Skinny pants/Fat days!?!?

So, I woke up this morning and do the standard "What am I gonna wear today" routine....

I finally settle on a pair of sort of "skinny pants" (the kind you wear when you're feeling really good about yourself, you know, not actual 'skinny leg pants'-yuck) that I have from J.Crew. I even managed to iron them this weekend. I put them on and I'm feeling pretty good. Accessorized and everything! I'm ready to go.

I get into the car, get to work early, I'm on fire today! I even notice that the pants are feeling a little loose, am I losing weight? Score! Have mini-bagel downstairs to celebrate (yes, totally defeatist)...

Then this:

9 AM- Get up to use the restroom at work and realize, oh wait...not losing weight, the button has just popped off! OMG! What am I gonna do...hike down my shirt and pray no one asks me to get up. Its not like they are gonna fall off, but here's this flap of material just hanging because there's no button.

9:05 AM-Alpha team starts mission: Find Button!

9:10 AM-Alpha team fails miserably. Even tried retracing all steps and checking car. Resolve to go home at lunch and change.

9:20 AM-Alpha team laughs uncontrolably at irony of wearing skinny pants and having "fat moment" of button popping off.

So yeah, I thought I'd share that...I have actually lost five pounds due to "wedding stress" diet, but apparently that was no match for the MIA J.Crew button!

Dude,...what the heck happened to my car?!?!

I'll start off by saying that I'm really mad...

When I got up this morning I just did not sleep well and was very grumpy and tired. I decided not to go anywhere or do anything and just sit around and relax. Which was fine until Steven decided to go to the store for stuff for dinner...

He comes back inside and says, "Someone vomited on your car"

I'm going to let that sink in here....

SOMEONE VOMITED ON MY CAR.

We've questioned moving before, that was before the thumbtacks that have recently been left behind our car, pets pooping on the sidewalks and no one picks it up, beer cans and boxes left in the back of Steven's truck, and we can now say that our car has been vomited on too. We took into to get it cleaned up at the local car wash and its fine...but still.

I officially think its time to move. I feel like we live in the slums of Lake O.

A rolling stone gathers no moss

That's what I've been feeling like lately. A rolling stone. We're so busy lately just getting everything finalized and it being summer and having things to do.

Since I wrote last its been a whirlwind of activities. Lists (I love my lists, but even I'm starting to get tired of them!) and check lists and to do items galore! Also, I had a shower and my Bachelorette Party this last weekend. It was an awesome good time and I'm really thankful to everyone who came and made it such a blast. It was a great send off for this old girl who never goes out anymore! We had fun dancing and doing shots (and yes, dancing on the bar!) but most importantly, I got to hang out with some of the coolest most special people I know.

Tara even picked up some extra special accessories for me to get the party started right!

In the midst of all this fun, Steven was off somewhere playing golf and Rock Band with Keith and Darren. This weekend, its my turn to sit back and relax whilest he participates in the shenanigans.

So now I'm down to packing up all the boxes to go to the site and printing all my lists, check list and to-do items and finalizing appointments and double checking reservations...but I just can't be that stressed, because ITS HERE! It is finally here and, really, haven't I been waiting long enough?

So I will leave you with one last question, lest the blog fall under my list "not that important" before the wedding arrives:

WHO IS READY TO PARTY?

These girls were born to party!

Time Flies...

When you're having fun!

I love my sweetie!

Today, Steven and I have officially been together for three years now! Go us!

Busy Busy Bees...

We have been so busy these last couple of days and there is really no end in sight!

Things are coming along nicely. On Friday I got my trial hair and make up done at Dosha. I'm really please with the way everything came out. I'm saving the pictures of the back so that you'll be suprised! It is really lovely and I am so diggin the way it came out. Yet another thing that was up in my head and I've now seen come to life!

So, beyond that...we spend Saturday working on stuff as well. I "quilted" some left over fabric from the favors into a little napkin for the program basket. You should make sure to check it out at the wedding, but not too close because I'm no quilting professional! We also had dinner with our videographer and spent some time at the farm with the fam.

Sunday we were having Keith and Darren over and right before they got there our phone rang. Our land line is pretty much only called my our Mom's and so I wondered which it was... It was the lady at Men's Wearhouse...calling to make sure we knew that only one person in our party had been fitted! I was like "Yes, we do know and we're actually on our way out the door to come in right now." How funny is that. We totally suprised the lady by then literally walking through the door about 15 minutes later for the fitting. It was great to get that done! The boys are so easy!! Then we chilled and did a little BBQ and watched Indiana Jones and talked. It was a perfect Sunday afternoon.

