yay for packages!

i am a horrible online shopper. i find lots of cute things i love and then freak out when it's time to click buy. sometimes i debate so long about the purchase that what i love ends up going out of stock while it's in my shopping cart! part of it is caused by the fact that i feel like i always need to try something on before i buy it. i wear anywhere from a small to a large and i never know where i will fall on the sizing scale and i never want to deal with returning something through the mail because it didnt fit.

so now for the excitement, i made a few online purchases last week and they came in the mail today!!! i have had my eye on yellow twine and straws for the wedding since june and i finally purchased them! i also got some cute yellow puff ball ban.do shoe clips for the wedding and a really cute dress from ruche for one of the showers! and guess what....the dress fits perfectly! and matches the wedding well too! i am super excited about everything! here are some photos. i dont have one of the dress, but it can be found here.

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im back!

my resolution at the completion with residency is to resume normal blogging! i miss it terribly. not just documenting my own stuff, but also reading some of my favorites. i am also thinking that i may start this new phase by creating a new blog. we will see!

here are some updates from the past few months!

1. laura gave me some money for my birthday to pay for my first year of additional photo storage on the blog! im super excited to be able to share my photos with you again!

2. handsome and i bought our wedding bands! i was VERY against having diamonds to a point that i cannot even explain, but after trying on so many different bands, i ended up falling for them. that's right, i fell for the diamonds! i am a bit disgusted with myself, but i know it will match my engagement ring very well since it is being made to match. we saw the final products on february 18th and they are wonderful!

3. karen found her bridesmaid dress! it is the perfect color, the perfect fabric, the perfect texture and the perfect price! i could not have found something better. and she found great shoes too! if only i could find the perfect shoes.

4. i found my bridesmaid dress for my friends wedding in june!

5. i have almost fully completed the wording for the wedding program! the next step is my mom sewing them all together!

6. i completed the wording for the wedding invitation and rsvp card and they are ready for printing!

7. lots of ribbon has been purchased and cut to begin the construction of the wedding wands for the ceremony!

8. at this point there are no jobs on the horizon. as in no jobs open that i am interested in. i was pretty negative about this situation for the past few months, but i have recently found a surge of positivity and have decided not to worry about it. everything is going to work out exactly how it is supposed to and i have complete faith in that statement!

9. i have finally found someone to cut my hair in little rock who understands what real bangs are and is respectful of the fact that i do not want to be kim kardashian.

10. i found a dress to wear for either a shower or the welcome dinner! i havent decided which event yet.

only five months left and there are more exciting things to come!

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frustrations!

so, blogger wont let me upload anymore photos. it says i have reached my limit. (limit? what limit?!) apparently there is a photo uploading limit and i have reached it. even after deleting a ton i am still using up 99.57% of my space! unless i pay, of course. always about the money! so until i figure out a solution, i will not be able to update and will become even more behind, as if having not blogged eating adventures dating all the way back to march was not intimidating enough. and blogging without photos is not an option for me. if you can help me find a solution it would be greatly appreciated!

love you and miss you.

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the dancing laura

last thursday i ate my first macaroon, and i must say, i think they are over rated. yes, they were yummy. and yes, they were pretty. and yes, i would definitely eat them again, but i still prefer a cupcake. cupcakes, i am on your side!

and now for some photos from the two football games handsome and i were able to enjoy! queso was involved during both games as well as lots of laughing. we had a great time during both of our visits and loved being able to hang out and see everyone. i have missed everyone so much!

preparing for the filming of greatest tailgater! i still think laura is the greatest!

and here is the dancing laura! i dont think handsome was aware of all the fun that was happening next to him. love it!

next up, ou/tx! super excited!

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sticky fingers is more than just a feeling

i moved to little rock about three months ago and i have not had the time/money to try new foods like i had hoped, but i have made it out one weekend, and that weekend was the one when i moved. haha! handsome, my dad and i went to a place in the river market district after we unpacked the uhaul called sticky fingers. part of it is a restaurant and part of it is a concert venue. we actually had to show our id to go to the restaurant, strange i know, but unique! almost everything on their menu involves chicken fingers and they come in a very wide variety of flavors with a wide variety of sauces. you can get a basket of them and choose your sauces or choose something else like a quesadilla. that is what i did! handsome and my dad enjoyed their fingers, but i have to say that i think my quesadilla was the best of all! it was spicy, delicious and had a unique flavor that you do not always find in a quesadilla. a nice break after a long moving day!

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pizza, mountains and outfit number three!

back in june (yes, i realize june was forever ago) handsome and i went to the mountains to look at different wedding locations. after enjoying the mountains for awhile, we became completely starving and headed over to grand lake for lunch. we settled on a pizza place and got a buffalo chicken pizza. it was the exact flavor i desired at that moment! delicious! we also got some ice cream for dessert. basically, it was a great day!

shirt: LOFT

skirt: thrifted

shoes: target

purse: LOFT

one thing i love about colorado is how amazing the sky looks on a beautiful day! it looks fake in photos as well as in real life. love it!

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i failed to take photos

happy september! things have been super crazy this last month and will only be getting crazier, but here are a few updates about what i have been up to! (outside of work, of course.)

i went up to denver to visit handsome two weekends ago and we picked out our cake! every flavor we tried was super delicious. it was also a lot more overwhelming than i thought it would be, but i can confidently say that the flavors we decided on are wonderful! i cant wait to eat them! i am also super excited about how beautiful the cake will be. it is too hard to explain what it looks like, but it involves birds and twigs. super cute, cant wait!

we also designed my bouquet and the boutonnieres the guys will be wearing and they couldnt be more perfect! our florist immediately understood my vision and was able to create exactly what i was looking for. so far, i am very surprised at how easy all of this wedding stuff has been. except for the stamping of everyones address on the envelopes. i am currently rethinking that idea.....

tomorrow i will be heading to norman for football fun with handsome and lots of loves. i cant even explain how excited i am! i am so ready for a weekend away from work, and a weekend full of football, friends and love couldnt be more perfect. boomer sooner!

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