PJ's & Birthdays!

Don't judge me.

But I am so spending my morning in pj's again. Alright alright, I know I'm lazy! But first of all, I wasn't totally lazy yesterday. Only until noon! After that I had a photo session with the beautiful S (check out how great the photos turned out here) and follow my photography blog while you're at it, k?! :P

We both know you want to.

And this morning,..back to me defending myself not being lazy..I've got a few hours before I have to drop of the wedding invitations at the post office, meet my bridesmaid at DB so we can fit her dress and then my friends, this girl is going to work!! So basically, it's my Monday. And I'm going to start it relaxed, well rested, and blogging with you guys! How many times do I get to say that I start my Mondays of this way?

So while we're sitting here sipping our coffees (alright alright, you're reading this from work...I'm the only one still not wearing a bra, I get it) let's discuss the fact that I need to make my photography thing a not-so-back-burner-thing. Like I told you, I had a senior pictures shoot yesterday..I have another Monday next week sometime, maybe even two, and another family/sibling shoot next Wednesday. Funny that I'm filling up my free days with shoots in the busiest time of my life maybe. But we've recently discussed that I'm doing swimmingly as the-bride-on-top-of-things, so I'm not worried.

But I was talking to N on the phone yesterday and I started thinking that maybe when we make our big move out to Michigan, start our pretty little newlywed life together, that somewhere in there I need to focus more on doing what I really love. Without going down the do-what-you-love road, I want to make sure that I do this before life runs away with me.

*On a different note*

We've got birthdays this month!! And it just so happens that today is my baby-sister-in-laws' 

17 birthday!!

Her older sister and my other sister in law will be 21 in 17 days (oh god help us) but my mother in law has the same birthday as her daughter..which is also

TODAY!

Happy Birthday chicas!

xo :)

Tuesday Morning & Pj's

I've got a couple randoms, a few side notes, and exciting news about me being an oh-so-on-top-of-it bride! Shall we start with the randoms or the the sides notes..!? How about I tell you first what a busy little bee I've been about getting things done for my wedding! Only because this has been the only time in my life that I actually feel I've stayed on top of things.

I'm even creating lists and crossing off every item! Go me! (side note 1 - I'm so that person that will add an already completed task to my list, only so that I can cross it off and make myself feel better). It's fantastical. I feel very accomplished. And for you thrifters out there, I'm about to make you very proud. 


So my budget for wedding decor hasn't been exactly forgiving. So I've spent all my free 5 minute free time on theknot.com looking for fun decor ideas for ceremony and reception that aren't gonna blow my budget totally out of the water. So I made a much needed trip to the thrift store yesterday to turn some of the ideas I saw into sweet reality. 

I got 12 large mason jars that I'm going to copy like these with sand and the long candles and have them line the aisle for the ceremony. I later met with my florist who loved this idea, and she's going to add deep purple rose petals all along. ♥ LOVE it :)

And the best part? I spent less than $6 on all 12 jars!! Now all I need it candles and sand from the $1 store and boom - ceremony decor for less than $10. 

I rock I know. 

(side note 2 - I love that Nickelodeon show iCarly. I laugh out loud at every episode)

The night before last I perusing theknot.com some more and saw this cool image of a couple that had used thrift store furniture as decor at their wedding...

 

I LOVED this idea! If you can't really see, they have each table no. in each panel. So I thought, alright maybe I can let this inspire me to do something similar. But I knew that was a long shot..boy was I wrong. I didn't have to let the inspiration work too hard when I turned my little cart filled with mason jars around the corner and saw these (!) 

They were just leaning up against the shelf. And no...I did not knock a jar off the shelf that then broke into a hundred little pieces and a little old man had to come sweep it up as I was running towards them down the aisle. 

I don't know what you're talking about. 

But, how amazing are these? And you can't tell me that they weren't meant to be. Total? $12 for both! (Did I mention that it was 25% off Monday? I'm not kidding. That whole purchase was meant to be).  

Now I just have to repaint the frames, because blue is not going to work with my colors and decide if I want to use ink that writes on mirror or knock out the mirror and replace it with a matte surface. Any suggestions?

(side note 3 - My second favorite Nick show? Spongebob Squarepants! ) 

(side note 4 - I realize my side notes are more like randoms than side notes. Just go with it.)

So as I already told you, I've got my flowers all picked out, which is a huge relief, because that was not my forte. Sunflowers are my favorite, and other than that I couldn't tell a fresia from a hydrangea. Luckily, I brought my mamacita and sister along and they helped me pick beautiful arrangements. My main flowers are going to be chrysanthemums and daisies...

the mums are going to be this orange I'm so excited! :P 

(side note 5 - I'm loving this Tuesday-morning-in-pj's-till-noon-thing!)

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Ok so maybe I only have 1 random for you today. But I must share. 

once my hair grows back, I want this do'..and this dress. Maybe this will be the inspiration for

a more grown up 'married' me look :) 

Fill In The Blanks Friday!

Alright alright. it's technically Saturday. But I have a good excuse! And I LOVE sleep so you're going to have to deal with my later FITB answers. Yup. You are.

So if you're new and you want to participate in miss lauren's amazingly fun Fill in The Blank Friday series..post these onto your blog and linky back to her, so we can read your answers!

1.  The last thing I do before going to sleep is ... I do this weird..nodding my head thing literally right before I go to bed. I snuggle into my pillow and when I find the right spot I nod twice. N was the first person to ever point it out and he always makes fun of me for doing it. 


2.  When I can't sleep I ... I get super impatient almost immediately and usually turn the TV on, watch something really lame that'll make me sleepy and fall asleep. 


3.  The first thing I do when I wake up is...hit snooze :) even if it's my day off. 


4.  When I'm tired I ... get teary eyed. Not because I'm upset but my eyes water like crazy. And yes, I get super slap happy and ridiculously giddy. 


5.  My dream bedroom would be... this one :) I've taken tons of inspiration from this picture for my current bedroom. 

6.  If I could wake up anywhere tomorrow morning it would be...next to N, married, in our own house...happy. :) 


7.  The longest sleep I've ever had was...going home a few years ago. I took N to Germany for the first time and I got really sick from being so incredibly jet lagged. We had the worst fight times..it was almost 2 days later when we got there and I spent the first couple days exhausted. 

bonus*time

8.  I sleep on my...belly/side..snuggled up to N. We fall asleep in the same position every night. 


9.  When I sleep, I like to wear...plain t-shirt and undies. 


10.  My bedtime is usually...never before midnight. total night owl. However, it catches up with me and I'll pass out by 9pm.