Amber called me on Feb 18 with much glee in her voice "Holly, Rush's called and my wedding dress is in!" She was so excited! We were going to the cities in a few week's...so we would see it then. Amber emailed me to see if I would come in 2 days to go and pick it up with her. The weekend was kind-of full...so I told her it wouldn't work. Sunday night on the phone with me, she had a small, bride-to-be meltdown. She really wanted to get her dress now and she wanted me to come with. So, I did what every Matron of Honor would do...got to work on Monday a.m. and re-arranged my schedule so that I could go on Th. afternoon. I took Friday off. Presley and Madison wanted to come too of course! So, Th. afternoon, I picked the girls up before naps at daycare and we took off! We got there around 4:30. Auntie welcomed us with these nice signs!
We had tentatively planned to lay low on Th. night and then get her dress on Friday a.m. It was a nice night...so we took a few pictures outside before it got dark.
Kevin arrived right at the end of taking pictures. Amber and Kevin had decided to make us teriyaki bowls for supper. When Amber was in California, a great place we ate featured teriyaki bowls. They were a fun treat! Then, change of plans, we decided to load up the car and head to David's Bridal before it closed Th. night. Amber has 2 bridesmaid dresses in mind...and she wanted me to try them both on again. I think she is getting closer to deciding. We made a quick stop to Kohl's and then went back to her place for the night. We were all sound asleep by 10:15 (no girl talk for us...way too tired)!
Friday a.m. we woke up by 7:30. Amber went to class from 8-9 while the girls and I ate breakfast and got ready. We headed for downtown Minneapolis by 10 a.m. Amber was shaking like a weed...she was so excited, nervous, anxious, etc. Would the dress that arrived be the right one, would it be the right color...and the inevitable...would it fit?
Fit it did...like a glove! It was her dress...and it was perfect! She looked beautiful in it! We were so excited to be there with her to pick it up!
After picking her dress up, we headed to Kevin's to show him it! J/K! No way! Kevin tried to get Presley to tell him what it looked like and Amber said "Don't you dare!" Kevin made us pizza for lunch.
After lunch, Amber had agreed to go to my favorite place...and her least favorite...Albertville! She said that was the least she could do to repay me for driving up. We both had 1 goal at Albertville...to buy Coach purses! Go figure...they had nothing we wanted! Well, of course we would have loved 1/2 of them...but nothing we wanted to fork out $100 plus for. HJason would be proud! So, we decided to wait. We shopped until 5:30 p.m. It was time to get going. We dropped Amber off at her car and were at the corner of 494 and 169 at 6:30 p.m. We made it home by 9:15 p.m.
What a fun trip! I'm glad we did it! Less then 6 months and Amber will be walking down the aisle in her dress...can't wait!
