It's here!

I'm sitting at Wet Salon waiting for my future MIL to get her hair
done. Finally a chance to rest for a bit. It still hasn't hit me I'm
getting married in 3 hours!!!! Holy shit. Can you believe it? Well
I'm going to try my hardest to enjoy the day and try and remember it.
Thanks to my little friend, X, I have been doing very well thank you.

Well this is Dawn Beenan giving her final farewell as a single girl.

Hugs n kisses

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Exchanging gifts early...

Matt and I decided to give gifts before our company came into town.
He bought me this beautiful blue topaz ring I have been looking at for
awhile. I love it!!!!

I made him an album with my boudoir pics. I went for the burlesque,
pin up look. He was very pleased, to say the least! I was impressed
how the photos turned out. My photographer is amazing!!

So close....

I can’t believe my wedding is 2 days away. I consider myself very lucky for keeping my cool these past few weeks. I do owe a lot of it to xanax. What a friend that beautiful pill has been to me.

Everything is pretty much done. There are a few things I need to get done on Friday, but nothing that will kill me. I’m slightly irked with my dress issue that came up recently. You can see my review on yelp. I’m pretty much over it, but it was my first “wedding drama” I had to deal with, so it’s staying with me slightly. The problem is solved and I should drop it. Another slight problem has been the music. Our DJ comes highly recommended, which basically means they are expensive. Well, I sent them our ceremony and reception play-list and they don’t have the majority of it on file. So it is my responsibility to get them a CD with all the songs. Isn’t that what I’m paying you for? It goes to show that most brides out there have TERRIBLE taste in music. We are not playing your typical wedding march crap like that. That’s what you get for trying to be different – more work.

Ok, enough bitching from yours truly. I am stuck here at work for another day and my plate is completely full. I have a huge pile of paperwork to work on and I don’t know if I can make a dent in it. The xanax is not helping me at all. I’m too goofy to be serious.  But I am looking forward to my massage in an hour. Then a fun waxing appointment after work. All these appointments and money. I can’t wait for it to be over and I can get fat and hairy once again.

I take that back. I am very, very happy with my weight loss. I haven’t been this size since Kim’s wedding. It’s a fabulous feeling to look at yourself naked and smile. Plus all the clothes I can wear again! It’s like a shopping trip in my closet. All the clothes pushed to the back are brand new to me!

Now back to work. No more fooling around. I know my 4 readers will be sad to see my lack of posts in the next week but be ready for a full blow picture blow out on the 13th.

Steam room, sauna and jacuzzi

Beautiful flowers eveywhere

That's the indoor pool barn

My day at Lake Austin Spa

Was the most fantastic day ever! And I didn't spend a moment thinking
of the wedding!

It's a good weekend to own a pedicab.

ACL begins....

I DID IT!

10 days on the Master Cleanse. The best part about it was not cheating. It’s really hard to go all those days without chewing. Past cleanses I have sneaked a fingertip of peanut butter, or put something in my mouth, chew it and spit it out. This time I never came close to doing that. It’s amazing how much willpower one person has. I had it in my mind to not cheat and be completely honest with myself. Besides, cheating would only defeat me from looking good in my dress.

I lost about 10 lbs and that was nice. I feel fantastic, but a bit on the tired side. The next few days are actually the hardest for me. Once you are off the lemonade, you have to gradually introduce liquid, then solid food back into your system. It’s hard when you get a whiff of something delicious and you want to eat like normal. Believe me, I have had many experiences of coming off the cleanse the wrong way and have paid severely. So today is my orange juice day. OJ and water. Tomorrow is OJ, water and vegetable soup. You then progress from salads, nuts, fruits, etc. The book recommends you don’t introduce meat, dairy, fried foods into your system for about a week. No problem! I can’t make any promises during my honeymoon though.

So here I am. 9 days out. Finishing up those last minute things that drive me crazy. I am incredibly excited about Saturday. Matt bought me a half day at the Lake Austin Spa. So I will be spending a beautiful Saturday getting pampered. Mmmmmmm I love spas.

day 3

is coming to a close. i haven't thought much of food, besides my drive home. having work and the wedding on my mind 24/7 helps. my wii fit tells me i am losing pounds every day, which makes me happy! (shhh....it's only water weight dawn, don't tell your mind that.)

i'm so exhausted mentally and emotionally. i can't wait for life to get back to normal.

Aaarrgggggg!

I'm sitting at a light next to mcdonalds. Typically I wouldn't be
drooling like I am now. Day 1-3 is always the hardest on my nose.

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torture thine name is dawn

18 days till the wedding. working out has been pretty fun for me, i do enjoy running now, thanks to nory, and i love doing the shred but the weight is taking its sweet ass time to drop off me. yes yes i know muscle is heavy and blah blah, yes i have muscles i have never had before but.....i'm not happy.

so i have decided to add a bit of torture into my life, as if i don't have enough with this wedding, and start the master cleanse. my main goal is to do a little bit of cardio/walking on the cleanse to kick start my weight loss. i know the MC is not the answer to a healthy life, as it detoxes your body and makes you lose a ton of water weight. basically you gain back everything when you begin eating again. the first time i did the cleanse i lasted 14 days and lost quite a bit of weight. i kept it off for a while, but did not exercise a bit.

not this time. i'm going to stick to working out after the wedding and keeping my cravings out of my tummy. words of wisdom by yours truly.

by the way, it's freezing in my office.

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Just a taste of what my bachelorette party was like....

Yep, that's a penis cake.

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