For the almost brides.

So I know it's Tuesday and it should be a Hollywood day but after being sick for a week there was just too much Hollywood for me to catch up on and share and yeah. But I did see that Jessica Simpson is engaged and what? And what? I'm baffled. But then again it had me thinking about weddingness again (and really have I ever stopped?).

Can you believe I've been married almost three* months?! THREE WHOLE MONTHS!? I mean yeah not that long but then again it feels like my wedding was yesterday. Anyways, I still find myself watching Say Yes to the Dress and Four Weddings and all sorts of wedding shows (basically TLC takes over my life when I'm bored) and loving them all. And not that I'm a wedding expert of any kind but I feel like there are just some things an almost bride or a one day bride needs to hear and I feel like sharing them, so here we go:

• Don't be afraid to fall in love with the first wedding dress you try on. It happens and it's okay. If you love a dress, you love it and that's what matters the most.

• Take a picture of your dress once you buy it! I can not emphasize this one enough. I was so glad my sister took a picture of me in my dress because I constantly found myself telling people the wrong details and would have to go look at the picture to remind myself. It happens, you forget what your dress looks like, so PLEASE TAKE A PICTURE and save yourself the drama when you go and get it later.

• It's okay to rely on other people. I mean you won't survive otherwise. But at the same time, make sure you're relying on the right people and not that friend that's flaky that you hope will change.

• You don't have to wear heels. I mean yes some girls enjoy heels so it's no big deal, but don't feel like you haaaave to wear them. I wore sandals the entire day and I could not have been happier.

• You'll become privy to both the best and the worst sides of some of your closest friends and family. Some friends will flake on you, some will be there whenever you need their opinion and some family member will wig out over something small while someone else will step in in a big way. Just be prepared, because that is something you can never predict.

• Don't forget about your groom. I mean not all groom's are as hands on as Matt was and not all of them want to be, but don't forget to ask for their opinion when it counts.

• It's okay to cry when you look at your wedding pics or the video, even if you didn't cry the day of. I am guilty of both. I miss my wedding, like a lot.

love our crazy party.

So what would you add?

happy tuesday!

*update, I've almost been married three months not two. Clearly this sickness is affecting my ability to count, haha.

A fabulous weddingful weekend.

Another weekend that finally felt like Fall and I enjoyed every minute of it. So time to recap shall we?

Friday: After work I made my way to my father-in-law's (still so weird to say I have a FIL, haha) for a delicious dinner with him, Matt, Ryan and Michaela. It was fun to relax and wind down the day with some wine and what not. Eventually Matt and I called it a night at home and watched The Mentalist (seriously, LOVE that show) and relaxed a bit.

Saturday: Oh what a busy most awesome day it was. Megan and JR came over and we all carpooled out to Lake Hughes for my high school friend, Amin's wedding. Not only was I so excited to see Amin getting married but so many of our friends were coming out for it I couldn't wait for the mini reunion. So yes pictures were taken and it was fabulous and here we go:

these guys haven't changed a bit

and I love em for it.

the bride and groom hugging and giving flowers

to each other's mothers, such a sweet touch.

loved the table settings and the sunflowers,

just so pretty!

and the cake!

oh the cake, so pretty and tre delicious.

love this picture of the newlyweds!

the whole high school crew,

so much fun being back together again.

the Core Four.

clearly we haven't changed a bit since high

school either, haha.

me and the husband, woo.

All in all it was a lovely Muslim wedding (the first one I'd ever been to) with delicious food and a gorgeous setting (it was on a ranch) and good times with friends and just yes, loverly.

After the wedding we trekked on home and to my aunt's 50th birthday party and had cupcakes and wine with the family and just hung out and caught up and twas loverly all around.

Sunday: Let's just say it was the laziest day ever, because it pretty much was. I didn't get up until 11 (and I probably could have slept a couple more hours) and then I spent my whole day lounging, playing the Sims, watching a combination of TLC shows and Dexter (you guys weren't kidding when you said season 4 was awesome, I mean seriously wow) and lounging in my sweats listening to the rain trickling outside. Needless to say I relaxed like no other and it was just so needed and so lovely.

