Happy(?) Halloween.

So I'm not a huge fan of Halloween. I couldn't tell you the last time I dressed up. It's probably because I never do anything fun for it though. Or maybe it's the fact that I'm a complete wuss and am way too easily startled. I prefer to just sit at home trying ignore the doorbell.

We did see some pretty cute little monkeys and chickies at Peter & Stacey's earlier today though. It was the first Halloween for several of our friends' babies so they had a little get-together. Aren't they adorable?

After the party, I made the HUGEST Halloween mistake ever. I went to the mall. Who knew that parents are allowed to parade their children through the mall to get candy from every. single. store. They were everywhere. At first it was kind of cute, but it got a little annoying having to compete with 14 costumed seven year olds to get a salesperson's attention. And to make matters worse, I was not having a good shopping day. Why is it that whenever I'm intentionally looking for something (more honeymoon clothes!!) I strike out big-time but when I'm just wandering through and don't want to spend money I find all of these wonderful items that I just HAVE to have? Ugh.

Do I sound complainy today? I should probably mention that I'm REALLY good at complaining. My New Year's resolution (I hate those) last year was to not complain so much. I really did make a concerted effort and feel like I don't do it nearly as much... unfortunately I seem to be the only one who's noticed...

Enough about that... let's get back to Halloween.

So I obviously missed the brunt of trick-or-treaters this year because I had to go the mall. The boy convinced me to leave a bowl of candy on the front porch though, so our house wouldn't get egged. His words, not mine ;) I even left a note on it: "Please take some candy but leave some for other trick-or-treaters". When I got home I was shocked to find about half of the candy still remaining. Kids in this neighborhood must have manners.

Figuring it was well past time for anymore kiddies to be ringing my doorbell, I pulled the remaining candy inside and turned off the outside lights. (It was past 8:30 people. And really dark. We have no street lights on our street.) I was proved sorely wrong. Isn't turning out your lights the universal symbol for "I have no more candy" or whatever?? At about 9:15, a very large group of teenage girls walked up my pitch-black driveway and rang the bell. No big deal. I gave them candy and they left.

Now I'm really figuring I won't have anymore visitors, so I decide to change into my usual nighttime attire of fun pants and a tank top. Wrong once again. This time though, I was lucky enough to be in the back of the house where they couldn't see me through the front window and make me open the door. I stayed put long enough to assume they'd moved onto the next house.

At 10:00, I settled in on my couch for a movie. Then at 10:24 (I wish I was kidding) my doorbell rang once again. 10:24! Seriously??? Who rings a stranger's doorbell that late? At this point, I had already put the leftover candy away so I just went to the door and shooed them off. Then I watched them walk across the street to my neighbor's house. haha. Sorry, neighbor.

Maybe next year I'll play nice ;)

Countdown to Mrs. P...

At this time next week, I'll be walking down the aisle. Well, practicing anyway.

The wedding rehearsal kicks off our jammed-packed weekend of wedding fun! I'm so excited I can hardly stand it!! Agreeing to marry this guy is hands down the best decision I ever made :)

Meet Miles and Bella

Ah, my little monkeys. Well, technically they're long-haired dachshunds. And believe it or not, Bella (on top of the chair) is supposed to be of the miniature variety. haha. They are quite possibly the laziest, most spoiled dogs in existence.

But we love 'em... when they're not peeing on things, anyway ;)

How sweet is that little face (and those adorable little paws!)?

Miles has daddy wrapped around his finger (er, claw?)... guess he can't resist those sad puppy eyes.

Adding to the honeymoon wardrobe

On average, I get about a dozen emails a day from my favorite stores, attempting to lure me to their websites with "Additional 50% off clearance!," "New fall collection!," "Free Shipping with $100 purchase!, " etc, etc, etc. I have no willpower against this. Absolutely none. I enjoy shopping far too much.


Today, though, in attempt to save a little money for our impending mortgage payment, I was contemplating deleting a very tempting Arden B email. (Since leaving St. Louis, I have serious Arden B withdrawals every time I enter the mall. I miss it dearly.) But as luck (or maybe my fairy God mother of fashion) would have it, the boy called at that exact moment.


me: "Arden B is having an awesome sale online today. But don't worry, I won't buy anything."
him: "Well, you're gonna need new clothes for the honeymoon, right?"
Click.


