Where have I been?!

It's been about a month since I've been on good ole blogger and boy do I miss it. I'm soooo behind on reading all my fav blogs and updating my own. Why, you ask? Well, as if life weren't stressful enough, I've had some pretty major things happen in the last month. In one month! Here's what I've been up to:

• Closed on our first home
• Moved out of old apt and into new condo
• Boyfriend and brother get flu at same time for about a week and a half
  
• Work in Oakland for 2 days
• My 28th Birthday - work in Oakland again all day
  
• Boyfriend gets promotion and moves buildings
• Halloween, 2 buddies in town, super fun
• Wedding in TN for 6 days
• Buy the wrong sized W/D and have to return it to Home Depot in my SUV
• Wedding in VA for 8 days
• Grandfather passes away in GA
• Dont catch my connecting flight home from VA to ATL to SD & instead rent a car in ATL to drive to Augusta to be with family for 4 days
  
• Grandfather's full military funeral and burial service
• Drive back to ATL, fly from ATL to SD on Saturday
  
• Buy & install new garbage disposal so that I can use kitchen sink on Sunday
  
• I get a new office closer to home & move myself in 1 day (Monday)

Umm yeah, I think that's about it...and this was literally in 30 days time. I'm amazed that I haven't pulled my hair out or gotten sick...yet :^) Looking forward to things calming back down and getting back to my blog, facebook, and twitter.

“Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes”

My cousin Jamie is getting married in Tennessee this October and one of boyfriend's best buds is getting married in Virginia in November. For my cousins wedding, I'm not in the wedding party or anything but all of the family that will be in town is invited to everything. For the VA wedding, boyfriend is a groomsman which makes me...loverface to a groomsman?

Translation: 5 'events' in 2 months = 5 new dresses for ChuChu!!!

And since we finally know what home we're buying (and how much down payment we need) I was able to do some shopping. All sales, of course! I was able to buy 3 dresses from JCrew.com (on super sale) & 3 dresses from my local Forever 21 (already super cheap).

I love how JCrew does their packaging, so careful and clean. Below, the green dress, is the one I will wear to my cousins wedding in Oct.

I will be wearing the Zigi Soho Gloria Satin Platform Sandal in black, from DSW, and carrying this handbag, also in black and from DSW.

For her bridal luncheon I think I'm going to wear this floral number from F21. I love the open back. Or I might wear the blue one from J Crew, with yellow shoes I wore to Del Mar opening day.

I also need to decide on something for the rehearsal dinner in which the bride will be wearing a blue cocktail dress. And then there is the rehearsal dinner in Nov, along with the wedding and reception. These are the other dresses I bought, but haven't exactly decided which I'm wearing for what occasion.

 

 

 

 

What do you guys think, any ideas? I don't think that I can properly wear this white/black one above since they're both weddings. So that leaves the pink and the gray. I've got a couple others in the closet I might need to pull out for this.

Hawaii

So far my favorite Hawaiian island would be Maui. Good spot for a destination wedding. We stayed in Lahaina and had a great time. Lots of stuff to do but it was still quiet and laid back. Amber's wedding was gorgeous, the scenery fantastic, and the food was more than decent. We rented a car from the airport, which was not necessary as long as you stay in town. We did prefer the beach at Napili Bay however, so the car came in handy. The roadtrip up to Hana was amazing, but I will never in my life drive to Hana again. Unless they build a new road. Maui Babe Lotion gave me a tan that made me look like a local, loved it!

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