Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Back to Life

We are back to reality! I don't even know where to start, the past 5 days have been so much fun and I am still floating on cloud 9! On Thursday we flew in to Liberia and took a 30 minute bus ride to our villa. I had no idea what to expect. The Beau and I went to Saint Lucia in May for our honeymoon and stayed at a Sandals resort so that is kind of what I had in my head. It was nothing like that! We were in a very remote area with the prettiest scenery I have ever seen in all my life. We arrived at a nine bedroom villa that overlooked the ocean. Each couple had their own room and there was a large porch where we all ate meals together everyday. The villa was completely staffed and we were pampered from the moment we arrived. Here are some shots of where we stayed ...

It is the rainy season in Costa Rica but that did not stop everyone from having a blast. Many of the guests went on a zip-line tour through the rain forest (the Beau and I did not as we just did a zip-line tour in St. Lucia) and had a great time ... I stayed at the villa and had a full body massage with the mother of the bride. Seriously, the best massage I have ever had - not to mention we were on the back porch with a nice breeze and calming noise from the waves. Other days, some of the guests went to another beach and went surfing and many of the boys went deep-sea fishing ... the Beau did both, I did neither. What did I do? I devoured 2 books, relaxed on the porch, hiked down to the ocean, rested in the sun (and managed to get strap lines), ate like a queen, sipped pina coladas, and I LOVED every minute I was there.

Of course since I was on the trip there had to be some sort of drama! On Saturday (the day before the wedding) most everyone went down to Tamarindo to surf but Layne (the other bridesmaid) and I stayed behind ... we aren't really the surfer-type. Anyways, we decided to sit in the hot tub for a little while as it was sprinkling. For some unknown reason I went under water to get all my hair wet. No big deal? Well when we got out my hair immediately started turning green. We are not talking about a little green tint, it was bright blue-ish green! This has never, ever happened to me. There must have been some serious chlorine in that water. I had no idea what to do so I did nothing. When I walked inside to get something to drink the Costa Rican men who worked at the villa were laughing so hard and were making jokes ... of course I didn't care because it was really funny. After the Rehearsal Dinner, Layne was able to get on the internet and find out what to do about green hair! She found something that said to wash it with tomato juice and the acidity would get the green out. All we could find was tomato sauce (like spaghetti sauce) and we spent appx. 1 hour that night washing my hair with tomato sauce. I was gagging because it smelled like vegetable soup and it had to sit in my hair for about 30 minutes. But it worked like magic, thank goodness! Only me, only me!

Sunday was the deep sea fishing trip and the Beau was beside himself he was so excited. They went out from 7 am - 1 pm and caught lots and lots of dolphin. They were able to bring many of the fish back to the villa and that afternoon the cooks made ceviche with the fish they caught. It was soo good and we also had mahi-mahi for dinner. Here is the Beau with his biggest catch of the day


The wedding was Sunday evening at 5 pm. It is weird because the sun rises at 5 am and sets by 6 pm - it was always completely dark by 6:30. It rained a little bit during the ceremony but it made everything more sweet to me! The bride was absolutely beautiful ... see for yourself

This was before the ceremony ... I want to get someone to frame this picture in a double mat and also put the one of her and I from my wedding in it to give her as a gift!

The 2 bridesmaids ... I really liked our dresses and the bouquets were gorgeous!

Here comes the bride - trying to stay dry with the photographer!

After the ceremony ... we were just a little bit wet!


After dinner, a steel drum band came to play and they were so much fun!

It was definitely a trip and a wedding to remember! The bride and groom are staying here until Friday ... dreamy!!!!

xoxo~

24 comments:

Mojito Maven said...

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Your trip looks amazing and you look beautiful!! (nice dress)

I am so glad you had such a great time!!!! welcome back!

~Mrs. Guru~ said...

Wow, that place looks amazing! The bride and her bridesmaids were beautiful!!

Blue-Eyed Bride said...

i love the j.crew dress. i think mrs. mojito is wearing that this weekend, too! :)

you are so beautiful. how long did it take to get the green out of your hair? i was seriously cracking up, laughing so loud reading that.

the villa is incredible! please tell us where you were so we can go to the exact place! :)

so glad to have you back.

Lexy said...

Welcome back!

You are gorgeous! The dress looks great.

I agree with Blue-Eyed Bride -- where were you because I want to go!

Mrs. Classic said...

Gotta love the J Crew dress!
Did you ever figure out exactly what it was that turned your hair green? How terrible would that have looked with that dress.

Nomers said...

Sounds like it was a fantastic wedding/mini vacation!
The green hair incident made me laugh. That is one of my biggest worries when I go swimming! Thanks for the heads up on tomato juice!

Nomers said...

Sounds like it was a fantastic wedding/mini vacation!
The green hair incident made me laugh. That is one of my biggest worries when I go swimming! Thanks for the heads up on tomato juice!

Unknown said...

It looks like you had a great time! The pictures are great and you look beautiful!!

Lindsey said...

The trip looked like so much fun! What a beautiful place!

tRacY paRty oF 4 said...
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tRacY paRty oF 4 said...

LL, that's what white trash hair will do for you. HA!
Miss you buddy!

because I said so said...

looks like heaven....
you are adorable as always

did you check my blog from yesterday....there is something for you there.....

LyndsAU said...

That tomatoe juice story is HILARIOUS! I am so glad you got that fixed though :) I would have been FREAKING OUT! Glad you had fun, I am dying for a vacay right about now! Those pics are so pretty! I love your dress, you look FAB!

Rachel said...

Wow what a fun time! and you look sooo pretty!!! And so does the bride ofcourse!

Andi said...

The wedding looked so nice! I love the dresses. My friends and I are renting a house outside of Tamarindo in May. I'm glad you had a good review of the area. I can't wait!

Working Girl Two said...

omigosh! a wedding in costa rica! i am so jealous. i really need a vacay.

...though i was just at a wedding in london. hm...i am selfish haha.

btw, i LOVE your dress!

Muffy said...

You are TOO cute! Love the pictures! Looked like a blast!

Angela said...

You all look so beautiful! You know.. that is not a color I ever really thought about for dresses, but it looks gorgeous. Her pictures are going to be awesome!

Lauren said...

Oh, I'm so jealous...it looks like you had an amazing time. You looked beautiful in that dress! Welcome back to the real world.

Anonymous said...

Great pictures! I am glad that you got the hair situation under control!!

Petunia said...

OMG--I can't believe your hair turned blue-green!! Thank goodness it came out!
The pictures are gorgeous!

Hopsy said...

Oh goodness about the hair! So glad you were able to find a remedy. Your looked so pretty at the wedding. I loved your dress! Is it from J Crew? I think I might be wearing the same one in black to an event this weekend!

Michelle said...

What a wonderful trip!!! Congrats to your sweet friend.

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