And they lived happily ever after... Pt 3

Actually that's not what happened.... it was more like and they went home and my brand spankin new HUSBAND plopped himself down to watch the rest of the Jets game. HA, welcome to married life!

But before i get to that part.... here's where we left off.... said the i do's. sealed it with a kiss.

one of my all time favorito pics.

And then we sailed off into the sunset and conquered the .... oh, oops... i got so caught up... i thought i was writing a romance novel for a sec... ok, we did not sail off into the sunset... we did this....

might i add i felt kind of silly running around with G "chasing" me...

and this...

and a little of this...

this is the cover shot for our album...

we walked, and posed, and then walked some more, and then posed some more...

but it was ALL worth it...

afterwards we enjoyed some tasty bevvys... some dinner... a dance and some cake.

Raise your glass!

Some alone time...

Family shots...

First dance Shania Twain, From This Moment...

don't mind my nasty double chin in the pic on the right...

And that was it... though we didn't have the traditional wedding with all the bells and whistles, it was still a wonderful, romantic, fun-filled day that I'll never forget... This time around felt so right and I was so relaxed about the details. And most of all, knowing I have truly found someone that is the perfect partner in life made it automatically perfect.

OK sappiness over...
I'll try to get some honeymoon posts up soon...
I know you all can't wait to see the shenanigans we got into while we were away!

The Ceremony... Pt 2

Well since i'm on a roll and its a slow, lazy, rainy day at work, let's continue on, shall we?

Our ceremony was outdoors in a small private gazebo area... the weather was sunny, yet SUPER humid... and by humid, i mean everyone (bride included) had sweat dripping down our balls faces (sorry, i got a little "get low" stuck in my head)...

G was totally nervous before the ceremony started... he came in to "Marry Me" by Train to get everyone in the wedding mood...

My dad "walked" me down the aisle... daddy broke his neck in a high school football accident and has been a quadraplegic (think Christopher Reeves, minus the breathing tube) for about 50 years now. He has electric wheels, a handicapped driven van and was floored to be able to finally give me away to the RIGHT man. We walked in to Vitamin String Quartet's version of Taylor Swift's Love Story... (can i get an "awwwwww")

Despite the humidity, our pastor did a great job with the ceremony. We had 3 readings done by my brother, my aunt and G's nephew. I also insisted on playing The Prayer by Andrea Boccelli and Celine Dion... don't get me wrong, it was a nice song, but standing there for the 3 minutes absolutely SWEATING MY ASS OFF made it feel like the longest 3 minutes of my life! I even motioned to my bro to cut the music midway... as soon as the song was over... he accidentally blasted a lil Hot 97 (NYC rap station) for a few seconds before figuring out how to shut the music... the perils of DIY music to save a few bucks i guess... the younger crowd enjoyed a snippet of weezy gettin crunk for a sec.

Instead of a candle lighting ceremony we opted to do a sand ceremony... the idea is that before your lives were separate and once both the bride and groom's grains of sand combine, you are now one... intermingled both your lives. i thought it was a really sweet sentiment.

the sand vase now has a home in our living room to remind us of our special day.

The exchanging of the rings and the vows. It was so sticky that I could NOT for the life of me get G's ring onto his finger!!! I was pushing it on and repeating the words the pastor said to say and that ring would NOT budge... i started sweating and then tried to even put some muscle into it. Everyone pretty much saw i was struggling and even started giggling along with me... eventually G sort of just gave it a final push to get it on...

Look at that giant knuckle! LOL

And.....  finally, we were married....

I promise... 1 more part with some more pics and reception stuff... :)

The One Where They Got Married... Pt 1

Hi Friends!

Well, I am FINALLY getting around to doing a re-cap of our wedding (52 days and still going strong, we are going to beat KK for sure! LOL)

Anyway... we had such a perfect day... our wedding was at the Shadowbrook in Shrewsbury, NJ  on Sept 25th on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon.

shadowbrook : shoes : flowers : dress

My cousin was my maid of honor and the two of us drove over together. Since this wasn't my first rodeo, i decided to skip most of the formalities of a traditional wedding so she was my only attendant.

Something Old - a diamond tennis bracelet my parents had given me for my 21st birthday
Something New - my dress or the NY JETS Garter belt i surprised G with...
Something Borrowed - my mothers pearl earrings
Something blue - see below!

my engagement ring & his wedding band  :  my something blue were blue "i do" letters on the bottom of my shoes!

My brother and mom hung out in the bridal suite for a bit while i was getting ready... and the photographer got some great shots of my cousin and brother with yours truly!

