Purple Bling and Best Friend Surprises

I am currently in sweatpants and pretty darn happy with myself. I accomplished some small wedding tasks, movie watching, and generally lazing about this weekend. Mr. M left on Saturday morning for a little while. So my world will be weddings things and homework.

Here are a couple sneak peeks of a couple weeding related items...

Purple Bling.

Table seating organization. Not pretty, but SO helpful!

Probably the most stressful thing ever. 

I need to get a jackknife or something, scissors destroyed these.  

If anyone has any tips for cutting out moustaches please tell me immediately. I need help, ha ha. 

I am loving this. I am slowly developing a complete love of weddings. I seriously love doing mine BUT I have a wicked need to plan other people's, I think it would almost be easier as it's not so personal. 

I want to plan some weird and wacky, unique, or such weddings. 

Time is zipping by. 98 days till I thee wed!

In other news, my best friend V who has been gone for 2 years in Alberta is back! She surprised me on my doorstep on Thursday last week. Best day ever. She is also my Maid of Honor, so I'm also a bit selfishly glad I have her home, haha.


PS. Should I do a video blog? Everyone else seems to be, lol. 

Much love,

Tmo

Wedding Invites

My wedding invitations were a lot of fun to make. Frustrating at times, but worth it. I saved a ton of money by doing them myself!

I bought a kit from Micheals, the craft store, and then proceeded to make a couple of adjustments to it to make it suit my wedding and style better. 

My mom and sister both did a lot to help! Great bonding time. 

I wish I could show you the finished product but they haven't gone out yet. You'll see soon!

On another note, my first wedding dress finally came in. Rushed home tried it on, and was happy to report I was not happy in it! I LOVE my second dress and this one is so blah compared to my new one. What was I thinking?! 

Much love,

Tmo

xo

Say yes to the...2 Dresses?

     Oops, I have become "one of those girls". The girls on TV that keep trying on dresses even after they have found one. I wasn't settled on mine. I loved it yes, but the picture of what I wanted to look like while coming down the aisle wasn't suited to that dress. On the down side, I have bought and paid for it. On the plus side, I will come out even when I sell it.

     It fit like a dream, barely any alterations need to be done and I can buy it right off the rack because it's discontinued. Hellooooo, sale dress.

I am now fully excited.

     My advice to other brides, listen to your heart and gut. I kept regretting not trying on a ball gown (there is a hint on what my new dress will look like) and felt like I rushed myself. Take your time. Don't jump right into buying if you can help it. You will know when you have found your dress, it's hard to describe the feeling.

I bought it, now to sell the old one. 

You Fancy, Huh

I need a pretty little thing to put on my head after I take my veil off! I don't want a blank head, also, I love shiny things. Let's take a look shall we at some ideas I have...

I like this one, simple yet still has some bling! 

This one is kind of different, but I like the vintage vibe it sends out. 

  

Simple headband. 

Best of both worlds.
(Photos from - http://symphonybridal.com/) 

Did you wear anything in your hair on your wedding day? 

Oh god, then there's the shoes, earrings, bracelet. I'm going to need some bling therapy. 

Much Love, 

Tmo

xo

Disney Bachelorette Excitement

Ariel Bachelorette Inspiration

I made this little board on Polyvore, which is a pretty neat little site. I wouldn't use it to buy from per say, but in order to get some ideas it's great! 

One of my bridesmaids (Ms. G) came up with the idea for a grownup disney princess bachelorette, and she wasn't sure if I'd like it! I LOVE IT! Classy, yet fun, and unique! 

I chose Ariel. Red hair, born a princess, and learning who she was supposed to be through some tough hardships and dealing with, well let's just call Ursula what she is - a bitch. Every girl can empathize with Ariel a little bit on that especially.

I am thankful for this little fun distraction as I am feel indecisive about my wedding dress. I am a very indecisive person and to try something on 4 times, buy it, not see it for 6 months and still love it - is scary. 

My mom, sister, and I went to the bridal shop where I bought my dress and tried on the sample size again. I came to the conclusion that after I put some bling on it and make it a sweetheart neckline, I still absolutely love it. My aunt's wise words comforted me. That dress is my First date and I can go one more dates with other good looking dresses, but I'll always compare them to that perfect first date.

Just had some anxiety because time seems to be speeding up! 6 months until the big day! Aug. 4th, 2012.

I'm getting very excited, and a little  ALOT massively  slightly stressed about the amount of things that need to get done. 

If you have any pointers on staying calm in the face of stress please tell me. 

