I am a Married Woman!

I am back here to let everyone know...I am MARRIED!  And I couldn't be happier!  I had the most amazing, special, blessed, loving dreamy, beautiful, promising and magical day of my life.  I have been dreaming of this day my entire life and now it has come and gone.  I am constantly looking through my photos and videos that my friends and family have sent me reliving every moment I can.  I married my best friend and heard the most touching vows ever.  My husband surely does love me, and I am absolutely head over heels in love with this man.  Marrying Rory was my dream come true!

I am waiting on the professional photographs, but I do have plenty of non-pro pics that I want to start sharing, but that will take a bit, so I will leave you with these two gems.  The first one is my father walking me down the aisle.

And the second one is our sparkler exit.  This was so much fun as evidenced on my face! I am happily married woman!

Isn't my husband handsome?

Let's Talk Teeth

I want to talk about teeth for a second if you will.  Prepping yourself for your wedding day is grueling and fun.  I have been thinking of all the ways to make myself my tip top self without overdoing it.  Yes I am getting somethings over the top, who isn't, but I still want to look like myself, just even more spectacular.

I went on the Marriage Carriage back in April for free courtesy of On the Go Bride.  When I was traveling about on the bus, they were doing giveaways, and I won!  I won a free teeth whitening kit worth about $400.  I was super excited as I wouldn't have to do the Crest White Strips, which was great, but this was even better for my lazy self.  I went to the provider and they took impressions of my teeth.  I waited a week, got those babies back in the soft plastic invisalign looking things, and set them aside.  But now that I am close to the wedding, five days out, I have been using them at night.  They are super easy as I just use a syringe to put a small amount of gel on each tooth area, put those babies in, go to sleep and take them out in the morning.  They have done an amazing job and no sensitivity.  Score!

But as Rory didn't get this awesome deal that I have, he has been using Crest White Strips.  He hasn't been that good about doing it twice a day, heck I wasn't either, but you get into a routine and do it.  He has done two treatments (one in the morning and one at night, two times), but has forgotten a bit.  But he is already seeing results.  Super stoked for the whitest teeth.  I drink way too much coffee and wine for white teeth on my own.

                                                              Image via teethzone.com

This is the strength and kind he is using.  I will take after photos to show the difference he has made with these.

Did you use any teeth whitening kits? Professional?

Wedding Explosion

My house is covered in wedding items galore.  Lately I have taken up the dinner table for crafting projects, I have a room filled with wedding stuff, and I am constantly trying to put wedding stuff anywhere I can.  And that is because my wedding is in 11 days.  Awww I am so excited and nervous at the same time.  Super excited to be marrying my best friend, but nervous to have all eyes on me.

But back to the wedding explosion in my house.  I have been crafting my seating chart.  I have agonized over and over again on this project.  I have looked at Pinterest too many times at inspiration photos.  I love so many designs, but frankly, it will be thrown out after the wedding and I am over budget on said wedding, so I needed a easy DIY idea.  So I let my Pinterest inspiration work itself into a easier DIY project for cheap.  I used Michaels and Joann's Fabric coupons and I made my seating chart for $6.  Yes you read that right and I am so proud of my final product.

Here she is:

In hindsight, I should have taken photos as I did my project, but I wasn't sure if it would turn out and that I would even use it.  First I bought white foam board from the dollar store.  Then I ventured to Joann's Fabric to buy more lace.  I bought lace for the table numbers, so I went back, but this time for silver/gray lace.  Then I bought cute thick alphabet stickers from Michaels.  I had ribbon on hand from another project.  The card stock came from my nail girl as they just opened their own salon a few months ago and had extra that she gave to me.

So I started with the foam board and glued the lace on both sides.  I let it dry and glued the back side.  Once that was dry, I cut the leftover lace around the edges.  Then I used word and created my actual table numbers with names, printed them on the free card stock, and cut them.  I used a paper cutter as I can't cut straight for the life of me.  I glued those on and then needed to add the stickers.  Rory loved it, but said it needed some more color, hence the navy ribbon.  And there you have it.  Our lovely seating chart for $6.  So proud.

It's My Birthday and I Will Cry If I Want To!!

