Getting Ready.....

Putting on the makeup.My sweet mama helping my maid of honor with her dress. Their dresses had satin buttons all the way up the back.

This was my something borrowed. I didn't realize until my bridal luncheon that I didn't have anything borrowed. So my maid of honor let me borrow her beautiful pearl bracelet, it really added a nice touch.

On with the Wedding 2

Here's the Church, I love this picture that my photographer took, the sky was so beautiful that day! The weather couldn't have been more perfect!

My bouquet! Hydrageas and Roses, I loved it and I added a little personal touch that I'll share with you later.
My shoes, JCrew bought on Ebay for more than half the price. They were perfect.

My dress! I absolutely love it!
Close up of the details!

And finally, here I am smelling some perfume. I wasn't sure what fragrance I wanted to wear on my wedding day, so I decided to go to Macy's and Nordstrom and ask for a bunch of samples! I highly suggest this to any bride to be if you don't already have a scent picked out. I ended up going with Philosophys Amazing Grace. It had the perfect light floral blend that I was looking for!
I have a lot more getting ready pics to post but these were all I was able to upload this morning before work so stay tuned later tonight!

Dodgeball....it's not for sissy's!

Who knew dodgeball was a contact sport! And when I say contact I mean someone's camera contacting with my face.............so I'm at dodgeball last night and one of my teammates asks me to hold his camera while he goes on.

I'm holding it and thinking 'I'll just take some pictures' so I put the camera up and I'm getting ready to snap and all of a sudden *BAM* stupid guy on the other team throws a dodgeball with everything he's got and it contacted right with the camera and my face! I didn't even know what had happened all I could think about was how bad my face hurt and I must be bleeding! And of course I have tears streaming down my face because of where the ball and camera hit me.

So I'm standing there and I can see blood out of the corner of my eye on my nose and I'm thinking great so I look at my nose and it's bleeding from where the camera hit it and I have a big old swollen lip! ugh!

Long story short, we won the game, I got home iced my face, woke up this morning and my lip is even more swollen than it was last night and my nose is all gross and my cheek is nice and pufffed. Sweet! I have my first official dodgeball injury!

And just to make it even better as our team was leaving last night we saw this super hot chick playing!!! That is just HOT! Right???

Finance Experiment.....

So thank you all for your sweet comments on my wedding pics....I really wasn't looking for compliments but ya'll are just so sweet! You made my day!

I'll be posting more pics tonight hopefully!

On to the reason for my title. Since we are in such hard financial times I figured I would try a little experiment and see how I did. I don't know about you girls (and guys, maybe) but I always break my bills down every pay period and see what I have left and then I always end up spending a lot of money on random stuff.....drugstore, target, don't feel like cooking so we order in.....those kinds of things but I never track it so I don't really know how much extra I'm spending, you know?

Well I decided that in order to try and save more every pay period (for me I get paid on the 15th and at the end of the month) I'm going to take $100 cash out of my account at the beginning and try to use that instead of using my check card. I'm hoping it will help me save money and at least give me an idea of what I'm spending.

And to take it one step further I'm going to keep track of it on here. In a perfect world I'd end up having money left over and be able to spend it on moi! : ) Nothing cheers me up more than a little spree at Target!

So here we go.........I took $100 out on 1/30 (the money hits my account that day b/c the 31st was a Saturday)

And here's my spending so far:
1/30 - $2 breakfast at work - Left $98
1/31 - $15 on Lunch with my girlfriend - Left $83
2/1 - $5 placed bet on Superbowl - Left $78
2/1 - +$32 won on the Superbowl bet, woohoo! - $110
2/3 - $10 chinese dinner with hubby - Left $100
2/4 - $6 Lunch with coworker - Left $94

So I now have $94 left to spend in 9 days, which breaks down to roughly $10.50 a day.

I'm going to keep track on my sidebar and you'll be able to see what I'm spending as well.
Wish me luck!!

Does anyone out there have any tips or tricks that they use to save money????

On with the Wedding!

I decided what better month than February (the month of LUV) to share with you my wedding pics! So here we go......first up.....the salon....I love this place, I actually found it through my photographer and got my hair done there a couple of times before deciding it was the place I'd be going to for my Big Day!
This is what the back of my hair looked like once it was done....he's working on my swoopy bang type thing that was in the front.


