Weekend Recap!

Yesterday was fairly busy - we all woke up insanely early for a Saturday. There were a couple of errands we wanted to get done, and some that had to be done morning/mid-morning: like go to the bank.

For breakfast I made the hubby oatmeal while he got ready for work, no big challenge there! lol. And for the first time ever, I poached eggs! I youtube'd it so I could see someone else do it and so that I could get an idea of what I needed to do. It was very easy and was pretty tasty. I had 2 with some wheat toast.

Then we were off!

Errands to accomplish:

1.Close my old bank account.

This didn't take long at all. The line was at the drive-thru banking. While we were waiting an elderly man who came in about 5 minutes after us just began to talk to us. Poor guy, he'd just lost his wife and had gotten a letter in the mail about $5,000 having been deposited into his account. He was there to see if it was true and how it came to be. I think it must've been recent, his wife's death - he was almost in tears talking about her. He said they'd had a great, long ride together. I thought it was so sweet the way he was talking about her.

2. Deliver Glee - Road to Sectionals to my cousin Victoria. 

Yes we have this on DVD already. We're hooked! I love the Acafellas' episode with Josh Groban. He was funny in the season finale too! But not my cousin Victoria finally got into it, she said the Gaga episode got her.  

3. Head to Best Buy to use a gift certificate we earned through their Reward Zone program.

Best Buy gave us Flyleaf's cd :)

4. Go to BB&B to exchange a coffee maker we bought and a pizza pan for some other things.

What I love about BB&B is if you use their 20% off coupon to purchase something, and then later you want to exchange it - they'll give you the full purchase price's worth in store credit! A couple of weeks ago we went to buy a coffee maker and a coffee bean grinder because Danny wanted them and we didn't recieve those as wedding presents .. and we had gift cards .. and coupons that were about to expire.  I'm not a big coffee drinker, I drink coffee occasionally. But anyway, just this past week we got a belated wedding gift from one of my dad's ex-coworkers. It was a really nice coffee maker. It totally kicked our little one's butt! So we kept it :) In exchange I got some kitchen storage containers, for like pasta and flour, etc. A fleece throw, because you just never know. And a nylon whisk :) Exciting stuff huh? lol.

5. LUNCH!

For the first time ever, my sister Audrey and I went to try McAllister's! It was delicious!

^^^ Our panini's :-)

And the sweet tea, AWESOME! lol. I'm pretty picky on the tea. I hate the instant stuff - it's gotta be brewed. And sometimes, someplaces overdo it on the sugar. I mean yeah, "sweet" tea but I don't like for it to taste like sugar. Gosh. lol.

6. Make a pit stop at Pier 1 on the way home.

It was right there on the way home, so how could we not just stop in and take a look around! :) ANd of course, we found lots of things  we wanted to bring home with us. I don't know why we torture ourselves like that ... we were then inspired to suddenly go on the search for a cookie jar. We looked there, but no such luck. So then we went by Hobby Lobby, which was on the opposite side of town ... and didn't buy a cookie jar, but instead I got some more scrapbooking supplies! I was lured in by their annoucement that they had a table with special discontinued pages - 10 for $1.00! How could I not pass that up! So I got some letter stickers, more glue, my special bargained pages, and a package of scraps. A blog on that [scrapbooking] coming soon.

7. Rent a movie!

Redbox is our go-to for this. It's fast, convenient and cheap! My sister and I rented Young Victoria. I really enjoyed it a lot, more than I initially thought I would.

Today is Sunday and I've been up since 6:45 AM! I went to the park with my sister where I walked/jogged/ran 2 miles. I know thats not a lot, but I'm just getting back into it. It was certainly hot enough, but luckily there was a bit of a breeze. I made us some breakfast and then bathed 3/4 of the dogs. Now I'm just gonna relax the rest of the day and enjoy what's left of my weekend.

Meatball hoagies for dinner :-)

An Eventful Thursday

Ok I tried the mobile blogging thing. Didn’t quite work out the way I initially wanted to.


Yesterday we had our engagement session and it turns out that we didn’t just have 1, but we had 2 photographers and a videographer! Now if that doesn’t make you feel like the center of attention I don’t know what will. We had the amazing David Pezzat accompanied by the talented Jay Caballero… and I feel bad because I didn’t catch the videographer’s name! [BAD Jessica! I know!

