A few weeks ago, I received a call from Mr. Cookie’s godmother, and she asked me to do a little favor for her. You see, she lives in Ohio, and she was flying to Colorado to throw a bridal shower for Mr. Cookie’s brother’s fiancée. Since she was flying, she didn’t want to lug favors in her suitcase, understandably. And she needed my help to create a goodie bag for the shower/tea attendees. So, I took on the task, and this is what I came up with:
Ta da! What do you think? I am so happy with how they turned out. The contents of the goodie bag included:
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I have already blogged about shoes before—here, here, and here!! I even asked the hive for advice, and totally ignored all if it. (Sorry, I’m a bad bee.)
But today is a glorious day—Miss PEEP TOE finally has shoes to wear to her wedding!!! Before, I showcase my perfect pair of peeps, I thought I’d write a little bit about my experience with online ordering.*
First, Endless.com. I love the idea of Endless—free shipping both ways = fantastic-ness!! But I ordered three pairs of shoes through them, and two of them were pretty damaged. Right out of the box, they both looked second hand. Not good. The other was just not right. All three were quickly returned—FOR FREE.
These two were damaged:
I had another dress fitting this weekend—we will talk about that at a later time because it was tight, and that is because I have been sitting, recovering from surgery. The design is coming together brilliantly and I am thrilled. My dress designer, Michele Nassaney, is just awesome. She recently shared some new photos of her dresses with me, and I wanted to share them. It makes me so excited to see them and know that soon my dress will be among these beauties! The ideas are so original.
This first one is probably my favorite. It is the closest style to my actual dress. The model is tiny! I’ll post about my weight loss struggles soon.
Dear Lovey-Magilacutty,
Exactly one year ago, you truly surprised me with your thoughtful and well-planned proposal. I’m sorry we can’t be together to honor the occasion today, but we’ll be celebrating an even bigger event very soon! Miss you and stay warm in Seattle!!
Happy engage-a-versary!
Love,
Miss P
P.S. And spanks for the hilarious e-card!!
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I’m so excited about how the coloring book pages have turned out! The steps are unbelievably easy and the outcome is so much better than I anticipated. The hardest part has been narrowing down our collection of photos and figuring out which ones will make the cut.
By following the steps in Jennifer Apple’s Photoshop tutorial (which also works for PaintShop Pro), I was able to use this photo of Mr. Yorkie and me taken up in the Sierras last summer (the day before we got engaged)…
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m planning on DIYing my makeup for the big day since we are getting married hours away from a metropolitan area and have a petite budget. Lo, of Lo and Co, was kind enough to pass along some great tips for me which I talked about here. I wasn’t really feeling the eyeliner on the bottom lashes, so I tried again. I guess one benefit of doing your own makeup is that you can practice!!
So, this was try #1:
And this is try #2:
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Miss Bruschetta wrote recently about the path she and Mr. Bruschetta have taken to maintaining a peaceful life together in their new home. Miss Cheese (who is a fountain of relationship advice as it is) talked about feeling married a few days ago. Mr. Mary Jane and I have taken a lot of big steps - some very early in our relationship - toward becoming a seriously committed couple. These last few weeks have been a test of the foundation we’ve built.
With barely 4 months remaining before the big day, I really want to get into the fun part of wedding planning. I want to do the DIYs. I want to buy shoes. I want to spend hours upon end on Etsy looking for the perfect hairpiece. I want to help Mr. Mary Jane choose his ring. I want to be a big bubbly ball of nearly-wedded bliss.
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Not grooming for me, but for Mr. Swan. I have always been an advocate of a groom in a nice suit. Rented tuxedos with cumberbunds or vests have just never been my preference. On the other hand, in his last job, Mr. Swan had to wear a suit almost every single day. While I think my boo looks pretty sharp when going to work in a Brooks Brothers’ business suit, I’m not sure if it’s the same style we are aiming for for our daytime summer wedding. I took the liberty of collecting some pictures of snazzy looking grooms, and here they are.
