Bachelorette Party

This weekend I went down to San Diego to the W Hotel where we helped celebrate a co-worker of mine's Bachelorette Party. Liz is getting married in 3 weeks! We had dinner at Rice, a restaurant inside the hotel. The food was really good and the inside of the restaurant was really neat. We got neat little goodie bags from the fabulous maid of honor (and good friend of mine) Amber. The manager even brought all the girls a "Happy Ending" shot for us to take. We had some fun with those...and the little straws that Amber provided us. Unfortunately, we didn't make it out to all the bars/clubs with the rest of the girls, but we did have fun while we were there. I can't wait for my bachelorette party in Vegas! Only 8 months to go til my wedding!

Georgia on my mind

Sara's Grandma's house

Sara's Aunts HouseSara and Mike's dream house

Little Five Points



Centennial Olympic Park

Last weekend I flew to Georgia to visit Sara. I got there Wednesday night around 12:30am. We had so much fun hanging out together. On Thursday, we took a walk through her Grandma's neighborhood and I got to see all the beautiful houses. Her Aunt lives right across the street so we had a bbq with them one night which was a lot of fun. I got to meet her boyfriend Mike, who is an awesome guy. He hung out with us most of the time and kept us laughing. Friday night, we saw a play (Steel Magnolias) in Dalonega, which is a small town about 25 minutes from Sara's house. There was a cute little General Store, a museum, an ice cream parlor and a bunch of little antiques shops. Saturday, we went to the dam where the river and lake meet and it was beautiful! Everything in Georgia is surrounded by trees.We walked through the park and put our feet in the water, which was freezing cold! We ate some great food at places like Taco Mac, Corkscrew Cafe and Waffle House (where our waitress was about 350 pounds and missing teeth!). On my last day there, we went into downtown Atlanta to the Coca-Cola museum. Of course I loved learning about the history of Diet Coke...my favorite thing in the world! We took a bunch of pics and got to try Coke from all around the world. We drove through the city and I got to see Braves stadium, Olympic Centennial Park, and Little Five Points, which is a neat little artsy town. We had so much hanging out together and I was so sad when I had to get on the plane to come back home. I miss her already and I can't wait until she comes out for my wedding in June. Love you Sara...

ATL Here I Come!

Today at 4:00pm, I am flying to Atlanta, Georgia to visit one of my best friends (and bridesmaids) Sara. I am so excited to go somewhere new! I talked to Sara today and she got me so excited about all the stuff we have planned to do when I get there. I will post some pics about my trip when I return on Sunday night. I'm not a big fan of flying alone, so pray for my safe flight! ATL here I come! See you all when I get back.

The celebration continues

Since I turned the big 25, I had to have a birthday week...instead of just one day. Even though Wednesday was my actual birthday, Friday definitely felt more like my birthday because I got to celebrate with all my friends. We went to dinner at Lucille's...if you haven't been there yet...go ASAP! Their food is awesome and their biscuits are to die for! We had 19 of us at dinner (poor waitress) so it was a lot of fun. I got a cute little princess crown that was made for a 5 year old from my friend Kevin (he added a 2) and a "Another year sexier" pin from my friends Blake and Casey. I also got a bunch of nice gifts, flowers and cards from everyone, which made me feel so loved. Kody decided to buy me a birthday shot of Patron...which of course I had to take becuase all 19 people were looking at me waiting for me to drink it. And of course it took me two drinks to get it down...no surprise there. After dinner, we headed to Strike which is the bowling alley at the District. We had so much fun there. It was most people's first time there and everyone was surprised at how much fun we had. Most of the group ended up bowling...even Kristy who is ready to pop in 3 weeks! I had a blast! It was definitely a great birthday. Thanks again to all my friends who made it out to help me celebrate my 25th! Love you all...

One thing at a time...

So we moved into our apartment about 3 months ago and we are still putting things together. Our bedroom has been driving me crazy becuase we still have nothing on the walls and our carpet has been covered with stuff that we had no storage space for. So we finally cleaned everything out last Friday and we can actually see our floor now!

I have so many ideas for our place but since everything costs money, I have one thing at a time. So about a year ago, I found this idea for shelves on HGTV's website. I was dying to recreate the shelves in my apartment. So I went to Ikea and bought the three shelves for about $15/each (not too bad). Then I went to Michaels, Target and Aaron Brothers for frames and decorative things to put on my shelves. I decided to get all the pictures developed in a sepia tone to match the picture I saw on-line. Even though my shelves look a little different, I think they turned out great. The cool thing is, as the season's change, I can change the look around. I can't wait to decorate them for Christmas!

These are the shelves I saw on HGTV

These are the shelves I did

The next thing I saw while out and about was this little bookshelf at Ikea. I absolutely loved it! So I bought the shelf and the A and Z letters and recreated it in our bedroom. I still need to get some more books to fill the shelf but I think its looks cute. I think they would look so cute in a baby's room too...so when we do have kids, we can move the shelves in the baby's room and put baby books on them.

Shelves at Ikea

My shelf

I will post some more pictures of our apartment as things continue to come together one thing at a time....

My Birthday Lunch

Today I went to lunch with all my friends in the office. We went to El Torito Grill which is always amazing! We also had our intern, Kristin, there to celebrate her last day in the office before she goes back to school. I love these pictures, mostly taken by Kevin, who by the way looks like a major pimp out to lunch with 10 girls! Go Kevin! When I got back to the office, Lindsay brought me these beautiful flowers! I can't ask for a better group of co-workers. I wish birthdays would come around more often!

Another Year Older....

So today is my birthday. I'm the big 25. Scary...I know! So I got to the office this morning (first time I have ever been at work/or school on my birthday) and my desk was decorated with birthday signs, streamers and ribbons. It was a great start to my day. Tonight, Andrew and I are going to go to Bandera in Laguna to have dinner. I can't wait to get out of the office...In the mean time, it helps to have the decorations and cards to make me feel special :) Thanks girls...you're the best co-workers a girl could ask for!

Also, I realized that today is 9/3 and its also exactly 9 months and 3 days til my wedding. How wierd is that? Just thought I'd point out that coincidence.