Wedding Dinners, Reception etc.

Since my friend married twice (civil and church), she invited us for two dinners. The first dinner was at "Le caveau des vignerons (Chez Gloria)" << click >>. I had the best steak of my life! It was amazing... Unfortunately, I was soo eager to eat it that I missed out on taking pictures of the main course.

Here are some of the appetizers and me wearing that cute napkin thing for lopsters to save my dress from oil splatters. Looking like a Sir / Lady at the same time ^.^ The shrimps were marinated in mayonaise - they were soo delicious that I even ate two pieces.

On the day of the church wedding, same thing - too hungry for the main course and no pictures were taken... But I got some from the Hors D'Oevre at the reception at the "Hotel Victoria" and the first appetizer and dessert at the party at "La Terasse du Petit Palais" which belongs to the Montreux Palace. The locations were amazing.

The "Hotel Victoria" << click >> is on top of a mountain. The view over the Lake Geneva is absolutely stunning... It's also where my boyfriend me had the kissing picture of the former blog post.

"La Terasse du Petit Palais" << click >> is right at the lake, it was perfect for the wedding - they had a big ballroom for the round tables, a dance floor, the terrace outside with a bar to cool down, tons of waiters to serve the plates at almost the same time. 

Outfits #13 and #14 as Maid of Honor

I chose blue dresses for the civil and church weddings.

For the civil wedding I wore my Chinese Qipao dress. It's made of silk and is hand-tailored. I absolutely adore the dress and couldn't be more satisfied with the result of the tailor.

For the church and the big wedding party, I wore a blue-turqoise H&M long dress (49,99€). I love the colors, especially because it matched the lake so perfectly. No kidding, the lake looks like the Carribean Sea... I had to shorten the dress because I'm way too small for that dress. The tailor made a really good job, I think. It looks like it was sold this way.

The funny thing is, since I haven't posted any pictures of the bride, we got like a million congratulations because people thought that we got married in Switzerland... ^.^ just too cute... But I would definitely also wear white, not blue.

EDIT: I forgot to post the accessories...

The bag is also from China. I bought it from the same silk store as the first dress... great quality, same fabrique. Since it's dark blue, I also wore it with my second dress.
The necklace (~10 EUR) and bracelets (~3 and 5 EUR) are from H&M. The earrings are made of Larimar, which is a Dominican gemstone... I got them, when I bought some paintings on the street because they didn't have enough change for me - only unbelievable 2 EUR. I'm pretty sure, they would have been like 20 EUR in the gift stores of the hotels. I absolutely love those earrings!

Wedding in Montreux, Switzerland

Wow, it finally happened. My best friend got married. And it was absolutely beautiful - she had the fancy princess wedding of her dreams. Of course she looked absolutely amazing, though I can't show her pictures publicly. I'm sorry but here's her wedding bouquet and the wedding rings.

The couple had the biggest luck of all times. The weather forecast predicted rain and ~20°C but it turned out to be really sunny on both days with almost 30°C. Since they went on a photoshoot outside in the sun before the civil wedding, they were pretty sunburned - even more so after we spent a couple more hours on the boats at the Lake Geneva. But on the next day, it looked fine. Since the church was on top of a mountain as well as the reception, there was some wind which cooled us all down.

Isn't it beautiful on the lake? Next time, I have to see the castle (Château Chillon). It looks so majestic in the lake.

I enjoyed the time on the boats the most because there was no stress and we could just chill, talk and have snacks. It's wonderful and I finally understand the love for sailing boats.

My boyfriend and me loved the time in Montreux, Switzerland very much. It's such a clean and cute little city. There are no beggars whatsoever. I love it... Nobody trying to search the garbage for bottles with refundable deposits. I can't stand those people. I've even seen a mother dragging her kids into that...

New Year, New Start and already annoyed

Happy New Year, everyone. Hopefully, you'll have a better start than me... 

I just came back from Montreux. No, I didn't go skiing... For once because I've never learnt it and just can't do it but then I also don't like the cold. Snow is only nice to look at. I prefer beaches, summer, sun and the sea. It was my first time in Switzerland and I really like how cute everything is...
Unfortunately, I wasn't too lucky with the weather. It had been raining every single day but I can imagine... ˆ.ˆ

I went to see a friend who's going to be married this summer. We went looking for her wedding gown and wow are these dresses expensive - probably even more so there. She didn't buy any but it gave her a better idea what to look for. That sales clerk was pressing us enormously with all kind of lies...

Just thinking about all the planning, it drives me nuts... I'm going to be the maid of honor for the civil marriage for two of my friends and they will be each others' maid of honor in church. We originally wanted to make a small trip as the Bachelorette Party, just the three of us but now everything is messed up. There's just no way to fix a date and a location (not even for skype - just imagine how difficult it is for the actual trip). Now, one wants an own Bachelorette Party, the other planned a wedding-eve two weeks before the civil marriage. The events are all over the place... These girls are just driving me crazy. I'VE GOT A PHD THESIS TO FINISH!!! I know, they don't care because it's their big day and are going to be mad if I can't make it. I know that I'm also supposed to plan all those events but I don't live anywhere close and I can't make those big plans, let alone even being there for all events. I can't even count them.

I don't even know how I will survive the last 6 months of this year because I didn't get the scholarship which means I need to be even more focussed on my studies.

But anyway... I have a couple wedding games in mind, as well as a wedding book and decorating the bed with rose petals. I'm just worried about the planning because so many different people are involved.

So and last but not least... my roommate told me that if my boyfriend and me got married, he should wear white because white makes me fat. Who needs enemies, if you got "friends" like that...