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Sally & Sam's Big Day!

It was a cold but sunny day for Sally's wedding! I have known Sally since my freshman year of college.  We first met because her cousin Laura (blonde), lived next door to me in the dorms (with Farrah) and became a very good friend of mine.  Laura (brown) lived next door to me on the other side.  The Lauras and I got an apartment together our sophomore year.  We all hung out together all the time.   Junior year, Sally and some of her friends moved into the apt. across the hall from us.  We were all together every single day- the most fun days of our lives! I moved out a year earlier than the other girls (I moved to AZ) and when I did, Sally took my room.  Sally and many of the other girls were roommates even after college, until they all started getting married.
Sam, Sally's new husband, used to live downstairs from us in that same apartment building.  There were only 8 (4 bdrm) apartments in the building, so we all got to know each other pretty well.  Sally and Sam were friends back then and maybe even smooched a couple of times.  They didn't see each other again until about a year and a half ago when they reconnected online! They started dating, fell in love and the rest is history!!!
I only took a fraction of the photos I would usually take because my camera kept dying, but here are a few.
They were married at Assumption Catholic Church in St Paul, the same place where D & D were married.


Me and Sally

College friends Laura (brown), Kelly, Greg and Lindsay
Laura (blonde) and her husband Jeff (Here I blogged about their wedding)

My dinner companions

 

And then my camera died! I will add more pics later when I get the rest from Laura!

The reception was a lot of fun.  It was great to have all the college girls and Sally's fun friends together.  Many of Sam's old college roommates (the guys who lived downstairs from us) were also at the reception.  I hadn't seen or thought about some of these people in 10 years, what a blast from the past!

Party time for Sally!

Attended a bachelorette party last Friday night for Sally, one of my college girlfriends.  I always have fun when I am reunited with these ladies :)  It was a Black (with Sally in white) theme and we had a green party bus.  Fun stuff!

I am by no means a downtown party girl, but there is ONE club downtown that I have consistently had fun at over the past 10 years because it is such a good place to dance...its had many names over the years but has gone by The Annex for many years now :)  We spent the last couple fo hours at that bar shakin our groove thang and then slumber party. 

Golden Birthday Bash

Saturday night was my dear friend (and former college roommate) Laura's 31st birthday.  Since she was 8 months pregnant last year on her 30th and couldn't really celebrate, she threw a party for herself this year in honor of her 31st Golden Birthday. Fun times!  I had been really looking forward to hanging with our other college girls, Laura, Sally and Kelly, but another severe storm in the southern 'burbs where those girls were prevented them from being able to come :(
I had a good time anyway....glad I know Laura's sisters and a couple of the other girls who went out with us.  We had a big party bus and went bar-hopping.  Here are some photos:

This is a crazy picture, but I like it anyway!

At the last bar we were at, Laura jumped on stage and jammed with the band!

Nothing like staying up 'til 4am, having a good time!
Love ya, Laura! So glad I was able to come celebrate with ya!

Stearns Hall Flashbacks!

I met with Laura, Laura and Farrah today for lunch at La Casita.  We were talking about when we all met in the college dorms.  Laura (blonde) and Farrah were roommates, I was two doors down from them and Laura (brown) was next door to me on the other side.  I believe it was Farrah who first nicknamed them "blonde" and "brown" to differentiate the girls by hair color but those are nicknames that stuck with the girls when we all moved off campus together for the rest of our college years and to this day....13 years after we all met!

Looking forward to the holiday weekend!

All aboard the Pink Panther Bus......

Last night was a really fun night.....a personal shower and bachelorette party for Kelly, one of my college girls.  Up until Friday night I wasn't sure if I'd even make it, having been sick earlier in the week and overworked the rest.  Laura (brown) told me I better go...it was too long since "party Kristi" had come out with them.  Too true...I couldn't let my girls down and I knew I'd have fun.  It was a pretty wild night, very few of the pics Laura and I took will actually make it to this blog!
We started with a personal shower for Kelly. Whoa, nelly! I think the "cleanest" gift that she received was this pink John Deere hat  (Kelly will soon be living on a farm after her wedding) I don't dare show you any of her other gifts, but you do realize this was a bachelorette party....use your imagination!

Here is Laura (blonde) with her 10-day old baby girl, Keira.  I'd kill to have a body like hers just days after having a baby! Laura didn't come out with us on the bus, but we sure missed her...

After the shower 19 of us girls piled into this bad boy: The Pink Panther bus. We started the night at Shamrock's, then to Moose Country to shake our booties, then finished the night at Bogart's to see the Johnny Holm Band.  Such a fun time!  I still had a ton of fun even though I kept it pretty tame...I tried to drink but they just didn't want to go down so good. Being there with everyone and seeing the drunken fun was worth it!

Me and Laura.  Notice the wavy hair? I used my three-barrell for the first time since this time. I kinda felt like a had a fro! I also bought a new outfit on the way to the party.  Gotta love that!

We got back to Kelly's sister's house late at night, ate a ton of munchies and then had a giant sleepover.  Laura and I stayed up most of the night, looking at all of our pictures and laughing our asses off! Ah, it was almost like the old days when we all lived together in college.  I miss those days so much when I hang with these girls.  I love them! I will post a group picture when Laura sends me her photos.