Now tonight we're meeting up with DJ and I've already had a call from the florist, so things are just hop, skip and jumping along! Only 25 days away!!

Reasons to be excited

Hi!

I'm really excited today, let me tell you why:

• I'm having my trial hair and make up done at Dosha today! I've been thinking and I get a lot of ideas in my head that I usually have to play around with a bit to see them come to life in person, so I'm really looking forward to having a good idea of how things will look on the big day!
• Speaking of the big day, only four weeks left! Oh my gosh, there are still some things left to do, but like Steven keeps telling me, "These people are professionals, let them do their job..."... I'm taking deep breaths and trying not to freak out about the florist not calling me back (Steven did point out, it is his busy season!)
• Big weekend stuff planned up for the next couple of weeks: This weekend we'll be celebrating our THIRD anniversary (July 15th for the people who are counting) and Keith's birthday (our Best Man) on Sunday afternoon with a little BBQ. Steven and I have been saving a nice bottle of wine for the occasion. I can't wait to open it!

While there is so much stuff going on right now, I just can't help but have a huge smile on my face today. Also, the sun is shinning brightly...ahhhhh!

An open letter...

Dear J.crew,

Kindly please fix your website, now. I do not enjoy waiting for it to load, loading things wrong or simply not having anything in a section... and free shipping is not enough consolation for this irritated shopper.

Also, the sale section layout is horrible now and I do not like it. While you are at it, when did you come up with the idea that you could charge outrageous prices for basic clothing?

Please address these things or heads will roll. You are officially 'On Notice".

All the best,

Julie

Random thoughts...

Some random thoughts that occured to me today:

-Perhaps I should actually try on my bathing suits to ensure proper fit before jetting off to Hawaii. This would help me avoid unneccessary freak-out mode when we land and there are "hanging out issues" of any kind.

UPDATE: I tried on all three of the suits I own. Ironically, the suit I bought when I was sixteen fits perfectly, but the suit I bought from J.Crew when I was 20 is hideous. Go figure.

-As I was trying to paint my toes last night, it was so hot in the house that the polish was acutally drying before getting to the nail...I may want to rethink my toe nail painting on a 90 degree day with no A/C.

-Our family dog Cruiser was in the paper...I snagged the pic for my work computer.

My previous desktop background... and while I'm sad to see it go, this may be the best thing I've seen all day:

http://www.jennsylvania.com/jennsylvania/

and is therefore my new desktop background...sorry Cruiser.

-And finally, while I love the new Stash White Tea with Raspberry (DECAF) I'm conviced there is something in there. I admit I'm a little wired today.

Updates...

Hello!

Its been a while now, and time for some updates:

• We had a wonderful Fourth of July weekend, complete with traffic jam on I-205, a last minute trip to KFC ( I need to have fried chicken one day of the year), lots of explosive fireworks, and trips to both of the homesteads. In all it was a great way to spend three days off work.
• We've been enjoying the fruits of Mom's labor...her garden is huge and we're reaping all the benefits. The lettuce alone is worth the drive out there...but there are also herbs, peppers, zucchini, corn, broccoli, green onions and a whole lot more! I can't wait for more to come up. We spent most of the holiday weekend drinking mojitos with fresh mint from the garden. Delicious! Also, I have a salad with the lettuce at least once a day...yummy.
• I finally got all the program materials bought (Thanks Tara for scoping out the goods for me) and then this weekend Mom and I got them all cut up and did a couple of samples. I have to say watching something that exists only in your head come to life in front of you is a pretty amazing thing. I'm really happy how they turned out and even more happy that Mom and Gma are going to put the rest together for me.
• We have ants again. A new lady moved into the apartment below us and she had to have the people come spray...which makes them want to come into our place. So now I have to spray. I seriously do not like ants.
• The favors are done and finished. I think everyone is going to love them. They turned out fantastic. Another thing that was totally in my head and is now done and finished and sitting on the ping pong table waiting to go to the site.
• I'm down to millions of last minute calls and schedule making and packing up wedding stuff and writing out instructions for the people setting up. But this is a good thing.

The wedding is almost here and we're ready for it. Steven and I are just ready to get married and go on vacation. When we get back, I think we'll start looking for a house. I've been having dreams about it lately (more so than usual!)...so I think its time. Mostly that's it. We've just been trying to survive the unbearable heat in our apartment (with no A/C) and work our way through phone calls and meetings and appointments and being nearly weds.

But don't feel too bad for us, we're still going to Hawaii in ~30 days! We could not be more excited about that.