Basically it was just the kind of weekend I wanted and perfect for the Fall weather that accompanied it. And on to another week, woo!

And how was your weekend? Did you go to any weddings (because seriously I feel like there were a ton of weddings this weekend)?

happy monday!

Ciao!

Okay I have to be honest, before I went to Italy I had no idea that "ciao" was "hello" AND "goodbye" (two loser points to Katelin) so of course I'm using it now as HELLO and OH HOW I MISSED YOU INTERNETS! (and yes caps is necessary, the blame is still being put on Nicole).

Anyhoozits, I had all these high hopes of starting the wedding recap process yesterday and even today but really people, I am TIRED. The past two and a half weeks have been a whirlwind and I think it's finally catching up with me. It's caught up with me so much that my email is daunting, my reader is horrifying (sorry but I'm hitting read all...so please oh please fill me in on your lives and let me know what I missed!), my eyes are seeing double as I type and I'm having serious Italy withdrawals especially in the wine, cheese and gelato aspects.

However, that doesn't mean I don't have anything to share and because I love pictures I'll give you some more wedding teasers and a bit of Italy in the meantime before it totally takes over the blog (as if it hasn't already).

Also! Big ups and thanks to my fabulous guest bloggers that stepped in and shared the loooove while I was out, seriously you ladies are the bestest and the funniest and the cutest and I adored all of your posts so thank you. And thank you to all of you freaders for your fabulous comments on my last post about being a Mrs. It's still weird and crazy but the love you all give me makes it so much better.

So. Pictures. And GO!

the new Mr. and Mrs.

LOVE this one.

we're walking away...

the reception all set up and ready to go.

Cinque Terre oh how I adore your prettiness.

on the rooftop in a castle in Chianti, schnazzypants.

tossing our coins into the Trevi fountain.

Anyhoo hope you all don't mind the ridiculousness of Katelin and Matt that is going to be this blog for a while, but I hope you enjoy because clearly there will be pictures and stories and silliness and just woo all around!!

happy tuesday!

I'm officially a Mrs.!

Well we did it! Matt and I are MARRIED!!

Saturday was one of the best days of my life and I couldn't have asked for a better wedding. It was amazing for so many of our favorite people to be in one place and all having a great time. Clearly I'm not going to post about the whole wedding now (I gotta have something to share for when I get back!) but I wanted to share a little teaser to hold you over:

me and my dad

dancing our way down the aisle.

enjoying a bit of the cocktail hour with my

HUSBAND!!

adore this picture.

Anyhoo thank you all so much for all of the love I've gotten this past week (and hell this past year!), the tweets and emails all made the day so much better and I adore you all so so much.

And don't forget to check out my fabulous guest bloggers as they share a little something something about loooooove and I'll see you in two weeks full of Italian food and wine and all sorts of stories and pictures to share!

Heart you all!!

happy monday!

I'm getting MARRIED!

Can you believe it's finally here? I'm freaking getting MARRIED TOMORROW!!!!

I mean yes it's nuts and I still can't fully comprehend it all and just wow. I mean really tomorrow I'll actually be....

wearing one of these...

well maybe not thaaaat one.

and one of these...

and a little bit of this...

and doing some of this...

and MARRYING this handsome man...

oh how I love him

and our silliness.

Thank you so much for all the kind words and tweets and emails and texts you all are truly the best and I'm so glad you've been there for so much of this journey (and tolerated my non-stop wedding chatter!).

So the next time you hear from me I'll be a married woman! Crazypants!!!


hope you all have a fabulous weekend!!



happy #katelinsweddingweek almost #katelinsweddingday! :)

A letter to myself.

Dear Katelin a year ago,

So I have a few things to tell you that'll make your life a lot better.

and a picture to show you from your engagement

because you just love it and you loved the whole session

and it gives you endless pictures to use of you and your loooove.

