Bonjour peeps! How have you all been? I've been great! So, it is time for chapter 3 of Loves Simplicity! Yaya! This is the last planning chapter, promise! So... Ammitt the devourer will be doing the disclaimer this time, because Zia has called in sick. Ammitt...

Ammitt: grrrrrrrrr grrr grrrr grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr gggggrgrgrgrgrgrgrgrgrg... gr!

Me: Well, you know what he meant. ONWARD!

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Zia, Jaz, and I were at David's Bridal store, picking a dress for Zia's wedding. Zia had just told us we were the bridesmaids. Jaz and I were ecstatic! And also relieved that Zia decided we were both her maids of honor It would have been AWKWARD, if she had only picked one of us! Jaz and I were talking, when Zia came out in a stunning yellowish-white Cinderella dress decorated lavishly with heaps of beads and lace.

"Oh...My...gods! That is... BEAUTIFUL!" Jaz and I squeaked in unison. Meanwhile, Zia stepped on to the platform in front of the mirror.

"WHOA! No Way, uh-uh! Not happening." She hurriedly stepped back off.

"What? Why? It's amazing!" I assured her, but she looked skeptical. "What's wrong with it?"

"What's wrong with it? Two things! One, WAY too extravagant for a beach wedding. And two, come on, it looks like Queen Elizabeth the first threw up all over this dress!" she stated, pointing to the beads and lace.

I couldn't help but laugh at this last comment, but the wedding dress clerk frowned at me, so I quickly shut my mouth and said, "Fine, fine. Next!"

The clerk grabbed Zia by the wrist, and they both disappeared back into the dressing roomAfter a few minutes past, Zia came back out in an ivory colour mermaid dress. She shuffled as she walked, and Jaz and I had to cover our mouths to stifle our laughter. Zia stepped onto the platform again, when she looked at herself in the mirror, she burst out laughing.

"I look like an idiot!" she said. Or at least, I think that's what she said. I couldn't quite understand her through the laughing. Suddenly, I burst out laughing, too. I swear, laughing is contagious, because Jaz began cracking with us. In fact, Jaz laughed so hard, she fell on the floor! The clerk on the other hand, apparently not finding this funny, dragged Zia back into the dressing room, to try on dress number three.

When Zia emerged again, she looked absolutely stunning. She was wearing a pure white strapless dress fit tightly on her torso then starting at her waist, began flowing gently to the ground. It dragged behind as she walked, and she looked extremely graceful. She looked amazing, actually, just like a bride should on her wedding day. Zia stepped in front of the mirror.

"Whoa." she whispered, as son as she saw herself.

"Yeah." I agreed, moving to stand beside her. "Whoa."

Jaz broke the awe of the silence. "Ladies, I think we've found our dress!"

We left the store happy and satisfied. We had not only bought Zia's dress, but also Jaz and I's bridesmaids dresses. Ours were short yellow spaghetti strap dresses, they were tight fitted as well, perfect for a beach wedding. Plus we had bought Amy's flower girl dress and Justin's ring bearer suit. They were going to look so cute!

"So, Zia, what are you going to do with your hair?" Jaz asked.

"Well, I'm definitely going to grow it out a bit, and then maybe curl it a little, to add some more volume to it." Zia replied.

"Sounds good! I think a curly style will go well with your dress." Jaz said.

"We've got the dresses, Carter's taking care of all the suit's except Justin's, but we bought his already. We sent out invitations, taken care of the reception and rehearsal details, ordered the decorations. So, I guess all we need now is flowers... and the cake!" We raced off to take care of these minor details. We chose yellow and orange roses for the flowers, and chose a vanilla cake with chocolate icing and strawberries on top. It tasted delicious.

When we returned home, we were exhausted from our day of heavy planning. But, we were done, with only one month left to the big day.

...3 months later...

"ZIA! Breathe! We have taken care of everything! It is all set! We're done, there's no more to do! Just relax." Jaz tried to calm Zia down. Meanwhile, Zia was hyperventilating into a brown paper bag, her hair had grown a full for inches in the last few months, and it looked really pretty. I couldn't wait to see it curly! Then I thought about something.

"Hold on a second Jaz, we haven't done everything!" I said.

"What? What are we missing?" Jaz asked, a little panic in her voice.

"We still need... A bachelorette party!"