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That’s how I feel all the time. With just over 10 days to go, the proverbial shit is hitting the fan. Our house is trashed, owing to trying to get things done without stopping to breathe. Paint this, clean that, run to Hell Depot for the nineteenth time.
But it’s okay. Really. It’ll all turn out okay. I’m sitting on a chair under a tree blogging working in a slight breeze and brilliant sunshine on the green, green lawn. Even the dogs are cooperating, having taken a break from wrestling to lay in the sun. I’m taking nice deep breaths and starting to believe that it’ll all be just fine.
Last night, though, was a rough one. I was bone tired. Instead of taking a 30 minute nap like a smart girl should, I dragged myself around with a coffee cup in hand, going and going and going until I realized I was on the verge of tears for no good reason. And then suddenly I was on the verge no more, tears streaming down my face and “I just wanna give uuuuuppppp” in my head. This whole wedding thing can do that to the laziest most balanced of souls.
Take my advice: suggest to your man that when you hit this Suddenly I’m Crying For No Good Reason stage, telling you that Nothing Is That Important Or Worth All of This is not the way to go.
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Finding our band (or DJ) was Mr Frenchie’s responsibility, so right after we decided to have the wedding at the Bernardo Winery, he went to task. The first email Mr Frenchie sent me was for an awesome “crooner”, David Patrone.
Mr Frenchie and I love Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble and Jamie Cullem (to name a few). (We always joke about whether we could afford to hire Michael Buble if we just got married in a tiny chapel in Vegas). Through David’s website and MySpace page, we were able to give him a listen, and agreed we HAD to have him! Go ahead and pop over to his website, I’ll wait…
Our problem, however, was that we weren’t sure he’d fit in our budget.*
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On Monday night I met Mr. Joey at the gym. I had just finished spin class and was going to catch a ride home with him. We caught up on each others’ days, and as we pulled up to out apartment he said, “Oh, there’s a package for you.” What package? Hmm… the DRESS! It was the dress.
I grabbed the package from Liza off the counter and ran to our room. I busted though the envelopes to find a lovely dress that I was dying to try on. Of course I was sweaty and foul smelling and couldn’t possibly try the dress on right then and there. So I showered, then had dinner (I couldn’t try it on with wet hair) and then tried the dress on. ’Oh sh**,’ was my first reaction. I looked like a Klingon. The shoulders looked huge, and the dress hung on me everywhere. I took the dress off, hung it up, and went to bed at 8PM. I had a monstrous headache!
In the morning I woke up, and since I was working from home, decided to take a few minutes before getting dressed (sweats and a t-shirt) to look at dresses online. I knew I still wanted a short dress. I found one I liked on eBay and almost put in a bid ($49.99), but then decided I needed to try on my dress one more time.
What’s the verdict? You’ll just have to stay tuned.
I don’t know if it’s a tradition everywhere, but in the South, when you get married, you announce it to EVERYONE. Even before internet stalking-er, social networks like Facebook emerged, the news of an impending marriage spread like wildfire where I’m from. Soon after getting engaged, my mother mentioned putting an announcement in our hometown newspaper (as if a small town couldn’t spread the news by word of mouth efficiently enough).
I decided to entertain her and emailed the newspapers to see what it takes to publish an engagement announcement. Much to my surprise, it costs money to run them. Maybe I’m the only one who didn’t know this already, but I was just always under the impression that since you were providing them with “news”, they would just put it in for free. It makes sense to make money off of them though, especially in an era when newspapers are all on the rocks. But now we’ll be out $15 for my hometown paper, and $30 for Mr. Lab’s.
What’s funny about this whole newspaper announcement-thing is that I’m no stranger to being featured in my hometown’s paper. My town is so small that the majority of the paper is designated for school news. Because I was so involved in academics, athletics, and extracurriculars, I regularly appeared in the paper. I still have all my clippings that my grandpa would bring me (he loved seeing me in the paper) and occasionally look back at them. Here’s some of my favorite blasts from the past:
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We’re putting a spin on the traditional bouquet and garter toss, looking to infuse humor and whimsy into our reception, and to stimulate some playful competition among our guests. And, of course, I’m hoping for some great pictures to capture these fun moments.
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