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wedding wednesday :: getting ready

July 23, 2014

Today I’m sharing some photos of getting ready and dressed.

I had made my mom promise me years ago that she could not move out of our house until I got married, so that I could get ready on my wedding day at home. Seeing as it is just her there now, there was no guarantee this would come true, but luckily it is still the place we call home.

Our house is one of my favorite places in the world, and it was my parents dream house they did together and has so many important memories, and I couldn’t picture myself or my family feeling more comfortable on such an important day anywhere but there.

The benefit of a 7 PM ceremony is that we were able to get a late start, relax and eat (and mimosa all day on the porch…)

It was the most fun and least stressful day ever.

My friends and family still can’t stop commenting about how they have never seen me so calm and not caring about a thing.

And I agree….. I don’t think I’ve ever been so chill in my life either!

Truly….. nothing was different : acting like idiots all day.

exhibit A, B, and fashion choice C

oh….. and my shirt before the monogrammed shirt…..

my favorite t-shirt in the world

JEALOUSS??????

damn straight you are!!!!

Anyways……

It’s the greatest thing to have all your sister and mom and best friends getting ready at your house and getting all pretty and everyone being in your favorite spot.

Some of these are out of order, as some are from iPhones, but you get the point.

Enjoy!!!

my brother in law was put to work, as usual, so he stopped by in the morning with the snacks and drinks for us.

everyone verged in the best spot in the house most of the day.

my mom spruced the house up as usual with beautiful flowers all over.

The best detail of my dress :

the blue heart from my dad’s dress shirt.

My dad passed away suddenly when I was in college, so this was another way to have him close.

and I was so lucky to get what I had always hoped for :

walking down the front stairs of our house in my wedding dress.

……… more to come…….

Lifestyle, weekend recap

weekend recap

July 21, 2014

hope you had a great weekend

I am seriously hurting over here…… I hate Mondays

I had a friends bridal shower…..

saw blake shelton at wrigley field in one of the rooftops

and the house hunting continues…..

some of the places are definitely NOT as pictured or described in the listing 🙂

strange and hideous art installations, interesting ceiling fans, bright blue bathroom

annnnnnd weird lighting throughout the place, everywhere, even next to the toilets.

I mean…. who picks these things out?

so random, but this recording of a Comcast customer trying to cancel service is HILARIOUS. listened to the whole thing. seriously the worst customer service in the world.

I’m greatly looking forward to the finale of RHONY.

finally, the leg hurling across the room scene!! FINALLY!!!!!

fashion, Lifestyle

little things

July 18, 2014

we finally made it to friday 🙂

some random little things for the week:

One of my best friends got married and when I saw this necklace I thought of her immediately.

Love Always has lots of personalized jewelry, but I chose the roman numeral necklace with her wedding date on it.

my friend instagrammed this flask scarf and I can’t even handle it.

this is GENIUS.
how did I not invent this? what is wrong with me!!!!

Last weekend I continued my mostly maxi dress wardrobe choice.

I’ve had this navy halter maxi from J.Crew for about 4 years and it’s still a favorite. It goes low it the back (you know me and an open back, who knew J.Crew had some sex appeal??) and has a subtle braided belt and can work for any and everything.

I’ve brought out a Marc Jacobs pouch that was given to me a few years ago and have been carrying it as my clutch with everything. I think it is actually a cometic case, to which I say, who the hell would pay a bunch of money for a cosmetic case? I don’t know about you, but mine are disgusting and filled with marks and stains from eyeliner and broken bronzer.

Works perfectly for a clutch though!

I wore this Old Navy maxi dress (old) with the same clutch and some comfy flip flops
in last weekends downpour and was completely drenched.
the next day, the dress looked as good as new. Touché Old Navy.

and my new favorite sunday outfit:

j.crew ultra thin striped sweater (similar) , free people shorts, tory burch sandlals (toe imprints not included), necklace (similar)

I treated myself to some new sneakers to get back into the groove

Nordstrom Anniversary Sale has them for a steal

I have serious plans for the weekend:

Watch Candidly Nicole, LeAnn and Eddie (barf, I can’t stand her. therefor I can’t wait), WWHL Anniversary Special, and Don’t Be Tardy.

A friends bridal shower.

Blake Shelton at Wrigley Field!

I meannnnnn this song……

I just can’t even handle it.

inappropriate?
sorry I’m not sorry.

see you Monday 🙂

coffee talk, Lifestyle

coffee talk

July 17, 2014

discuss amongst ya-selves……

the bachelorette

Andi: “This date is just amazing!!!! What could be more romantic than a private island with no one else around!!???”

Um…. no one except for the producers and a million camera crew and everyone and their mom.

ugh THIS SHOW DRIVES ME CRAZY.

just screams romance. screams it!

All I can say is if she picks Crazy Killer Eyes at the end of all of this I am going to lose it

The drinking game of Nick and Andi’s date should have been how many times he said “like”.

I, like, wanted to stab my eyes out.

And then he, like, pulled out a hand written fairytale of their courtship with drawings, and I, like, actually did stab my eyes out.

Then we have Josh.

They basically have just had eye sex all season.

As much as she clearly ~~totally boned Josh in the fantasy suite~~ wants to bone Josh, Josh’s brother is a famous football loser, and she seemed PISSED that his brother Aaron would be getting more attention then their nonexistent relationship.

The way I see it she has two crappy choices remaining:

Murder Eyes and Dumbass-Douchebag.

When it doubt : go with the better looking one, because you’ll be breaking up within 2 months anyway.

I’m just happy I don’t have to see her pouty duck face while handing roses out anymore.

I was reading this months InStyle, and the highlight of the issue was seeing that zooey dechanel mentioned watching real housewives of melbourne.

um…….

WHAT?!?!