Much Love,

Tmo

Wedding Drinks

I want something simple and not too expensive for my guests, and I think I found it. I fount this little lovely on Pinterest.

The Blog - Cocktails, Details

I think instead of a lime wedge I'd do a blackberry or something more in my colour theme. 

I like the idea of having something cheaper for my guests. Unfortunately, I am not of unlimited funds and can not have an open bar. Most of the guests that are coming to my wedding are younger and going to drink at least one or two drinks. We are thinking of doing drink tickets.

At weddings I have attended in the past I have not minded paying for a drink, but I know it does bother some people. I think everybody at our wedding will just be happy to celebrate with us on our special day and not worried about what they are paying for. I find a lot of wedding topics are so old fashioned and have strong thoughts attached to them but no reasoning behind them.

During the day of it won't matter anyway, I'll be too excited and in love with my Mr. M.

Much Love,

Tmo

xo

Hello 2012

Nice to finally meet you.

This is what I looked like on my final night of 2011, with my hunny.

This is what I plan on accomplishing this year.

I need to set some sort of fitness goal. I do not have one yet as I have not felt any sort of passion for anything, but maybe I just need to kick my own butt into starting something anyway. I need a goal to work towards otherwise I don't know what to do with myself.

Or maybe that's just an excuse.
HELP ME DECIDE, Please?
Fitness goal? And go! 

Plan my wedding. (Eeeeeee!)

If you'd like to see some inspiration for my wedding you can follow me HERE on Pinterest.

Finish school and begin searching for a job that I at least at least close to love in some sort of events or promotions environment.

Manage my house better. I am messy and that isn't how I want to be anymore. 

Money, is actually ok, just keep doing what I'm doing.

Keep on working on the 'ol mind and improving my positive thinking. 

I'm excited about this year, could be some very big changes by Nov. We'll see how plan A keeps going.

I'd also like to post some crafts and wedding things here.

Life is busy. Time management will need to be my best friend.

Much Love,

Tmo

xo

Engagement Photo Love

Got these done by the lovely Trina Broomfield of Studio Edge Photography 

I love them so much!

&

I love him so much. 

I made them smaller so I didn't have so much loading time on a whole bunch of pictures. T-he. 

Also, This is only a few of my favs, there are more lovelies!

Our Reception Site! Eeeeee!

Can't believe I'm getting married this year.

I'll put more up soon...

Much love,

Tmo

xo

Still alive!
Just super busy. I start school on October 3rd, wedding planning, work, and a small social life are all consuming right now.
I will post soon, I have some wedding tidbits and a story or two.

Much love,

Tmo

Anne of Green Gables, Older Men, & Life Changes!

 I am watching Anne of Green Gables - The Sequel. Omg...Mr. Harris. What a handsome older gentle men. Cut scene to Gil - saying "Don't forget me." and handing her a note in the pouring rain and her rushing to the train to see him off! How could that not give you butterflies?! It makes my heart melt. Then Mr. Harris and Anne fighting in the snowfall and him asking her to marry him and he's in love with her. I'm a sucker for romantics. Especially in old things like movies, books, and TV.

Mr. M indulges in my romantics by leaving notes and saying things that make my heart melt. I am looking forward to growing old with him more than ever...he just loves me so much. I love him especially beacuse he loves me just the way I am.

I realize I haven't updated in a long while, but I was in fact one VACAY then just darn too busy. I feel badly beacause I promised I would update more but alas I have failed.

Pinterest has been catching all my attention! I will give you an invite if you like!

I have been to 5 weddings this summer and one more in October and with each passing one I get more excited about Mr. M and I!! Eeeeeee.

I neeeeeed to concentrate one Anne and cleaning since my Little Sis comes tomorrow night for a sleepover! <3 Yay!

Much Love,

Tmo

Wedding Dress Shopping

What an amazing experience! I had such a wonderful day yesterday with my Mom, Lil Sis, and my Aunt Kim. Everything was just as I had imagined it would be. I even cried when I found my dress, just minutes after saying "Aren't I supposed to just know?" I had a hard time at first because all the dresses were so pretty! The dress picked me in the end as my mom had asked me to try it on and I didn't think I would like it. It's also completely different from what I imagined I would wear. I'm in love. So, we then went down the street to Tim's for some coffee and decisions. I was still shaking and super happy and promptly decided that that dress kicked every other dresses' ass. ;) So we went back and tried it on with veils and such. I then said "yes to the dress" and bought it! I proudly paid for it all on my own! I've been saving. My dear little mommy bought my headpeice. I'm not going to post any pictures of my dress because I want it to remain a secret. It's special, and it shall remain that way until the big day on August 4th, 2012.