I was nervous! Sometimes I don’t feel like I’m photogenic until I see the pictures and then I’m like “Oh! Those didn’t turn out too bad!”

Anyway, the day started off with errands:

1. Pick up Daisy from the spay/neuter clinic by 9 AM.

We almost didn’t make it! The West Bound traffic was a nightmare! First, we thought it was an accident. Then when we finally made our way around it we saw that it was just highway construction that had a portion of the expressway shut down so they could finish the job, whatever that was. I swear – we pulled in to the clinic at about 8:53 AM! But the important thing is that we made it! Daisy was so happy to see us, she semi-jumped on my lap and gave me a few kisses! Which she never does, the kisses I mean. LOL.

2. Take Daisy home and iron my dress for the engagement pictures!

This took a little longer than I would’ve liked but it got done. Then we got the Kia all packed up and ready to go seeing as we’d be driving over to the location for pictures just as soon as I got out of the salon.

3. Go to Zales to pick up/pay off Danny’s wedding ring!!

I hoped he would like the one I picked out for him, poor Danny was working when I went to go buy them. He LOVES it! It’s his style and he loves the color! I was so pleased. Points for me! :)

4. Go to the salon and get all done up for the pictures!

My initial appointment was at 9:30 AM. But then it was made known to me that we wouldn’t be taking pictures till 3:30 PM. So I rescheduled for 12 noon. But then the worry-wart in me got panicky and thought that that wouldn’t be enough time to get ready and be at the location in time! Luckily, it took just the right amount of time: 1 hour for the hair and 1 hour for makeup. I was unsure about the amount of makeup because anything more than what I normally wear, which isn’t much, is drastic for me! But Danny could not stop smiling at me and kept telling me how pretty I looked!

Here’s me right after my hair was done:

Here I am in the car on the way to take pictures:

And to be honest, after this picture I could see the resemblance:

I used thsi picture of Ziyi Zhang from "Memoirs of a Geisha" for that Dopplegangermabob thing on Facebook a few weeks ago.

So we arrive to Los Ebanos Preserve in San Benito and are amazed at how we never noticed it before. Right as you exit the highway to go to South Padre Island, right on the left hand corner as you pass through the underpass of the expressway there is the entrance! It seems so secluded and you cannot even hear the vehicles passing by on the highway, which was amazing to me seeing as it is so close to the highway!

The land was BEAUTIFUL! It was an old plantation style type house with a resaca for a front view. Not bad at all! The house inside was beautiful as well. It was apparent that it had history but it has been so well maintained.

We had an awesome time shooting our pictures. It was a little awkward at first, but we got used to it. And I really think we got a lot of great shots in. I'm so excited and cannot wait to see the proofs!

It was a really good day! I'm eager to take my bridals already!

A Productive Saturday!

Well I must say I'm rather proud of all the things that we were able to get done today! With the wedding less than 3 months away, the time crunch is now! We have our gameplan for how we want to pay off all the big things, so that's not my concern. I have to worry about all the little details!

Today the agenda was:
1. Go to Social Situations and get price [quote] for wedding invitations and check out other services they offer.

2. Meet Sasha [one of my bridesmaids] and order her dress at David's Bridal

3. Window shop sofas - living room sets and kitchen tables [At Rooms To Go]

4. Go to Best Buy so Audrey could use her remaining balance on her gift card and so I could show Danny the pattern on the invitations that I picked out.

That was the bulk of it! Little things came up along the way, but everything else - the important stuff got taken care of.

I actually ordered the inivitations. 175! That's right. That's a lot! I hope most will come. I think I'm secretly scared no one will show up. That would be horrible, seeing as we are spending a lot of money on pulling this day off. I instantly fell in love with the pattern, and it's funny because it was totally the opposite of the look I was going for for an invitation!

I was leaning more towards a extremely simple edge, beveled or even with a satiny finish. But I saw them, and I could not resist! Danny likes them too, but then again he isn't very picky. I could write them out and he probably wouldn't even care.

Now the next couple things I need to do are finalize a centerpiece, pick someone to handle the linens, buy our wedding rings .... and pay off our Bridal/Engagement Photographer, florist, and the church!

But it's all coming together. Finally - I can breathe :-)