top 4 reasons i'm "fall"ing behind on the blog. . .

so yes my blog-slacking is OOC, i know!

so many balls in the air . . . and so so many exciting things going on.

just finished up L & J's wedding, a bon voyage brunch, and a froggy 40th.

and here are just a few highlights of things that have me a bit too excited for fall -- hopefully i can keep you posted on a somewhat regular basis while i juggle. . . 

number 1. {obvs}  the ash's wedding.  OMG so close!

there are fittings,  printings,  painting, slideshow creating, MOH speeches to be written, accessories to be chosen and meetings with THE most fabulous vendors to be had and it is all amaze at this stage of the game.   

cannot wait to share the deets!

{oh, and then there's the extreme makeover i'm perpetuating on my person.  SJLD back in full effect, as well as IPL treatments, teeth whitening & hair straightening. oh. my.}

number 2. the "R" party is not too far off either.  yikes!

i think i have my costume.  any ideas?

number 3.  C & P's 4th birthday party planning is underway, as well.  the wonderful jayme marie designs has been working around the clock on the invite . . . and it's pretty darn "fantastique", if i do say so myself.

and number 4. last but most certainly NOT least,  i might miss the wedding, the R, and the 4th, because THIS guy is filming in marblehead this fall.  i meannnn, really, could there be a bigger distraction?!  it's almost a joke.

will he come to the R party as RIDICULOUSLY gorge?  i'm creeping myself out on how much i worship.  and disrespecting horseface and jon's real life main squeeze while i'm at it.  sorry, you two.  why don't you commiserate over some vino while hamm and i discuss my inappropriateness.

yes, jon, that would make me smile, too.

and the oscar goes to . . .

possibly this guy.

yeah that's right. . . 

you heard me. . .

this guy.

so i'd like to take a moment to publicly declare my undying love  heartfelt congratulations to bradley cooper for getting the coveted best actor oscar nod for silver linings playbook.  he's also up for a golden globe this sunday.  

the ash is visiting this weekend and we are going to see it . . . obvs.  then, while the horse is being a neanderthal at the pats game, our personal superbowl is happening.  

wine. pizza. wine. globes. wine.  YES!

the globes dominate all other awards shows.  movies AND my true love, TV and, ahem, they give them all booze!    

so many of my faves are up.  i need connie britton to win best actress for friday night lights nashville.  

image via 

TAMI TAYLOR for president!

and can we even deal with the BFF co-hosts amy poehler and tina fey?  adorbs.

and best actor in a TV series?  i mean, i die a bit.  nicholas brody vs. walter white vs. nucky thompson vs. don draper.

oh, hello, there.  it's been awhile.

i'm having heart palpitations already.  i'm going to be so pissed if jeff daniels wins for the newsroom, the only show i'm not obsessed with.  he's totes going to.  womp.

i could clearly go on and on about this. . . clearly.

so let's just discuss what i'm going to wear if and when "the call" comes.  unfortch, i'll have to go off the rack since bradley is taking his sweet ass time inviting me.  i'll be soliciting feedback on a few options this afternoon.  stay tuned.

see the complete list of 2013 oscar noms here.

and brush up on the globes here.

{PS affleck got robbed on the oscar director nod for argo.  that movie is legit.  routing for him on sunday}

wedding wednesday: something bleu

the ash had her first fitting today and "the one" was even better than we remembered when we chose her in february.  

stunning, really.

like. . . i almost cannot even deal. 

i can't share pics of her just yet {except for the 25 of you i already texted} but she's worth the wait!

i also caught a glimpse of the wedding shoes.  i had helped pick them out {obvs} at my fave online wedding boutique, BHLDN. 

ladies and gents, meet the feather trimmed d'Orsays by something bleu . . .

totes have beach wedding written all over them.  ha.  the ash obvs do not care. 

 i already knew they were gorge but what i didn't know was that they have these precious blue crystals embedded in the soles.  {hence the name?}

image via sandra

how. presh.

wedding wednesday: maids

not only did we find the ash's STUNNING wedding gown this past saturday - we also chose the maids' dresses.  I had done some research {shocking} and was afraid that alfred sung's bridesmaids dresses must be too good to be true.  every glorious color of the rainbow and adorbs styles- and reasonably priced, to boot? 

  so we popped into a store that carried them and were pleasantly surprised by both the quality and the color we had chosen.  love-loved it actually!

again, i can't spoil the fun but which one do you like best

a teeny hint.  the MOH {moi, obvs} will wear the dress in the long version and the other fabulous gals will wear the short version.  adorbs!

