9: Lemon Bars

One of my all-time favorite desserts is Lemon Bars. So Good.

8: Wedding Shoes - Something Blue

Today I went looking again for my wedding shoes. It's been tough since I have such strict guidelines for them. I need a very strange shade of blue that not many things come in, they need to be about 2 in. high (3 or 4in. is too much- makes me to close to Chase's height), and I have to love them. So far I've found pretty much nothing. Most of the time just finding the right shade of blue is asking to much, then to make sure I like the style and they are just the right height, well that's just ridiculous. So today as I went out looking again, hoping there would be more options since it is getting closer to spring which means more bright colors and less dark winter colors I really only found one pair that was the right color, but they were probably 3 in., not super comfortable and not a style I really loved. So I passed on those at DSW and figured I'd go next door and just check at Kohl's. Well they had ZERO blue heels of ANY shade. Pretty much everything was black and brown. I think I saw one pink heel in the whole place. Then as I was about to leave I walked by the street shoes, and lo and behold I saw converse in pretty much the exact color I wanted, and hey they're flats which means definitely not too tall! :) So these my friends, are my wedding shoes:

P.S. They are going to be my something blue. :)

7: Cut Up Wedding Dress

This is one of the most nerve-wracking sights I've ever seen. :/ Because the wedding dress I fell in love with was strapless we bought it with extra length and are using the extra length for my mom to build it up so it has a higher back, straps and sleeves. It is looking great so far (the top part), but when I take a glance at the train of my dress and see jagged cuts it makes me SO nervous and anxious. I can't wait til it's hemmed.

6: Cleaning & Packing

Well I would have liked today's picture to be of my dinner as Chase and I went to his parent's tonight and his mom always makes something fabulous, but alas I didn't think to snap one with my camera phone, so instead, today's picture is of boxes.

In preparation for moving out after Chase and I get married in March, I have been trying to get a start on going through boxes of stuff and clean out things I don't want to keep, and organize the things I do want to keep. So this bottom blue storage tub is filled halfway with year books, mostly from high school, a couple from middle school, and one from elementary school, and the other half is filled with 3-ring binders with sheets protectors in them. In the sheet protectors are old mementos and other things like birthday cards, miscellaneous pictures, notes from friends, awards I received over the years in school and other things like that. The top, green and white box is mostly books and picture frames.

I cleaned out a big box of misc items on my windowsill, both of the top shelves in my closet, and went through my little file drawer with important papers and such so I feel like I've gotten a good chunk of it all done, but there is still more to go.

5: Horses & Oranges

Okay my picture for today is just one from my cell phone so not exactly hi-res but still it's a picture. Today Chase and I went to Mesa to see our friends out there. We met up at Brenda King Harmon's parent's house and got all saddled up with Brenda & Cameron, and Keirstin & Brady Weston and had a nice horse ride over to a place called The Orange Patch. They sell all kinds of citrus and have ice cream and fun candies too. It was a fun time, even if I am a little saddle-sore. :)

4: Happy Strangers - Smiley Faces

Something I LOVE is happy strangers. You can ALWAYS tell the difference between someone who means it when they say "How are you?" or "Have a nice day!" and someone who doesn't. It's on their face and in their voice. I love it when someone at a store or other place where I am greets me or helps me with genuine interest and happiness. I love it when I go through the drive through at the bank and the person on the other end comments on my name or when they ask me how I'm doing they wait for me to respond and respond to my actual answer as opposed to a quick, "good" that cuts me off halfway through my "great." It is these people that I know are happy with their life and can't help but let it spill into other's.
Today my picture is my receipt from the bank, the man drew me a smiley face and it made my day. :-P

3: Black Bow

Okay today's picture is of course one of the clips I made last night. I wore the black bow today. :)