One. I know you want to lose weight and be all fabulous and skinny and super toned arms and a crazy awesome back but I'm just going to tell you now, it's not going to happen. It's okay though, you still look good and you look like yourself and that's all that matters. Oh! And you don't have back rolls on your dress so that is definitely a huge plus.

Oh and speaking of that dress, you find it in December and only try on about five and you love it every time you put it on and you feel classy and elegant and awesome.

Two. I know you said you wanted to have EVERYTHING done way before the wedding so you could relax the week before. But if you know yourself you know that's just not happening. You are pretty ahead of the game and have a lot of things done but ultimately some things get saved til last and you start to stress a little but not too much. However despite the procrastination Matt steps in to save the day, so do family and friends and all sorts of everyone and you are truly blessed.

Three. Diet? What diet. Back to the whole weight loss thing, you eat cheese like it's no one's business and drink wine like it's going out of style (okay maybe not that much but you definitely don't cut back) and that's OKAY. Just because you're getting married doesn't mean you have to change yourself, everyone already likes you for who you are and Matt is marrying you for that reason and that is all that really matters.

Four. Although you might not agree on everything, appreciate your mom. She is so helpful and involved and clearly only wants the best and you should probably thank her every day. Same goes for Kourtney, thank her now and every day for being so helpful and being the stand-in-bride with Matt and being crafty and just being so awesome.

Five. You are marrying your best friend. Don't ever forget that. The planning may get a little nuts and you may squabble a wee bit but don't forget the end result, you'll be walking down the aisle and Matt will be your husband and that's the best outcome of all.


So Katelin, you've got a year until your wedding enjoy every minute of it and don't feel too bad about talking about it endlessly on the blog, your freaders will understand.

Love,
Katelin getting married

happy wednesday!

Yaaaaaay Wedding Week!

First of all, thank you for all of the kind comments on Thursday's post and OHMYGOD IT'S MY WEDDING WEEK. Okay just had to get that out there, whew.

Anyhoo my last weekend as a non-married woman wasn't all that exciting but it was worthy enough a blog post so here we go:

Friday: Took the day off of work to do all sorts of weddingness including having my last dress fitting (holy crap I adore my dress), bought some stuff and just did more stuff wedding related, basically it was awesome. Afterwards Matt and I had a little date night with a delicious dinner and wine and just fun lovey dovey times. Once we got home we made our way to the local dive bar nearby to meet up with my parents and aunts and uncles for a night of champagne and cheersing to our future marriage. On top of it my aunts and uncle got us the luggage we registered for and ah! Yay luggage! And basically just yay to the night all around.

Saturday: Slept in which was nice and then made my way to Old Town for some shopping (I have a serious dress addiction and hell Steve Madden shoes too, I heart them) and some other pre-wedding errands. After all sorts of shopping I came home to watch some Stardust (oh how I love that movie, almost as much as Love Actually and Pride and Prejudice) and nap and just ahhhh, glorious. Matt and I had dinner at his dad's and watched a movie and just enjoyed our ONE WEEK day, haha. The rest of our night was spent being silly and basking in the ohmygoshweregettingmarriedness (well basically it was just me).

Sunday: I indulged in an SVU marathon for most of the day and it was awesome, oh how I love me some Eliot and Olivia. Eventually Matt came home and we had a Target run and I went walking with my mom and it was just a lovely afternoon. Once I got home I made myself a delicious dinner before my friend Megan came over for an evening of Clash of the Titans and pre wedding chat and wine drinking and just all around loveliness.

And because I can't have a post without a picture, admire our kitchen or what used to be our kitchen and is now the wedding storage facility, haha.

ridiculous right?

and yes a sombrero is making

its way to our wedding.

So um I may or may not mention that I'm getting married this Saturday EVERY SINGLE DAY THIS WEEK and I hope you still like me afterwards.

Anyhoozits, how was your weekend?? Any SVU watching or wine drinking?

happy monday!

Surreal.

My life right now. Surreal. I think that word sums it up quite nicely.

