Weekend stuff and a surprise bridal shower

Hello all! How was your weekend? Mine was so busy, but wonderful all the same! Friday I got off work an hour early since Jarrett and I were going to Maryland for the weekend. Before I left work I did a little shopping since I haven't bought anything for myself in a little bit. I bought my two infinity scarves that I've been obsessed with, two pairs of adorable sandals and a Forever in my Heart locket bracelet! I've bought three Forever in my Heart products as gifts for family and friends and I decided I wanted one as well. I bought four charms for my locket that included Jarrett's/Leo's birthstone, my birthstone, a "dog mom" charm and a flip flop charm! I LOVE it! It's nice to spoil yourself every now and then! After I got home, I packed the rest of our stuff and we hit the road to Maryland for the weekend! Our next trip home will be our last and I am dreading it! It will definitely be an emotional last trip!

Saturday, we got up early and went to a big breakfast with mom at Golden Corral. Afterwards mom and I finished up our shopping for Brooke's bridal shower gifts and then we had to take Leo to his grooming appointment with Michelle's Pretty Paws. After we dropped Leo off we went to The Country House so I could get a new duck for my coffee table since my old duck got decapitated! Boo! I loooove The Country House and I am going to miss buying stuff for our home there! After I got my new duck we went home and mom and I got ready for the shower while Jarrett picked up Leo. Mo and I had the best time at the shower. Brooke had no idea I was home and I may have made small talk with her via text message to throw her off. It worked so well. I LOVE surprising my friends ad family! I've snuck home before and scared the crap out of my mom and that was hilarious! Just think of how amazing it will be when I find the time and money to sneak home from Alaska! :P

Anyways! The surprise shower was awesome! Brooke was so surprised and excited when she walked in! I had a wonderful time with her and Erica. I was also very blessed to feel so included even though I am not able to be a bridesmaid! Mom and I also both won bridal shower bingo! I never win anything so I was excited to actually win for a change! We had such a great time and I feel so blessed and lucky to have great friends! Below are most of the pictures I took from the shower!

[delicious cake]

[BINGO]

[Our prizes]

[My gift was opened first! Please excuse my pale bruised Hallmark knees]

[Mom's present was second to be opened]

[Brooke and her Aunt]

[Brooke and her soon to be MIL]

[Brooke and her amazing mommy]

[Brooke and our adorable Austyn]

[Bow hat time]

[Erica, Erica, me]

Sunday, Jarrett and I went to Dunkin Donuts to pick up some yummy donuts for breakfast then we ran some errands. Later on we went over to my dad's for lunch. He made burgers on the grill and homemade Mac and cheese and then we had ice cream cones for dessert! I love my dad and his amazing cooking! We also got to see his new chicken coup that him and Kelly built together. He bought three hens for his coup and they were so fun to look at. Leo got a little spooked at them at first and then he just got curious! So hilarious! After my dad's house we left to go back to Virginia! Leo slept the whole way home! He was a tired little boy! 

Today I did wife things consisting of doing the grocery shopping and the laundry! Not sure why, but grocery shopping and laundry wore me the heck out. It wore Leo out too, haha! Later on Jarrett came home from work and then we went over to the in laws for dinner! Afterwards we went to Barnes and Noble to get The Milepost guide book for our trip and then we started reading it over frozen yogurt at Yogurt Vi! Perfect end to a busy tiring day! 

I'm excited for July 4th on Thursday and my mom coming on Friday for a whole week! I can't wait for a little down time with family this week especially in the midst of a crazy month for us! 

Did you go to any bridal showers this weekend?

Did you do any traveling this weekend?

What are your plans for July 4th?

 

Katie<3

Current obsessions and wishes

Alrighty! I am back for another segment of current obsessions and wishes! I haven't done one of these posts in a long time because I literally forgot about them. Shame shame on me! Now that I have discovered Polyvore, I can put all of my obsessions and wishes all together and have them all grouped together in categories! Ummmm, awesome! How am I just now finding out about this little app? Any who, below you will find a complete list of the items that I am obsessing over right now because as a woman in her mid twenties, I am always obsessing over something I want to buy and own! 

1. Bring to work: So, now that I am moving to Alaska and we will be in one place for a really long time, I can finally really focus on finding my first full time job. For going on a lot of interviews and hopefully landing a great job, I have to have a nice purse to go with my interview and work outfits! I have to have a purse that is professional! You can tell a lot about a girl by the purse that she carries! They need to know that I am a serious candidate for the job!

