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Friday, June 1, 2012

Airbrush Tanning and Fun Photo Fridays!

Who is excited for the weekend??

THIS GIRL!!!!

I am counting down the hours until I can escape from my desk, walk out the front door and begin BACHELORETTE WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!

In other news....I had my first airbrush tan last night.....I can't decide how I feel about it. In some light I think it looks fantastic and in other light I think it looks a little fake (I guess since it is fake it will probably look a little fake, right?)

Well anyway....here is my question for you all....when you go airbrush tanning - do you go completely naked?? Because I was under the impression that this place would offer "disposable tanning underwear" and they didn't....and I didn't wear any to the salon.....so I think you know what I'm getting at. Is it normal that I did this or is this airbrush lady now telling all of her friends that she had some wacko naked girl at her salon last night?? Please tell me its not the latter of the two!

While we kill time until it's the weekend.......

Let's link up for FUN PHOTO FRIDAYS!

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Countdown to Girls Weekend and Oh How Pinteresting!

Don't you just love short work weeks?? Just when you think it's only Tuesday....BAM!! You get a nice surprise and realize you're already half way to the weekend!

I can't wait for this weekend in particular because its my bachelorette party weekend!!!!!!!!!!! When the clock hits 5 on Friday I will be out of here and on my way to spending a fantastic weekend with my girls....CAN'T WAIT!

We are officially 2 days away from....

Are you already anticipating the recap?? I am! :)

Now its time for Oh How Pinteresting Wednesdays with Michelle from the Vintage Apple!

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Friday, May 25, 2012

The Only Tradition in Our House

So I've read a lot of your blogs over the last year or so.....

a lot of you talk about great traditions you have with your significant other. Some of you have Christmas-related traditions where you buy each other a sentimental ornament each year, others make sure they bake the same delicious dessert for their man every Easter....well M and I have one tradition together and one tradition only....and it happens during this weekend every year.....

Memorial Day weekend is usually the time when the weather FINALLY gets nice in the Boston area. It's the time when we start using the grill every weekend, sleeping with the windows open and cracking open our favorite summer beers. So......this is the weekend when we bust out our one and only tradition we share.....

This weekend we will be throwing some steak tips on the grill, picking up a 12 pack of Bud Light Limes and popping Wet Hot American Summer into the DVD player. We will probably be in our pajamas by 7:00pm as we do this too....it's tradition....don't judge us!

If you've never seen this movie before.....I'm not even sure I recommend that you do! It's probably one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen....but every year M & I laugh our heads off at the silliness of it (maybe its because of the 12 pack of BLLs??)

Here's a little clip for you......Enjoy your Memorial Day Weekend, lovelies! I know I will!

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

If You Think You Have the Best Friends in the World...

If you think you have the best friends in the world....chances are you're wrong....

BECAUSE I DO

Yesterday I was having a rough day. I was suffering from a 3-day stress headache, it was raining, my day kept going downhill at work and my body just felt too tired to even keep my eyes open. I was pretty much sulking at my desk all morning with my head in my hand dreaming about popping a couple Excedrin migraines....it was quite the little pity party!

When 12:00 hit I jumped in my car and headed home for lunch. When I pulled up I saw a box on my front step that looked a little something like this....

I LOVE surprises and usually it is very hard to surprise me! I had no clue what this could be! I knew who it was from though....because I recognized the handwriting....

It was from this lady....

Faye (aka Fef) and I have been BFFS since we were 4 years old. When we were kids we loved hanging out and watching Boy Meets World together (if you didn't watch Boy Meets World we can't be friends and you should probably stop reading this right now). Fef is the Cory to my Shawn....literally! She calls me Shawnie and I call her Cory - its great, right??

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So I open this mysterious box and this is what I find inside.....

Do you believe this? The card read "Suggested relaxation for brides who have 1 month until their wedding....a 60 minute Swedish massage and watching Boy Meets World"

Is she not the best? Seriously? I cried as I was reading it....So much stress and so many emotions these days (I also cried 6 different times while watching the Glee finale last night - what is wrong with me and WHAT THE HECK am I going to do on my wedding day if cards and TV shows are making me cry??)

So I'm sorry if you are now realizing that your friends are just sub par (just kidding....not really) because this is probably the sweetest most unexpected gift I've received in a very long time! I can't wait to get my massage this weekend and watch Cory, Shawn & Topanga's antics as I relieve my wedding-planning stress:)

Love ya, Cory!!! Thank you!!! xxxooo

Love, Shawnie

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

CALLING ALL BRIDES and WIVES (for guest posts)

So if you learn one thing about me from reading this blog it's this...

I like things VERY organized...

I have detailed spreadsheets, charts and checklists for our wedding and I like things done in a quick and orderly fashion.

If I ask you (yes M I'm talking to you) to do something to help for the wedding and then I ask about it 4 days later I expect it to be done.....and if it's not done you can expect I will flip out and possibly rip your face off.

Remember this pin I posted last Wednesday? This pretty much sums up my life right now...

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Since my patience is limited and my anxiety is reaching an all time high right now you can find me at home, crossing things off my neatly organized checklists and waiting for the day I can exhale and say "everything is prepared for our big day." My mind has been too jumbled to think about blogging which is why I have been SLACKING!

But....

SINCE I am so organized and since I will be away....getting married and frolicking in my bikini in Hawaii in exactly 1 MONTH! I am preparing now to set up some guest posts for the days I will be away....

CALLING ALL BRIDES & WIVES!

I will need SEVERAL guest posters to cover for me those 2 weeks!

If you would like to share the details of your wedding day, your honeymoon and your experience as a newlywed on Page:Twenty-Two SEND ME AN E-MAIL! I will reach out to all of you soon with the details:) and the details will probably be shared via some highly organized spreadsheet...

Friday, May 18, 2012

Fun Photo Fridays!

We've Made it to Friday!!!

Things I'm Looking Forward to this Weekend....

Bridesmaids coming to my house for sangria & wedding crafts

A 10:00 am facial tomorrow morning

A mani and pedi with my big sis

Finalizing the flower order for the wedding

Meeting M at the Golf Course for dinner (and buffalo chicken nachos maybe?)

80 degree weather and SUN!

A Bridal Shower for a family friend

Time for FUN PHOTO FRIDAYS!

Link up below!

Today I am jumping back into this photo...

I am going to be climbing aboard the Norwegian Pride of America in FORTY THREE DAYS to visit Hawaii so I thought this picture was fitting:)

As I was asking M the other night....what's better than being on a cruise ship? I realized the answer is NOTHING!

All you do on a cruise is eat delicious food, drink frozen fruity concoctions, wear a bikini for 15 hours a day and you don't have to worry about doing your hair or putting on makeup....tell me....what sounds better than that??

Take me back there NOW! Also...is it just me or do I look like I have a sock tan in the picture above? I swear I don't wear tube socks with my bikini....