(WEDDING COUNTDOWN) T-minus 2 days and counting

Fortunately my sister's wedding will be close to home. The wedding/reception venue is about 45 minutes away and so is the wedding hotel. My husband and I have decided to stay at the wedding hotel for two nights so we'll be in the midst of the action. Plus there's a family breakfast scheduled for the day after the wedding and it'll be easier to walk downstairs than to drive into town.

Since we're leaving home tomorrow, now's the time to think of anything I have left to do as the matron of honor. That's why I made a quick shopping trip so we can pull one of the typical wedding party pranks. As you know, some brides and grooms plan a fun, flashy departure from the reception -- like a convertible, limo, or horse-drawn carriage. But some couples choose to use their own ride and that's what my sister and her fiance decided to do. And we couldn't let them drive away as Mr. & Mrs. in a plain ol' car, could we? No way!

Think of the classic scene on TV in which the wedding party used shoe polish to write "JUST MARRIED" on the car windows and tied empty beer cans to the trunk so other drivers could honk at the happy couple.

Well, that's what we're planning to do to decorate the getaway car. Here's what I bought at the store:
-balloons
-streamers
-handcuffs
-feather boa

Also, you can order a safe car window decorating marker online to write your own message on the car windows. TIP: Do NOT put anything -- shaving cream, shoe polish, etc. -- on the car's paint. It might damage the finish. If you want to save time, just buy an all-in-one decorate the car kit.

The only thing that would dampen this whole "pimp their ride" idea, would be rain... and a storm is in the forecast for the wedding day. Note to self: pack an umbrella.