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2. Casual totes: Lately, totes have been my thing! I love tote bags because they always have a longer strap so I can have my tote on my arm at all times. Plus, totes have so much room in them for just about anything, and I have a lot of stuff that I carry with me! They are perfect for smuggling food into the movie theater too. Why yes, I have smuggled Chickfila into a movie many a time, and I always get away with it! :P

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3. Beachy totes: So, I've basically started a collection of beachy type totes. I just love them. Wherever I can find a cheap one, it becomes mine! We are always getting cute ones in at my store and I almost always put some in the hold bin as soon as they come in. Right now, I am really partial to the Vera Bradley tote with the crab on it! I mean, who wouldn't adore that tote?

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4. Infinity scarves: Over the past couple years, I have become obsessed with scarves. Not that I haven't always liked scarves, it's just now, I am wanting to bump up my wardrobe a lot more and add more to my outfits than just my normal every day jewelry! Recently, we have received some really cute infinitely scarves at work and I am now hooked as you can see in my weekend stuff post! I love them because they are perfect for spring and not so hot summer days/nights! They also go great with any type outfit. Perfect addition! 

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What are your current obsessions and wishes?

Do you sneak food into the movie theater too?

What is your favorite type of scarf?

 

Katie<3

June quote of the month

Never underestimate the power of a "Hissie Fit." Life is all about give and take. But some issues can't be compromised. When the situation calls for drastic and dramatic measures, you have to draw a line in the sand, climb up on a soapbox, and protect the hill you're willing to die on. 

It's not easy... anything worth fighting for never is. But the most noble thing you can do is stand up for what is right, no matter the cost. 

The problem is your voice can drown amid the roar of the masses. Once in a while you have to stomp your feet, scream at the top of your lungs, and throw a few lightening bolts to be heard. Never underestimate the power of a "hissie fit."

Spill about your L-O-V-E

Hi all! I saw this wonderful little linkup from April at A.Liz Adventures and knew I had to do it especially since it is about love. I know it's probably a little late to do this link up since she started it last Wednesday, but hey, I just now came across it, and I cannot help myself. Alrighty, here we go...

{1} Describe your dating life prior to finding your boyfriend. 

I was never the girl that had boyfriend after boyfriend like all my friends had. I had little elementary school boyfriends with the cute little letter writing back and forth, but you know how that is. I know most girls have their first boyfriend and first kiss when they are in middle school so it seems, but not me. I didn't have my first serious boyfriend until high school. This relationship was intense at first, but then it just became a back and forth, lets break up, lets get back together kind of thing for about two years. I guess a lot of high school relationships end up like that.  Eventually I got sick of everything and had to let go of it all. Give myself a clean slate from dating for a while. About a year after that relationship, I met my future husband. So much for a having a real break from dating! Although I was scared of dating, I took the biggest risk of my life on Jarrett and it was the best thing I have ever done!





{2} Describe your boyfriend in one word. How would he describe you in one word?



My word to describe Jarrett: Calm. Jarrett is the most calm, cool and collective person I have ever met. As you all know, I am a worry wart x1000, so having a husband like him helps out a lot!

 

His word for me: So, I asked Jarrett this question and he couldn't think of a word. Ha typical for my husband. I will go ahead and think of one for him since his brain is on vacation. Faith. I believe that he would say that I always have faith no matter what is happening in my life. 

{3} You had a really silly fight. Embarrassing silly. What was it about?

Well we, like many couples, have had many little tiffs here and there. Most of them I can't even remember anymore, so I guess that means that weren't that big of a deal. I'll just go with the one last night at the in laws. So I stated in my weekend things post that Leo had taken my pork chop off my plate last night at dinner. Well I didn't tell you just how angry I was when that happened. I was angry at Leo, but I was more so angry with Jarrett because he keeps giving him scraps at dinner and therefore Leo is not learning food manners. I feel that there is nothing wrong with scraps every once in a while, but my husband has that whole "we can't let the leftovers go to waste" thing going on so he just gives Leo all of his scraps every night at dinner. When Leo took that food off my plate, it made me realize that he thinks he can take what he wants because he's so use to eating scraps. I lost it and Jarrett and I started arguing during dinner in front of my in laws. I know it's normal to argue especially when it involves animals and kids and I know I should have waited to address it when we got home instead of addressing it right at dinner, but I just got so angry! Once I calmed down, everything was okay and I felt better about the whole thing. He said he wouldn't give him scraps as much anymore and that we'd work on training him better and disciplining him better in the future.  

{4} In three sentences (and only three!), describe where you both hope to be in 5 years.

-I hope to see me gain a career and Jarrett go up even further with his career in the Air Force 

-I hope to obtain my Master's degree and Jarrett finish his Bachelor's degree and go for his Master's as well

-I hope for us to start a family and to have at least two kids within the next five years 

Yeah, we want to do a lot, but I believe we can do it all.

 

{5} Tell us something about your boyfriend we wouldn't know from reading your blog.

