Afternoon Tea

When I think of  'Afternoon Tea', images of sophistication and ladies wearing fancy hats pop in my mind.

I am neither sophisticated nor do I own a fancy hat but that doesn't mean I still can't pretend. :D 

When I found a tea shop close to home, I invited my best girls and asked them the BIG question...

Choosing bridesmaids was a no-brainer because I wanted the people I grew up with to stand alongside me.

Lucky for me and my bridezilla-ness, they all said yes! 

At the Tea Leaf

 I loved the patterns of the tea set- its so lovely! OHHHH- And the lace tablecloth! I about died and gone to heaven. sighhh...

I have no idea where my obsession with lace came from but once that ring was on my finger, lace was all I could think about.

CHEERS!

P.S. Seeee I do have a fancy hat on!

P.S.S. I have no idea why I look so tan, usually I am as white as snow.

What Happens in Vegas.....

Hardest part about getting married: Swallowing the expenses and DIY Best part about getting married: Partying with your friends!
I wasn't going to share because everything that happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas but my MOH did such a fantastic job in planning and facilitating a trip for 10 girls that I wanted to post a few things that she DIY herself!  All of her hard work shouldn't go unnoticed.

She bought all the shirts (in my favorite color) and rhinestoned everything herself for me and the Bridesmaids. She even went to a F21 store in Chicago because they didn't have some of the sizes online or back home! 

 We are missing a bridesmaid because she is under 21 ( SORRY RACH!).

Becky made the sign herself as well as stuffed everything in her suitcase. I was in a different hotel room so when I went over to her room I was REALLY SHOCKED!!!! I had no clue and was scared for what was to come....knowing my friends.

Planning a trip of 10 is no easy task especially with travel/board expenses and all the activities that were planned. So thanks to my MOH and my bridal party that helped plan everything and to my lovely girlfriends that was able to make it!

Thank you my love.

Just wanted to give a big  XOXO  to my amazing fiancé  because I don't really know where I would be if it wasn't for him.  He works soooooo hard for the both of us and I am grateful. I know how stressed out he is from traveling and working. He has to deal with our home, bills, and family. NOT ONLY THAT but he is also planning our wedding. Sometimes I feel like an incompetent woman/future wife because what guy really volunteers himself to plan a wedding? ?!?!?SERIOUSLY?!?!? 
 He just wanted to be THAT guy that wrote the checks but because of my grueling classes, he didn't want me to mess up and volunteered to be the mastermind.  For all the brides out there that is frustrated/stressed/goes BONKERS from wedding planning,  I am not one,  He is.  It makes me sad because I know that when he is stressed, its because I put him there. I know that when he hears of other grooms- they have nothing to do with the wedding and have no interest in planning it and prefer it that way. So he does get a little bit miffed over that sometimes.  So I just want to thank you.  I know that you don't have to do this, but you do it anyway. I love that you are involved because it will be a wedding of two minds. Thank you for being patient with me because I have a gazillion ideas (check my pinterest!), I send you a million links, and want to do everything possible but you know better than me (sometimes!) what is best. 

I love you. Thank you babe.  

Wedding Shoes Faceoff

As our wedding is coming closer and closer, I realized that I am one annoying person. 

I can't make one single decision about anything without having to ask the Mister what he thought! I do it so often that even I am annoyed! 

Shoes, Cake, Venue, Dress, Cake, Flowers, and did I say Cake? 

We went to 8 cake places...YES 8 cake places and I still have not made a decision! They eventually all tasted the same and now I sortof hate cake. :/

The clock is ticking and I need to make a decision soooo.....

To my far and few lovely readers I need your help! 

I am having an indecisive moment on shoes. I love all shades of purple/pink/fuschia colors and so that is incorporated in bits and pieces of my wedding. I have always wanted to wear purple shoes to my wedding and I found them! 

Well sortof. 

I found 2 and there are pros and cons to each.

I only ask for 2 things and that is

1. Peeptoe style

2. The right shade of purple!

 I was going for the classic look but seriously.. purple isn't classic so that is out the window. I just didn't want to look like i'm wearing a Kashdarichunky shoe. 

