Potato Soup & Wisconsin Shower

This past weekend, Eric and I went our separate ways as you can see in his previous entry. My girlfriends and I headed up to Appleton for a fun weekend and a time for a little bridal showering.

After getting in late on Friday night we got up early and ate at Schriener's Diner...a place where I called home for 5 years as a coffee hostess and server. Then we headed over to the farmers market downtown to get some flowers, fruit and veggies for the shower. It was a little colder than we expected this weekend and so we had to raid my dad's closet for some extra sweaters (see Hillary and Amy on the left).
Saturday night we had a nice dinner, went to church and stopped by the salon to get myself a perm for the upcoming nuptials. Eric said he likes my hair curly and if that is what he likes, that is what he will get.

After a lot of preparation, especially from my mom, we had the shower on Sunday with a whole bunch of family and friends. Everything was going smoothly, but the potato soup wasn't getting warm enough. My mom told Hillary to put the crock pot on the stove top and heat it up on high. As my mom rang the dinner bell. The crock pot cracked and the bottom gave way. Luckily in the midst of the smoke and the fire alarm going off we scooped it into another bowl and still salvaged what was left. Nothing brings excitement like a little kitchen drama to a wedding shower.

Over all it was a great time! My mom and her friend Dar dressed up as these two old ladies and gave me some advice for the wedding night. There were great gifts and plenty of laughs. The girls and I left in the afternoon only to get back to Eric for a little dinner and some time together. As we countdown the days we are getting so excited and are thrilled to be married to each other.

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