Weddingbee Blog

The day before Mr. Dolphin’s and my wedding, I threw a small little lunch for my awesome bridesmaids, Mr. Dolphin’s momma and my momma. I set up the luncheon at a local place in Ormond Beach, Frappes North.

Okay, before I start the story of how fabulous our lunch was (and finally reveal my gifts for my beautiful bridesmaids and mothers), I have to say something about the restaurant we lunched at. Number 1: I hadn’t had lunch/dinner/whatever there in YEARS, but I remembered it being a nice classy establishment way back when, so I thought it would be a safe bet for lunch. WRONG. Although, the food was nice, the place left little to be desired. I was actually sort of embarrassed when I went inside with my ladies. From the weird ’old’ smell, to the smallness of the place, and the fact that they sat us RIGHT NEXT TO the doors to the kitchen, it made me a little upset/embarrassed and I couldn’t believe I took my sweet ladies here.

But, alas, we were already there and my type-A bride-ness had to just GET OVER IT. Cause we were having lunch here whether I liked it or not.

So, moving on…

I put this lunch together so that I could have a moment with my ladies, and thank them all for being such amazing people and taking such special roles in our lives. I mean, how awesome is it to have your best friends, your future sister, your mother, and mother-in-law in the same room?

After we ordered lunch, it was time for gifts, my favorite part! I LOVED putting together these gifts for my bridesmaids, and Mr. Dolphin gave me a tight budget, which made it even more fun! I know… this is about the point where you are probably thinking I’m crazy. It’s okay. I get that a lot.

Sweet Bridesmaid showing off her goodies, while Sporty Bridesmaid searches for the rest of hers.

Gator Bridesmaid studying my pocket schedule intensely while Happy Bridesmaid laughs at my silly type-A-ness.

All this unwrapping, and I know y’all just want to know… what did they get?!? Once again, since I’m crazy, I put together a little Photoshopping to show you all their goodies. Holla!

Earrings on Etsy, $6; Custom Hair Flowers on Etsy, $14; Ikea Vase for each, $2.99; Liberty of London Gift bag (w/tissue), $2.99; Pocket Schedules $My blood, sweat, and tears; Frames from Target, $4; Personal message to each in the frame, Priceless.

So the grand total spent on my ladies? $29.98 a piece, and I would have spent more, if Mr. Dolphin wasn’t holding the purse strings. But, looking back, I think this was just the perfect amount, and I managed to get my ladies everything I wanted to get them (minus those dang heart sunglasses I couldn’t find ANYWHERE… oh well). Happy bridesmaids make for a happy bride.

The moms were certainly not left out. Not only did they receive cute little turquoise silk tissue packs (via Etsy), they also received a ’wedding day survival kit’ complete with Advil, a sewing kit, breath mints, safety pins (which came in handy keeping my dress up), Band-Aids, bobby pins, and so many other must have goodies for the big day. Oh… and we also included this little note in their gift bags:

Wedding albums for our mommas!!!

I wish I had more pictures to show y’all from the lunch. Maybe a picture of me in my cute little J.Crew dress I bought for the event? Well, all the pictures I need are in places I can’t get to. And I thought it was about time I got on and finally STARTED our recaps. It’s only been a month and a half, right?

I will leave you with this picture of Mr. Dolphin, in a shirt gifted to him by one of this groomsmen:

Mr. Dolphin thinks he’s funny. I’m not amused. Well actually, I was pretty darn amused! He wore this shirt the day we got back from our honeymoon.

P.S.- Our photographers said we would most likely be getting our professional pictures sometime this week. SCORE! I can’t wait to unleash those babies all over this blog. Be prepared!