My mommy realizing I'm getting married.

Peek! This is the shop I bought the dress in!

My Sis & Mom

I'm so filled with romance and happy thoughts right now.
Ah, me. *sigh*

Two more shifts then Wednesday I drive down to see my babe! He's with his fam right now at his hometown. So excited to start my vacation!

Much Love Bloggers,

Tmo

xo

Accomplishments & Dresses

As I stated in this post I have my top 5 goals that I am trying to complete.

I have one of them begun - I got accepted to Center for Arts and Technology! I am going to be taking Events & Promotions Management and I am so excited. I have oodles of people say that it's perfect for me. While I'm not sure if it's perfect I do know I have a passion for planning things like parties and events through highschool and into my college years. I love entertaining friends and family.

SHOUT OUT to RORO who is joining me there! Whoop!

Another goal is taming my green monster. That is coming along. I had a difficult time last weekend, but I managed to control myself, ha ha. I have definitely made strides, especially since I have been working out and feeling pretty damn great about myself.

We attended a lovely wedding of an old friend last weekend in Cape Breton! That place is absolutely gorgeous!! You you ever have the chace to go go! We stayed there 4 days and I have never drank so much in my life. It was great fun and extremely relaxing. I could do what I want when I wanted, and I got to dress up, which I love.

On a completely different note - song I LOVE right now -

Foster and The People - Pumped Up Kicks

Tomorrow I am going wedding dress shopping for the first time and I am SO excited! We have been engaged for a little more than a year and I've been waiting for what feels like forever to try on the dress, to end all dresses, a girl wears in her lifetime. Sigh.

I don't really have much to say, Mr. M is gone right now, so I'm watching a silly chick flick called The Romantics. I made myself steak tonight. It was delicious. I am quite proud since I have never cooked it before. Props to Tmo.

Well, back to my movie. I'll write tomorrow night about my bridal shopping experience! <3

Much love bloggers.

Tmo

xo

Oh. M. G. - The Goal List

I feeeeeeel GREEEEAT!

I have been doing the work I promised myself I would start doing on myself and I am feeling MUCH better about the 'ol T-mo. I like her.

I am going to write these down so ya'll can hound me about doing them. Bahaha... no really.

Goal Numba 1 - Tighten it all up!

Goal Numba 2 - Accept and work on my jealous rage. (May be being a bit over dramatic on this one. It's not like I turn green and grow fangs...right?)

Goal Numba 3 - Go back to school. (and do something I should have been doing all along according to family and friends!) Cross your fingers for me. *wink*

Goal Number 4 - Have an amazing summer, full of shenanigans and love with my man and lady friends.

Goal number 5 - Work on cleaning my house. I am little more than terrible at it.

These are the top 5 poeple, think I can do it? On a couple I'm halfway through completing them.

So, I've laid it all out on the table. BAM.

On to my current social outings. I'm a huge socialite...uh no, ha ha. Recently went to the big beach about an hour and a half away from where I live. Parlee Beach, had too much and got a tan, sort of. I don't tan very well. I'm a white guuurl to the max.

Mr. M's idea of building a sandcastle.

Watched the hockey game last night at a friends since Mr. M is away, and that was a blast. Tonight I'm heading to the big Annual General meeting for my workplace, free food and really boring talks about money. It balances out. We also have a chance to win prizes. I got a coupon for a 50$ massage last year!

Friday night I'm going to a Bachelorette party for 3 ladies, 2 of them I know. Getting picked up in limo, so that should be pretty sweet.

Then Saturday going to my little sis's Grad party, second one. (divorced parents ftw.) Finally, Sunday supposed to go shopping in Bangor for a couple dresses to wear to the 4 weddings I have coming up. Already attended 1. So many this year. I suppose everyone I know is hitting that age.

Little Sis at Mom's grad party for her. So proud!

Almost have the decor booked for my wedding! Getting pretty excited. We'll hit the 1 year countdown soon. Eeeeee. Ha ha.

Ok, have to get ready for work plus bring dress and makeup to change into so I can drive straight to the hotel after work to get to AGM!

Have a beautiful day bloggers.

Much Love,

Tmo

Detailed Life Postage & Ellen

I know, I know. I said I would post last night.

However, life got in the way of that. I had to make a card and cheesecake dessert for my work. Today is my last day of the fulltime kitchen shift I had taken over for another woman. She had to have surgery so I volunteered to fill in for a few months. I worked 10 to 5 and did allllll the laundry, baking, snacks, lunch heating and serving for the 2's and 3/4's, dishes, and breaks/lunches for the staff. Very stressful. I was worried I would not be able to handle it since I had taken on a difficult position in September and opted out of it in October because of the stress. This time I did amazing. I am truly proud of myself.

