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The paper from this shoot is so girly and fun. I love it! The paper is by Southern Fete.

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Funny story…

Last year, on December 23rd, I was mentioning (complaining) that I had nothing to wear to Christmas Eve. Bryan handed me one of my presents from under the tree and said “Maybe this will help” (or something like that). I opened it up and it was the perfect grey dress from Anthropologie. It fit perfectly and best of all he picked it out 100% by himself!  What a wonderful (then) fiance.

This year history seemed to repeat itself.

It was December 23rd and I was… mentioning… that I had nothing to wear to Christmas Eve. Bryan walks to the tree, grabs a present in an Anthro box with a pretty felt garland on it and says “Maybe this will help.” (or something like that). This time around I suspected what it was, a darling dress that I had seen on the Anthro website. Bryan had told me “maybe Santa will bring it for you” and I was so excited to get to wear the new dress the next day.

The box was kind of small, but it was only a dress so I didn’t think much of it. I opened the box and unwrapped the tissue paper to find … an adorable gold clutch! Well, I thought to myself, I can’t wear it but I can bring it along! However before I could say anything Bryan looks at the clutch and says “What the bleep is that?!” (he didn’t say bleep).  I realized that he was as surprised to see the clutch as I was!  Apparently he bought the dress, and paid for Anthropologie to gift-wrap it, and they accidently sent a clutch!  Since he hadn’t had to wrap it, the clutch lay undetected under our tree for a good 4 days! Bryan called them up immediately and although the girl was super sweet and very helpful, we were told the dress would arrive by last Monday. A few days after Christmas, but on such short notice what could we expect?

I have been waiting very very patiently.

But, although a week late (well, two if you count back from Christmas), today I received the dress! It is super cute, fits perfectly and I am in love with it.

Anthropologie, even though you sent me a clutch, and then took your sweet time sending me my dress, I am still very much in love with you.

We have one wall in our office painted bright yellow and have been trying to figure out what to put on it. If  the wall was black/grey, this idea would be at the top of our list!

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Loving these 2010 pocket calendars… get them while you still can!

(buy here)

Good morning!

So, I was a bad blogger last week. We had a Christmas/house warming party Saturday night so between getting the place ready for that and prepping for Christmas in general, I had to prioritize and blogging just didn’t make the cut. Sorry! But now I am back, and have a little recap from last weekends trip to Unique LA. I had a great time and will most definitely be back next year! Here were some of my favorite booths:

SucculentLOVE (although I didn’t buy anything because I know I can make these myself.. it is just a matter of finding the time!)

The most adorable shoes by TinyWhales:

Fun headbands and such by BrookOwens:

Fun letter and number prints by ModernPOP:

Awesome felt ornaments and such (we bought the reindeer in white!) by Graf & Lantz:

Kitty sushi from Happee Kittee (we had to hide this stuff way up high because when I brought it home the cats attacked the bag!):

Fun mugs and coasters (i bought those yellow ones!) from Rock Scissor Paper:

I know I am leaving so many others out, but this is enough for now! Again, it was for sure a show I will go to next year and would encourage anyone in the LA/OC area to do the same!

1. I posted my 300th post today! Crazy. I know.

2. Bryan and I updated our website for Girl Vs. Boy Design. Check it out!

3. There isn’t really a 3, but leaving it at 2 just didn’t feel right. Have a good night! Bryan has an away soccer game tonight (he coaches) which means left over baked macaroni and cheese (delicious!) and wine for me See you tomorrow.

(image from here)

Hahahahaha  ok, so my mom has a blog, go here to check it out, and on friday she posted a hilarious post about me in weddings… enjoy:

Me in my moms wedding dress (and awesome hat!)

And my flower girl dresses I was pretty much a professional flower girl when i was younger

Thanks for the pictures mom, and for the stylish bangs

What my lunch breaks look like.

B’s cats. Bubs, who got caught trying to jump on the table, and Peets, just being evil.

Our new pan and new yellow Martha towels! (Thanks future in-laws!)

yummy lunch, with my moms homemade guacamole

Yummy candy colored popcorn from the Del Mar Street Farmers Market. 

We have an interview with a potential photographer tonight, cross your fingers for us!

I can only assume that most of my readers are women. And that most of those women are engaged, or newly married. And I can assume that at least some of those women will go on to be mothers after their big day. 

I can’t wait to be a mother. i want to be pregnant, I want to give birth, I want to have a little peanut of my own, and I want to watch that little peanut grow up. Oh, and I want to be the best mother (and wife!) that I can possibly be.

I know a lot of you have heard the story of the Nielson family, about Stephanie and Christian’s plane crash, and about their progress during their recovery. I have been following Stephanie’s sister Jane’s blog to see the progress, but also to see how their family, which has grown from one baby, to one baby plus 3 other little ones, is getting on with this life stuck in between happiness and happiness, in a place of the unknown. The other day I went to Stephanie’s blog and started reading it… from the very beginning.  Holy Cow. She is such an amazing woman, mother, wife, sister, everything. I believe she got married when she was 19, and had all four of her children by the age of 25. Her wisdom, love, patience, everything about her shows a maturity beyond her years. Reading her blog makes me want to be the best mother I can be, and has inspired so many ideas for activities with my future kiddos. 

So, if you are one of my readers who want, or has, kids, and you have some time, I highly suggest going over to her blog, and start at the beginning.  Usually, when tragedy strikes, I am the first to say “God has a plan, may His will be done.” But with this woman… it is more of “God, I know you have a plan, and may your will be done. So long as that will is for her to fully recover, because in today’s world, we NEED more mothers like Stephanie. Thanks God, you’re the best.”

If you haven’t already heard, Stephanie, a fellow blogger, and her husband were recently in a private plane crash. Today there are a ton of auctions going on to raise money for their recovery! Here is some info from the woman in charge:

“Happy Nie Nie Day to you! (What’s Nie Nie Day? See here.) On the schedule: auctions. And more auctions. And then some auctions. Followed by a few auctions.

At last count, there are 165+ opportunities to get spendy on an assortment of fantastic products. UPDATE: Make that 275+ opportunities! (275?!! I am officially a ball of tears. Tears of gratitude.) With all proceeds going straight to Stephanie and Christian. So have fun shopping and bidding, and feel free to be generous. Let’s keep the love flowing.”

So go here, check out the auction list, and put some of your shopping power towards a good cause