High Five for Friday!

Linking up with Lauren to celebrate my 5 favorite things from this week!

I'm house sitting/ doggie sitting my favorite girl Lola this week so most of my favs are moments with her! Have a great weekend everyone!

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I was heading out with my fiance and mom to check out wedding sites on Sunday morning, grabbing coffee first, and these were my parking lot neighbors! My man and I are dying to have a Corgi someday so it was only fitting that they were there for this big day for us! A look into the future perhaps? 

I think yes. ;)

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Lola and I had a play date with my dear friend Emily and her adorable Libby. Everyone had fun and everyone was exhausted by the end! I loved spending time with Emily and the girls had a great time playing too!

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Lola and I took a field trip to my sister's house to play with my nephew and the hose. It was fun, and I think Lola enjoyed the ride. Rough life she's got!

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She might be the cutest when she's sleepy. Puppy cuddles are good for the soul.

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I snuck time in this week for a manicure. Fun and girly. :)

Oh, how Pinteresting! (and I'm back!)

I haven't blogged since my engagement! So much going on! So much happiness and I can't wait to share the details with you soon! There are pictures of the engagement itself and pics from the weekend that I will post soon! In the meantime I will jump back on board with the linkup with The Vintage Apple for my favorite pins. (and yes, they are mostly wedding centered!) ;)

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Exactly.

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Fun wedding pic poses. I'm taking note.

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Love this idea for a guest book. So convenient!

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So cute.

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Great idea. Will probably have to do this!

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Found him! :)

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Sparkler sendoff! This will happen! Already in the plan and the budget! :)

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So pretty. Love the honesty and beauty of this picture. Such a moment!

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High Five For Friday!

I wasn't planning to blog while on vacation... But I HAD to post my high five for Friday link-up with Lauren over at www.frommygreydeskblog.com because... Yesterday my amazing man proposed and I said "YES!"
I was so surprised, I'm so happy and SO in love!!!

Living in the Moment

Today starts my quick beach vacation with my man... I'm SO happy to be getting away to this beautiful beach with my favorite person. I mean come on, look how gorgeous!  

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I want to share the lyrics of my new favorite song with all of you. I've decided it's the new theme song to my life and it starts today! :) I've been a HUGE Jason Mraz fan since 2002, thanks to my dear friend Bianca and this song is off his new album. Enjoy, read, and think about it! I'm off to the beach! Check my instagram for fun pics!

Living in the Moment: 

Lyrics by Jason Mraz and Rick Nowels.

If this life is one act

Why do we lay all these traps

We put them right in our path

When we just wanna be free

I will not waste my days

Making up all kinds of ways

To worry about some things

That will not happen to me

So I just let go of what I know I don't know

And I know I'll only do this by

Living in the moment

Living our life

Easy and breezy

With peace in my mind

With peace in my heart

Peace in my soul

Wherever I'm going, I'm already home

Living in the moment

I'm letting myself off the hook for things I've done

I let my past go past

And now I'm having more fun

I'm letting go of the thoughts

That do not make me strong

And I believe this way can be the same for everyone

And if I fall asleep

I know you'll be the one who'll always remind me

To live in the moment

To live my life

Easy and breezy

With peace in my mind

I got peace in my heart

Got peace in my soul

Wherever I'm going, I'm already home

I can't walk through life facing backwards

I have tried

I tried more than once to just make sure

And I was denied the future I'd been searching for

But I spun around and searched no more

By living in the moment

Living my life

Easy and breezy

With peace in my mind

I got peace in my heart

Got peace in my soul

Wherever I'm going, I'm already home

I'm living in the moment

I'm living my life

Just taking it easy

With peace in my mind

I got peace in my heart

I got peace in my soul

Oh, wherever I'm going, I'm already home

I'm living in the moment

I'm living my life

Oh, easy and breezy

With peace in my mind

I got peace in my heart

I got peace in my soul

Oh, wherever I'm going, I'm already home

I'm living in the moment

Oh! How Pinteresting!

It's official... life is crazy. Good crazy in a lot of ways, bad crazy in a few: I haven't been blogging as much as I would like to lately... but like clockwork, I'm linking up with The Vintage Apple to show off my favorite pins for this week! Enjoy and link up if you can! :)

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Love the unexpected pop of color on a natural item. Might Will have to do this some day!

