You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling

So Jose & I finally caught up with the rest of the world and saw INCEPTION and just like the rest of the world... uhm we're hooked.

I'm a bit of a movie buff and by far, this is the best movie of the year. Hands down. And I dont LOVE Leonardo DiCaprio [Jose does -> man crush!!] but he was amazing in it! Everyone was! Mario Cottilard was fucking crazy and terrifying, Tom Hardy is the sexiest thing ever, Ellen Paige was awesome, Joseph Gorden Levitt proved himself to hold his own against Leo - AMAZING!

Oh and did everyone catch the trailer for DEVIL when you saw Inception? You know... the new M. Night Shamalayn movie. Hmm... I have been dissapointed with movie after movie of his [I saw them ALL cos I kept thinking SOMETHING would be as good as The Sixth Sense] Watching this trailer I think he is tired of getting BULLSHIT from everyone and ::crosses fingers:: hopefully actually makes a good horror movie. But if it's not what I think it is [and they never seem to be] he might as well call it quits!
Okay I think I talked enough about movies in one post! I worked like CRAZY this week [seriously, my feet hurt so bad] and am sooooo glad I have a weekend full of NOTHING to do! YaaaY!

Mah Wedding Day Hurr!

So I've got ALOT done for the wedding! Wanna hear my checklist? I know ya do! lol

Here's what I got:

Venue [includes catering AND cake!]

Photographer

Videographer

Dress [sigh]

Flowers

Officiant [our friend is getting officiated online! BOOM!]

Table numbers [lol small but YAY! 10 Bucks at IKEA!]

It seems like a tiny list but its ALL the big things covered! Whoo! So all we REALLY need is entertainment [DJ] and than all the major things are done. HOLLA! But there are some things I have noooo idea what to do. And one of them is the hurr. My hurr [translation=my hair]. I dont know if I want it UP or DOWN! I do know I have one of my best friends doing my hair for a CHEAP ass price and she kicks ass and Ima need to go to her for a trial soon but... Ima be going to alot of trials if I can't figure something out! So lemme share with you the hair pictures I have in my WEDDING IDEAS folder on my computer lol

Below is the ONLY updo I like. Seriously, I remember seeing this updo at the MTV awards and being like SHE LOOKS GORGEOUS!

But than I don't know if I want my hair up. The perk? Its up, out of my face, I'm not sweating into my hair [gross]... but Jose loves my hair down. I love my hair down. Down it most likely will be. Sooo... what to do with it down? Maybe pick some of it up on top? I always wear my hair down but how about wearing it differently down for my wedding?
This gorgeous bride is a Benfield Bride [seriously I'd DIE to have these photogs as my photogs for my wedding] and her hair looks amazing! And my dress is strapless, my hair is dark brown like her... I felt like I kinda saw a mirrored image in this bride :)
Last but not least! Mrs Bethenny Frankel Hoppy! I watch BETHENNY GETTING MARRIED? and I love it! And i cried like a little bitch watching their wedding and I could not stop staring at her HAIR!! Its exactly what I want... In fact, this MIGHT just be it. And this is the best pic I could find so it'll have to do for now! [plus she's rocking the white rose bouquet like I will]
Freakin hurr yo... decisions, decisions!!

The best food I had on vacation...

And can you BELIEVE it's in Jersey?? lol it might not be the best food ever but I was SHOCKED at how good it was! I randomly picked this place for us to go eat at before hitting up the boardwalk and was soo impressed with it! It was delicious!! It's called JERSEY GIRL and I am making it a point to go back there again and again!

Here's Jose at dinner [a little drunk...]

And me, with the sun in my face

My mom and sister ate with us too but their faces were gross ugly and I didnt wanna embarress them lol! But f them! Here comes the food... I got pizza with pesto, mozzarella and tomatoes. Yuuuum!

My mom got fish tacos and a garden salad

Jose got some fried shrimp and mashed potatoes that was TO DIE!

And my sister got some kind of chicken... honestly don't remember the name but look at it! It looks good!

My mouth waters just looking at these pictures... yum, I'd love some steak fries right now! lol Is it sad that on this last trip I realized... I need a break from trips with my mom and sister and they totally wanna go back to Wildwood again next year with Jose & I? Sorry... maybe I need a year off for just Jose and me vacations [not including our honeymoon next year!!] Hmm I dont know lol something happened to me this trip where I knew I needed ONE YEAR with a trip without my mom and sister there! And I love them to DEATH. Love, love, love. But I need me [and jose] vacations!!!

Bath Time!

I am back from vacation!! Kinda upset... I totally loved staying away [but reaally missed my dogs and cat] and wish we coulda stayed longer!!! Ugggh! I got soooo burned, like I swear it was second degree burn from the sun. YIIIKES!! Anyway every couple posts I'll recap our long weekend but HAD to talk about my favorite little store we went to.

We stayed in Wildwood, NJ & visited Cape May. It's the cutest town full of victorian houses, bread and breakfasts and adorable little shops. Here's my little street view picture I took:

Cute ain't it? Awww I love Cape May. I discovered a new store there called Bath Time! It's the cutest store full of SOAPS and body lotions, sponges, all these adorable beauty products! But mostly soap. I mean walls and walls of soap.

Tons and tons of delicious smelling soaps! These soaps below were a $1.25 each!! Steal!!

I bought 4 soaps! One smells EXACTLY like pineapple but besides smelling great, they are fabulous soaps that don't dry out your hands! Like I said they carry a ton of beauty products as well, like lotions and bubble baths.

Check em out on-line. The site alone is adorable. I plan to visit the store every time I'm down there :)

Ima HUNT you down!