no junk in the trunk

i have to blog about this in order to help with my follow-thru. for those that know me - i don't have to explain that 'exercise' is not exactly my forte.  but i'm really trying this time! and if any of you bump into me in the next couple weeks and you see me with a cocktail in my hand or any food without 'nutritional value', please feel free to smack me {and drink my cocktail}

i've enlisted the help of sarah junk, owner of body baby fitness, to help me get in shape for miami.  sarah is a REALLY good trainer, and the time has come to see if my tummy is capable of being seen without a tuck. if anyone can help me achieve this goal- it's sarah.  we have a plan!  {said plan will be revealed after the this training period.}  btw, for those of you that don't know sarah junk, she's pretty much the only person on the planet that could rock that name - she's a tiny- fit - strong - adorbs - pea- nut!

sarah is mad at me because she only agreed to this challenge if i promised to do what she told me.  and she told me NOT to drink or eat anything naughty, and then my fam came to town and the green smoothies weren't going to cut it when it came to celebrating the ash's engagement and wedding dress shopping.

today i will pay the price!

anyhoot, this made me smile.

as does this.

but this is what i'll be really staring at the next two + weeks.

stay tuned.  maybe i'll be channeling jen sooner than later.

ACK winefest: love, loss, and what i wore

love: 

the gaggle of marblehead mamas that went to winefest, the glorious 15 gardner street and all of its trappings, STW, firefly & waters, julie shelter reunion, the fast ferry, stalking elin hildebrand at the box, egg sammys from stubbie's, my beautiful ash, free jerry t-shirts, team meagher, club car sing-a-longs, milly & grace, the pharmacist, the weakest link, cuzzies, the st. germaine table, and oh well, just about everything about nantucket in general.  worship.

loss: 

brain cells, probably some dignity at some point {par for the course}, my mostest specialest necklace evah which was later found by new top 5 status the bob! a lot of mulah, waistline, eyeglasses, voice

what i wore:

1. jacket 2. necklace 3. top {contact best store evah milly & grace for this parker beauty} 4. earrings 5. sunglasses 6. clutch 7. wedges 8. jeans 9. bracelet

thanks again to HB for being such a fabulous cruise director!  and to my bunk mates for tolerating the rants of the obliterated elephant.  i despise you biatches! {in the most loving way possible of course}

SB, JB, MN, & MF we missed you.

xoxo

wedding wednesday: bling bling

ahhhh, these glorious images never. get. old.  

from martha {obvs}.  she spells it all out for us with her diamond ring glossary.

i'd be happy with one of the precious velvet boxes.

swoon.

it's not all about the ring.  but it is a very fun part of getting engaged.

hands {that's what we will refer to the groom going forward} totes nailed it with the ash's ring.

i was honored to help out with what style she had been swooning over for, ahum . . .years.  but hands did the dirty work himself and the ring exceeded all of our expectations.

stunning, really.

but what's more stunning-  ring or rojo rental?

and after a mid-dress shopping martini- i just had to try it on for myself {don't mind the 2.5 week old shellac attack}

gorge.

in case you are wondering, i have a pink ring.  seriously.  it's a long story and not what horseface initially proposed with but it's brought me v. good luck in the form of two girly girls.  my wise and wonderfully supportive mama just says she guesses it's better i switch out the ring than the hub.  i concur.  

what's your dream ring look like?

spotted . . .

 leopard.

 everywhere.

loving it for the home.  house beautiful has a page dedicated to some spot-tastic prints this month.

i spy one of my faves that we used on our kitchen banquette.  {it is foul 4 years later and needing to be recovered. . .obvs.} btw, this is where i am blogging from right. now.  

the space is looking ridiculously lame relative to the leopard accents i found on pinterest.

meeeeowwwwww . . . .

via made by girl

image via vogue

image via marcus design

image via style at home

also love-loving it for the wees.  saw two of the cutest instagram babes decked in leopard yesterday {shout out to the sassy & stylish super bres & a moore}

one of my fave pics from the ash's rehearsal is of p in her leopard cardigan. . . and tutu.  obvs.  {she literally will not leave the house without adding a tutu . . . or 2 or 3}

worship.

champers debate

so i'm a busy bee with final touches for the ash's cocktail hour-shower this weekend.

cannot wait to share the deets {as i have some A-team members collaborating with me on this one.}

slight hiccup when j-nice {my mom/ co-hostess} decided to put the kibosh on my veuve rose order.

what. a.  

. . . delightful person she is.  forreals. 

mom, you may have a point that not everyone needs to sip 'the good stuff' but you took it a bit too far with your  'i don't know who you think you are . . .' comment.

i mean- yikes - it's not like i ordered 18 cases of pierre-jouet {which would have totes matched our color scheme} and BTW: the ash is only getting hitched once . . . 

anyhoot, we settled for chandon.  

and lots of it.

p.s. ashy, you and i are obvs drinking pink veuve.  i think we should even share with j-nice.  love both you, sissies.  xo