Weekend Re-cap [in pictures]

[bachelorette party]

[sibling love]

first motorcycle wreck... poor Comet :(

p.s. I SURVIVED IT, obviously.

p.s.s. don't ride in the pouring rain if you're inexperienced.

I hope you all had a GREAT weekend as well!!

So What! Wednesday =D

This week I am saying SO WHAT! if:

• I'm super proud of myself for purchasing a Bobble water bottle to replace purchasing bottled water every single day at work.  I'm saving the environment, dude.

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•  I wanted to steal this dog from a friend this weekend.  He is the most adorable pooch evaahh.

• I had to be the first person to test out the photo wall for Momma's wedding.
  It turned out fabulous, by the way ;)

[it was on the ground for the pic, it was made to set on a picnic table :) ]

• I might have been a slight slacker on mailing out my partner's bracelet for the bloggy bracelet swap, but it did get accomplished!  I hope you like them Nicole!

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Today is my last day of work for the week!  This means I'll probably end up slacking on blogging the rest of the week... =/

Please forgive me, but I will be taking plenty of photos for you to enjoy next week.

Especially since tonight is my mom's BACHELORETTE party!!

Friday is the rehearsal & the WEDDING is on Saturday!!!

Pray for a nice cool day for us, rather than the 93 degrees & slight chance of rain that is forecasted right now...

Weekend update

I hope you all had a fabulous holiday weekend like I did!

I headed to Des Moines on Thursday so that I could assist Jessica with some last minute touches for the wedding.

The rehearsal dinner on Friday was the definition of perfection.

[the stunning couple, Jessie &Nate]

[me &the gorgeous bride(my.bff), Jessica]

Wedding on Saturday after we got our hair &makeup done (obvs)

Oh, makeup was done by the incredible Patrick of Vanity &Glamour Cosmetics

Seriously, if your in Des Moines needing makeup, he's amazing & the makeup is beyond wonderful.

Products are also available for purchase on the website!

[fresh makeup!]

I cannot wait to see the photographer's pictures of the wedding.

The reception was a blast.
I spent 99% of the time on the dance floor.

I got back to Sioux City on Sunday and spent the rest of my weekend riding my motorcycle!

I struggled a bit on Sunday, but practice makes perfect.

You know, I can take you straight to heaven if you let me

This sums up my weekend.

Homemade body scrubs, made by moi, for my gorgeous bff's bridal shower.

Our 2nd choice outfits for the bachelorette party, courtesy of F21.

Seriously, who would wear these IN PUBLIC?!

My F21 purchases ended up being the hot pink dress, that little leopard number seen in the fitting room, and a locket necklace.

Unfortunately, we arrived at the mall with less than an hour to shop, so I didn't make it to Sephora, booooo.

OOTD: Bachelorette Party

[lovely locket necklace]

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend!

Lyrics: Hollywood Undead - Levitate

MOH Duties [Bachelorette Party]

Wedding season is here.  Typically, I am merely a wedding crasher.  This summer, I was asked to participate in not one, but TWO weddings.  In the same month.  [This is okay, because odds are, I won't be in very many weddings in my life.]
My bff, Jessica, is getting married July 2nd in DSM.  It will be a fancy-schmancy wedding and absolutely gorgeous, I am sure.  Jessie totally deserves her dream wedding and she's been working ridiculously hard to achieve it.  I just hate that she lives over 3 hours away and I'm not able to help as much as I would like to.
My wonderful mother is also getting married in July, which I have mentioned before. :)  I am so excited for her wedding, even though she's super nervous about the flood situation affecting the reception.  We're throwing a Pampered Chef bridal shower, which will be occurring on the same weekend as Jessie's bridal shower/bachelorette party.  I will be hungover and rushing from the state capital back to the Sioux to make it to Mom's party. 
I also have yet to plan my mom's bachelorette party.  Since it's pretty much a non-traditional wedding, we will be meeting up with the fellas later in the evening.  I am thinking of a scavenger hunt that we can complete at the bars in the evening, but we would like to do something in the afternoon too (that won't break the bank).  I would thoroughly appreciate ANY ideas for things we can do! 

OOTD - I believe in people like you.

I actually dressed up for work yesterday, and I wanted to post then but Blogger was not cooperating.  So, here's what I wore yesterday!

Shirt: Target, circa 2009ish, lucky me, neons are back!

Skirt: Pencil skirt from either Younkers or Kohl's

Cardigan: Younkers

Shoes: Madden Girl



I actually had to wear the cardigan all day at work, since the shirt scoops low in the back & shows my tattoo. :(  Luckily, I always freeze at work anyways!

I bought Bear a new toy the other day when mom and I went to PetSmart so she could look at dogs to adopt.  Here he is enjoying it while I started this post!

A little life update:

I don't know if I mentioned before, but my mom is getting married in July (the 23rd, to be exact).  :)  Mom and Mark (her fiance) recently purchased a house that I will also be moving into.  This weekend is the last weekend they have at their rental, so moving everything and planning the wedding has been hectic.  Tonight, I joined Mom to meet with the "cake lady" and decide on the cake & sample the goods, of course.  Everything went perfectly and we are so excited for the cake.  I will be making a contribution of one part of the cake topper, which will be something like this....

image via etsy

I am going to attempt to make some adorable little people, hopefully resembling Mom & Mark. :)  I will let you know how they turn out!