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After my mother, mother-in-law and I were all finished with our hair and make-up at the Aveda Salon, I decided to spent a bit of quality time with my wedding party. The only stressful part of the entire day for me was the time it took for us to get rounded up and down to Mirabelle’s Cafe (who made our beautiful wedding cake) for lunch. One bridesmaid had her hair done at a different salon, another was out early for a run as she was training for the New York Marathon, and the other was running around town looking for white back up shoes for me for the reception… it was hard to keep track of everyone.

Our sweet photographer, Daria Bishop, joined us for lunch and got a couple of cute shots between the salon and the cafe.

Bride and groom dolls in the window of the toy shop

The fire juggling clown setting up for the street fair…you’ll see more of him during the cocktail hour

We had to wait to be seated for what seemed like forever — I’m sure it was only 10-15 minutes — but when you’re getting married in a matter of hours your concept of time is totally warped. All I could think about while waiting was how much of our “just us” photo time was being eaten up.

Once we were seated and served, Alison (the owner/baker) came out to say hello and see how everything was. She is a lovely woman with a fantastic business. Every time I’ve ever been there it’s been packed. The website says, “Mirabelle’s — where everything is good,” and it’s really true. If you find yourself in Burlington you’ll have to stop in for lunch or a treat.

Daria snapped a quick picture of me with Alison, the owner and baker of our yummy wedding cake

And this is one of my favorite pictures of the day — my best friend since childhood was one of my bridesmaids and she LOVES sweets. Here she is eating her cupcake which, if I remember correctly, is all she ordered!

Did you plan a breakfast, luncheon or any quality time with your girls before the wedding? My advice, if you’re planning on this, is to pick a place where you can make a reservation and know that there won’t be a chance you could lose 30-45 minutes. This was my one big oversight. The guys just bought sandwiches and brought them back to the inn (more on their QT later)…. I might have done that if I’d known we’d be so behind.

Photo Credit: Daria Bishop Photography