Good morning! How are you guys doing today? I am riding the weekend high after one heck of a fabulous time in Savannah.
Just before noon on Friday, Ryan, my friends Merri and Ashley and I piled into my car and made the four-hour drive to Savannah to kick off Kaitlyn and Kailon’s wedding weekend. We all stayed in a big house together with a bunch of our other best friends from college (10 of us in total) and it was so much fun. Renting a giant house gave us much more time together since we were able to all wake up together, get ready together, etc. It was perfect!
We arrived at the house on Friday with just enough time to change into our Halloween costumes and head out to Kaitlyn and Kailon’s rehearsal dinner which was actually one giant Halloween party open to all of their wedding guests.
As you already know if you follow me on Instagram, Ryan and I went as Sheldon and Amy (Shamy!), two of our favorite hilariously nerdy characters from the TV show Big Bang Theory.
The costumes we wore were incredibly comfortable and pretty darn easy to put together! I found Ryan’s t-shirt on Amazon and bought most of my outfit from Marshalls and Target. Cutting and straightening out my cheap-o brunette wig was the most challenging part, but we made it work!
Once our group was dressed and ready to go, we hopped in a bunch of pedicabs and made our way to the big house the bride and grooms’ families rented for the party.
We immediately ran into the bride who was dressed in the most amazing costume.
RUFIOOOOOOOO!!!!!
(My friend Merri was Freddie Krueger.)
Her groom-to-be was Captain Hook!
Their families were so kind and provided southern favorites for everyone to enjoy for dinner (macaroni and cheese, pulled pork, etc.) and had an open bar, great music and delicious cake!
(Love Ryan’s Sheldon face in that pic!)
Everyone put their all into their costumes and I felt like everywhere I looked I ran into someone whose costume blew me away! Kaitlyn’s mom and her aunts took the top prize in my eyes for their fabulous Sanderson sisters costumes from the movie Hocus Pocus.
Cousin Eddie from Christmas Vacation was another favorite! (He even brought the piping from when Eddie emptied his trailer and said his famous “sh*tter’s full” line!)
Before the night was over, Kaitlyn and Kailon took the mic and gave some unbelievably hilarious speeches that set the mood for what ended up being one of the most creative and fun weddings I have ever attended. Kaitlyn and Kailon are two of the funniest people I have ever met in my life and their wedding weekend truly felt like them from start to finish. It’s hard to top a Halloween party rehearsal dinner, but somehow they did the next day!
Wedding recap to come!
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Wow! Way to do a rehearsal dinner right! This sounds absolutely amazing. I love all the costumes and love how it was one big celebration!!
Oh and your Sheldon and Amy costumes are amazing!
Thank you!! When I wasn’t with Ryan at the party, a lot of people thought I was Daria so my costume served dual purposes. 🙂
That sounds like the most fun wedding rehearsal ever! You and Ryan killed it with the costume – and his face is hysterical in that group picture!
I LOVED ya’ll’s costume! So clever, I am a huge Big Bang Theory fan!
So are we!! We love the show! If you do a Google images search for BBT costumes, there are some amazing group ones w/ Howard and Raj, too!
You guys make and awesome Amy and Sheldon. That sounds like an awesome wedding weekend!
Cute couples costume! Our Halloween party host was dressed as Cousin Eddie!
Comfy costumes are always the way to go! I wore a batman onsie this year…talk about comfy!!
I loveddd your costume! Hands down one of the best couples costumes I’ve ever seen!
Love the costume!!
What a cute costume! I love the idea for a Halloween theme rehearsal dinner. I had friends who got married the same weekend, but did a typical rehearsal and wedding. This looks like lots of fun!
Such cute costumes yall! You look pretty good as a brunette too! 🙂
Seriously a brilliant rehearsal dinner.
I love that the bride was Rufio. Way to be unique!
“Shitter’s full” is a common phrase said during Christmastime at our place. Just for fun 😉
Same with my family! We quote that movie all the time. 🙂
lol hilarious costumes! well done!
what a fun rehearsal dinner!!! you look beautiful as a brunette too! 🙂
Wow, what a fun time! Might I say it’s maddening how even “nerdy” you are still stunning! 🙂
Love it!!! Staying in a house with a handful of your best friends is the BESSSSSTTT!!! Love your costumes!
Soooo many great costumes! I love how Ryan really embraced the Sheldon character lol. And you as a brunette? I could so see it!
Oh my goodness, how FUN!! Your costumes are awesome along with so many of the others shown in the photos. How creative to do a Halloween themed rehearsal dinner – I LOVE it! So glad you guys had such a fun weekend!