These past few days I've sort of felt like I've been looking at my life from the outside. All of the texts and Facebook posts and tweets reminding me that my wedding is only nine days away just don't feel like they're really coming to me, but to someone else.

To Someone else marrying a Matt (I mean it is totally possible. Michelle just married her Matt and Rachel is marrying her Matt soon) and not me.

I don't know what it is or what is going on with me but this whole "I'm getting married" thing just doesn't seem real. Don't get me wrong, I am more than excited to marry Matt and have our wedding already, it's just...I don't know....weird.

And as you've read on here in the past "grown up" things always astound me and hell getting married is pretty damn grown up and I just feel like I'm walking in some real adult shoes and it's pretty damn awesome.

So yeah, NINE DAYS people, NINE FREAKING DAYS. Let that one soak in.

But then again it's just NINE DAYS until I marry my best friend and I can hardly wait.

happy thursday!

A Hollywood bride.

Seriously why do weekends go by so quickly? It's just not right. Oh wait, I'm still enjoying the weekend? Why yes, yes I am. But still, the real weekend flew by. Anyhoozits a weekend recap is in order so here we go:

Friday: Matt and I got our wedding license in the morning and I officially wrote down my new last name (weeeeeeeeeeird!). Afterwards I had another dress fitting and I just keep on loving my dress and can't wait to wear it for real! The rest of the night was spent having a lovely dinner with Matt's mom and just drinking wine and relaxing at home, because man did we need it.

Saturday: Spent most of the afternoon shopping with my sister (I might have a dress addiction since I bought THREE new ones) and then made a little stop at the Clinique counter at Macy's to get my makeup done. So yes my makeup dilemma has been solved, I had my makeup done and bought some products and my super awesome friends are going to do it for me on my wedding day. Also, we solved the eyebrow issue too with the magic of an eyebrow brush, win win all around.

After getting my makeup done we were on our way home to change and get ready to head to my bridal shower! My godmother, with the help of my mom, hosted the most fabulous Hollywood themed bridal shower ever. I mean seriously just look at these pictures and tell me it wasn't the most appropriate party for me ever??

I was a little too excited about getting a

slow cooker, haha.

rocking the ribbon bouquet with my So Cal

bridesmaids, woo.

a little bit of Hollywood.

hanging out with two of my aunts, loverly.

how amazing is this cake!?!

and it was red velvet and delicious!

with my mom and my godmother, the hostess.

LOVE them both so much.

the view from the party.

even the Twilight kids made an appearance

on the red carpet, haha.

love all the little fun details.

All in all it was a great shower and it was just so fun for so many people to hang out, drink sangria, play movie related games (even if I did win most of them, haha) and just celebrate and ah, it was so much love and I am just so blessed.

Sunday: Spent the morning relaxing before heading to the Pantages to see Young Frankenstein with Matt's family for his mom's birthday. I've never actually seen the movie (for shame! I know, it's bad) but the musical was hilarious and I can't wait to watch the movie. After the musical we all hung out for a bit before heading to my parent's house for my little brother's 13th birthday party (ah! my brother is a teen! how did that happen!? my baby brother! crazy pants!).

Basically it was a fabulous weekend with lots of Hollywood and lots of wine and lots of ohmygoshwe'regettingmarriedsosoon moments, haha.

And how was your weekend? Full of awesome? I hope so!

happy monday!

ONE MONTH.

There I said it.

It's out there in the open.

Oh wait, you already knew I was getting married a month from today? I've already talked about it like 827839573 times? Well darn, not really a surprise then huh?

BUT IN ONE MONTH I WILL BE A MISSUS! (again with the caps, still blaming Nicole, good blame of course).

Basically I have a month left to do all sorts of little things wedding related and I hope you don't get sick of it and if I ever say "There's no TIME!" "I can't do it!" "WE'RE ELOPING" just tell me to breathe and that I'm marrying Matt so it will all be okay.

But yeah that's all I have to say today. ONE MONTH PEOPLE.

one month and I won't be a bride-to-be,

but A BRIDE!

