bridal shower.

yes yes, i know this was a long time ago, but i figure i should write about it before i forget to and the memory gets buried in the back of my brain.


so
i knew i was going to have a bridal shower sooner or later because everyone has one. duh.  and i wanted a tea party.  that's all i knew.


one day, i come home to find my mom and sister making a ton of random food mixutres and tiny bread cut outs. ok, tea sandwiches.  they told me it was for the family get together we were having that weekend and were doing a test run for my party.
i kind of believed them.
i wore my hair in a side braid that day.
my mom talked about teta zita coming down to visit that weekend too.  for random.
for some reason, i half believed her.
the day of the party though, i made sure to dress cute 'just in case' it was actually going to be my shower.
andrei algiukas and i drove in together because viktorija and my mom and dad went early because viktorija wanted to 'play with the dogs'.  i believed it. when we got there, there were a lot of cars, but i figured a neigbor was having a party that day because the only ones i recognized were the normal family ones and they were parked right outside dede jono and kamila's house.  when i walked in though, i was like... whoa!  because it actually was my bridal shower and everyone was there.... megan, sandy, megan's mom, lina, nata, and pretty much every other non-guy family member i could think of.  it was pretty overwhelming.  it was decorated really nicely too.  perfect tea party.  food was amazing.  tea was lovely. desert was yummy.  
it felt like it went by super quickly though, like i barely had enough time for everything to soak in let alone enjoy it all.
i just wanted to walk around and look at everything... all the decorations... spend time with everyone.  it was so crazy.  very overwhelming.  i'm glad i kind of suspected it, but convinced myself they were telling the truth, so it was definately still a surprise.  especially at who actually showed up.
overwhelming.  yes. yes. yes. awesome. yes yes yes.  happy.