I made a point of writing down things every day that we had done but it looks like I forgot to write anything down for day 5 so I'll combine days 5 and 6!
Day 5 was my shopping day without DH!
As the boys had been at Hooters the night before we knew they'd be in no fit state to actually do anything so my friend Hayley and I went shopping at the Millenia Mall...it's like heaven there! I love it!
My mum and sister dropped us off at opening time and went off to shop at Target (they love their bargains!) and Hayley and I headed inside! We didn't have all day so we got to it! The only thing I wanted to get was a pair of Dior sunglasses but imagine my surprise when I found out there was no longer a Dior store there!!
Needless to say I was not impressed! We checked out the other stores but I just wasn't loving any of them! We wandered past the sunglass hut and I decided to go in and have a look. I found a pair of Gucci sunglasses that I loved! They were a little bit more pricey than I had planned on paying but DH had said I could buy new sunglasses and he hadn't given me a price limit so I bought them!!
I also got a tank top from Ed Hardy and tried on a fab swimming costume that was unfortunately not long enough
Hayley did well too and got herself a few new bits too! She was eyeing up a juicy bag but didn't buy it (I would like to add it only took a few days before her hubby took her back and bought it for her!
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Once we were all shopped out we headed to Perkins (again) for lunch and Hayley surprised us by treating us which was lovley. Then we headed to DTD to meet up with the guys and the kids and buy their princess dresses! Just a little side note here...Paul & Hayley's girls are quite often dressed the same and Paul had had to dress them himself this morning due to our shopping trip, so you can imagine the fun we had teasing him when we quickly discovered that the girls were wearing each others clothes! Katie is a little dot so I don't know how he didn't realise her clothes were huge?! Men! They never pay enough attention! But back to princess dress shopping! I'd been looking foward to it for ages!! We headed inside to all the pretty dresses and told the girls to pick whichever dress they wanted. It wasn't a surprise as we had told them they would be dressed as the princess of their choice and they had originally chosen to be Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Belle but they ended up picking Tiana, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. It must be so nice to be a child...the hardest decision for Charlie was to decide if she wanted the gloves and bag or the tiara (when we told her she could have both her little face lit up!) It was really fun and the girls were all excited to get their dresses! After that we headed home to chill by the pool...I so miss that pool!
That evening the last of the guests arrived...my uncle and his GF. I love my uncle...he is the best! They arrived in their mustang (oh my was DH jealous!!) We had a really nice evening together, just chilling and catching up and making sure we had everything packed for our move to the BCV the next day!!
Speaking of the next day...this is DH and my Uncle Colin by the car after loading it up!
When we woke up on the 7th we decided to head out for breakfast. Not Perkins this time you'll be surprised to hear but Denny's. We don't eat there often but I really enjoyed it! After Dennys we hit up Walmart. My uncle is a manager at his local Asda and was keen to head to Wal Mart to compare...needless to say I think Wal Mart is WAY better than Asda!! We ended up buying loads more than planned (isn't that always the way?!) and once we were sufficiently broke we headed back to the villa to load up the cars!
I still feel all excited when I think about this day! The day before our wedding!!!!
It feels like so long ago now and I guess, to be fair, it was over a month ago now!
Here's DH loading up our car
When we were ready we headed off alone (we were pros by this point at getting around on our own!)
We made a quick stop at DTD to buy some Mickey Mouse pants for DH to wear for the wedding and then jumped back in the car and headed over to the BCV.
On our way I got a call from DHs brother who was quite obviously trying to get us to go and pick them up without coming right out and asking us. I wasn't prepared to do it though. I knew they could get a cab and it wasn't that pricey...I didn't want to spend my day running around picking people up. Actually, I wouldn't of had to pick anyone up...I'd of had to stay at the BC, alone, while DH went to pick them up as we wouldn't of all been able to fit in the car otherwise. I'm not sure they were too happy about it but I didn't feel like it was our responsibilty to drive them around. When it came down to it, everyone had had 3 years to plan how they were going to get from a to b. They got a cab in the end.
We valet parked the car and left all the luggage with bell services. I kept all the welcome bags with me and we went over to check in. The woman checking us in was really nice. She was super helpful and gave us everyones room numbers, told us who had already checked in and took all the welcome bags and arranged delivery to all the rooms for us which was great! We headed to the pool soon after and I went for a swim with my family and DH went off to write his speech! Yes I know, nothing like leaving it till the last minute! I'd been bugging him for months to write it and he left it until the day before the wedding! That's my hubby for you though!! A total procrastinator
We had a great time by the pool and got to see the lifeguard dance too. I accidentally dunked my neice in the pool too...I didn't mean to I swear...it just happened!
We got given our room at nearly 4pm and were given room 141. I wasn't happy as it was on the ground floor but a rooms a room and it's not as if I requested a room higher up. When we got there our key didn't work and we had to walk back to reception only to find out that they had given us the wrong room! When DH went to see if it was ready he gave them his surname instead of mine so they sent us to his mums room! We were actually in room 558 and I was much happier this time! We went up to our room and bell services bought our luggage up, minus 1 cane. DH sent them back down to find the missing cane and they bought it back up 10 minutes later. Crisis averted!
Here's the view from our balcony
Here's our door hanger on the door!
We freshened up and went back to the lobby to meet my family for my last family meal as a Schwartz.
On our way back we stopped to get our picture taken with Ariel (its tradition!)
My mum and dad weren't there and DH needed some socks as he left his wedding socks back at the villa so we went into the shop with my neice. After her dunking this afternoon I felt really bad so told her I'd buy her something in the shop to make up for it...but not when DH was there as he'd tell me off!!
We wandered round and she picked up all sorts of things and ooh'd and ahh'd over them. DH came over to meet us just at the moment that Laura picked up some Minnie Mouse princess ears and announced 'I have always wanted these!!'
She cracks me up! She hasn't always wanted them at all...infact this was probably the first time she had ever seen them but she's so cute...even DH couldn't say no. So we got them for her. Yes, we're suckers!
After our trip around the shop we went back out to the lobby to meet up with my family. We all said goodbye to DH as this was the last time I'd see him before walking down the aisle! He headed to the bar and we all went to Tony Romas!
My uncles GF was very generous and gave up her seat so I could ride in the front of the mustang.
Tony Romas was really busy so they had to sit us at 2 tables which was a bit rubbish but it was either that or go somewhere else. I drank too much and got too much sun during the day so by the time we left I wasn't feeing too great. I headed straight to my room to wait for my sister as she was staying with me that night. My BIL headed to the bar to have a drink with everyone so my sister sat in her room and I sat in my room...alone. It was nearly 11pm when he finally went back to the room. I really wasn't feeling great so we didn't stay up late. It wasn't the evening I had thought we'd have but it was nice and I'm so glad she came to spend the night with me.
Here's a picture of my uncle and his GF, our photographer and my BIL in the bar
Up next...the wedding day!!!!!!