One year old wedding cake is gross...

Just an FYI in case you did not know!

Gross year old cake topper...

Seriously, the taste is still in my mouth.

I made a back up just in case!

 On the other hand petite fours at TRIO are amazing.

Mr. A and I celebrated one year of marriage yesterday and I have to say we did it right.

We started off the night with a drink at the hotel we got married in, the Stephen F Austin Intercontinental. Then Mr. A in all of his awesomeness surprised me with dinner at TRIO in the Four Seasons Hotel. We sat right by the windows overlooking Town Lake and drank a fabulous bottle of wine. It was a truly amazing dinner finished off with locally grown peach cobbler and petite fours. WOW, is all I can say.

Go there, now.

 Then we walked about 10 blocks back to the SFA hotel where Mr. A had be get a drink while he got the car out of valet. It was so nice out and we reminisced about taking out pictures out on Congress Ave.

Little did I know what he had planned. As we headed for the door he pressed the top floor button in the elevator! He got us the "Governor's Suite" with 180 degree views of the city, living room dining room, library and huge bedroom! Too much!

The surprises kept coming, he had the wine from our wedding waiting for us and our wedding album! So thoughtful!

After some screaming like a huge dork we sat town and looked at our album together remembering ever part of that wonderful day! It was perfect and so sweet. We laid in bed until 12 the next morning and ate breakfast looking out over the city we fell in love in.

 I am so lucky to have married the best man in the whole world. I cat wait to see what year 2 has in store for us! Thank you you Mr. A for being the best friend and husband I could ask for.

Vacation Workout Update: It was the weekend

I worked out every day this weekend. Mr. A and I took the pup to the lake and we went to the gym.

I ate very well except for Sunday night, when I went to town on dinner at TRIO at the Four Seasons's hotel for our 1st anniversary. More on that later.

Today I am eating my usual healthy breakfast and lunch and then for dinner I am going to probably have a frozen meal after my first JLA meeting. It's not ideal but it will work.

Trying to keep it up!

2 Posts, One Day. 21 Day Challenge Begins

As of today I have 21 days to get my butt in shape for our anniversary trip to Italy. I can’t wait for the trip and I know I am going to eat my face off whilst there so to counteract this I am going to challenge myself to do some sort of workout every single day until then.  My first anniversary is this weekend and officially since my wedding day I have only gained 10 lbs, but the muscle and definition I worked so hard for is all gone. Time to take things up a notch around here.

Here is my plan:

60 minutes of exercise every day. This can be lifting weights, yoga, swimming, walking the pup, walking my office hallways, taking a jog at lunch (even though it is 1,000 here) or anything else I can think of to get my butt in gear. 

Three healthy meals a day and one light dessert. This is where I will be challenged, but I know I can do it. All of my meals will be good healthy vitamin rich meals. I will report to this blog every day to tell you what I have had that day. Kind of like a weight watchers notebook type thing.

You might be asking yourself why I am being so crazy. Clearly if you are asking this you are not really my friend.

I am working hard to fit into my cute honeymoon bathing suits and dresses. I want to feel beautiful in all the outfits I got for my honeymoon. I don’t want to ever think about how bad a meal is for me when I am in Italy; I want to eat with no regrets or hesitation. Plus, Italian women are gorgeous, and I want to be able to keep up.

So there you have it, I have put this out there for the world to see. Now to take action:

Day 1

Workout – Sand Volleyball with friends at Zilker Park

Breakfast – Yoplait 100 calorie pack of yogurt and ½ a serving of granola with wheat germ

Lunch – Baby carrots, small granny smith apple, 100 calorie pack of Greek yogurt with honey and 2 wheels of baby belle low fat cheese

Dinner – Unknown quite yet, but the plan is a veggie burger with thin bun and veggies. Maybe some pirate’s booty and some strawberries to end the night. Ohh with fat free whipped cream and neutella! This is all fairly healthy dammit, I get my neutella!

An update on something I started... in May. I know.

Sorry for the lack of blogging. I have been out enjoying kicking ass in sand volleyball, working out, prepping for our trip to Italy and more!

