tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43705749749207167272024-03-08T04:59:25.908-05:00Ate, Drank, and Got Married!Following a crazy law student on her quest for the perfect low-key laid back awesomely awesome wedding.gotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-46953253734463318862010-10-22T22:05:00.003-04:002010-10-22T22:19:43.969-04:00Pass Pass Pass YES!!The following post is not wedding related. It is from my journal entry of when I found out I passed the bar exam and finally acquired esquire. See post below for related entries. I passed the Florida Bar Exam!!! I checked my number 3 times, and the number I sometimes confuse my number with- passed! I'm suprised I passed both parts, but happy! I was in the hallway and didn't really get to jump andgotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-53712282443120255512010-10-22T21:53:00.003-04:002010-10-22T22:03:06.402-04:00Day Before Bar ResultsThe following post is not wedding related. This bar is from my journal entry taken the day before bar exam results are posted. I thought it would be helpful to all the future bar examiners out there. Tomorrow is the big day! I'm so nervous, I really don't want to know but work is making us check the second they come out. Literally. They have told us that we can't wait until the end of the day, orgotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-86326324641476962272010-10-22T21:19:00.004-04:002010-10-22T21:42:28.623-04:00Well I failed the bar exam. See you in February!The following post is not wedding related. This post is from my journal entry after the bar exam. I felt that it may be helpful to all the future bar examiners out there.Well, I studied all summer for nothing. Seriously nothing. I studied, every single day, all summer for nothing. I feel disgusting and worthless and stupid and just dumb. Part of me wants to be sane and say "Well, you did gotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-39435527930909985342010-10-22T20:49:00.005-04:002010-10-22T21:17:20.629-04:00The day before the bar examThe following post is not wedding related. This post was originally part of my journal. I wrote this the day before the bar exam. I'm posting it because I think it would be helpful to future bar takers out there. I'm not even sure how to feel right now to be honest. I've studied all summer so I should feel okay I guess but I don't. I did okay on 2 practice exams but totally failed the final. I'm gotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-75199880135592175422010-10-22T20:33:00.002-04:002010-10-22T20:35:16.088-04:00I must be a trend makerSo you've seen my dress, but have you seen this Reem Acra design? It's from the 2011 collection. I don't know....looks kind of familiar. Of course, I think mine is better!gotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-44702315766174193272010-10-22T20:26:00.003-04:002010-10-22T20:39:33.447-04:00We got married!I finally married the guy who makes me feel like Christmas. It was great. My feet hurt and SanFrancisco was frrrreeezzzing, but it was wonderful to marry this man. I don't have any pictures yet. Since it was just the two of us and our photographers, we have to wait but I do have a picture to show--- its the only picture I have for the time being. It's me and my dream dress. I love it so much. I gotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-51367054117527189692010-10-22T20:21:00.003-04:002010-10-22T20:25:17.075-04:00Wedding dress panicMy last wedding dress post was about how I wanted to get a dress made that was inspired by a Stephen Yearick design. Well, I found this picture of Jackie Collin's wedding and my gears just started turning. Jackie Collins got married in England's version of a city hall so it totally fits with my whole city hall elopment. I love the long in the back, short in the front mullet look. I've seen it gotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-85082680138422543132010-10-22T19:25:00.001-04:002010-10-22T20:21:10.358-04:00Girl, Where you been?I like how the last time I posted I talked about how I was going to be a good little blogger and post more often. But did that happen? No, of course not. Since my last post, - I finally finished my monster of a paper, got an A on it, and there are even talks about it being published which I am all like "yay!" about, but it really isn't that great of a paper in my opinion so I won't be too broken gotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-48113189408346643302010-03-15T17:46:00.002-04:002010-03-15T17:49:39.204-04:00The Man BandBuying a band for the Mr was simple and a waste of time all rolled into one. He knew what he wanted and what he wanted the band to feel like on his finger. Well they didn’t have it, and because he wanted thin tungsten, it was impossible to think that he would ever get it. But instead of obsessing like me, he moved on to the band that fit the best and got it in white gold. Amazing. It took about gotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-84040904096046339782010-03-10T12:06:00.007-05:002010-03-10T19:09:42.735-05:00Bride wears a suit, say wha?Yeah, that is exactly what 97% of my friends said when I said I was going to wear a suit for my wedding. “What, you mean like a pants suit?” -No, not at all. I’ve seen it done and I’ve seen it done well but it’s not me. “Like Carrie in the Sex & the City movie?” - A. I’ve never seen sex and the city anything, but I went home and googled it for a picture (see below)…so, - B. kind gotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-10342954439988638092010-03-08T15:27:00.006-05:002010-03-09T12:08:33.757-05:00The Guide to ElopingI'm a girl. I like to make lists. My day is one big list. Sure, I do things that aren't on the list but then I gain 5 pounds- like the tub of cookies and cream ice cream that magically appeared in my cart, but wasn't on any list I wrote. Of course I had to go ahead and get the ice cream though- it magically appeared! Therefore, it's magic ice cream and that is Ah-mazing. Can't pass up magical icegotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-66803059420914621572010-01-29T15:35:00.004-05:002010-01-30T21:59:46.792-05:00And here I go again on my own...or on our ownA lot has changed in an almost year. Did we find our dream house yet? Nope. At first I was just looking because I had a down payment and a dream- for a while I thought that was all that mattered but I was wrong, and really stupid. Like really, money and a dream? Anywhoo, looking back I'm actually happy that we didn't settle on anything just yet. To be honest, in the time that we have had to thinkgotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-77510188764347960842009-05-18T12:22:00.002-04:002009-05-18T12:43:32.882-04:00Change of PlansI'm finally done with finals which means that I am officially a 3L. Whoop Whoop! 