I am still feeling a little under the weather. This cold has now moved down into my chest, resulting in a revolting hacking cough....lovely right? I've given up on sinus medicine and moved onto Robatussin.
Now onto what I've wanted to post all week but have not had the energy to......my FSIL's Bachelorette Weekend @ the Beach! It was FABULOUS! We packed up Friday afternoon and headed down to lovely Orange Beach for some fun in the sun.
I decided decorations were a must, so I made this adorable banner and made cups for all of us. I decorated the table with a sobmrero and everything, but then I completely forgot to take any pics of my decorations. =( Photo FAIL, I know. I did take a pic of the banner @ my house before I left thought....isn't it cute? My Cricut does amazing things!
It was about 9:30 by the time everyone arrived on Friday night. We did dinner @ a local seafood place called Tacky Jacks that is right on the bay. It was a gorgeous night so we got to eat outside on the deck.
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| The group about to head out for dinner! |
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| Bushwacker @ Tacky Jacks...so so good! |
We called it a night when we got back because we had big plans for a marathon day at the beach on Saturday =) We decided we wanted to be at the beach before lunch so we could get a decent spot and soak up some primo sunshine. After a quick trip to Publix for some sandwiches and beverages--just a few ;-) we headed to the beach! We decided that there was one good reason to have boys go with you to the beach....the cooler. It took us a good 10 minutes to figure out how to pack our 3 coolers in the grocery store parking lot. We realized that we'd have to go about 100 yards down the beach to get a good spot on the beach so myself and one of the other bridesmaids hauled the cooler across the beach. We were quite proud of the fact that we only had to stop twice. That was until we got settled and the rest of the girls told us how the lifeguards were laughing at us the whole way....they could have at least offered to help! LOL.
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| we HAD to have limes for the Corona's and Lime-a Ritas! |
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| The cooler....it was much easier to carry on the way back! |
We managed to spent a good 8 hours on the beach (with minimal sunburns thanks to some good ole SPF 60 that was generously reapplied several times). We had the most perfect weather you could imagine. It was warm but there was a nice breeze that kept you from getting too hot. The water felt amazing, too!
We had a bit of excitement while we were floating around in the beautiful Gulf waters when a 4 foot long black fish swam up under us. We freaked out and started swimming to the shore...we were maybe 20 yards out in the water. Thankfully we had a fisherwoman with us in the Bachelorette who after the initial freak-out realized that our visitor was not a shark like we thought, but a Cobia. A harmless fish that travels up and down the Gulf Coast close to shore. We have fished for them several times in the past few years. We felt a little better once we figured that out. But out excitement was not over, a few hours later we were out in the water again and saw a smaller black square come over the surf in a big wave....it was a sting ray, one of 2 that we saw in the surf that day. I don't know if they were swimming in on the big waves or what but it was sooo cool! I wish I'd had an underwater camera to take some pics of them!
After a long day in the sun, we decided it was time for a photoshoot....on the beach, which was possible because we brought a tri-pod with us. Yes a tri-pod. We set it up an proceeded to conduct our photoshoot. which I am sure entertained the entire beach.
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| FSILs! |
We HAD to take a ridiculous number of jumping pictures so that we could get them just right, and what beach trip is complete without them?!
I modeled my new romper/beach cover up. Yes I always wear a visor and sunglasses when I go to the beach....I started getting sun spots on my forehead a few years ago and will not go to the river/lake/beach without them.
We had some fabulous outtakes.
And then had to show off our physiques a la Muscle Beach Poses.
Beach Day = SUCCESS!
Around 6 we realized we needed to go back to the house to shower, especially if we were going to have time to eat before we headed out on the town. We still ended up eating dinner @ 10PM, again at a place called Cosmo's. The food was delish! But it was perfect timing because the 6th member of our crew had time to join us!
We ended our evening @ the FloraBama. It is a fabulous little bar that straddles the Alabama and Florida state lines. It was nearly blown away by Hurricane Ivan in 2004, but it's slowly been rebuilt and now it has 2 stages and countless decks and bars. It's right on the beach, too which means a nice breeze blows through it all night.
Yeah, we did.
Bachelorette weekend.....check!
And now T-Mo can get married!!!