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Total hair envy. She's so gorgeous.

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I love this idea for a party or bridal shower. I will do this in the future, mark my words! So inexpensive but a great impact! 

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I've done something similar to this, but I love the variety of braid sizes. Maybe I'll try this on my beach vacation this weekend! (YAY)

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This is so much fun. I want to have this much fun with my bridal party someday!

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Truth. Hard to remember sometimes.

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I always have LC hair envy. I just love her and have since day 1!

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Love this whole outfit. Love the polkadots slightly untucked with comfy jeans... still looks put together though. I'd like to think I'm this stylish! :)

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A Little Help...

A call out to my fellow blogging friends (or tech savvy friends)... I need some help! 

I'm looking for someone who can guide me through the process of switching over to my newly purchased domain for my humble little blog. I'm afraid of losing my content from the last 8 months... I know how to direct my blogspot to my new site but I'm stuck on the in between steps! 

I'm also interested in a new design so I would love any good recommendations! 

Please let me know! I'd GREATLY appreciate it! :)

I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend!

Head Over Heels....

Remember a few months ago when I posted some fun pics from a Bridal Stylist photo shoot? Check it out here if you don't recall. 

Well... my fabulous friend who we were "modeling" for and who did all the amazing work has her business up and running and it's doing amazingly well! I'm so happy for her! Check out her website, she's Ahhhmazing! :) You'll learn how fab she is, and see many more pics from our fun photo shoot day!

www.headoverheelswithmelanie.com

Here are a few reminder pics! 

Oh! How Pinteresting!

Favorite pins of the week! 

Linking up with The Vintage Apple for "Oh How Pinteresting!"

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Gorgeous table for any occasion!

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fun cork board for a home office

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love the whole look. perfect for a beach vacay?

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Another beach look....

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gorge.

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Love the 70's vibe of this chic look.

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truth.

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one more beach look... did I mentioned I'm taking a long weekend next weekend to the beach? :)

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Maxi Dress- 3 ways

A while back I posted a few "sneak peek" pics of fun weekend outfits. (check out here) Here are the detail pictures of one of the outfits- a maxi dress, worn as a skirt, shown with both a chambray shirt, my favorite polka dot shirt, and as a dress. 

(Necklaces, rings, earrings, bracelets: My Stella and Dot Site; Chambray Shirt: H&M (old) Similar here; Polka Dot Shirt: Gap (old, no longer available); Dress: Target similar; Sandals: Sam Edelman)

Weekend update, Happy Monday!

Happy Monday! I had what felt like a quick weekend... slept all night Friday from 7:30-8am, it was amazing. Seriously. Sounds lame, but it really was wonderful. I was lazy most of Saturday, and then Sunday was a quite a day! 

My guy and I took a last minute trip to Ikea because we stumbled upon an ad that the dresser we'd been thinking of buying was on sale through Sunday! $70 off! We HAD to go! We got up early, grabbed coffee, powered through Ikea (20min and a few "extra items"!) and off we went! We then decided to spend the rest of our morning shopping in a cute area of Berkeley, then came home to start building... 3 hours later, we had a new dresser and possibly a new appreciation for teamwork! I then made a fun piece of art with Ikea frames and cutout paper table runner paper for my kitchen.

How was your weekend?!

High Five For Friday!

What a whirlwind of a week! So much happening, so much to be thankful for! I'm linking up with Lauren at From My Grey Desk Blog to highlight my 5 favorite moments of the week.

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My last day at Santana Row is today!

I found out this week that I'm getting transferred at work to the location that is SO much closer to my home and that I've been hoping to be at for a long time. I will miss the people at Santana Row, but will not miss the commute that comes with working there! It's been a good run, and I'm ready 

for this new challenge! 

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This goofball. My toddler nephew thinks it's hilarious to try to fit into his baby sister's bouncer. 

He's right.

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I reached 100 followers this week! I'm so excited! Thank you everyone! This means a giveaway is coming soon! Look out for it next week! :)

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While visiting with a friend we found this dude, ya know, just hanging out. No big.

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I had a super fun Stella and Dot party this week with wonderful gals, all who looked super stylish. Most importantly, I had a great time with everyone there and loved meeting some new folks as well!

Have a great weekend!