun weekend! 

Hope your weekend is a blast too :)

xoxo, Nicole

magical

don't these candles make this table look magical?

Hope you have a fabulous weekend!

which is scarier?

Today Tori suggested we play a game. It's called Which is Scarier?

To me, the answer is obvious (the second one, duh) but in order to fully understand you should go here and read the story behind picture #1, and then go here to read the follow-up story... 

and now that you've read both the first story and the follow-up story I will inform you that the below picture of John and myself is completely real... just sayin'.

so friends ... what do you think?