A serious google search has left me helpless for full episodes — all I can get are clips off of the Australian version of Bravo’s website.

So someone please find out how I can see this show ASAP.
also, I haven’t seen Married At First Sight yet, but thank you Julia for alerting me I cannot wait to watch!

RHOOC:

Tamra is unbelievable.

She seriously needs to see a therapist – I’ve never seen someone start so much crap, become thrilled inside, and walk away. She just sets fires and walks away all excited to let it burn.

I have so much to say about this weeks episode that I have to just say nothing.

Jessica Simpson got married again.

I’m sure you know this.

but I pose a question to you:

How many of you know THE NAME OF THE GUY SHE MARRIED off the top of your head?

mind. blown.

because for the life of me I swear I couldn’t remember it at all, and I realized, I bet half the world still doesn’t know it either even though they’ve been together for years and have two kids?

#istillmissnewlyweds

#nicklacheyforthewin

The Peoples Couch had it’s season finale last week and I AM DEVASTATED.

DEVASTATED.

Even my husband (haha…. husband. its so weird) would watch this show with me on Tuesday nights and he refuses to watch anything on Bravo with me.

There is such a huge hole in my heart without seeing these two every week:

Big Brother is one of the greatest TV shows for 9 million reasons, but I think my favorite reason is that it’s on three nights a week.

It’s like a dream.

~~I wish all my shows had three new episodes a week and I wouldn’t have to socialize with anyone at all Sunday-Thursday.~~

I say it every year, but seriously people, you need to get on this bandwagon.

I’m so excited that Devin is getting back-doored this week

(another reason its my favorite show: the language of the show is hilarious. I say “I hope ____ gets back doored this week”! a million times during the summer)

When I first saw Devin I couldn’t figure out why he looked familiar.

He says its because he looks like The Rock.

but no…….

that wasn’t it……

I say it’s because he looks like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

AM I RIGHT??????

Lifestyle, wedding

wedding wednesday :: rehearsal dinner

July 16, 2014

Kip’s family hosted a gorgeous rehearsal dinner at Canoe Restaurant.

I don’t have any crazy exciting pictures…..
since eating, drinking, and speeches all look the same in most pics 🙂
And pictures of us laughing probably aren’t too thrilling for you, but it reminds me of the details of the night so I’m happy we have candids to remember the night with!

It was held outdoors along the river under a beautiful tent. We lucked out with absolutely perfect weather that night too.

I wore my sisters wedding day earrings for the rehearsal dinner – I had hoped to wear them with my wedding dress but they didn’t quite go with it, so this was the perfect alternative.

this picture cracks me up : my mom and my aunt are twins (not literally)

the darts on my dress look like nipples in this pic…. yikes.

swear they aren’t…. theres a flat chest and thickly padded bra hiding under that baby I promise 🙂

all the kids at the rehearsal dinner 🙂

dress :: kate spade (on sale!) and strapless version // shoes :: kate spade

I’d have more to say…. but the if you read yesterdays post…. the exterminator did not show up and there is no word from my landlord, so I have a happy e-mail to write whilst whipping my fly swatter in every direction. fun times.

book club, Lifestyle

bitch stole my look, books + other thangs

July 15, 2014

every season of the bachelor or bachelorette,

one of those bitchs steals my look.

I guess Andi and I have more in common than I thought.

ahhhh take me back!!!!

oh hey girl.

// parker adelaide dress //

I love that dress so much.

I couldn’t wait to wear it on the honeymoon 🙂

Anyways…. back to reality….

This really has not been my week.

You may have noticed I was MIA last Thursday for Coffee Talk
(of course you noticed… you were devastated when you couldn’t read my typos and crazy talk that makes no sense).

Last Wednesday on my way to work (my 3 minute commute because I’m lazy as hell and should just walk but I’d rather sleep an extra 15 minutes), I was T-boned by a cab that drove straight through a red light because “the sun was in his eyes”.

Ugh.

I’m fine, dumbass driver is fine, and luckily no passenger was in his cab.

Sooooooo. theres that.

Then….. starting Friday I noticed a fly or two in the apartment.

I was annoyed.

I would kill them….. and then it was like they were either coming back to life, or they were multiplying…..

spoiler alert: THERE WERE A LOT MORE.

I was like “what the hell!!??”

The retail food space underneath us randomly closed with no warning, and haven’t cleaned a single thing in it. We looked in the window Sunday and I almost threw up with the sight of flies the size of Cleveland EVERYWHERE. Seriously….. there was a horse fly just now and I screamed bloody murder writing this while I watch Andi and the other morons on The Bachelorette.

So the landlord today said he’d “see what he can do this week” and “maybe we should get a fly strip or something, but let him know if that doesn’t work.”

Hell. To. The. Nah.

Listen Landlord :: I was kind and waited until Monday to e-mail you, and now I am throwing my back out screaming and running around the kitchen and almost stabbing myself while trying to make dinner and swat flies out that DO NOT DIE because they are SO DAMN BIG and ALL STEROIDED OUT OR SOMETHING.

If I’m MIA on the blog tomorrow it’s because I was either

a. eaten by a fly or

b. in the hospital from seriously injuring myself while trying to do something and a fly comes circling up to my face

or c. taken to jail for threatening to harm my landlord if he didn’t get an exterminator here.

ps…. do you think I’m dramatic much?

pps… but seriously….. I won’t show you the photo of downstairs inside the window or of the size of these creatures because I don’t want to ruin your week as well.

I was prepared to do my honeymoon book review for the 3 books I read while we were away, but now I’m all riled up about the flies and thinking crazy thoughts.

I’ll save it for Friday…..
spoiler alert: You Should Have Known is definitely NOT “the next Gone Girl“. They are liars who said that to get me to flip out with excitement and buy it (it worked) only to be disappointed.