another bridal shower / some engagement photos
livejournal readers: i’ve already posted this. move along if you’ve read it already!
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i am such a lucky girl. on friday luci, my boss at ladderback design, told me we needed to go to a client meeting in canton at 5 pm. when we walked into helen’s garden to meet the client, i was, instead, greeted by a smiling kat and whit (my boss and co-worker at gilah press + design) at one of the upstairs dinner tables. extremely confused, i took a quick look around and saw a huge box with a bow on it and a big bouquet of flowers next to that. a surprise bridal shower! again! of course i started crying since i was so flattered and taken aback. we talked and ate lots of amazing appetizers: hummus, shrimp al ajillo, fruit and fromage and gorgonzola artichoke spinach dip. each one was insanely tasty. a couple hours later and our boys came over to meet up with us. they enjoyed burgers while we sipped on many more glasses of red and white wine. my gift from kat and luci was a gift certificate for an ancient body ritual service at renew organic day spa. luci remembered how much i loved it at renew when i got my eyebrows and nails done there. here’s the description for the service:
This indulgent ritual begins with a traditional moisturizing body scrub to remove dry and damaged skin cells, while nourishing the deeper layers of healthy skin. Once your skin is polished to perfection, you will be guided into deep relaxation with a soothing massage. Next, a mask of herbs, spices, and essential oils will be applied to your entire body, followed by an aromatic skin moisturizing treatment.
sounds good, right? i’m definitely planning on doing the treatment close to the wedding day to help me escape a little.
and though beth (other co-worker at gilah press) couldn’t make it to the shower, she and whit had gone in together on the gift in the big box. when i unwrapped the first item i realized they had gotten me the 8″, 10″ and 12″ martha stewart porcelain cake stands that we wanted to use for the cupcakes at our wedding! they are so freakin’ pretty in person.
since our new friends chung and alex were nearby, jacob (whit’s husband) called them and asked if we could all come over and keep the fun going at his place. of course they were ready for us with more yummy drinks and poker. so awesome.
saturday was the day of our engagement session! it all began with an early morning blow dry/straighten at padma salon. next was a quick shopping trip to cloud 9 clothing where i picked up a cute new blue coat. then we had our engagement session with jocelyn of studio mathewes, our wedding photographer, up and down howard street, in lexington market, near the rita’s at the inner harbor and in and around downtown baltimore. it was cold and misty out but we managed to stick it out with smiles on our faces. she even managed to get a few of the photos online already before leaving for the week. they are SO beautiful. i can’t stop looking at them! check them out here! isn’t she the best? (oh, and that cute new blue coat was purchased specifically for these photos!)
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