Summer Outfit Insperation

Well it's Monday which means back to the grind and wishing it was the weekend. More specifically I wish it was this weekend because I have my first dress fitting on Saturday! (que high pitch girl ekkkkkkk!!)
This past weekend I enjoyed a wonderful Saturday with my Momma. On the agenda, completing my trial of my wedding day makeup and shopping for a mother of the bride dress. Check me out over on Engaged and Inspired this Wednesday to hear more about my makeup trial and do's and don'ts of bridal makeup.


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The awesome Jessica working her magic

Both were a success and made for an awesome girls day. We also got to sneak in a little shopping as well. I am loving all of the funky colored denim and anything coral right now. Here are some of the fun summer trends that I am digging.

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Heather



Catching My Breath & Pintrest Cooking

Hi Peeps,

Sorry for the long delay in blogging this week. Seems like last week has rolled into this week in terms of motivation and lack of time. I have been trying to take a little more time to myself lately and enjoy where I am at in my life. Like spending time with these two...

Hanging out in our sweet spool!

(spool: a large spa and mini pool in one)

Celebrating this gals awesome bachelorette weekend. Yes, those are silver eye lashes and a camo do-rag. That's how we roll!

And stopping to check out the dinosaurs?! WTF? Yes, this was spotted on my drive to work. 

And in other news, I have also been busy making these and these from Pintrest. 



The Mr and I liked these Peanut Butter & Banana Power Bars. They consisted of:

1 1/2 cups quick oats

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup of milk

1 large egg, lightly beaten

1 large mashed banana

1/4 cup creamy peanut butter  

Prep time was only about 5 minutes and it took 20 minutes to bake. Pretty simple and a great snack alternative. I think next time I am going to add some whole peanuts to the mixture in order to give it some crunch and add some more texture.

Funfetti Cake Dip

If you are a funfetti cake lover, your going to love this as a "skinny" alternative. At our house it is refered to as crack dip because once you try it, your hooked. The ingredients are again pretty simple consisting of:

1 box of funfetti cake mix

2 cups of plain fat-free yogurt

1 cup of fat free cool whip

Mix it all together and chill for 4 hours. We ate ours with graham crackers and vanilla wafers and it was awesome. Kelly over at Eat Yourself Skinny, can give you all the break down in terms of fat and calories. As I am trying to be a good and stick to my paleo diet hardcore until the wedding, I had a couple ten vanilla wafers and dip. Opps. I couldn't help it. It was that good.

What fun recipes have you made from Pintrest lately?

Heather

Its Ok...It's Thankful Thursday

Today I am linking up with Tracy at Then I Got to Thinking, for Thankful Thursdays along with Amber from, A Complete Waste of Makeup for It's Ok Thursdays.

As you might have seen, this week has been a bit rough for me. And you know what, its ok. People are allowed to have weeks where they are a bit off. With that though, I am very thankful for this guy. He puts up with me and even after all of the wedding DIYs I put him through, he still wants to marry me.

In less than 4 months!

I am also very thankful for my wonderful friends who helped me finish all of these.

Yep, that is the start to wedding favors.

In other news:

I have yet to finish last weeks laundry....and that is ok.

I have yet to complete my laundry list of wedding to do's this week because I don't really feel like it ....and that is ok.

But in order to end on a high note, glass half full here people. I am very thankful for where I am right now in my life. I have a wonderful soon to be husband, great friends who are planning an awesome bachlorette & bridal shower along with a very supportive and wonderful family.

So tell me, what are you thankful for?

Heather

Engaged & Inspired: Have Your Cake and Eat Something Else Too

Check me out over at Engaged & Inspired where today I am talking about the idea of not having a wedding cake at our wedding! Don't worry though, we have plenty of other sweet treats in mind instead.

Happy Wednesday!

Heather

Overcommitted

Overcommitted. This seems to be the story of my life this week, check it, the last couple of months. I always seem to do this to myself and I am not sure why. I keep piling more and more things on my plate until I run myself in circles and at somepoint end up breaking down into a crying mess. Yes, I said crying, that is how we deal with s*it around here. It's like I have a memory fart and I just keep saying yes, I can do that! Here's hoping this week flys by fast and I can get some downtime this weekend. Sister needs a break for real.

National Running Day

Did you know that today is national Running Day? Me either actually. National Running Day is where runners all over the US declare their passion for running. I have been pretty adamant on how running has been such a big part of my every day life for the past five years. So, in celebration I thought I would share some photos from a various races throughout the years.  

 



My biggest running support and running partner, my mom



Running with friends and my love





Add the all important, running for Tiffany's at the Nike Woman's Half Marathon. Plus the sexy firefighters!

Are you a runner? What is your motivation to run?

Stay tuned, as I still have to fill you in on my experience of attending the Sacramento Bloggers Meet Up this past weekend.

Heather



The Art of Registering

Last weekend my Mr and I had a very productive Sunday. Not only did it include finding our minister to marry us, but also crossing the gift registry off our list. I would be lying if I said that I wasn't excited for this part of the wedding festivities. All of those pretty dishes and accessories I had been drooling over would be put on the ultimate wish list. Our first stop was Crate & Barrel; they have some really useful accessories and basic items that fit our style and the current "nice" dishes that we do have. I will start by saying that I love shopping at Crate & Barrel, but registering there was a little overwhelming. They pretty much put a scanner in your hand and tell you go. No guidance or protocol given. Since we didn't register for much there we were actually done in about thirty minutes. I think this was due to the fact that we just stuck with accessories there and waited for some of the bigger items for our second registry location. We were both surprised at how fast we were done and hadn't planned on doing our second registry location all in one day, but hey we were there and were on a roll.

Once we got to Macy's we got the full details on protocol for registering, what to register for and what price range. Thankfully my Mr. and I were very aware of prices when registering and actually ended up having to add a few more pricier items ($100-$200 range) per the suggestion of our registry consultant. This sparked a debate as to what is appropriate in wedding registry and gift giving. After some searching I found some useful tips from Ms. Emily Post herself and Tried & True Wedding Planning:

• A couple should register for gifts at anywhere from 1-3 stores
• Cash is acceptable to register for or stating that a cash gift to i.e. "buy a house" is acceptable to tell guest, but only via word of mouth. (I find this very awkward myself, but that is just my personal opinion).   
• Your registry should be broken into thirds regarding prices of gifts. A third of your gifts at the $50 and under range, a third at $50-$100 and another third at $100+. This should be true at all locations that you register at in order to give guests as many gift options as possible.
• Your wedding registry locations should not be included on ANY wedding stationary. I found when we registered, both locations were more then willing to give me logo'd cards stating where we are registered. These cards should be included in the bridal shower invites and NOT in the wedding invitations.
• My last piece of registry advice for you brides is make sure that you enjoy it and keep you groom hydrated with pizza and beer!

  

Heather