Mr. M and I have made a few leaps and bounds lately after I realized I was in fact the problem. I don't like admitting when I am wrong and sometimes seek out fights which are not helpful in a relationship. I enjoy drama and get bored easily whithin a relationship. I choose not to accept Mr. M for who he is and try and change him when I haven't changed hair. These are all things I realized over the weekend. Does this make me a terrible person in Mr. M's eyes? No. He loves me deeply and wants needs me to be happy. So, instead of concentrating on these things I have chosen to be happy and admit when I'm wrong ( even when I know I'm right) because Mr. M is something I never want to lose. He's my best friend and I love him very much.

Ok, enough sap and honesty. Yuck. That was mainly for my friend T-pain. How's that for detailed life postage. tmi. lmao.

I am going to my first of 5 weddings (so far) this summer, on Saturday. Mr. M's cousin is getting married. We were invited but not his mother, which is akward. I am excited though! I absolutely adore weddings, plus I need some focus on mine and it's easy to see little details that I haven't thought of by going to a real wedding, ha ha! So It's off to N.S. this long weekend for us!

So, I've covered job, love, weekend plans, hmmm.

I need to post pictures of my house, but we are going to paint soon, so I will wait. We were not going to paint but now we are since we'll be here for longer than we thought. The army doesn't like our "Life Plan A" so on to B.

I miss friends, I need some major girly time. Hopefully next weekend my plans to go dancing follow through. I just wanna dance. I'm really feeling the shopping cart move right now.

There are just so many to choose from.

ps. peek at one of my photos from my Maine shoot...

Well, I must get ready for work.

Love to you blog world,

Tmo

Wednesday Morning Thoughts n.5

Happy Belated Easter! (Can I say that?)
I had an absolutely wonderful long weekend! Thursday night I went out to a popular pub with my hunny and some friends. Friday I traveled to Moncton with Mr. M to have a little getaway overnight. Then Saturday and on we went to my Fam's place in my hometown. Lots of turkey and chocolate. MMMmmmmm!

Although, not so good for my swimsuit photoshoot coming up on Saturday in Maine. I am pumped!

I'm so very not pumped about the awful construction going on right outside my front window. They are building a new wheelchair accesible pmq. Which is a good thing, but a bad noise annoyance.

I've come to realize that I probably should start going into hardcore wedding planning mode. There is a lot to get done. I have reception area, church, and photographer. Need dj soon then working on making the invitations/everything else.

Ps. This is a lame post but I am on sort of a hiatus, plus I'm running late for work. Again.

Oh dear.

Off to work I go.

Love,

Tmo

Wednesday Morning Thoughts n. 3

This is going to have to be FAST like the wind bullseye!

I have to go to work very soon, but since I began to put numbers beside Wednesday morning thoughts, I feel committed to posting on Wednesday morning.

Except I don't have anything that inspirational or important this morning.

I could try and be helpful! I'll dip into my favorites folder! o0o0o0o0o

When planning a wedding I am a very visual kind of person, therefore blogs like this http://www.weddings.banquetevent.com/blog/ have been very helpful!

Home design site that has a crazy amount of pictures that you can save on the site and comment on the ones you like, absolutely lovely! http://www.houzz.com/

There, you are welcome for that rushed completely unproductive towards anything post.

Love to my readers and those who read this and never come back to my blog again..hahaha...please come back?

Tmo Out.

Summer Love + Weddings!

It's Spring people! Get excited! I am so excited for Summer. Short shorts, pretty dresses, and no need for heavy coat wearing. Diving, rock climbing, camping, and weddings! Not mine, that's next year. I have 2 friends, 1 Stepbrother, and Mr. M's Cousin all getting married from July to October. I'm excited to get ideas and such from them.

As much romance as there is in my life I have recently just become fully aware of how lucky I am to have my Mr. M. I have 3 coworkers that have left or been left by their partners, 2 married and one long-term. My Fiancee may sometimes be a prick, annoying, say the wrong thing, and make mistakes. All that said, I can be a bitch, be naggy, picky, and ultra jealous. If you love someone it doesn't matter about all the bad...You are still going to love them through it. If you can't, then it's not meant to be. I need to start being more thankful of the wonderful man in my life that takes care of me better than I even know how to take care of myself. It'll be 4 years for us on the 15th so I'll post more about us then... Anyway, enough of this "reflection time". Just been on my mind recently.

