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I really wish we caught the part when my little Mii character grasped her back in pain and hobbled around like she was 80 years old. Anyway, after telling me my “Wii Fit Age,” the game lovingly scolded me for my fitness age being 12 years older than I really am - and then they gave me a personal trainer:

Hi, Virtual Personal Trainer!

I decided to try yoga first… it’s easy, right?

Um. no. The goal was to try to keep as steady as you can while keeping your balance inside the yellow circle. If you look at the left bottom corner of the picture, you will see that I have terrible balance. 0 points on the left side! At least I did better on another of the yoga poses…

(I think I might be a little TOO excited about my much better “Warrior Pose” Score)

And I’m also happy to say that I ROCKED one of the “Aerobic” exercises

Miss Toucan = Hula Hoop Champ

But I wasn’t so good at the soccer challenge…

See how I’m leaning exactly how my Mii is on the screen? Yeah, that’s not how it works (otherwise I’m sure I would have rocked this one too… ). You actually have to shift your weight on your feet back and forth. I couldn’t and didn’t get it.

There are so many more little games and training routines on this little game, and after you complete each one, it logs in the time that you worked out:

This little birdy logged in 30 minutes yesterday. Perhaps it will be easier to motivate myself to play Wii Fit for 30 mins than it was to say go for a 30 minute jog? I realize the 30 minute jog probably is a better workout, but if I can motivate myself to ANY type of exercise everyday, that has to count for something right?

I’m curious because I’m lame and need video games to trick me into working out. How do you motivate yourself to work out and keep in shape?
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After a massage and manicure, we heading back to my apartment for snacks and other refreshments…

How many girls does it take to open a bottle of wine? Three.
(We’re in the process of moving, so the corkscrew was already packed,
and we had to use the screw on a utility knife).

After some food and wine, we headed off to our next destination… Gypsy Rose Exotic and Pole Dancing Lessons.

I’m not going to lie. This was my FAVORITE part of the day. I learned that I probably will never make it as an exotic pole dancer (and I have a big ol’ shin bruise to prove it). However, trying to swing around a pole while dressed in crazy ho-ish outfits is KRAZY fun (yes, krazy with a ‘k’ fun).

Umm… yeah. Scandalous.
…and lucky for us the camera died before the pole swinging started.

After a 1.5 hour lesson, I managed to learn how to swing around a pole a couple of ways, but I couldn’t figure out how to get off the floor sexy. Oh well. I guess I’ll stick to my day job.

Next, it’s off to the bar (which was pretty tame given the class we just took…)!

Notice the girls made me don bachelorette gear.

And finally, how all good nights end…

With street food! yum! Pizza and a steak and cheese sub!

Thanks, ladies, for a fabulous night!!!

I was glad that I was left in the dark, and that everything was a surprise for me. I think it made the night more fun! Would you let your ladies plan a bachelorette party without you knowing any of the details?
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This is a pretty accurate representation of Miss Toucan
and her love of french fries in cartoon form. [image source]

Most women like sweet treats, but I’ll pick a plate of french fries every time.

What’s your weakness and how do you keep from caving?

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The came in a couple of weeks ago, and here’s how they turned out!

View of the flowers

With the faux pearl handle

And finally, modeled by Daddy Toucan (he’s such a good model, isn’t he?)

Pretty good, huh? I’m really happy with how they turned out, and I’m pretty confident they’ll survive the hands of 6 little girls… though just in case, I ordered a couple extra (you never can be too sure, right? ).

Do you plan to have your flower girls hold real or fake flowers?
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TA-DA!!! The almost finished product!

It fits!

Anahit got it almost perfect after the first fitting. All that’s left to do is add in the cups, and a slight alteration in the underarms!

Since I’ve noticed a few questions on the boards about bustling mermaid and trumpet gowns, I’ll talk a little bit about mine.

