Take that "The Knot" checklist!

I have booked my cake baker. Done and done!

It was super easy to pick my baker. I am going with Michelle's Pattiserie. She does amazing work, her cakes were FANTABULOUS and she was well within my budget. BAM. Take that checklist that never ends just to piss me off.

I love my cake. It was featured in "The Knot" a few months ago and I have been in love with it since. I picked two flavors for the cake, tiramisu and fresh strawberries and cream. I am totally obsessed. Here is my cake:

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I will be putting different flowers on the cake but you get the general idea.WF and I just could not get over how yummy and afordable she was! I did not even have to think, we just got the cake. Perfection. Do you like?

Weekend Recap

This weekend was a lot of fun. The weather in Texas is just perfect right now so I had the windows open in the house all weekend. I just love the fresh air.

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WF had a procedure done to his foot so we were pretty limited in what we could do. Friday night we just did our normal movie night. We watched the SCARIEST movie EVER, Paranormal Activity. Personally I dont like scary movies, but WF loves them. He did not even suggest we try to watch this movie knowing how scary it was. I watched it terrified the whole time. It is not gory, just a huge mind fudge of a movie. The whole night while trying to fall asleep I kept thinking I was seeing things or hearing things. I have not had a good nights sleep since then. SERIOUSLY, dont watch it.

Saturday I got new tires, that was a nice raping, UGH. That night we went to Carli's cupcake party. I tricked WF with the promise of free cupcakes. He was there bum toe and all what a trooper. We then just went home and watched Weeds and passed out.

Sunday we had brunch with friends at a new place in the 360 building. Other than the service, I would highly recommend it. It was super yummy, had $2 mimosas and was very reasonably priced. Garrido's was a great place to relax and get my buzz on. We then napped most of the afternoon. Awesome weekend if you ask me.

I am going to a cake tasting today, and then hopefully picking that vendor this week. Things are moving along very well. Hope you all had a good weekend!

Florist: BOOKED!

This afternoon I met with Stephanie from Bouquet's of Austin. We went over her already beautiful proposal  and I gladly booked her. I am so excited about this vendor. She was totally willing to work with my budget and helped me come up with some really cool ideas. I think she is going to help me make my day so special.

I have been trying to go with vendors that I really vibe with and she is one of them. After I booked her we actually sat there and talked for a good 20 minutes. Just chatting. It was so nice to just hear about her other brides, things she was up to and how she runs her business.

If anyone is out there reading this in Austin that is looking for a florist for any reason I highly recommend her. I don't have pictures of the final product, since my wedding is not until September, but I just know it is going to be great. Here are some of the inspirations I am using though:

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Hope you all have a great weekend. WF and I have a lot going on this weekend, plus I am attempting an arts and crafts project. I dare not tell you what it is due to the high probability that I will FAIL.

All dressed up and no honeymoon to go!

I have noticed lately that I everything I have been eying up at stores has totally been honeymoon wear. We have yet to book it but I still find all this stuff that I am drooling over. I like to fantasize about me drinking margaritas on the beach in Mexico every time my job stinks or I am sitting around folding laundry in my sweatpants. Every time I do this I just feel better. So we better make that happen. In the mean time here are some things I am coveting right now.

Target.com

 

Target.com

 

Gap.com

Jcrew.com

Lillypulitzer.com

Lillypulitzer.com

Lillypulitzer.com

One day I will have the money to buy all my Lilly stuff. The Target items may or may not already be in my shopping cart as we speak. HMMM Target.

Meanwhile, back to fashion trends I can't pull off. The boyfriend clothes look, love it but it does not love me:

Tuesday Porn

You dirty girl, you thought I had real porn on here didn't you!? I don't, but I do have some pictures of my fiance doing dishes. To me this is porn. Its amazing to me how many men out there don't help out around the house. My WF is not always perfect but he does help out DAILY with the dishes. I cook and he cleans. It is awesome. He has been really great these last few weeks as I get deeper into wedding planning land. I really can't thank him enough for trying when he can. So just for you here is a taste of my porn collection for you ladies: 

Work it....

I don't know about you but I need a cigarette... 

Update via pictures

I bought a new immersion blender on the fly a few weeks ago. I thought I would post these pictures of me cooking the WW friendly potato leak soup. It was "OK" and therefore I am not going to post too much about it. But the blender is awesome. Here I am working it in the kitchen:

It really was fun to try out this new tool. I will be making lots more soups and such just to have a reason to use it.

I also tackled taking down my Christmas decor. Let me tell you this took three, yes three, days. We have far too much stuff. I made several runs to Target and The Container Store for organizational supplies. WF did a great job helping me though and it is all packed up and in one storage closet. That's not too bad considering we used to have about 10 boxes of stuff before. Here are the before during and afters:

 

 

 So that is it for now. This past weekend we had a great time at Kelly's birthday. Myself and Amelia kicked some but at beer pong, and were the final all girl team (let alone the only all girl team, but whatevs) we also did our first cake tasting. YUMMY!

Happy Monday all!

Weight Watchers Wednesday (Thursday)

I forgot to post about WW yesterday so I thought I would give you the LD on my status. The good news is, as of now I have lost the 3 pounds of holiday weight I gained. I have worked out twice this week and am planning on two more work outs this week. This is a huge accomplishment for me and therefor I must brag.

I had my friend Whitney over for dinner last night. She just finished planning her wedding and offered to come over and listen to me vent and settle some ideas. I made her dinner in exchange for her services. I made a WW "Greek Penne Pasta" and altered it just a bit.

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I used whole wheat pasta, spinach, red onions, almonds, garlic and olive oil. It was super yummy. You can find the full recipe on WW if you just put in "Greek Penne Pasta". 5 points well spent.

After dinner and some wonderful red wine Whitney helped me figure out lots of stuff. With your help (thanks so much) and hers I have decided I want to go with the long tables and some variation of the original floral plan I chose. I am going to go with the florist I "vibe" with the most because that is going to be better in the long run. She also helped me figure out some other small details like place cards and lighting options. I am still not sold on having a DJ at the wedding over just using an iPod over the house sound system, but she was really helpful on that issue as well. On Saturday I get to go try on my actual wedding dress! It came in!!!!!!!!! YEA!!!!!!!!! I am super pumped about this and will let you all know how it goes.  Happ WWW on Thursday!