WEEEEEEEEEEE!

and I swear, Hollywood's coming back tomorrow, there was just too much to get caught up on!

happy wednesday!

Wedding chit chat.

More wedding talk? I know it's getting ridiculous. And I know I said I wouldn't do it, but it's all over the brain (well when I'm not thinking about the next episode of Dexter and IS DOAKES GOING TO FIND OUT?!?! and HOLY CRAP LILA and AH DEXTER YOU HAVE SUCH A CUTE SMIRK) and apparently I'm obsessed with caps (I blame Nicole).

But people we are almost to the one month mark, ONE FREAKING MONTH. I know everyone said time would fly by and seriously they weren't kidding, it feels like freaking yesterday that Matt was down on one knee, I mean really, REALLY.

However as much as I'm not freaking out (you wouldn't know it from all the caps) I have so much going on it's sort of insane for any bride-to-be. I mean want to know what my next month looks like? Of course you do.

• Trip to Guerneville with Matt's family.
  

• Summer Friday to get our license, have a fitting, order our cake.

• BlogHer in NYC (woo woo! are you going?).

• Annual family reunion/picnic in Salinas.
  
  
• Probably another Summer Friday for another fitting because apparently fittings don't happen on weekends.
  

and BOOM! Two weeks later, I'm getting hitched. Serious crazy pants ridiculous here people. Minus the fact that we're totally slacking on booking our honeymoon stuff, I feel okay about the wedding prep. I mean there is lots of little crafts to be done (hello bridesmaids!) and just people to call and things to check off lists (that might be one of my favorite things, checking things off lists, oh so liberating!) and just yes. It's coming up people and I couldn't be happier.

Also! Oh you thought I was done there didn't you? (I did too actually). As you all know I'm going on my honeymoon for two weeks and I don't want to abandon the blog, so any suggestions? I think I'm going to ask for guest bloggers but I want to give them a theme or some direction or something to fill those nine days (yes I plan on blogging briefly the Monday after I'm married, what can I say? I'm obsessed). So any ideas for themes or questions to ask potential guesters?

You all rock my socks off and thanks for tolerating the wedding jibber jabber. I appreciate it and heartfaces to you all.



happy wednesday!

Things that are awesome.

Because it's Friday (and that in itself is awesome) I thought I'd share some awesome things going on right now:

• Friday is going on. Okay I know that's repetitive but oh how I cherish Fridays. Even better is a date night Friday. What are we doing for date night? No clue. But spontaneous date nights are fun too.
  
  
• I saw Eclipse for a second time with my sister last night and I must say seeing a movie at 8 as opposed to midnight is quite different, but ummyes of course I still loved it, bad wigs and all.
  
  
• Matt and I finally booked one of the hotels for our honeymoon (I know, I know we're slackers and holy crap we still have to book four more hotels, hold me, hire a travel agent, ah! bring wine) and I am in love. Someone described it as being similar to the house in Under the Tuscan Sun and I might have squealed.
  
  
  
  swoonfest right? right!
  I mean it screams rustic Italy and
  I cannot wait to be there.
  
  
  
• I'm on book #25 for the year and my goal was 40. I'm pretty sure I can do it at this pace and that's just awesome, woo!
  
  
• And lastly for today's awesomeness, my friendito and my co-maid of honor BFF Jen has started blogging! And it's pretty funny and cute and she's shared yummy recipes and um she takes pictures like this with me:
  
  
  
  
  
  So you know her blog has to be entertaining right? Right. Do it. Read it. Win.
  
  

So any more things that are awesome? Share away. I like awesome things.




happy weekend!

August 28th, 1963.

So I know I've been talking a lot of wedding talk lately, but really people? Can you blame me? I mean there is 40 something days left and apparently I've turned into an insomniac and a crafter and a travel agent in the last three weeks so it's easy to say I've got wedding on the brain.

However this post is not really about our wedding, it's about our wedding date, August 28th.

