Weddingbee

My fabulouso BMs that threw me that spectacular shower took me on a suh-weet trip!!! They kept me so much in the dark that I didn’t know we were flying to L.A.!

Here we’re waiting for the rental car with all of our luggage. I am so proud of myself, it was the first time I had ever packed that light. So light, that inside my roll-away, there was actually a duffle bag. I didn’t know we were flying, so I tried my best to keep it really light, then ran home to pick up my roll-away for airline check-in purposes.

Where were we going? My girlfriends went as far as to pre-program the Magellan navigator with addresses and renaming them so that my curious arse couldn’t dig in and find out.

Grub-town! My goodness, two weeks before the wedding, you’d think I’d be “careful.” My girls knew of my love for the Grand Lux Cafe chowdah, so there we went. Check them Kobe chili cheese mini hot dogs there in the center…*drool*. Good stuff. Good stuff. I ate like the oink oink that I am.

How do you top off dinner in SoCal? Since one of the gals was playing photog, we filled in the space for her.

Good fro-yo can make people do the weirdest things.

There was nowhere to sit, so we sat in the car and enjoyed our frozen delights before hopping in the car. Due to food-coma, I woke up when we were nearing our destination, nearly 3 hours later! Thanks R. for driving the whole trip, you are a trooper!

Destination: Palm Springs.

WHAAAAAAAAT?! We arrived at the grand Renaissance Esmeralda. Though it was 1 A.M., I was full of energy! So we went exploring the property.

Huge Suites!

The golf course view from our room’s balcony.

The hotel had a huge main lobby with TONS of areas to lounge, and massive ballrooms. Perfect for weddings, both indoors and outdoors. A few events and weddings were happening during our stay.

Oh so comfortable! I laid out as much as I could.

This was the perfect photo op when we saw this chaise. Does the pose look familiar?

These large round lounge chairs could be found outside, some were even surrounding fire pits outside near the pool where most people hung out ’til the wee hours.

Pool by night…

And by day…they even had a man-made beach!

This was one of the main lawn areas where a wedding ceremony was held one afternoon (imagine that for your backdrop!) and a late night open reception was held. There were so many weddings going on that weekend at the place, something to think about for the Palm Springs area! Check it out!

The next morning …. I couldn’t resist and gave my BMs the first part of their BM gifts.

*** The wrapping paper and thank you strip were all created on Powerpoint ***

Then the girls took me shopping at the Outlets for just about 6+ hours of good hearty shopping! Can’t beat that! On our way there, my girlfriends pulled over at a bus stop so that I could take a picture with a new friend.

Should I or shouldn’t I?

But I did succeed in shopping since I found the perfect cufflinks for Mr. CB for his wedding present.

That night, we feasted at the hotel’s restaurant, Cava. Good food I tell ya. The food and their lemonades were so delish!

The girls instructed me that we had an early check out the next morning and then told me that they had gotten lucky and were able to secure a private pool for all of us. Swimsuit in hand and out of breath thinking I was running to the private pool, they instead treated me to morning full of treatments at the hotel Spa. I got a facial, massage, and a mani/pedi.

The therapist was kind enough to clean and redo all my nails on my hands because I had ruined all her hard work hopping into a hot shower merely 20 minutes after all she was done. Be warned ladies!

Bye bye, Palm Springs …

Back to LA for some treats for the ride home… Sprinkles Cupcakes and mo’ Pink Berry… to make the trip complete.

Two weeks before the wedding I really didn’t think I could relax, but my BMs made it possible. It was the most chill, relaxing weekend, filled with the best treats: food, shopping, spa, great silliness, laughs, and great girlfriends.

Anyone else taking a trip close to their wedding date and worried about being able to fully relax?

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