**DISCLAIMER** I am not one of those gals who has the natural beauty without her makeup on. I need makeup and I'm not wearing any in these pics. So I'm sorry if I scare anyone! Think of me like Oprah, she looks really good with the makeup on but she is downright scary when she's not wearing any! Hubby calls me the perfect before and after girl.

So here I am right after my stylist put my veil on, I know I don't look terribly happy but I was! It's just all sinking in I think.



Little out of order here but he's teasing me up and I'm lovin it apparently.

Here I am with SIL and MIL, they are so sweet and I love them to death. I really am a lucky girl to have such great in-laws!

Here I am looking at a texted picture of the groom's cake from my brother's wife. It turned out great, you'll see those soon......and if your wondering what the bag is doing on the back of my hair it actually was keeping my curls in place until I got to the Church!

I love this picture I don't know why, maybe because it reminds me of when I was a little girl...must be the lack of makeup. : )


This is my lovely matron of honor and I just hanging out while the other girls got their hair done.

Next up......getting ready at the Church.

Award Tuesday!

Jen over at Because I could Never Keep up with a Diary gave me this award. She's so sweet and I love reading her blog!

I think someone else gave me the Friendship award but I'm terrible and can't remember who it was, so if it was you let me know and I'll post about it!

I'm going to give this award to my 10 most recent followers, because ya'll make my day! There's nothing better than to go to my blog and see that I have some new wonderful people following my journey! I feel like I have my own little group of people cheering me on and supporting me whenever I need it! So thanks! : )

**Update: Sweet Peppermint Bee was the one who gave me the Friendship award! Thanks PB!! : ) She's been posting wedding pics on her blog lately so any of you brides-to-be who need some inspiration go check her out!

I'm giving this award to the same lovely ladies who I gave the Lemonade award to!

TAG!!

I got tagged by Life of a Savannah Bride... so here we go!
THE RULES:

Step 1: respond and rework—answer the questions on your own blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, add one more question of your own.

Step 2: tag—eight other un-tagged people .
Make a list of things you can see without getting up: three peoples offices, four buildings outside, my computer, lamp, phone, radio, pictures of me and huby, my lotion and vitamins, an italy day calendar. (I'm at work)
Favorite football team: I don't really have one but I won $32 dollars last night because of the score at the end of the third quarter so I guess it would have to be the Steelers??? Is that who was in the lead then?? I'm so bad, I only watched the game to see the commercials and then I actually won money!! haha, don't judge.
What are you wearing now? Ann Taylor Loft skirt and sweater, black tights, and Nine West Pumps

What color is your bedroom? White
What’s the last thing you read/are currently reading? Redeeming Love
Do you nap a lot? I'm addicted to napping it's my favorite past time!! I got it from my Papa, he naps all the time too!
Who was the last person you hugged? Hubby this morning when he woke up.
What’s your current obsession/addiction? Blogging!!! House Hunting
What was the last thing you said aloud? I don't know if she got a job? (talking about a co-worker that got laid off 4 months ago)

What websites do you always visit when you go online? facebook, blog, email
What was the last thing you bought? groceries yesterday afternoon
What are you listening to right now? Radio commercials and co-workers talking
What is something you wish you could do more? I wish I could prioritize more, so I could get the things I really want to do.
If you could have any super power, what would it be? I wish I could see the future so I could win the lottery! haha

What is your favorite weather, and why? It's definitely a tie between Summer and Fall...Summer because I just love the warm weather and everything about it (and my birthday's in July) and then Fall because I love the leaves changing, halloween, and getting married!!!

What time do you usually get up? 7:00am
What is your most challenging goal right now? Working out, eating right, getting organized
Say something to the person who tagged you: Thanks for the tag! This is cute! Sorry it took me so long to get to!
If you could have a house–totally paid for, fully furnished–anywhere in the world, where would you want it to be? Anywhere on the coast of California where I could see the ocean
Favorite vacation spot? The Outer Banks in North Carolina
What is your favorite children’s book? Amelia Badelia
Name one thing you just can’t resist no matter how bad it is for you: Shrimp Alfredo!!
If you could meet anyone famous - dead or alive - who would it be? Elvis Presley

Have you ever met anyone famous? If so who? Tom Hanks, Paul Giamati
If you could have any job in the world , what would it be?? Succesful Interior designer for the stars

Who is your hero? My mom
I am tagging:

The Indecisive Bride

Lis Loves

La Dolce Vita

Park Avenue Princess

No Worries WYNN In Love

Pink Preppy Party Girl

Pretty in Pearls

For the Love of Weddings

Sorry if you've already been tagged....