For some reason I never thought to look up if August 28th had any significance or someone's birthday before we even picked (not that it would have mattered, I just usually find those things interesting) And of course I know that Al Pacino, Jason Lee and Renee Zellweger all share my birthday and Matt has the same birthday as Sigmund Freud so you would think I'd have some interest in our wedding date right?

Well as no surprise there are some famous birthdays on August 28th (Shania Twain, Leann Rimes and Jason Priestly) but who cares about birthdays when your wedding date shares a date with something so famous in history and important in your life?

On August 28th, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.

We are getting married on the anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech and you have no idea how proud and amazing and just overwhelmed I am at that fact. For one, in the second grade I was adopted into the "I Have a Dream" Foundation and I attribute so many wonderful things in my life to them that they deserve their own post one day. And secondly, unless you're blind you know that Matt and I are an interracial couple (heck I'm interracial on my own, haha) and if it wasn't for people like Martin Luther King Jr. I might not have been able to marry Matt, let alone been born.

I know it's really not a whole lot to share dates, I mean there are only 365 days in a year so of course events are going to overlap, but to have our wedding date on the same day as something so important to our nation's history and my life is simply awesome.

oh hey Martin, thanks for sharing the dream.

happy wednesday!

Good friends, good family, good holiday weekend.

Oh how I love a good long weekend, I mean every weekend should be a long weekend really, it's just more fun that way.

Friday: Worked a half day (thank goodness!) and before I knew it I was home relaxing and it was loverly. However, relaxing got boring and we decided to take my younger brother to see Toy Story 3. Seriously it was so cute. I didn't cry but that doesn't mean I didn't love it. I mean really, I don't think Pixar can do wrong. After the movie Matt and I headed over to his cousin's house and just hung out in her yard drinking wine and talking and it was so fun catching up and just being summery.

Saturday: Slept in and man was it glorious. Went to Megan's boyfriend, JR's birthday party. It was so much fun hanging out and drinking boxed sangria and listening to some music and meeting new people and basically a great afternoon all around. After the party I was on my way to my aunt and uncle's house for a taco and margarita kind of night. It was delicious and fun and another good time all around with Matt and family and I luuurved it.

Sunday: Happy 4th of July! After sleeping in a bit and doing some cleaning I went to my cousins' house to go swimming for a bit (it was the perfect weather). After some swim time I came home, showered up and went on over to my parent's house for their annual 4th of July block party BBQ. It was full of good food and great people and the fire department showed up as always and it was just a great time. On top of it there was a ridiculous amount of Jell-O shots this year and it definitely made the afternoon entertaining especially watching my aunts and uncles and future father-in-law have them as well.

oh my brothers and cousins are quite ridiculous.

my great aunt and my grandma

showing some patriotic spirit.

Matt and my sister clearly having a good time.

the future in-laws having a good time.

JR got Iced. more than once.

it was ridiculous.

me and Megan having a good time.

and JR clearly recovering in the background, haha.

Matt and I showing off our American pride, wee!

After the BBQ at my parents' house Matt and I headed to his mom's house to check out the view of some fireworks shows. It wasn't too bad, there were some trees in the way but we still got to see a lot and it was pretty fun and definitely a great way to end the night.

Monday: Slept in a bit before heading to my VERY FIRST DRESS FITTING with my mom and Matt's mom. Holy crap I tried on my dress and they fitted it and I love it and I look zexy and my shoes look great with it and my necklace matches wonderfully and I LOVE it and holy crap my goodness, my dress! After the dress fitting the three of us had lunch and it was fun to just hang out with the moms and talk wedding and talk life and just talk.

After I got home I was pretty much useless and passed out on the couch on and off for a couple hours after talking some wedding stuff with Matt. Eventually I got up and we went to the Counter with my sister and her boyfriend which was delicious as always. After dinner they came over and so did my cousins and we all enjoyed some wine and some wedding cake (thank you free samples) and some Big Bang Theory (seriously you need to be watching it already). Pretty much it was an excellent day all around.