And a few of just me alone...

And then it was time for the ceremony to start ....

to be continued in Pt 2.

Wednesday Loves

With a lot going on this week and next, thought i'd take a few minutes to let you all know what i'm loving this week. Link up HERE if you want to play along!

I'm Loving...

these adorable little succulents i ordered as wedding favors. 

they will also be part of the centerpieces... can we say eco-friendly? whoot whoot! 

find them HERE

the bag of jolly ranchers i have been stuffing in my face one after the other after the other...

one word: delicious! i love me empty sugar calories!

this amazing sushi restaurant in staten island we went to last weekend...

the roll at the top was apricot white tuna and was out of this world.

we also followed this up with FRIED OREOS.

Now i don't know how many of you have ever experienced FRIED OREOS before...

but if you haven't walk -- no RUN to the nearest place you can find that sells these.

they are heaven on earth. 

Both G and I said they are thisclose to being better than s-e-x

(yup... i said it... you can thank me later.)

this saturday night is Girls Night Out... where i'll be celebrating my last weekend of being a Ms instead of a Mrs. Got my bestest cousins and friends coming out and we're doing dinner and drinks in Red Bank and maybe throwing in a little dancing afterwards! Can't wait - promise you guys lots of photos (cuz you know i suck at that!)

What are YOU loving this hump day?

You Fascinate Me...

So for my wedding day, I've decided on hair up... and using a fascinator... i know what you're thinking...

via

And i PROMISE it won't be obnoxious like that... more so along the lines of this...

via

Does that girl look familiar to you? Ohhhh, right, you can't see her face... its THIS pretty girl right here!

via

After reading Kristen's post here, i totally fell in love with the idea of a fascinator... though i plan on wearing my hair in a low up do - think a simple bun rather than down. Here are some of the fascinators i found that i think might work.

(All images via Etsy)

I think all these fascinators are soooo gorgey... i don't know which to even choose! 

Here's my hair inspiration found via Pinterest.

Being that the wedding is about a month away i guess i need to make a choice soon! Sooooo, you tell me, which ones do you like/not like?

Taking a Breather!

Whewwwww! Ladies... it has been WAY too long since i got a chance to sit down and do a "proper" post... so here's the update on life for the past few days...

Wedding Planning - Haven't really done much... met with our "pastor" (did i mention we're Presbyterian now? LOL jk...) and he seemed like a nice guy. He gave us these fun questionnaires to fill out separately and then we bring them back to talk to him about them. We also got the stuff to design our ceremony. I have my walk in song (thanks to PinkLouLou) and am narrowing down a walk OUT song... and then i have to throw in some music in the middle. Got my dress... and its AMAZING. love everything about it and am super super excited to go for my second fitting in a few weeks. Can you believe i haven't taken any pictures of it??? However, here are some of the dresses i didn't choose...

Yes, i am making a stank face... LOL

Thought this dress was gorgey, not sure why i continued with the sourpuss face...

 i absolutely loved this one, it was super pretty and a front runner for a while.

SO, yes, i did find my dress eventually... and you will see pictures... eventually!

Moving - I'm happy to report that all my furniture is out of the townhouse and either SOLD or moved into G's condo... i must honestly pat myself on the back for being such an awesome Craigslist sales girl. I sold my dining room set, couch, end tables and TV stand all in one week. I still have to sell 2 desks, some cabinets and a few other odds and ends.

SOLD!

SOLD!

and... SOLD! 

Other than that, i do still have a LOT of packing to do... but at least i have the next two weeks to really sort thru and get things in order... so much stuff. and i swear i try not to be a hoarder... G is VERY happy that the 55" flat screen is finally in his possession and parked on the bedroom dresser. He is watching True Blood as we speak and i swear the vampires are going to come out of the TV and eat him... LOL.

Work - i think i finally got a chance to catch up at work... well maybe not catch up, but at least i met all deadlines on the projects i had last week. I have 2 big projects on tap for this week and then hopefully i am taking Friday off to get things ready for my dad's party. In the meantime, i've gotten a ton of freelance design work for a company that sells Trollbeads... i totally appreciate all the work and would never turn it down because the extra money is great... but its been so hectic with everything ELSE going on that its a challenge trying to juggle it. However, i was able to take a nice little shopping trip to F21 to get some cute things so like i said, not complaining!

Anyway, hopefully this week i'll have a little breathing room so i can get my dad's birthday stuff wrapped up and design the wedding invites! Hope you all had a good weekend!