More Stuff

Well, the wedding countdown has definitely started along with the weather watching. My South Carolina sister was already complaining that it's only going to be in the 40's. I told her to suck it up. I'm happy with 40's.....it could be below zero!

I made a few more purchases over the weekend....found a really cute little purse....even though I HATE purses...dumbest thing there is...who the heck needs to carry around their life in a bag every day? Come on ladies, really! I plan to do a post on this another day. Anyway, I did find a cute little silver one for $13 on sale.

Also found a bra that doesn't show with my dress...I bought a push up bra...but I quickly realized that you must have something for it to PUSH UP in order for it to really work like the picture on the tag! HA!

Bought some make up....another thing I don't use too much of, but I thought I would "girl up" for the big event! I usually only wear powder, a little natural shadow and mascara. I bought some foundation and blush and tried it out today. Not bad.

The big purchase.....Flexees...the generic Spanx. I don't have a lot of large "rolls" but the ones I do have definitely showed in my dress.....I just didn't want to spend the money...but I sucked it up and bought one in order to suck it in and I will say, it does make the dress look better. UGH!

Still can't find inexpensive little silver slip ons though...I may just grab some silver flip flops. I'm hoping to get through a good portion of the evening in my three inch heels, but my back might have a different plan. I would be perfectly comfortable bare foot, but that probably isn't appropriate for the mother of the bride.

I also want to apologize to the wonderful people that have bestowed blog awards on me over the past couple of weeks. I regret that I won't be able to do them the right way this week, but I do want to acknowledge the kind and thoughtful people that sent the awards my way.

I received two Lemonade awards...one from Beholden-to-Nature and one from Rachelluciejewelrydesigns. I also received a Proximidade Award from Softpencil. Please check out their blogs. They are all wonderful. Thanks so much for the honor. I will try next week to pass on the awards to some of my favorite blogs....and I have many. I can't believe how many awesome people I have met through blogging. Never expected it and it's wonderful.

Well, it's time to continue gathering things that go in my suitcase for Friday, so far I have two organic chapsticks packed that I bought for the boys!

A Thousand Thanks

I absolutely have to acknowledge some fellow bloggers for recognizing me and my blog with a variety of awards. I thought I would have time to be able to do this the right way....but it just doesn't seem to be happening. So instead I will first say thank you so very much to the people that gave me awards, and then I am going to list some of my favorite blogs. I follow a lot of blogs, and I read and comment on as many as I can each week. I think all blogs are wonderful in their own special way. There are more that I like, so I might try to do this again in a couple of weeks.

Thank you so very much for the great awards. I really appreciate your kindness:

jonarablumaui
jemjoop
dreamcreaterepeat

Some of the blogs I read are informative, some will teach you something, some will entertain you and some will make you laugh...but like I said they are all different and that makes them all wonderful in my eyes.

Some of these bloggers I feel very close to, even though we have never met and probably never will. Some of them comment on my blog very regularly and sometimes their comments make me laugh and sometimes they make me really think. Most of them have etsy shops and are awesome artists and crafters.

So, if you have the time....check out their blogs and their shops. Here we go in no particular order:

Beholden-to-nature
Kalapohl
meekiyua
DZfantasy
Fromayellowhouse
MNHdesigns
Millefiorifavoriti
picklesonpizza
aliceinparislovesartandtea
lanyardlady
teanhoneybread
sleepyhollowfolkartoriginals
the5cfamily
sosherry
maryrichmonddesign
jamnjerusalem

Have a wonderful evening!