Yay Day.

Saturday (September 12) would have been my wedding day had I not called off my engagement. So Katie and I were talking earlier in the summer and decided we should do something amazing on that day. Well we included Justin in that plan once we got together and Krissi as well. I was asking for a title for the day and Justin came up with Yay Day, the girls and I agreed that it was an amazing name. So, Yay Day stuck and we celebrated it, you better believe we celebrated.

I was told ahead of time that the morning would be with the girls and would be a surprise. Well on Friday night I was inside talking to Chris and Krissi and he asked what we were doing for the Bachelorette party. Ooh, finally a hint. :) Anyhow, so in the morning I got up and got a shower and said goodbye to Justin for the day. I went downstairs and got ready with the girls. They told me it was actually an unbachelorette party and gave me a tiara to wear, veil included, but thankfully they didn't make me wear ti the whole day. We headed for the mall. On the way, Katie asked me if I had saw the flag on the car, and I said yeah. (I thought she had gotten it at Bronco Bash.) It was loud and beating the car so at a stop light I took it off, well then I read it it said "We tied the knot!" except the girls wrote "un" before tied.

On Thursday we had decided we were going to have a Yay Day reception. Ya know? The reception without the wedding. I wasn't ready for a reception, I didn't bring clothes for a reception! So our first stop was to get me a dress! And the girls surprised me and paid for most everything for me that day. I felt so special and loved! While I was getting my dress Katie got her first pair of "big girl shoes." It made me laugh. After we got the dress we spent some more time walking around the mall, getting various things. (Yes, part of the day is a secret, because that's the way it goes! :) )

When we got done at the mall we went to Hooters for lunch. The waitress was hilarious. She asked if we were celebrating something and I said yeah. Then she asked what and I told her I was supposed to be getting married that day and she said but you aren't? And you are celebrating? I told her I was and she just walked away. It was incredibly funny to me. Anyhow, we ordered our food and the girls presented me with some gifts. An Unbachelorette Card, which said how happy they were that I wasn't getting married, because we would have never had this summer. There was also a garter, ring pops, and a groom bear in there. The groom bear was to be destroyed in whatever way I saw fit, yet I still have it. :) We ate lunch then headed back to the 409.

I was so tired so I cuddled up with Justin for a bit and took a nap. When I got up I started dinner. Once dinner was in the oven I got ready myself for the Yay Day Reception. Of course dinner was late, but that's expected of me. We had like 10ish people show up for dinner. It turned out very good, which always makes me happy when I have a successful meal. After dinner, Justin pulled me aside to give me a surprise that he had gotten me earlier in the day (and told me about and made me wait, grr....). It was a dozen (well actually 13) roses and a card. I almost cried, for real. Yay Day was definitely a day of reflection for me, and I get all emotional thinking about it now. Had I went through with the wedding, the people I consider closer than family wouldn't even be in my life. I cannot imagine life without them now. And that was really the gist of what Justin's card said. I won't write it hear out of fear of embarrassing him, but he understands why I say I don't regret things and why I felt the need to celebrate my unwedding day. I've had plenty of shitty stuff happen in my life, but if it wasn't for that stuff I wouldn't be here now, and I wouldn't trade the people in my life right now for anything.

Anyhow, back to my party, a bunch more showed up for games later. I was pleasantly surprised by a) how many people showed up and b) that EVERYONE who was there dressed up! Carolyn and Sarah got an "Unwedding" cake which was cut and ate during the party. We played various games and just a had a lot of fun together. I would write all the details, but honestly you would be reading for a week. I love those people, all of them. I'm not sure that my unwedding can be topped with a real wedding, if I have one. (Kidding, the cynic in me has all but disappeared.) Anyways, we partied the night away and finally went to bed early Sunday morning.

Photos:

Day 174:

our ring pops.

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during the reception.

♥ Sara

Random Fact of the Day:

The chicken is one of the few things that man eats before it's born and after it's dead.

"I learned the real meaning of love. Love is absolute loyalty. People fade, looks fade, but loyalty never fades. You can depend so much on certain people, you can set your watch by them. And that's love, even if it doesn't seem very exciting."
-Sylvester Stallone