Wedding Blog

After a very smooth and organized rehearsal (thanks to our killer DOC Sharlene Griffith), we had all worked up quite an appetite. So, we shuttled off to unwind and kick off the festivities!

Our rehearsal dinner was at one of our favorite local fiestarants (I just invented that rad new word, thankyouverymuch), Casita Del Campo. I’d show you just how charming it is, but I’m somehow…

Heeello, happy.

We got our wedding highlight video from our friends at Digital Princess Productions… wanna see?

OK, here goes. I’m officially kicking off my recaps! *Squee*

Whittling down the photos has been a horrifically daunting task. Partly because there are thousands of photos to sort through. Partly because I’m obsessed with every image and detail with the kind of hopelessly googly-eyed love that a mother has for her child. It’s freaking hard to choose between your children!

I figure I’ll do an overview…

Mr. M and I share our lives with a third partner, from whom we’re trying to break free. Procrastination. It is one of our great faults as a couple. It makes us late to almost every date (a rude and embarrassing habit, I know), it tempts us to create distraction in our lives. Don’t get me wrong, we always get things done on time, but always…

... It was a cold and drizzly autumn day in Milwaukee, WI. I got all gussied up for a very special night, butterflies flipping around in my belly like so many Mexican jumping beans. I waited, anxious, excited and nervous; sitting, standing, fidgeting, checking and rechecking my hair and makeup. A knock at the door sent thrills through my body. It was the man who would become my future husband, come to pick me up for our very first official date.

I… wow…

Um, I don’t know what else to say, except…

(Psst - if you’re new here, read part 1 and part 2 of the surname saga and then come on back for the conclusion!)

Thank you all so much for your support and amazing feedback about this situation. I’ve loved hearing your thoughts and speculations about our decision, and you’ve been wearing your patient pants, so now it’s time for the big reveal!

In the end, we…

Mad props go to the ever-fabulous and inspirational Emily from Once Wed for turning me on to Air B&B today. Air B&B is a vacation rental company that rents out some ultrafabby spaces, from private rooms to entire residences for PENNIES. Now, I’ve heard of couch-surfing before, but I’d much rather have my own space, especially if on a romantic vacation with my honey.

The site…

We got the idea to register for vintage dishware after seeing the plates of our dreams on set at a television sitcom taping we attended. I was flat out drooling for them, and even Mr. M gave them a hells yeah. We scampered over to check the stamp on the plates, ran home to Google it, and mentally filed it away. After a long and…

Hey LA brides! Come on down to the Soi-Meme eco-bridal salon event tomorrow, featuring loads of ideas on how to walk down a greener aisle. I’ll be speaking on the Green Media Maven panel at noon - hope to see you there!

From their site:
“Soi-Meme” – a French word meaning “oneself” – characterizes the spirit of the modern couple searching for affordable, do-it-yourself solutions to planning…

There are few things that make me feel more pampered then a nice meal out when I don’t have to worry about every penny going into it; and few gifts please me better than that of good food for free. Let’s be real - who doesn’t love eating out? But honestly, who wants to pay full price? Not this broke-ass!

When I lived in Chicago, my favorite…

Pssst, if you missed part 1 - get it here. We left off a week before the wedding.

Four days before our wedding, Mr. Meatball had run out on an errand, and called to ask me to come upstairs to the car and help him with something. I could tell he was crying. Terrified that he had been hurt, I tore upstairs to the street to find…

I’ve been meaning to address this issue for quite a long time. I wrote the post below the day we got our marriage license, a week before our wedding. But, before I published it, we hit a roadblock that has kept me from publishing it since. You may remember 2 days before the wedding, I mentioned we had our first pre-wedding crisis. Well, c’est ca, yo!

I’m…

Honestly, I’ve never wished that I lived in Texas. But if it meant being half as cool as Jamie & Joe, or getting to do a shoot with a photog like Jason Speros, I’d remember the Alamo forever, yo.

*cut to me, trying on cowboy hats*

Every once in a while (or, if you’re like me lately, every few days) a time comes in a person’s life when splurging is simply the requirement of the day. Your day’s splurge might be thanks to the blues, a celebration, hormones, boredom, entertaining, or any number of worthy (or unworthy) reasons…. but if you’re going to do it, you wanna do it up RIGHT.

Periodically,…