For real yo... Ima HUNT some hunter boots down for my ass. I am dying for a pair of these like you don't even know. And with sooo many colors to choose from it makes picking a pair even HARDER to do! Ayy my closet would ideally look like this:

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Dark green hunter boots seem to be versatile

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Red hunter boots are the awesome color punch I'd love to have to spike my days!
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And them dark greens again... I don't know what I want more. The boots or the awesome shirt.

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Lately I've been seeing a bunch of these babies on craigs list but I don't know... is that too ghetto? Should I just wait til I have an extra 150 bucks and purchase it? AND what color? Dang yo... life is full of haaard choices!!

Hey you bloggers out there!

Where'd my mama go??

Us dogs [lando and riddle] wanted to raid mama's blog and say WHAT UP!! Our mama's on vacation, enjoying the beach without us ::coughs::BITCH::coughs:: so we decided to be dicky back and raid her blog!

Sssh... don't tell mama. Just pretend you never saw this post!

Favors that make you go.. wtf??

Jose & I have been thinking alot about our favors and what'd they be. We want something that'll really feel or seem like us. I've been checking out favors on-line and came across some really strange ones.

Seriously, if I went to a wedding where these were the favors my genuine reaction would be "what the fuck??" I went to a destination wedding, got a towel! Fall weddings, got candles, chocolates and wine toppers. In fact, that seems to be all the favors I've collected. But these... I wouldn't know what to do with!

A "heart warmer" hand warmer... what the fuck??

a cheese grater... what the fuck??

a "slice of love" pizza cutter... what the fuck??

a "olive you" olive dish and spreader... what the fuck??

a sewing kit.... what the fuck??

Uhm, what if I don't sew? What if I hate olives? What if I don't make my own pizza? What if I all ready have a cheese grater? What if I wouldn't ever use a hand warmer?

What if all the above might actually be true? Shut up... dont hate.

Sorry if any of my readers have actually had these as wedding favors. But if you've been to a wedding with a unique wedding favor let me know! My brother in law told me he went to a wedding where they had star wars pez dispensers... what the fuck?? [but that's actually REALLY unique!] Lemme know yo! I am dillusional!!

P.s. all of these favors are from myweddingfavors.com but don't judge on these favors, I actually saw ALOT of really cool wedding favors! Just not any of these!

Office Plans

I love photo walls. In fact we kind of have one as a work in progress in the living room - but I am not satisfied! I need another one with a little bit more of a casual flow, random things on the wall as opposed to the just photo wall we have in the living room. Such as the wall below :)

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So I have major plans to do this in the office - the place I probably I spend the most time in and will be spending alot more time in in the coming months [more on that when I have more information] Soo I have rearranged our office for other purposes and in the process found I can do my photo collage on 1 of 2 walls... the bigger wall where there is something on it now but would promptly be moved if needed!

Or the smaller wall? I'm thinking the bulletin board and ottoman should go against the smaller wall since they fit better there and than I'll get a nicer chair to put under the photo wall. Ayyy help! Am I seeing things??

OOh and let me catch a picture of our disgusting ottoman [due to Riddle's crazy puppy days] and the before since once we get back from the trip, my mom and I are reupholstering this baby!

Yuck! So what would you do if this was your office? Which wall would your photos collect on? Is it stupid to even do this in this room? Any other suggestions? I'm open! Gimme whatcha got!!

Packing for the Shore!!

I have begun to pack for our trip down the shore and I am so excited! It's not like we are traveling far but just to get away is going to be sooo nice! We have both been reaaally stressed from work so we need a break! And I just love pulling out my Issac Mizrahi suitcase :)

I have had this suitcase for YEARS and I always get compliments on it! When I flew to Chicago, the STUARTIST said I had a cute bag! And they look at bags allll day so I took it as the only compliment coming from her!

So what am I packing?? Uhm.. my beach towels [from CVS! Cute huh?], my havianas, my purple sungalsses, a ton of sunblock [we ARE spending all 4 days on the beach!], my Posthelios [the absolute best after sun care], and The Carrie Diaries. Ive been reading it but I'm going to finish it down the shore!! This is just the goodies too - I still have to pack CLOTHES! lol probably going to need another bag though. This one is looking pretty tight!

Wedding Planning: We have FLOWERS!!

Finally!! We have flowers!! Oh man am I happy you have no idea! lol Now the only 2 big things we need are the officiant [what slackers] and our entertainment [and the DJ i emailed 2 weeks ago STILL hasnt emailed me back... I should be pissed right??]

So now I shall share the plans we have for the wedding flowers. And PLEASE forgive me... I have been collecting these inspiration images for months [seriously, since January] so I do not remember when I got them but lemme know I'll give ya credit!

So my bouquet is going to be an all white bouqet - mostly of roses with maybe some peonies and hydragengeas tossed in underneath! And Jose will rock a white rose boutonniere

My bridesmaids are going to carry all red rose bouquets! [all 2 of them! lol] and the groomsmen will have red rose boutonnieres

My sister [my MOH] is going to carry a red rose bouquet with some orchids tossed in [no stephanotis like the picture below has] and Jose's brother [his BM] will have an orchid boutonniere to match

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And lastly the centerpieces! Jose & I wanted submerged centerpieces and we worked out some an awesome idea with our florist! I can't wait to see it! It will be three different tiers with the ice chunks [or whatever you call them] at the bottom and there will be a glow light [which looked awesome] - Jose is all about the little glow light lol

And thats it!! Right now we aren't sure about our ceremony flowers so thats not set up yet but still, we got flowers! One less thing I have to worry about until October when I see my mock ups lol