So yeah it was a great weekend and I'd like to have it keep being weekend okay? No? Not going to work? Dangit. Well at least it's only a four day work week right? Sweetness.

And how was your weekend? Full of patriotic awesomeness? Or just some non-US weekend loveliness? Superb.

happy tuesday!

Jibber Jabber ishness.

Yes it is one of those days where I'm about to get all over the place and in bullet point form, so here we go:

• Thank you for all of your input on my makeup dilemma. I think I might just do what most of you suggested and go to a counter, get some makeup and have my makeup savvy friends do it for me. I mean yeah a professional could do a great job, but I do need that much done anyways and my friends know what I like, so huzzah!
  
  
• Remember how I saw Eclipse at midnight with a group of 40 and it was awesome? No? You don't? Because I didn't really talk about it. Well I did it and it was fantastic. Seriously this movie (like the book) is my favorite of the series so far. Charlie had so many great one-liners and although Jasper developed an accent, him and Alice were precious and um Edward (swooooon) and shirtless Jacob (swoooooon again) and basically it was great and I'll probably have to see it again.
  
  
• As I tweeted yesterday, after visiting our wedding location with our coordinator I felt more relieved and a little more stressed if that's even possible. I know I said I wouldn't stress out or freak out and so far I've been pretty good about it, but so many random things need to be done I just need more hours in my days!
  
  
• Seriously WHERE IS SAM WORTHINGTON hiding? I mean how have there been no new pictures and why isn't his new movie out yet!?
  
  
• Smoked gouda is officially one of the most delicious things ever.
  
  
• I ordered two really cool wedding decorations this week and I cannot wait for them to arrive, weee.
  
  
• I have my first official dress fitting on MONDAY, MONDAY people! And my mom and Matt's mom are coming and after the fitting we're going to get lunch and it'll be such a girly afternoon and ah! I cannot wait!
  
  
• And despite the fact that I won't be eating myself silly on Sunday, I still can't wait for my family's annual 4th of July block party BBQ. It's always a good time with lots of family and friends and Jell-O shots and deliciousness.
  
  
• And because what's a post without a picture? Right now I want to be here:
  
  
  

So what are you up to and thinking about?

Hope you all have a fabulous weekend and don't forget to enter my giveaway!

happy friday!

A lovely giveaway. *closed*

Congrats to miss Doniree who said she'll be getting something schnazzy for another blogger, can't wait to see what it is! Woo!

Thanks to everyone that entered!

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Friends, we are under the two month mark. Did you read that right? UNDER TWO MONTHS. Holy crap.

So I'm warning you now, be prepared for some serious wedding talk in the next 59 days because it is definitely coming.

But to thank you all in advance for bearing with all my countdowns and proclamations of bridelyness I have a giveaway today! A lovely little site, Beau Coup Favors, that is my lone ad provider these days has provided me with a little something something to share with my fabulous readers.

If you're getting married or planning a party or just want a fun reason to buy some schnazzy favors, Beau Coup is the cutest place to go. I mean they have things you can personalize, a wide variety of just favors and basically just fun stuff all around. And some of my favorite finds so far include:

Mini Candy Jar Salt and Pepper Shakers
(I mean this would just be all sorts of ridiculous
and hilarious to have at our wedding)


Personalized Wedding Golf Balls
(Matt golfs, I like movies about golf, it's a win win)


Star Fish Wine Stoppers
(I love wine and I love stars,
could there be a better combo?)

I mean how awesome is all of that? There's also some stuff I've definitely going to purchase but don't want to share because there should be some surprises at my wedding right? Anyhoozits, I did say there was a giveaway right? So what is it you ask?

A $50 gift card to shop at Beau Coup !

Schnazzy right?

So to enter this lovely giveaway, visit Beau Coup and tell me what your favorite favor is.

For a second entry, tweet about the giveaway and leave it in a separate comment.



Giveaway ends 4pm PT July 7th and I will email the winner after they are selected randomly.

Good luck!




happy wednesday!



*Beau Coup is a sponsor of my blog and graciously provided this gift card for a reader, woo!