The bustle is a 3-point French bustle. I really wish I was able to take pictures of how the bustle works, but that probably would have required more flexibility than a normal person should have… Anyway, it basically works like this: there are 3 sets of numbered ribbons underneath the skirt part of the my dress. You simply match the numbered ribbons and tie them together so that the bottom ribbon pulls up the bottom part of the dress toward the top. After all the sets of ribbons are tied, fluff the dress for the “whipped cream” look. And voila! The bustle!

I couldn’t be happier with how things turned out with the dress, and it’s a good thing I don’t have it yet! I probably would try it on over and over again 23948230572 different times!

The contact info for Anahit:
Bridal Alterations by Anahit
331 Watertown Street
Newton, MA 02498
617-795-1940
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We saw cake, and were the first ones to the table…

“hmm… which one to eat first?”
(Note the penguin mug I chose- Hi Peng! )

After being momentarily mesmerized by all the cake, I looked up at Mr. Toucan, and he’s doing this:

Mr. T looks hungry.

“Guys, hurry up. Mr. Toucan’s about to do a face plant into all the cake!”

Finally, everyone comes to the table, and Mr. T gets his cake and eats it too!

“OM NOM NOM NOM”

Mr. T’s plates on top, mine on bottom.

They were all sooooo good, but can you guess which cakes we liked best?
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Tea-length like I wanted, and more formal (check out the beading!) like the parents Toucan wanted!

What do you think? Do I have Hive approval too? Better than the last dress?
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Since I really didn’t know what I wanted to do with my hair, Lypor decided to do my makeup first, so that at the end, we could try as many hairstyles as time would allow. I told Lypor that I wanted a mostly natural look, but I wasn’t afraid of eye makeup, and that maybe we could go more dramatic with the eyes.

Miss Toucan is staring at you. (Note: one eye has false lashes and the other eye does not)

Lypor suggested since we were going more a little more dramatic with the eyes, that I try false eyelashes. Despite having pretty full eyelashes, mine are actually pretty short. You can see the biggest difference in the profile shots:

Normal vs Fake eyelash

I wasn’t fully convinced to use falsies because I’ve never worn them before, so Lypor left them on one eye for the entire trial (you will notice lopsided eyes in all my hair pictures!).

After the makeup was done, it was on to the hair!

I am a dork and took pictures of the hair trial through the mirror during the entire trial.

I really thought I wanted to do a down-do or half-up half-down, so we started with the down-do first (plus it’s the easiest to start with).

Hair option #1

It felt really glamorous, but at the same time, for some reason, it felt like too much. Lypor suggested that if I chose this look, I might want to trim my shorter front layer a few inches so that weird curl on the right-side of the picture fell better. Lypor also felt that possibly this do would be too much, and suggested that we pull at least half of it back so that you can see my face.

In between styles, here I am being annoying and taking pictures from the chair again.

Hair option #2

I really liked that my hair was out of my face, yet I still had some of my hair down, but we had one more hairstyle to try…

In between hairstyles again…

The up-do:

Hair option #3

I was actually really surprised that I ended up liking this one the best! The back is a little messy because this was the 3rd hairstyle of the day, but it will be much neater the day of. The other reason why I think I’ll end up going with this style is that both my wedding dress and my qipao have lower backs, and an up-do would probably give both dresses extra drama.

After the trial, I took more pictures when I got home. Lypor didn’t use the zoom on my camera and took pictures literally less than a foot away from my face, so the unkindly light + the flash so close to my face didn’t show what a great job she actually did on my makeup.

Pictures by the window at my parents’ house
(Note: Little Sister Toucan is a goober and loves to pop up into my pictures).

Here in these pictures, you can see that the makeup is much more natural looking than some of the pictures above. All in all I was relieved that I had a great trial! I’m still surprised that I ended up liking the up-do the best since I usually don’t like to wear my hair up. Though, I guess it is kind of nice to look different from how you normally look on your wedding day.

What do you think? Which did you like best?

*Note: Lypor’s website only works in Internet Explorer, and not Mozilla Firefox.

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