Officially....

Under 150 days to go.

Under 5 months to go.

Time. Effing. Flies.

Heinus? Maybe. Awesome? Yes.

Love. Them.

If you find them in a 7, let me know.

I was tagged....

1. What is your current obsession?
Shoes for my reception

2. Which item of clothing do you wear most often?
appropriate to be seen in public- DKNY Denim dress
not appropriate to be seen in public- AE mens sweat pants

3. What's for dinner?
No clue... maybe something festive for cinco de mayo

4. What are you listening to? Two Guys Named Chris... rock 92

5. Say something about the person who tagged you. Grace lives in Durham :-)

6. Favorite vacation spot? Any beach!

7. What are you reading right now? I haven't done any lately

8. 4 words to describe yourself: silly, bright, honest, thrifty

9. Guilty pleasure? making fun of wedding porn, the knot, expensive coffee

10. First spring thing to do? drink beer on the porch, grill out, hike, lay out

Save Your Girls Money.....

My girls are wearing dresses from target.com

Over the last few weeks, their online selection of "party dresses" has greatly expanded.....

all these are under $50!

I have purchased the ones with boarders



Great options for bridesmaids, rehearsal dinners, or even reception dresses!

DIY Goodies

I was in Michaels last week and came up with a brilliant, cheap lighting solution....

buy 30" grapevine wreaths, wrap them in Christmas lights, and hang from ceiling horizontally!

wreaths- 12.99 - 40% coupon
lights $2.99 a box of 100 mini lights



hung like this ->

Signs....

found the "wine" signs a while ago for $3 each at TJMaxx, found "beach" sign this weekend for $4.99 at TJMaxx..... perfect for repainting into "Wedding" signs!

Before...


After...

Other J. Crew Finds....

I can't get enough of these shoes.... I'm in love!!!

ONLY $30!!!!



Belt- of course... in orange! (modeling on the dress I bought!)

.... wearing shoes and belt today :-)

Playing Dress Up

We've had Jeremy's suit for a couple of months now... and he'd yet to try it on.... with news from his brother that his pants were too little.... Jeremy realized he needed to try his on....


they are WAY too small!!!! But he looked pretty cute anyway!



On theknot.com one of the lovely girls, Shannon, let us all in on a little J. Crew secret.... there is a distribution center in Asheville that has a clearance store, and they host a "yard sale" once a month (which we thought was the first Saturday of the month... but not this month... it was sad to drive all the way there, and not get to experience it... oh well)

I still found this AMAZING dress!!! I had no idea the clearance store sold their cocktail attire, much less their wedding dresses!!!!




Aren't we cute?!



:-)