Today is my last day of my 20s.  Que the crying.  I have been mentally preparing myself for this day for several months now.  I feel like I want to cry, but I probably won't.  I have friends who are already in their 30s (ugh pangs me to say I will be in my 30s) and some who are still in their lovely mid twenties.  My high school friends are all (99% of them) in their 30s now.  I get that.  I hated being one of the youngest kids in school because I got my driver's license last and turned 18 last.  But after finishing high school, I realized it was more awesome that I was the youngest because I would turn the dreaded ages last.  Hence turning 30 last.  But then I made lots of other friends, and I have a lovely bunch of girl friends who are still 26 - 28.  Ugh I want to be 26 again, ok not really, but my head says I do.

But then I got engaged, started planning my wedding, and bam it is almost here.  So the silver lining here is, I turn 30 tomorrow, but I will be getting married in 15 days from tomorrow.  I have a feeling 30 is going to be my best year yet.  Maybe babies in my future, God willing.  Plus I have been on a shopping hiatus for what seems like FOREVER, and I think I deserve a little birthday sumthing, sumthing.  Oh and hopefully that future hubby of mine, gets me something super awesome.

So on my last night of my 20s, I will probably be a boring old lady and go to the gym, eat something healthy (I gotta fit in my wedding dress yo) and indulge in a little LOT of wine.

Happy Birthday to ME!

Flower Girl Basket Reveal

Several months ago my mom and I went to Joann's Fabrics to look for wedding DIY project supplies.  While we were there, we found a cute basket that we could use for my flower girl.  It was perfect in that it wasn't the cheesy, expensive, traditional ones and it was in silver which happens to be one of my colors.  We proceeded to buy the basket and many other items.

When we were paying, we realized there was no price tag, no other ones in the store, and were left to figure out how much to pay.  I was expecting to pay around $12 to $16.  Low and behold, this was a basket from Christmas and went on clearance a long time ago and this was the only one left.  How much did I pay for this basket?  Answer: less than $3.  And being the coupon finder I am, I had a 40% off my entire purchase for the day, so my basket was less than $2.  Awesome score.

My mom took the basket home to spice it up for the wedding as my flower girl is a princess, so we my mom had to work her magic.  The outcome....I am in love with it. 

I think Miss B will love it.  What do you think?

Rehearsal Dinner Invite Reveal

Let me start by saying that I have the best future mother-in-law.  After talking to my future-in-laws with Rory, we picked out rehearsal dinner location, The Country Club in Gardnerville, Nevada.  It is basque food and can please everyone.  Rory and I recently did a tasting of our own there, and we were pretty excited about it.

My future mother-in-law started working on the invites while I gathered the addresses for her.  She went to Paper Moon to have the invites custom made.  My Maid of Honor and I also went to Paper Moon for bridal shower invites that I revealed sometime ago.

I love the invites, and I wanted to share them with you.  So without further ado...

Love the details.  The back card stock looks like wood with fits our romantic theme and is part of our centerpieces. 

Did your in-laws send out rehearsal dinner invites?

Bridal Shower, the Beach and an Aloe Drink

This weekend was lots of fun for me, but I realize I am getting old.  I am fast approaching the Dirty 30 and I am getting tired.  Back to the funness (not even a word and I don't care). Saturday I went to Stacey's bridal shower and it was beautiful.  Her Matron of Honor and Maid of Honor did an amazing job.  Here are the lovely brides-to-be.

Then Sunday the ladies went up to Lake Tahoe for some fun in the sun....lots of fun in the sun as in I have a slight sunburn.  I did use a ton of sunscreen with the wedding coming up and all, but I still got burnt.  That is where my aloe drink comes in.  Heather showed Stacey and I this aloe vera drink.  Sounds gross, but it was really good.  Plus it has aloe chunks in it and I loved it.  If you like Boba drinks, then this is for you. More on this in a second.

See how much fun the ladies had in Tahoe.

And here is the yummy aloe drink.  It is called Alo.  By far the best flavor so far is the watermelon and peach.  In heaven, but I forgot to bring one into work again.  Total bummer.  Go buy this stuff, it helps with tummy aches, sunburns, etc.

Now I am just recovering from my amazing weekend.  Next up for this weekend, the Celebrity Golf Tournament in Tahoe and then a weekend of relaxation.