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Happy Tuesday! I hope you all had a good start to your week. Mine got off to a rough start since I got home at about 1am Monday night! Woohoo! Anyway, I had a GREAT weekend in Charleston and wanted to recap it for you all.
After getting in late Thursday night (aka Friday morning), my friend’s amazing fiancé picked me up (again, THANKS JOHN!), and then waking up at 5:30 to take my friend to school (she’s a teacher) so I could use her car, I was weirdly pumped and ready to go! I went to a Barre class (I’ll recap this Sunday I think) and then after a shower I headed downtown. It was so nice to walk around campus, I felt like I’d never left! Well, except for passing a girl wearing a Kappa Delta sweatshirt and realizing I didn’t know anyone anymore…
The KD house!
After walking around campus and then down King St (great shopping), I went through the new market place and stopped by the clothing store where I worked in college.
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They also had a couple food venues at the end (Caviar & Bananas is like an even BETTER Dean & Deluca. So good.)
From there I headed out towards the water and enjoyed the park. I was so lucky with the weather this weekend – 70s!
After my walk I got lunch with a friend of mine from high school who moved to Charleston. We went to Verde, a great place for a quick salad or wrap if you’re in downtown. Then I picked up my friend from work and we ended up grilling at her fiance’s house (he was her boyfriend on Friday…) and seeing some Christmas lights.
Saturday morning we went to Jazzercise and then got smoothies at The Main Squeeze. Loved this place! The family that owns it is so nice, and were great about me wanting to change around a smoothie to fit what I wanted. They had a ton of options, I highly recommend it! They have both smoothies and juices.
After that I showered and then was off to Kiawah for Meredith’s wedding! It was so great to get to hang out with her and my other friends while they got ready for the wedding, I really miss these girls. I’m so bad at keeping in touch but I think part of it is that it makes me sad!
Enough of that, back to the wedding. It was out at the Sea Island Yacht Club and had the most gorgeous view.
Meredith was, as always, stunning and I’m so happy for her. Walking down the aisle:
The wedding was a blast: amazing food, great dancing and it was a smaller wedding so it felt more intimate. I got to spend plenty of time with my friends. After dancing the night away they so kindly let me crash at the house they’d rented for the weekend. We spent more time hanging out on the screened-in porch, singing and talking and I finally went to bed… on a love seat. Shockingly I woke up bright and early, but was greeted with this view:
And walked back to my car:
This so made me want to move back. As did leaving all my friends who were still sleeping in the house.
I made it back downtown and got to see and congratulate my twin, Amy Lee on her ENGAGEMENT!!!! And yes, I knew it was going to happen. Her whole family and her fiance’s family came into town and surprised her after she was proposed to. They had a party at his house with several other friends, all while I was at the wedding. It was so hard to keep the secret all weekend!!!
I loved getting to hear about his proposal, and seeing the book of photographs and a poem that he made her to propose. I was definitely crying as she described it all to me, she found a winner.
We went to church with her family, and then off to try on some wedding dresses! Just to get an idea of what she wanted, but not to buy. I’d made the appointment in advance knowing that it would be the only time myself, her and her mom would all be in the same place. It was a great end to the weekend!
I had some trouble getting home, a mechanical issue caused my flight to be delayed 6 hours, but I did get a $200 travel voucher and got to talk to a woman who’s run over 60 marathons! Impressive.
Long story short: this weekend rocked. And I miss my friends. And now I’m sad. The end.
Have you ever been to any gorgeous wedding locations?
Do you live in the same city as most of your friends?
Where did you go to college?