Shoe 1: Brian Atwood Baccina Pump

+LOVE THE COLOR. It is the shade of purple that I love!

+Makes my legs look amazing! Another customer walked by me and said that it looked really good on me. 

+I can kiss my hubby in this without having to tippy toe since hes a giant. 

- I am unsure of the platforms. I never pictured myself getting married in platforms. I feel like platforms are more of a trendy thing than a timeless thing. 

-I think if the platforms were lower, I would be more YAY I LOVE THIS SHOE. But I am okay right now.

Shoe 2: Enzo Angiolini Tanen Pump
+ Right amount of height.The platform is not too tall or obnoxious.
+ Peeptoe!
+ It's a shoe I would most likely wear multiple times afterwards
- the shade is a little bit lighter than Shoe 1 but it's not much different.

  FACEOFF

POLL: What would you pick for me?

Here we go again

It's my 3rd year of classes and let's hope its my last! I am trying to look up pharmacy rotation sites in Boston so if anyone has any suggestions or places for me to call, please do :)  I am hoping that this would be my last year in Vermont because it gets harder to be away each time. Last night on the phone my mother in law said she missed me and I almost cried ...
OK I LIE.
I DID CRY.
LIKE......
AAAAAA LOTTTT Who I am kidding!?!!? I am a big cry baby! But you better not tell her that. OR else I will track you down via IP address! 

Sorry for sidetracking, the main reason I wanted to blog was to blog about me and the mister! Der. We were Googling Hangout thing and saw this option where you can add smiley faces and tiaras onto the video and it follows you around the screen.   The Mister went APES ...seriously.... YES I said APES.... CRAZY over this app.   Don't mind me I am going to show you how APES he was by adding captions because this was the first thing I thought of.
You can be a sweet dream ......

or beautiful nightmare.....

Either way, I don't want to wake up from you. 

SORRY if I scared you. Clowns freak me out too! The background is white because the Mister doesn't wear a shirt and I didn't want to expose you guys to that! Keeping this site PG!
Great- I have the beyonce song stuck in my head.

Chicago Photos (May)

I forgot about this trip but we went to visit Chicago back in May. I found them as I was flipping through photos of us, I tend to do that when I miss him. We used the Chicago CityPass and hit up all the tourist spots. 

The Shedd Aquarium:
I just thought this was pretty artsy and cool photo.

The Bean:

As we were walking towards 'the Bean' I took out my phone and a butterfly just flew towards me and wouldn't leave me alone. I seriously had 3 minutes worth of photos with this butterfly. 

 At Buckingham Foundation:

 It looked beautiful and it was sortof like a music/light show at night.

At Skydeck Chicago ( Willis Tower): 

I am deathly afraid of heights, LIKE DEATHLY AFRAID. It's so childish that I won't go down an escalator until someone goes in front of me so that I have someone to land on if I fall. 

When we were coming up the elevator, my legs get shaky. In order for me to be in this photo, I had to walk backwards. I would NOT look down or behind me. It is a bit sad.  

Okay Back to Studying!

Family Dinner: the first of many more to come!

For the whole summer I have been going home more often because 

1. I miss home

2. I miss my mommy. YES!  I STILL CALL HER MOMMY and will always will, even when I am a wrinkly old 70year old lady. 

We've been having family dinners over at my mother's house so it gives me an excuse to come over and eat my mom's home cooking. 

This past week the Mister's parents - my future in laws- wanted to cook dinner for everyone. The Mister and I had our reservations about this -will it be awkward, what can we talk about during the dinner if it was, and how the heck will everyone fit upstairs?!?!

But in the end it worked out pretty well. 

I guess the apple doesn't far from the tree. 

They know how to throw a great party! 

The food was so delicious and it was executed restaurant style. 

Gordon Ramsay got nothing on us!

The parents were drinking hot tea and no matter how old I am- I still feel like we are 'THE KIDS'. At one point all the kids were just together chilling on the couch talking about marvel cards, video games, and Taylor Swift while the dads was talking about seafood and the moms was talking about cooking techniques. 

It was so much fun that I actually can't wait until we have another family gathering, maybe with the middle sisters because they were both out of state at the time. Sorry dudes, you missed out! 

XOXO,

Marley