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Mrs. Cola, Mountain View, CA Age and Occupation: 27, Product Communications and Promotions Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Managing Partner and Senior Designer Engagement Date: March 5, 2009 Wedding Date: June 2010 Venue: The Mountain Terrace, Woodside, CA About Me: I’m a Washington State native, enjoying life in Silicon Valley California with my fiancé, our three kitties and one leopard gecko. I like reading wedding blogs, Photoshopping wedding design mock ups, making lists, and planning, planning, planning! I’m a bit of an anomaly, on one side I’m a very girlie girl, I collect shoes, I lay out my outfits 4-6 weeks in advance, and I’d never leave the house without my hair curled and makeup on. But on the other side, I’m a total tomboy, I love to go camping and hiking, play drinking games (hey, I’m Irish!) and most of my closest friends are guys. My fiancé and I are planning a DIY-focused wedding with a balance between easygoing (what he wants) and chic and stylish (what I want), and are tying it all together with elements in lavender, sage, butter cream and chocolate.
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The Wednesday afternoon before our wedding, after leaving the freshly purchased wedding flowers prep to my family, Mr. Cola and I, along with three members of our wedding party grabbed lunch, and then loaded all of this into our U-Haul truck and the trunks of our two cars.

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At this point I was beginning to feel like a zombie again, since I’d only had about 8 total hours of sleep in the past 72 hours, so I went and tried to take a nap, while the guys went to the store to stock up on drinks for that night. They were going to hang out at our house and play pool, while my BM Heather had a night out planned for the two of us.

This is what was already going on when I woke up from my short nap. They’d apparently gotten an early start!

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We ordered take out for dinner, and then my BM and I got dressed for going out. She had arranged for a town car to drive us around for the night!

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After stopping at an ATM, and backtracking to my house to get my driver’s license (duh, fancy bars actually check these things, unlike my usual dive bar haunts), we sampled some of the wine our driver had provided.

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We hit one bar in downtown San Jose, two on Santana Row, and then one up in Palo Alto, over the course of about 5 hours. I’ll let the photos speak for themselves!

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It was a great night of yummy drinks and lots of girlie fun! Until, that is, on our drive home, about ten minutes from my house… let’s just say, my BM decided she didn’t like her drinks anymore, and I sacrificed my sweater. And her purse ended up having to be thrown in the garbage the next morning. Ah, good times! :)

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(unless otherwise noted, all pictures in this post are personal photos, taken by myself or our wedding party)

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21 Responses to “Just Days Before ‘I Do’: Girls Night Out/Guys Night In”

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SandraMarie_1986
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SandraMarie_1986 (message)  1,363 posts, Bumble bee

LOL! You’re such a good friend to sacrifice your sweater. Too many drinks will do that. Glad you girls had fun!

 
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amariem25

funny! reminds me of the time my MOH and I went to an irish bar and drank ourselves silly.

 
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Mrs. Snow (message)  916 posts, Busy bee

Haha, aww @ your sweater! And I’m so tickled @ the guys downing forties…

What is that dark colored martini you’re drinking? It looks delicious!

 
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jordynrose (message)  6,351 posts, Bee Keeper

How sweet of your driver to buy you flowers! :)

 
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Kate

Awww - you’re such a good friend! :-)

 
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Kate

PS - I hear you on the sleep thing. I was a zombie before my wedding too… adrenalin got me through the day. I had never had a problem with sleeping before, but the week before my wedding… sheesh.
It’s now my number one recommendation for brides. GET A SLEEPING PILL!!! FROM YOUR DOCTOR!
- totally my only regret, and the only thing I would change from our awesome day. :-)

 
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Cynthia

I see you hit up NOLAs. I know those hurricane drinks num num lol.

 
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Miss Cardigan (message)  8,645 posts, Bee Keeper

That looks like fun! Poor sweater, though. :(

 
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Mrs. French Fries (message)  2,218 posts, Buzzing bee

Awww, sorry about your sweater and her purse! Looks like they were casualties in a really fun night, though!

 
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Mrs. Trail Mix (message)  6,328 posts, Bee Keeper

A perfect way to kick off your wedding weekend (minus the vom, which is totally my signature move in cabs, btw!)

 
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jlp2w71611 (message)  298 posts, Helper bee

Wow- looks like so much fun! Minus your BM getting sick :-(

 
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Miss Shortstop (message)  97 posts, Worker bee

Oh how I love Santana Row. I live within walking distance, which is fabulous for entertainment value not so much for my pocketbook :)

 
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Mrs. Buttons (message)  5,046 posts, Bee Keeper

Seriously, those drinks look awesome! Love me a martini… ;)

 
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Miss Glasses (message)  2,741 posts, Sugar bee

Whole lotta drinking going on in this post. I like it!

 
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Mrs. Cola, Mountain View, CA Age and Occupation: 27, Product Communications and Promotions Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Managing Partner and Senior Designer Engagement Date: March 5, 2009 Wedding Date: June 2010 Venue: The Mountain Terrace, Woodside, CA About Me: I’m a Washington State native, enjoying life in Silicon Valley California with my fiancé, our three kitties and one leopard gecko. I like reading wedding blogs, Photoshopping wedding design mock ups, making lists, and planning, planning, planning! I’m a bit of an anomaly, on one side I’m a very girlie girl, I collect shoes, I lay out my outfits 4-6 weeks in advance, and I’d never leave the house without my hair curled and makeup on. But on the other side, I’m a total tomboy, I love to go camping and hiking, play drinking games (hey, I’m Irish!) and most of my closest friends are guys. My fiancé and I are planning a DIY-focused wedding with a balance between easygoing (what he wants) and chic and stylish (what I want), and are tying it all together with elements in lavender, sage, butter cream and chocolate.

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