A great shopping day and finally downloaded pictures!

Yesterday a "new" girlfriend invited me to go shopping at Concord Mills and we had a blast! We left around 11:00 and ended up going to another shopping center while we were down there and didn't get home until almost 8:00! Then we went to dinner at Olive Garden =) It was a great day!! And I managed to do it without spending too much money! I bought this dress from Anne Taylor, just a comfy cotton one. I'll need a few dresses this spring/summer between Kelly's 2+ showers, Kelly's reharsal, my 2 showers, our rehearsal, Box and Jill's wedding in July.... whew! The only other things I bought were gifts for my BMs, so if you wanna see pictures of those, you'll have to ask ;)


I shouldn't really say Carissa is a "new" girlfriend- we actually met her and her then-fiance Greg about a year and a half ago I think- they used to live across the street from us, but now they live across the street from Will's parents! Anyway- we've gotten together with them more and more over the last few months and Will and I are both SO happy to have more "couple" friends! They're great and I look forward to many get togethers in the future! =)

So it's Sunday afternoon and *gorgeous* outside! Will left to go play golf around 2:00, so I took Sadie for a long walk and then sat out in the sun playing on the computer and I finally downloaded some more pictures!!! Let's see what I can show you......

Mia's flower girl basket! Just have to add some blue and brown ribbons- probably just bows on each end of the handle. Can you see the price tag? Yep- $3.. I'm still proud of that!

Here are the bubbles that I've done so far. Still need to finish about 30 of these, and figure out what sort of container to put them in so that Mason can hand them out before the ceremony (galvanized pail? basket?). I want to include instructions in the programs that guests can blow these at us as we walk back up the aisle after the ceremony. Since the wedding and reception are in the same place, we won't "walk out the church doors" or anything like that, so I thought this would be a cute way to still be able to do it- I love bubble pictures!

Here are two lanterns I got from Kohl's after Christmas- I can't remember exactly how much they were, but I want to say they were less than $20 combined, so it was a great deal! (They're huge- the larger one is probably 16-18 inchese high). I want to use these somehow- possibly on the bar, or maybe on the guest book table. (Please excuse the dust on the top...two words- DRY WALL. Ugh.)

I also got a TON of these candle 4-packs from Target after Christmas. They're about 2 inches high- silver mercury glass holders with little white candles inside with silver glitter on the top. I'll probably use a few of these on each cocktail table and scattered around on the cake table, bar, etc.

These confetti-like flowers (in blue metallic and pearl metallic colors) I got from Michaels and will scatter around wherever I use the candles above.

I got this tank top from the trash to treasure board on the knot- it's from the VS "Sexy Little Things" line and I hope to wear this, with the VS "Sexy Little Bride" hoodie the day of the wedding. Our ceremony isn't until early evening, so I hope to have some girl time in the morning- possibly brunch together and then we'll probably have someone come to the hotel to do our hair/makeup. I can't wait to get some cute pictures of all of that!

Speaking of....here's a pic from the day we all went dress shopping! This is not my dress, BTW, but these are the BMs- L to R is Molly, Me, Kelly, and Katie (MOH). They are 3 very different girls and I have very different relationships with all of them, but they're all awesome and I am so lucky to have them share my special day with me!

Alright, that's all for now... I have a lot more pictures to share, but those will have to wait! I've got to get ready to head over to Will's parents house for dinner. His Dad got home from Florida today, so hopefully we'll get an update on TJ.

I caught up on Carissa's blog today and liked how she is ending each post: shout outs and prayers. (I'll call them prayers because it's easier than typing out best wishes/positive thoughts/good vibes, but you can call it whatever you want!) So here goes...

Shout outs:

• Carissa- thanks again for yesterday!
• Shannon- for encouraging me to start a blog
• Will- even though he won't see this (or he better not, anyway! Not till after the wedding)- for being a great brother, a wonderful fiance, and my best friend

Prayers:

• TJ- you're doing great, keep up your positive outlook, your strength, and your sense of humor and you'll be just fine. I love you!
• Shannon's Papaw- hope the recovery is going well!