Oh my I could talk about Jarrett all say long on here. Something you may not know about him is that he is a very reserved person and does not like to be bothered or annoyed. He likes to keep to himself for the most part, but ever since he met me, he has opened up a little bit more. It's not that he is a shy person, it's just that he doesn't like to be bothered by people bugging him all the time. I have kind of become the same way since meeting him. We like our quiet time together with no interruptions, but there always seems to be some kind of interruption. That's just how he is and how we are. 

{6} What's one thing you never thought you'd do in front of your boyfriend, but you did?

Hahaha I love this question because there are many things that I do in front of him that I NEVER thought I would do in front of a man...period. I'm warning you all, it's a bit funny and crazy, but it's my blog and I actually don't mind sharing it! I cannot name just one thing. I have peed in front of him, passed gas next to him and on him, picked pimples in front of him and picked his pimples, pulled his in grown hairs out, belched really loud, peed in my pants in front of him because he made me laugh that hard, picked my nose in front of him, sang horribly in front of him, danced crazy in front of him, ate like I have never eaten before in front of while getting more food on the table than in my mouth and I could go on and on, but I've already said enough crude things that I've done, haha! I think we are human and we do these things even by ourselves, but when you can find someone that loves you and adores you despite all your flaws and crude behaviors, that's something to be grateful for.

 

Weekend stuff

Happy Monday all! Hope you had yet another fabulous weekend. Mine was once again very relaxing! Friday night I came home from work and of course it was pouring down rain so we decided to stay in and put our movie plans on hold. We've been meaning to go to the movies for the past two weekends, but the weather has either been terrible or we cannot find a movie time that works for us and is not too late. We use to go to late movies all the time when we were younger, but now I swear we are old and we rather go to a five thirty or six o'clock movie right after work! Ha! So anyway, we just stayed in and snuggled with Leo while the rain came down. Perfect evening at home with my boys!

Saturday, I worked all day like usual, but I had a ton of fun shopping at work. I spend wayyyy too much money in Hallmark, but I cannot help it. Our store has so many cute things for the home and so many little things that I just love! Our store also has many many fashion products as you can see from my scarf modeling! I use to not really like the scarves in our store just because they were scarves that were more suitable for old women and not women in their twenties like me. Welp, these awesome infinity striped scarves came along on Friday and me and my girls at work are all hooked! I immediately put two on hold for pay day! I also have a ton of other stuff on hold! I'm sometimes surprised that my whole paycheck does not go towards Hallmark! Any who! After work I came home to a wonderful dinner cooked by the hubby! I absolutely love when he makes cheeseburgers and hot dogs! He cooks them perfectly! After dinner we had yet another snuggle sesh as a family. 

Sunday I had to work again. Why yes, I am a workaholic! I love working a lot of hours and working a ton of days in a row. I don't know why, I just do! So, Sunday morning I woke up and Jarrett had gone to get donuts for breakfast. So delicious! We then laid around until I had to get ready for work and watched country music videos together which is definitely something we never do. Neither of us had watched music videos in forever so we decided to just hang out and watch country videos! I mean, we all know that's the best thing to watch on TV on Sunday mornings! I then went to work around 11ish and modeled some more infinity scarves at work. Brittany and I wore them all day to promote them! 

After work I went straight over to my in laws for dinner where Jarrett and Leo already were. We had pork chops, salad, pasta salad, broccoli and garlic bread for dinner. This time we all decided to eat in the living room so we could watch a show about Alaska. By the way, there are soooo many shows about Alaska on the History channel and the Discovery channel! I swear ever since we received our orders we have noticed more and more Alaska shows! They are every where, so you guys need to check them out! So back to eating in the living room! I literally turned my head for a second and Leo had taken my pork chop right off my plate and got the sauce all over my clothes. While it was quite funny, we did put Leo in the bathroom after his little stunt. He whined a little bit then stopped and laid down. He knew what he did was bad. Crazy puppy!

Today I got a lot done! I got up early, cleaned the house, went to my last dentist appointment here, got a yummy Chickfila lunch equipped with a free strawberry milkshake for my sore mouth courtesy of my Chickfila calendar card, then came home and vacuumed the whole house, did laundry then put clean sheets on our bed. By the time I got all that done it was time for Jarrett to get off work! He came home from work and made us strawberry banana protein smoothies then cooked a pizza for dinner. Ever since dinner we've been watching Buying Alaska on the Discovery channel. We are a little obsessed with his show, especially since we might be buying our first home in Alaska! So exciting!

How was your weekend? Did you go to the movies at all? Early or late movie?

Do you watch any shows on the History channel or the Discovery channel?

How long has it been since you watched music videos on TV?

 

Katie<3