That's all the permission I needed. 20 minutes later, my shopping bag was loaded up with 11 glorious items. I did, however, come to my senses and whittle it down to 5. And I snatched it all up for a mere $87! (To be fair, I did use a $20 Arden B Rewards credit, but still...)


Aren't these all so lovely? Well, except for the fun-pants (my term of endearment for any type of lounge pant.)





I'm so excited to get them in and play dress-up!

A little bit of bragging never hurt anybody...

When we got engaged last August, we immediately decided to create a website. Over time, it evolved into something we're pretty damn proud of. It tells the entire story of our relationship and engagement, as well as detailing our larger-than-life bridal party. I check it constantly and am pretty impressed with the number and hits and comments we've had. People love us ;)


Unfortunately though, in a mere 10 days, our fantastic little website will no longer serve a purpose other than providing us with a small reminder of what it was like to be engaged and plan a wedding. Sigh...

This could get out of hand...

So I have way too much time on my hands lately. At the office, anyway. My wedding is looming (10 days and counting!) and I can't seem to/don't want to concentrate on anything other than wedding/honeymoon planning. Thank God my brokers don't see what I spend my time doing on my computer while I should be working.

What am I doing on my computer all day long? I thought you'd never ask.

Mainly I'm spending money that I shouldn't be... I just bought these lovely tan, leather, slouchy boots for the honeymoon. They're pretty fabulous. And c'mon, who doesn't need another pair of boots, right? I figure that they'll be perfect for traipsing around wine country on our honeymoon :)

I also am awaiting delivery of my zillionth pair of Citizens of Humanity jeans. I have an unhealthy obsession with designer denim. And Citizens are the PERFECT jeans for anyone with long legs who is lacking in the rear-end dept. I swear, I NEEDED these these jeans. I have bootcut in several shades, I have skinny, I have cropped. What I don't have is straight leg. And to me, that justified the purchase. Not to mention that I got a phenomenal deal on them at RuLaLa.com. Love that site.

I'm hoping to get home tonight to find my rehearsal dinner dress on my front porch. Although, I'm a little afraid that it won't fit. American Apparel is notorious for the "one size fits all" thing. I'm always a bit leary of that but this dress is PERFECT. Our rehearsal dinner has a theme. A Yankees theme, complete with proper attire, peanuts and crackerjack. Is that dorky? Anyway... the boy came up with it, as he is a HUGE Yanks fan. And I figure it will be more fun than the typical stuffy, boring dinner. Whatcha think? I plan to finish it off with a wide white belt and my new boots.

Totally un-fashion related, but I'm also in the process of ordering thank you cards for the wedding. I found a couple at Target for pretty cheap. Just can't decide which to go with...

I'm completely showing off the novice-blogger skills here... I'm baffled by the whole picture upload thing and can't get these to load larger. But you get the gist of it...

No more shopping for today... off to get our marriage license!

Seriously? Yes. I'm writing a blog.

So here it is. My feeble attempt at a blog.


Why I'm doing this? Not a clue... maybe it's my secret desire to be the center of attention, or maybe it's so I have something to look back at in 5 years, I don't know. I am quite curious, though, to see how many people "discover" my blog. It must be the need for attention ;)


I've never considered myself to be a great writer. In fact, I'm usually so factual and to the point when I write that it lacks that, um... see, I can't even think of the word. It's not fluffy and full of nonsense. Make sense? I did, however, keep a journal for years. It started in fourth grade, when my teacher required us to keep one. I kept it up all the way through high school. It came to an abrupt end one day when I wrote about something that even I was too embarrassed to go back and read. Hopefully we won't run into that problem again.


Words of warning: I use the word 'seriously' WAY too much. Love it. And you've probably already noticed that I'm a big fan of the ... Not sure what it's called and I'm sure I'm using it incorrectly. I also really suck at titles. I'm the one who names her online photo albums "spring 2008," "Christmas 2009," and so on. I'll have to work on that...


Oh God... Can someone please come hit the publish button for me??