Bridal Events.............

Bachelorette Party:
RaShell, Taryn, Me

RaShell, Luisa, Taryn, Angie, Me

RaShell, Angie, Me

Angie, Jess, Me, Melissa, RaShell, Lori

Food Tasting:

Tasting Food!

Me and Mom

Mia and Dad

Cakes and Dessert!

Bridal Shower:
Lori putting on the veil

The back of the T.P. Wedding Gown

My Wonderful Family and Friends (alot left early)

My Grandma's!

My Cake!


These were all courtesy of RaShell and Mia!!! As soon as I find my camera in my mess of moving, I will post the ones of my engagement party and my other bridal showers!!! =)

Wonderful......

I just want to say how wonderful this girl has been!!!!! This last week has been so stressful trying to finalize last minute details and still try go to work! Ugh! I've been in the most awful moods....but there is nothing that cheers me up more than a "Hey Princess Bride!" It always puts a smile on my face =) She dolls me up all the time....because there is nothing better than having someone do your hair! So relaxing!

It will definitely be weird to not see her everyday.....BUT.... she will be in Boston to visit me soon enough =) Taryn you are the greatest and I will miss be roomies with you!

So what a week it has been! Packing and moving and packing and moving. It is very exhausting!! BUT, its finally ALL done.....well the CA part at least. I feel like my entire life was shipped out to Boston this morning! (I didn't take any pics of it, but the pic to the right is pretty much what it looked like haha) I am very excited but I am having a very hard time leaving my family and my best friends. The good part is...Kris gets to do ALL the unloading and putting stuff together once the pod arrives in Boston =) I just get to decorate once we are home from Aruba!

Yesterday Claim Jumper had "Tip Your Officer" or something like that. Some of the cops from the city's PD went to the local CJ and got to be waiters to raise money for the Special Olympics. Well, all but FV. They partnered with a buddy and got to go table to table to raise money with a drawing. So Mia, my mom and I went to see Bill at the CJ. He was partnered with a GOLD MEDALIST Scotty (I think that was his name) and he was such a sweetheart. We went to see Bill wait on us, but they weren't having the cops be waiters. So we donated some money, ate quickly and ran back to the house to continue packing what I had left at my parents and loaded everything into the POD. I have to say, my brother Nick and my Dad have been AMAZING with all the help I have been getting from them! (Mom, Elise, Mia, Angie, Luisa, Melissa, and the Raines Family need credit too I guess haha)

I have seriously become a stress case! I am getting married in 22 days and as much as I have done, I feel like there is still soooo much more I need to do!! And to top it off.......my wedding coordinator at the hotel just called and told me her last day is the 25th!!! WHAT!!! Now I am freaking out! So I have to take off ANOTHER day of work on Monday to meet with her to make sure EVERYTHING is done so when she hands it off to someone else, I won't have to worry.

On another note.....has anyone been watching Harper's Island????

ONE MONTH!!!

I am getting MARRIED one month from today!!!! I am so excited!!!

Cooking and Cards....

I have realized that work is the PERFECT time to write thank you cards! haha Not sure my boss is LOVIN' it......but since I only have 17 more days of work Im sure he will live =)
I have already rec'd so many wonderful gifts from all of my bridal showers (and I still have one more party on the 18th with work) and have rec'd some very NICE wedding presents as well from people unable to attend!!

I can't believe I am getting married one month from tomorrow!!!! I feel like the last 8 months have flown by so fast! I have to turn in everything to my DJ, florist and the final numbers on Friday!!! So if you didn't RSVP........you will miss a wonderful day!

And with only one month to go, my roommate and I have been taking turns cooking.....well, she probably cooks 6 days and I cook one.....but common, anyone who knows me knows that I can't cook......I burned down one kitchen already! :X
She is a vegetarian so I have been learning to cook healthy meals and I gotta say.....I am loving it! Its Monday tradition to cook dinner and then watch Gossip Girl! Monday was an easy night....frozen foods we just heated up! And last night she and I went out to dinner and then treated ourselves to some awesome frozen yogurt!! Sad thing is, I have lived in my apt for 2 years and I have all these wonderful different places to eat that I didn't know were there.....So before I leave Cali we are going to try them all out!

This is a picture of me PROVING to Kris I was cooking......it was the first night I think....so it was months ago! haha

A Month of Bridal Showers...........

What a month this has been!!!!



Last weekend my best friend Angie threw me a bridal shower at her house! It was such a blast! We had the shower with the girls and around 5 all the boys (husbands, fiances, boyfriends, friends) and kids came over and we went in the pool/spa and BBQ'd. My coworker Roger also brought his karaoke setup over and we all sang the night away! It was definitely what I needed after all this stress I have been under!



Then this last Saturday one of my moms best friends (who is like a second mom to me) threw me another shower. This one was more family and my moms friends. It was very nice! I got to see some old friends!!! The best part about it was seeing Vauri!! I miss her so much! She was one of my bestest friends in high school and with school and marriage and kids (well for her) we have just kinda lost touch =( Im so happy for her and her cute lil family!! She is the bestest!!! =)


I will post pics once I get them from Mia......she is so good at making sure I get pictures to remember everything!!!