back to life, back to reality

we are back from our honeymoon.

tonight i was sitting on the floor in the laundry room (also know as the dining room as our washer/draer is in the dining room?) sorting dirty laundry from my suitcase that hasn't moved since we got home eating macaroni salad out of plastic bowls from the dollar section from Target while Drew sat at the the kitchen counter telling me about his fantasy football draft coming up on Thursday, i realized my shoulders are starting to peel from the 110 degree honeymoon sunburn. and i have too much wine for our wine-rack that we got. and gosh darn it who wants to fill out the stack of paperwork that is sitting on the counter for me so that I can join Drew's work insurance and drop mine.

so this is it?

all these years of thinking about being married and meeting my prince charming and then going through awful, awkward dates and kisses, going through NINE months of planning a wedding and then having a wedding and going on a honeymoon for THIS?

to be sitting on the cold linoleum floor in my boxers with "bride" sequined on the butt? (when am i officically not a bride anymore? i can still wear them now right?!?!?!) pouring sand out of my suitcase?

yep. this is it. and i am loving it... <3

i have always hated that saying, but when it's you that is gettin' hitched, it's kinda fun. :)

and i promise the link works now. :)

proof :)

happy monday... :)

i specifically told me parents (yes, i live there again) that I needed to sleep in this morning to get my beauty rest for this busy week.

around 7:58AM when my phone won't stop VIBRATING I finally open my eyes and look at it.

there are messages from drew from an ungodly hour of the morning asking if I have seen his car key.

not his car keys, cuz those were nicely sitting on the counter by the front door.

just his car KEY.

:/ by this time, he already should have been at work for an hour.

psssssshhhhh. no i had not seen his key!

i had assumed it was with the rest of his keys.

soo... i rolled out of bed, and told him I would come pick him up and take him to work. like half an hour away. :)

by the time I had gotten to his (our) house, he had talked to his boss and had decided not to go into work. he had errands to run. i had errands to run.

welp. looks like my relaxing Monday was going to be spent with my favorite shopping buddy. and that my friend, is straight SARCASM. :)

he was a trooper for our first few errands, but then it got a little scary. :)

we made it out in one piece and then we got home and started on a key search, (mind you, he also thinks he lost the spare key in the move) this was going to be a looooooooonnng week :)

and there, a few feet from the driver's side door of the truck was the little key. ohhh drew :)  

thanks goodness i tell ya. Saturday would not have been a pretty day if we had to run wedding errands together ALL week :) 

but all is good. belts are purchased and hair is cut. and he can go to work tomorrow. ;) and i can get some beauty rest ;) 

whatcha weigh monday prelude

well this is the last whatcha weigh wednesday before the wedding :)

last week i didn't post. that is not because I had gained 1.6 pounds :( but really because I was turning into a scary bridezilla and the little bloggy blog got ignored.

so yes, after gaining a little LAST week, I knew I really had to step it up this week. I did pretty good, until this last weekend. it was my bachelorette party weekend, and party we did :)

i loved every single second, (weelllllllll, i suppose not every single second ;) and it was just perfect. 

minus the 12,256 extra calories i consumed. but when the cookies are in the shapes of butt cheeks, I do not think calories should count. :)

i just got home and was sooo blah. like remember how my anxiety-driven mind works? oh my gosh, I made some pour decisions this weekend, I am a horrid person and all of the progress I have made in the last six weeks was a waste. I should just eat my feelings. makes perfect sense, huh? :)

i remember someone at Weight Watchers said this once and it totally clicked with me.

"Just because you dropped one egg on the floor, doesn't mean you should throw the rest of the dozen down the stairs."

so ya know what? i just made a decision. I am not going to let my choice of a few too many tequila shots and candied bacon (yes, my friend holly made candied bacon and yes, it is amazing) ruin the week before my wedding. 

sooo. i got home, and off to run we went :)

my new lulu tanktop was a biiiiit tighter than I would have wanted, and the jiggle wasn't pretty, but i felt much better. :) upward and onward. 

to weight watchers weigh-in tomorrow morning. :(

:) 

the power of a cupcake

is it wrong to bribe your flowergirl with cupcakes? i don't think so. :) 

lovely things from the week:

mason jar drinks by jen. mine was the the sparkling lemonade and vodka. jen's? the red wine and the boys? whiskey and coke :) 

drew's first time in lake whatcom for summer 2012. travis' first time in washington water EVER.

love this. 

and i love this view from the breakfast nook window. 

:) happy friday :)