1 more year to go and I am officially out of this beast. But.....I have exciting news. We are "eloping" and buying a house instead of having a wedding. My mom suggested we just take the money instead, couple that with the 8K tax credit for first time buyers and ta da!- buy a house. And just like that we rolled with gotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-34809174068056530622009-05-04T09:36:00.003-04:002009-05-04T09:36:00.412-04:00If only I had 8 treadmillsThe song "Here it Goes Again" by OK go has been a favorite of mine for a while but what really made me think of it today was because I was thinking of "first dance" songs for me and the Mr. I can dance because luckily the black side of me contributed enough to give me rhythm. The Mr. on the other hand is stereotypically white- he even claps off beat, and I really just hate dancing with him. Yes, gotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-26376158922935758102009-05-03T09:30:00.000-04:002009-05-03T09:30:00.515-04:00You're so sweet!The Mr.: "you're starting to sound more like a lawyer everyday" (in an insulting tone)Me: "Aww, hunny! That's the sweetest thing you've ever said to me"gotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-13361174791652849992009-05-02T12:28:00.005-04:002009-05-02T13:21:57.712-04:00Sign, Sealed, Delivered.... I'm YoursLong Distance relationships are hard, or so I hear. For the first 4 1/2 years of our relationship, me and the Mr. were long distance lovers. When we met he lived an hour away and we would sometimes meet in the middle and spend the day together or take turns spending the week or weekend with each other. After a year, he moved another hour further away for school and we saw each other maybe once a gotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-24581619361944082472009-05-01T14:23:00.003-04:002009-05-01T14:38:14.759-04:00Lip VenomAs I write this my lips are tingling. Do you want to know why? Of course you do. I have been on a quest for thicker, fuller, zexy lips ever since I've realized how inadequate mine are. Thankfully, I don't have super thin lips so I have something to build on but they aren't anything special. I've learned how to put on liner and gloss in such a way to make your pout appear fuller but I want them togotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-24978144543979918502009-04-30T09:22:00.004-04:002009-04-30T09:35:53.501-04:00Destination Bachelorette PartyI took an absolutely horrendous final yesterday and still have another one and a paper to go, but I missed you and what better way to show you my love than to talk about myself some more? I know we've all heard of the destination wedding and the destination honeymoon but how about the destination bachelorette party? My MOH came up with the idea and suggested it to me and I was surprised and gotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-46762131683997446082009-04-27T11:45:00.003-04:002009-04-27T11:49:29.912-04:00Guest List DramaNothing I am about to say will surprise you. In fact, it is probably lame compared to all the other drama the rest of you are experiencing. Hello, My name is gotyoumypretty I have guest list drama. Everything with the guest list was perfect until about a month ago. I had always planned to have a wedding with 50 guests maximum. I had allotted 10 guests for the Mr. because he always made it seem gotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-463149035911256652009-04-24T09:19:00.008-04:002009-04-30T10:13:20.679-04:00Bubble Veil & Big HairThe 80's get no love in wedding planning. Everyone wants to go back to the 60's, 40's, or roaring 20's but where are the 80's at? The 80's were fabulous. New Kids on the Block, neon everything, Saved by the Bell, polka dots, shoulder pads---why wouldn't anyone want to go back? Okay, I get why no one would want to go back, but I want to in at least one way-- BIG HAIR! I saw a bubble veil used in agotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-11385659010316284142009-04-23T11:02:00.002-04:002009-04-23T11:06:51.758-04:00The quicker makeup taker offer- Vaseline!I may be the last person on Earth who knew this but did you know that Vaseline is superior at taking off lipstick and eye makeup. While in DC we went to a couple of parties. One was just way too loud and the other was artsy where all the guests had to make something out of peeps, the marshmallow Easter candy. What did I make? Well nothing. I was lame and my friends were my peeps. Lame peeps- get gotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-86991928633352410152009-04-23T08:50:00.002-04:002009-04-23T09:01:55.185-04:00Invitations!What invitation idea did I choose? Well I'm not telling you just yet. But I'll give you clues. - It is something related to or involving the law. - The invitation will be screen printed onto handkerchiefs. The best part about this invitation idea is the price. I can make the handkerchief's myself even though I don’t have a sewing machine and will probably have to outsource it. Even with the gotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-86136190227977242932009-04-22T15:14:00.005-04:002009-04-22T15:24:41.965-04:00Not Invitations Part IV: Invitation BooksI like to read or at least I used to before casebooks started taking over my shelves, and floors, and car…you get the idea. I came across the idea of invitation books and thought they were A-mazing. Like seriously, who wouldn't love to get this? I know I would. This invitation book, as I found on the knot, was made by the happy couple themselves. They had a cute story and used it to tell their gotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-91605703136511688112009-04-22T09:16:00.007-04:002009-04-22T10:10:48.065-04:00Not Invitations Part III: Candy Box InvitationsDid you know that back in the old and golden days guests at lavish European weddings would go home with something called a bonbonniere? It was made out a metal or porcelin and filled with some sort of sugary confection. This was considered the ultimate decadent wedding favor because sugar was both rare and expensive. Well it only makes sense that I would want to give my guests something sweet andgotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370574974920716727.post-36193042403953534602009-04-21T09:28:00.001-04:002009-04-21T09:34:15.744-04:00Not Invitations Part II: Paperboard CD case & bookletMy second invitation idea quickly came and went. Since I'm a big lover of music and feel like the world would be enlightened or at least happily confused by listening to my eclectic playlist I thought that CD invitations would be great. For anyone out there who actually still buys CD's (hello? Is anybody out there?*), you know that many artists are using paperboard CD cases instead of the gotyoumyprettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09339009071495750916noreply@blogger.com0