I think I am going to start training to run a 5k at the end of May. My friend M.'s post on on her friend Will Power. inspired me. I don't know Mr. Will Power (see what I did there? I copied M. That's the most sincere form of flaterry M., don't be offended.) very well but I'd like to get to know him. I tend to start craft projects, cleaning, excersise, hobbies, and various other important things and not finish them. TERRIBLE habit. It makes me angry with myself. Grrrrrr, Tmo, stick with something. So, lately I have been Pole Dancing an hour everyday and now I want to start running. I actually LOVE running, but I have a hard time starting the process of running. Like, putting sneakers on and walking out the door (sounds easy?), that's just something I have trouble with. It's so hard. Sarcasm poeple. Ok, I am ranting.

I had a wonderful weekend in case you'd like to know. I went to a birthday party Friday, had a lovely Sat. with my lover, bbq on Sat. night with army friends, then Sunday Mr. M went away till Friday diving. Sunday night I had a bbq and a lovely walk with 2 of my co-workers G and S.

Here's hoping for more beautiful weather this week, especially Friday for when Mr. M comes home.

Much love bloggers, I apologize for the long post. I need to blog more so you don't suffer as much, ha ha.

Tmo

Wednesday Morning Thoughts n. 2

So, this week I cheated a bit when it come to getting to Wednesday. I skipped Tuesday. I was running a fever with some chills and a cough. No work for Tmo! Now it's Wednesday, beloved halfway to Friday Wednesday.

My pole room looks FABULOUS! I don't use that word very often, but I feel it appropriate for my beautiful room. I have put hard work and a good pair of sweatpants into that room. I spray-painted mirrors (bye bye good pair of sweatpants who now have a streak of black on them) hung pictures/mirrors, installed curtains and a pole. It's our half craft/half workout room. It's very zen and it makes me happy. Now to practice. I will post pictures SOON.

Mr. M and I have been watching this show called Dollhouse on netflix and I just want to recommend it to those of you that get netflix. It's quite the chick flick with lots of action. It's very scifi though, so if you don't get along with shows like Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, and so on, you won't like it.

After attending my sorority Ball last week I realized how very different of a person I am lately. I keep trying to go back to the crazy alcoholic (note* not actual alcoholic, just a person enjoying life.) person I used to be but that is no fun to me anymore. I like to drink, just not as much as I used to. I'm more satisfied with a glass of wine than a pint of vodka. Oh the glory days. I also realized what silly drama ensues when girls get together and that I can't hold a grudge longer than about 2 minutes. There are people who aren't in my life anymore and I am ok with that because they weren't supporting who I am or who I'm with. On a counter note there are some people I need to hang out with asap! <3

I hope summer gets here soon! I have four weddings to go to and I am so excited to get dressed up! I absolutely love weddings, and it'll give me ideas for my own next year!

Time to go to work!

Love to you,

Tmo

Wedding Inspiration...

My very own board of some things I love for my wedding! I am loving the planning process!

I have my hometown church booked, my reception booked, and my photographer and still a year and a half to go. Of course, I know I have a billion other things to do but so far no stress, all excitement.

http://www.dessy.com/shareboard/?user=moodboardguest&password=48925 

Click the above link to view. Only way I could seem to do it?

What do you think?

Love,

Tmo

Life is loverly.

Hi all.

Sorry for the long time away. Been quite busy. Here are short updates...

-Mr. M is back from Newfieland. <3

-We had Thanksgiving at mine and Mr. M's house, with my rents, his rent, and some siblings. 8 in all. It went actually very well. Nice having family around.

-I have begun searching for schools...looking like Makeup Course or Events and Promotions Management. I can not work in a daycare forever.

-I am going to the Dominican in a little less than 6 months for a friends wedding! PUMPED.

-Mr. M and I went to a possible Reception venue & booked a temp spot!

-I still need a costume for Halloween!!

-Mr. M and I are passing out candy this year! I live on a base so there are TONS of kiddies that walk around. A co-worker a couple of streets over had 275 last year.

-I am going to the in-laws this weekend.

-Wedding planning is going splendid, but keep in mind I'm starting early on mine!

-Hot tub parties (A friend of ours just bought a house that came with a huge one!) are the perfect highlight to a stressful week!

-I LOVE my new jacket! A wicked find at a boutique store downtown.

-I love my IBX girls, you can follow our sorority on twitter here.

-I get my pole on Thursdayyyyy!! Yayyyy! So going to help tone me up for Dominican.

My new coat. <3

Our Thanksiving cuteness. Mr. M and I rock at hosting.

That's all she wrote! <3

Love,

Tmo