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What: Boston Meet Up
Where: Fajitas and ’Ritas [25 West Street], close to both the park street (red/green line) and downtown crossing (red/orange/silver lines) t-stops.
When: 6PM TOMORROW NIGHT (Tuesday)
Why: Margaritas + wedding chatter - enough said.
From the looks of things, we are going to have a pretty good turnout!
You can take a peek at the menu here.
Cheap is my favorite adjective for a price. For any of you soon-to-be brides, or for anyone who’s going to attend any sort of party, or for anyone who wants to have a killer pair of shoes for a party they may get invited to, pay attention. I’m going to tell you how I landed my pretty shoes.
Step 1: Buy a lovely, but plain pair of shoes for cheap. You can scout eBay (where I found mine), Etsy, discount stores, etc. Here are some finds that I dug up in about 30 seconds:
A few days ago, I wrote about my bridesmaid dress drama, which you can find here. As you can see, I was basically in a state of “non-decision”, which is not exactly the best place to be when it comes to planning a wedding. After lots and lots of thought, and looking at a ton of other dresses, and even more thought, I kept coming back to this one:
Isn’t she pretty? I just couldn’t get this dress out of my head. Granted, I’ve never seen it in person, so it’s a bit of a leap of faith, but nothing great ever came from not taking risks, right?
A trolley ride for two. Kerrijune and her fiance are the picture of old-fashioned romance in this engagement photo.
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Immediately after the ceremony and congrats, we did the usual (usually boring), but necessary group portraits. Let me formally introduce you to my family. 
My mommers, dadders, moi, Mr. Sushi, and my lil’ brother (who really isn’t all that little anymore).
… I’ll be busy making 120 cloth napkins. No matter that I have little sewing experience, and have never sewn a napkin in my life. It’s a basic square, right? Um, right. This is just another one of my crazy* ideas.
(*I prefer to think of them as “inspired”, not “crazy”.)
You see, I’ve been inspired by other bees — Mrs. Beagle posted about making cocktail napkins for the guests at her wedding, and then incorporating them into a quilt after the wedding. I thought it was a very cute idea, but figured I wouldn’t have the time or the dedication to pull something like that off. Although, I had to admit, the quilt she posted as her inspiration was gorgeous:
Then I saw a different post by Miss Daschund about how she, too, was planning on making napkins for her wedding. She said that she was planning on using the quilting project for after the wedding to keep her busy and avoid “PWD,” or Post-Wedding-Depression.
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Walking into the Haute Bride suite at Bridal Market, I felt like I could close my eyes and throw a dart at any three necklaces/bracelets/earrings, and be beyond happy to wear them all together. It was definitely hard to decide which pieces to take pics of to post, so I took a LOT of pictures, and I hope you enjoy them! I love that they’re San Francisco based, because most bridal shops are based out of New York.
Their bracelets are so, so recognizable! I could spot a Haute Bride bracelet from a mile away!
Yoo hooooo! Remember me? If not, I don’t blame you; it’s been almost… gah!… six months since you last heard from me. Where does the time go?!
I’ve missed you guys! And I’m sorry, I have no good excuse for leaving you hanging. Let’s just say that those people who say that things get even busier post-wedding than they were pre-wedding are not kidding. But that’s a post for another day.
It’s hard to believe but this past weekend marked one month until the Breezys’ one year wedding anniversary (can you believe it? I can’t!) and, well, there’s nothing like a looming deadline to get this gal back in the recap saddle. I still have a few stories to share, so I hope you’ll join me as I whisk you back to our destination wedding extravaganza in Punta Cana. If you’d like to get caught up or refresh your memory, please see the bottom of this post for the first half of the DW in the DR recaps.
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Have you been to a bridal show? If you haven’t, does the phrase strike fear in your heart? Do you involuntarily cringe? Did you just spit out your cocktail water in utter disgust and revulsion? Do you picture a roomful of crazy—with shoving brides and pushy vendors? Do you picture yourself running, arms flailing, from some crowded convention center? If so, do you picture an overzealous, perpetually smiling, curiously skinny bridal consultant with the face of Murphy Brown running after you beseeching you to enter a drawing for a free steak knife set/mystery box/honeymoon to the island where those guys from Where the Wild Things Are live??
That’s what I pictured, too! How very wrong I was.
About a week after our engagement, Potato Head’s mom mailed me a newspaper clipping advertising a South County, Rhode Island bridal show, with an invitation to bring my mom along. I thought, oh. Ohh. Oh nooooooo! But her gesture was so sweet that I readily agreed to go (with PH by my side).
The show was held in a place called The Towers, a historic building on the beach. In fact, it was on that very beach that we strolled and chatted at one of our first meetings, when our siblings were trying to set us up all those years ago!
Sounds idyllic, right? A nostalgic visit to a beautiful venue? Yeah, no.
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I am obsessed with a band. My sister, my mom, my husband, my friends, my town, my state are all obsessed with a band. They are called “The Avett Brothers” and they speak directly to the core of my being. They have impacted my life, made me feel things deeper, and taught me about family and love and life.
They just came out with a new album called “I and Love and You” and the #2 song on the new CD is called January Wedding. I wanted to share it with all of the January brides. It would be such a great first dance song.
We played a ton of their music at our wedding. If you are not familiar with the band, then I have a few requests:
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