I am writing to give you all an update on my gallery wall. I started it back in May and thought I would fill in the empty spaces quickly. Well turns out "Young House Love" makes all of this look really easy. So with out further adue I give you my almost finished gallery wall:

As you can see on the bottom there are two blank frames still. I have a map for one and we will be filling in the other with a picture from our anniversary.

I took paint chips and lined them up to make this bad boy. I will be finishing off the edges with matting.

Here you can see MR. A's bow tie. You can also see I framed three of our favorite fortunes from movie nights over the past year. The other photos are from our wedding, a trip abroad and Mr. A's grandpa flying.

Here you can see our wedding invitation, pictures from the wedding, a poem Mr. A's grandma wrote for us, our first key we shared, and of course spider man.

Sorry that these last two photos are not vertical. But I think you get the idea. I am happy with the way this has all come out. I just need a few last touches and I will be ready to show it all off to you!

Yeah I am crazy, what of it!?

My obsession continues here... 

I am not even in and they are going to kick me out!

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For those of you that don't know I am a provisional member of the Junior League of Austin this year. I am super excited about joining the league and feel great about all of the good things Iw ill be doing for the community through the league.

Also, for those of you that have not guessed, I was NOT in a sorority in college. Just was not something I did. I was never told about how cut throat women can be about volunteering.

These two things have been huge pains in my ass the last few weeks and here is why. In your provisional year you are givin a project to work on. In Austin it is called FIT - Food In Tummies. The program conssists of shifts packing backpacks of food for kids in the Del Valle ISD and then delivering them on Friday mornings. Those kids get t bring them home and have healthy food for the weekend. It is a great idea for sure. The issue is these girls who have been trained by thier sororities to be over achivers and stalk the website for all the best shift sign ups. They steal them all and then people like me who had no idea how "hard core" this all was gets stuck with only 6 out of my required 27 shifts!!!! Seriously.

So now I am freaking out. I am going to be kicked out before I even get in. What was I thinking!? Kate Middleton would never have these types of issues would she?

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The Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. S

Kate's wedding was truly a family affair. Her friends and family are all so close and it was so special to be a part of her big day. Kate is a great planner and the day seemed to go off without a hitch. There was food and drinks around every corner (which let's face it is very important to me) and she always had this cool and calm aura around her. Just the perfect bride! So here is a recap of the night in pictures.

We started off at the salon getting ready. Kate's SIL got her this cute little wrap dress with "Mr. S" on it. I totally am going to get one for myself.

The Bride getting ready in her fabulous wrap dress/towel that her SIL gave her. Hair all done!

Bridesmaids getting their hair did. Her friend Amy has the mos amazing red hair I have ever seen

Then we headed to Kate's parents home and got ready. She and her mom had a cute little buffet of snacks and drinks set up for all of us. Her parent's home is so cute and loved. It really felt so cool to get ready there.

Really cute champagne set up at her parents house.

Kate bought all of us custom champagne flutes! So cute.

Kate got ready at her parent's home. In her childhood bedroom. It was really touching. Totally made me cry.

Could she be any more beautiful!? Just perfect.

After pictures at her house Kate was ready to cool off on the bus. Little did we know the air on the bus was not working very well. Here she is still looking fabulous and very cool. I love this picture.

Mr. A and I enjoyed my favorite beer at the reception. I have missed lager for all of these years. He seemed to love it too!

Kate had really pretty centerpieces. They matched her bouquet and her whole theme was black and white. I thought it went so well in the ballroom.

The night was filled with fun, laughter, dancing and great food! We had so much fun with her friends and family. I only hope that we are lucky enough to have a family like this one day where all the cousins know each other and the families truly love each other. It was something I have never been around. It was so cool.

Kate had lots of great details at the wedding, including a "Love" statue in ice during the cocktail hour, a really fun photo booth and a late night desert room filled with every sweet you could ever want! LOVE.

Mr. A and I had a blast. Got a little drunk and danced our butts off! So much fun

Kate and Matt truly deserve all the happiness in the world. I am so blessed to have been a part of this crazy family affair. I think it was a great way to end the weddings I will be in. It was so great to share this with them and I look forward to sharing lots more with both of them in the years to come!