Fun Stuff: December 2019 Archives

David brought this up on one of his visits earlier in the year.  A little tricky because all the pieces are the same shape.

I did this at work because it was only 750 pieces and fits in the space I work on them in.  Have done it before.

I think I may have gotten this at Vinnies.  A nice easy little one I did at work.

David brought this one as well and we did it together.  I'll have to do it again myself one day before I can give it away ;)

Mum brought this at Christmas, done in a minute or so.

I got this out so we could do it one year to the day after I actually went to St Lucia :)

Kit hired Michael Boyle Photography to do all the official photos.  He arrived half an hour before the ceremony and left after the party started, so was able to capture pretty much the whole day.  I got access to the online gallery, and I was very impressed with the photos.  Here's some of the highlights!

So after not really getting any sleep at all, I was a bit of a zombie on the Saturday morning.  I raided my food supplies and had some cheese and salami for breakfast.  Had a shower and wandered out to the shed to help setup.

The others surfaced, and we started getting ready.

Audrey steam-ironed the dresses.

The dresses all hanging up.  Guess which one is mine?

The makeup and hair ladies came around 9-9:30.  I was first to get makeup done (this is sans-lipstick).

Chloe plied me with champagne (Henkell) while I was getting my hair done.

Ending up with a sort of "messy bun" style.

We even got little flowers glued in.

Kit got us all matching jewelry.

Chloe's mum did the flowers.

I had time to go and photograph some of the setup.  This was where the ceremony was held.  Such a pretty spot.

Hazel did an amazing job with the flowers.

The tables had books and bottles and greenery and it all looked very rustic.

Kit's mum prepared a stack of fruit, and there were some party pies and sausage rolls which became lunch.

Kit getting her hair decorated.

Kit all ready.

Then it was off to the ceremony.  Being in the ceremony I didn't get any of my own photos.  Not that I would have been allowed anyway, they said "no photos" which would have made me PISSED at any other wedding.  I can understand not wanting people to take photos during the ceremony, but where's the harm in letting people take a few photos during the entrance and setup? #grunt.  

This is me and the sweetie afterwards.

And I did get a few of my own other photos after the bridal party photos were done.

Including one or two of Kit and Pete.

And a couple of the venue

There was pizza for dinner, and speeches and dancing, a pretty fun night.

At the end of the night the wedding party stayed up a little longer just hanging out which was pretty nice.  Did make for a late night though.

This was back in October.  Whoops.  I did get some extra wear out of the fancy dress I bought for our last cruise.

The venue was very pretty.

Entrees were either "Sous vibe (their spelling) pork belly with carrot truffle puree, rocket salad and soya beans" or "Thai beef salad, mild marinated beef with vermicelli noodles, trio of capsicum, julienne carrots, fried shallots, bean sprouts and pine nuts".  I had the pork and it was delicious.

Mains were either "Braised lamb shank with soft polenta top and a mushroom ragout" or "Supreme chicken breast stuffed with spinach and ricotta fennel mash, brocolini and capsicum jus".  I had the lamb shank which was also very nice, but all that meat meant I was *very* full all night.  

Dessert was either "Lemon meringue tart with zesty lemon curd topped with pillows of soft meringue" or "Brulee infused with bailes and served with chocolate dust, cream and strawberries".  I had the lemon meringue tart, but struggled with it, and would have enjoyed it a lot more I hadn't been so full from dinner..

Then there was lots of dancing.  A fun night as always.