odds and ends and updates

Some things that didn't work their way into other posts...

In Atlantic City, I got my hair and makeup done at the Salon in the Tropicana. The salon itself looks little dated, and it's definitely the lower end choice compared to the other salon they have there, Blue Mercury. But it was perfect! Gretchen and I went for a trial a month before, and they only charged me $50. When I went back on the day of the ceremony, they did an even better job and it was $100. Still a good chunk of change but nothing compared to what other salons cost. I was so pleased and it looked great in the photos. I would definitely recommend them.

Oh and the cute flowers in my hair are from Forever 21. They cost me a total of about $4.

For the reception, my lovely and talented aunt Karen did my hair and makeup. It's what she does for a living and she was happy to help out. It was perfect, especially since I had been freaking out a little about the idea of having to pay for hair and makeup two times, and I know nothing about how to do my own.

I'm still working with the AC Special Events Office. I thought I was finally getting somewhere when they asked me to email over my insurance receipt. Then yesterday they called to say they are still working on it, and that they have some "other things in mind" for me that they don't want to tell me about yet. Yeah, sure you do. Today I got an email saying they needed me to fill out a "Tort Claim through Risk Management," and nothing was attached. As if I knew what a Tort Claim was. I replied but I'm skeptical I will hear anything back within the next two weeks. I'm sure they are hoping that I just forget about it... little do they know, I will bug them for the rest of my life if I don't at least get this $96 dollars back.

My husband is super handy and creative and made the following things with the dance floor...

Shelves in the basement!

A doghouse!

I will probably have one more post to wrap up the wedding portion of this blog, and then I might move on to house related things - we are currently planning on remodeling our bathroom (on the cheap, of course), and have been collecting things for that for the past month or so. The name of the blog won't make sense I guess but, as my mom always says, who gives a shit.