I guess I have a few things to write about now........

I made it to Texas this past Friday, surprisingly. I think I was the last flight to get out of O'hare that day due to the unexpected blizzard that was vastly approaching........a part of me was wishing my flight had gotten canceled so that I could spend one more weekend home, but I guess I was destined to spend it in Texas. My brother and Ania were supposed to fly in that night but there 7pm flight was canceled at 9am.......they attempted to go stand by on the Noon flight, but no such luck there either. I was kind of bummed bc I was all excited to go to Arturo's with them on Saturday and drink Margaritas all day and get sloppy! Trust me, it doesn't take many, no matter how big your tolerance is! Thankfully, they will be here on the 4th and we can just make up for lost time then.........

Well that is really all I have to say for now, lame I know, but I haven't really done anything to exciting since I have been down here, except shop, but that is no news to anyone who knows me!

Ten days till Texas........I haven't decided if I am excited or annoyed

So I am leaving for Texas next Friday, well technically next Thursday since Matt and I are going to spend a night in Chicago bc I have to run by Pricilla of Boston to look at a couple of things.......guess he will have to wait in the car! My dress is not in yet, but I have to look at a couple of accessories that came in and I don't want him to see them of course! I just can't believe the wedding is coming up so quickly..........7 months to be exact!!!! When people told me that it goes by so fast, they certainly were NOT kidding.....

Texas

I am off to Texas for exactly 4 weeks....not as long as normal, and I am certainly thankful for that. But I shouldnt speak to soon bc I do not know if I have to go back after Europe....One thing I am happy about for sure is that I will see sunny and warm weather!!! It has been windy, but I will take that any day over 30 degree temperatures up here. I have definetly felt that since we have been engaged, I have not been too excited to go to Texas as I have been in the past......?? I wonder what it will be like next year when we are accually married......maybe I am feeling this way because I am in the middle of wedding planning..........I guess we will cross that bridge when we get to it next year.........I will be sure to post pictures of the sunshining while I am there!!!!!!

Ok, so I lied!!!

We didn't end up going to Noma on Saturday night..........we ended up going to Ruth's Chris instead bc it was closer and Matt wanted that instead :) Which was fine with me, bc I love that place!!! So, Lori, we can now make a date and go to Noma together!

Trash the dress.........

Has anyone heard of this new trash the dress trend????

Sick of the same old, same old....

For a long time Matt and I have been doing the same things about every other weekend....go to the same restaurant, the same bars, etc......don't get me wrong, we love the restaurnt we go and have fun at the bars.....but we are just looking to change it up a bit....When I went to Sephora last weekend to stock up on new make up, which I absolutly love by the way(ill tell you about that after)....the girl ,who so graciosly helped me for over and hour, was telling me about this Asian Fusion restaurant called Noma....it is a restaurant/martini lounge....for some reason I started thinking today about what we talked about, and I couldn't remember the name for the life of me, but then all of the sudden I found this paper with a map of all the restaurants in downtown south bend, and there it was! TADA!!!! So I search all over the internet and could not find a link to their website, so I clicked on some random person's blog that happened to pop up bc she had written her review on the place.....and also the website link......So we are headed to Noma tonight to check out, what I hear, is the new IT place of South Bend.........I will let you know how it goes tomorrow!

ps-about that new make-up.....it's bare minerals.....by far the BEST make up I have ever used.

232 days and counting!!!

So as you all can see I am getting more and more excited as each days passes about our upcoming wedding. I am quite certain that we are right on track as far as planning goes, so far! Matt and I are going to meet with Nancy next week, YES, Matt is accually coming along this time. It's about time considering I have been working with her for over 2 1/2 months now. Just kidding Matt, I love you and know you are a very busy man! But I am happy he will be tagging along (although im not sure he is hehe) because we need to start looking at some possible invitation styles since I will be off the Texas soon for several weeks, then Europe, and want to kind of get an idea of what we like and don't like (but im pretty sure we kind of know what we are looking for at least I do). I definetly want him there for the invitation browsing without a doubt. Don't get me wrong, I am not booking anything, choosing anything, etc without running it by Matt first. So far, there have been no disagreements and I hope to keep it that way. Luckily Matt is a very happy go lucky kind of guy and generally goes with the flow. Trust me people, if it were up to him, this wedding would be happening in a barn with a potluck dinner and kegs of busch lite and he would be happy(just kidding)....unfortunatly for him, I am a quite bit more high maintenence than he is(not kidding).

Onto the next subject...

LEAVING FOR EUROPE in 55 days!!!

As some of you know, my Mom and I are heading to Europe this Spring. We are leaving on April 24th and returning on May 4th. We are going to visit Amsterdam, Brussels, and Paris! We planned this trip back in like June before any of this wedding stuff was even thought about...and then in November when we got engaged, it kind of slipped into the back of my mind until my beloved travel agent sent me an email a few weeks ago with some train schedules for us to look at :) I can't believe it is already less than two months away!

We are spending 3 nights in Amsterdam, 3 in Brussels, and 3 in Paris as well! I can't wait to see the hotels that we are staying at because they look amazing!

Check them out below:

Amsterdam

Brussels

Paris

Christian Louboutin here I come!!!!!!!!!

That's all for now..........!!!!!!!!

weekend recap!

Okay, so I know I am a little behind on this....but I have good reasoning. Shelly (fish) and Garrett (farrett) came to visit this past weekend and I have just been catching up on things since they left. We had such a blast together, I am so glad that they came up. It was a first trip to Michigan for them both and honestly, I think they really enjoyed the peacefulness of being in the middle of nowhere! We didn't really do anything special just hung out at the house all day (while poor Matt was busting his ass off at work to try and leave early) then went out to dinner each night, had some drinks and came home and hung out more! Matt did take Garrett out snowmobiling for a couple of hours on Saturday which they both had fun doing since obviously you can't do that in Florida and Matt doesn't get a chance to go that often.......So all in all I would say it was a great weekend........gotta go for now!

Who knew designing a monogram could be so difficult????

I just got the proof for a potential monogram and I didn't like it....ughhh.. There was just something about the way our initials looked....perhaps, well nevermind..anyways, I guess we are back at square one again, I thought maybe I am just being to picky,but Nancy assured me that I was not being difficult, bc this is a very important part of the Wedding bc it will be carried throughout the event that we will want it to reflect our personal style......