That is such a creative idea for a rehearsal dinner, all those costumes were on point! I agree the hocus pocus costumes was perfect!!
Those costumes are unbelievable! I never put that much effort into mine…Halloween always sneaks up on me too quickly! I am in love with yours though – it’s cute and looks like you thought about it, but doesn’t make it difficult to walk/eat/move. 😉
OMG best costume ever! I love SHAMY!!
What an awesome rehearsal dinner idea!! Your friends sound like a blast!
Whoa, what a fun/fabulous/creative idea for a rehearsal dinner. It takes costume party to a whole new level!
I LOVE all the costumes!! Especially Cousin Eddie {I’m a huge fan of that movie}!
It’s one of my all-time favorite movies, too!
I love the Shamy costumes! BBT is one of our favorite shows and I love, love, love Amy Farrah Fowler. I might have to steal this idea next year.
She is my fav! That show always cracks me up!
That’s such a great rehearsal dinner idea – creative and fun! LOVE your costume. Big Bang Theory is awesome!
Love your costumes! That’s my favorite show!
You look awesome as a brunette! Love the costumes, looks like you had so much fun.
You guys are too stinkin cute! I also LOVE the idea of staying in a big house with all my college buddies on a wedding weekend! My fiance and I met in college so I have a feeling our friends will be doing something similar at our wedding! And what a fun idea – a Halloween costume party for the rehearsal dinner. Love it!
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Love Shamy! Your costumes are spot on – great idea!!
Did Sadie come too?
No. 🙁 We missed her a lot and made sure to give her lots of love when we picked her up on Sunday!
Oh my gosh!!! I LOVE your costumes! Shamy is the best!!! Actually, all of the costumes were amazing. Whoever did the sugar-skull face paint on that couple is amazing! That all looks like such a fantastic time!
you guys are adorable! love the costume.. hope the wig wasnt too itchy!!
LOVE THIS! Big Bang is my all time favorite show — I hope Ryan caught up on his Physics before getting into character 😉 I always say Jim Parsons has the hardest lines to memorize EVER
All of these costumes are amazing! And I have to agree that the Hocus Pocus outfits are incredible.
i looove your sheldon/amy costumes! the big bang theory is one of my favorite shows – you and ryan pulled it off so well! =)
Wow, what a fantastic weekend! LOVE your Sheldon and Amy costumes! In fact, that very first pic of you two, where you’re both using Shamy expressions, you almost don’t look like yourselves. lol Such a great job! I’m guessing Ryan must have used some kind of hair dye to get his hair a bit brown! Such a great job. The costumes are so cute! What a fun, fun, time.
I’d love to share a big rental house with my big group of bffs – but I got to hang with all 16 of them on Saturday for our annual Friend’s Thanksgiving (17th year!). It was very fun too.
Happy Monday!
That sounds like a blast!! Have fun at your Friendsgiving party!
Your costumes are so fun and perfect!!! Love them!!!! 🙂
Cute costume! I have tried for years to like Big Bang Theory and just can’t get into it. But you guys look adorable. 🙂 The party seems like a blast too! How fun to have a rehearsal dinner on Halloween!
Loving the costumes! Julie, you looked so damn cute! Glad you and your friends had a great weekend! Congrats to your friends that got married!
Just putting this out there…I’m really digging brunette on you! Great costumes! 😉
You look so funny, but Ryan’s facial expressions are the best. What a VERY fun and festive rehearsal dinner … a couple who lets people dress in costume must be pretty fun to be around. Looking forward to the wedding recap!
LOVE your costumes! So cute!!!
Such a fun idea for a rehearsal dinner! I love both yours and Ryan’s costumes and can’t wait to see the wedding!
Looks like a great party!! My wife (Nelia) and I LOVE Halloween parties. We have hosted a couple over the years and been to many more. Dressing up is so much fun and it’s great how people actually mold into the different characters they are pretending to be. We had a great time with our boys that night as well. Thanks for sharing!
Aha love the costumes but I actually think the brown hair really really suits you!!
Your costumes were great! I love that they had a Halloween party as their rehearsal dinner! It looked like so much fun!
for a moment there I thought you were going as Jess from New Girl… love the outfits, super cute couple ;o)
LOVE New Girl, too! One of my favorite shows. 🙂
Haha, cutest Halloween couple!
What a fun rehearsal dinner! Such a clever idea.
That’s too funny! Looks like a hilarious party. I love the Big Bang Theory… glad the wig turned out okay in the end!