The Truth about Cupcakes

I was checking out my new favorite blog Cupcakes Take The Cake, that I was introduced to by my girlfriend Marge (still following me?), and laughed outloud when I saw the picture below.

photo by: Baked & Wired

Point taken

Short Wedding Dresses

I had the pleasure and honor of joining my girlfriend Jaime and her mom Kay, try on wedding dresses this past Saturday. Seeing as I purchased the first wedding dress I tried on, it was fun for me to see her try on some fabulous dresses. She ended up finding "the dress" and I cannot wait to see her in it on her wedding day! We found the winning dress (along with some other INCREDIBLE dresses) at an adorable bridal shop called The White Dress in Corona Del Mar. The store is bright and airy and the sales people were wonderfully sweet and helpful.

Upon entering the store my eyes were immediately drawn to the Melissa Sweet Mari dress below:

If money wasn't an object, I would have bought this dress to change into after dinner. Luckily for me, a future bride tried the dress on and I got to enjoy the fabulousness of it.

The White Dress had some other spectacular shorties, which had me recalculating my budget...at least in my head :)

Melissa Sweet Style: Nell

Melissa Sweet Style: Billie (I can soo see SJP sporting this number)

Platinum Style: P1218

Vineyard Style: Ricki

Although it is not a possibility for my wedding, I absolutely love the idea of a short wedding dress. It adds a little fun, flirti-ness and dare I say innocence? What do you think? Short wedding dresses, thumbs up or thumbs down?

Tasty, Tasty

I just tried the Apple Pie Larabar the other day and was quite impressed. It is a hearty bar, so I broke it up between two days. It's a perfect afternoon snack between lunch and dinner, and is just full of goodies. The bar has no added sugar, is also vegan, soy free, kosher, dairy free and gluten free...it is not however flavor free! I picked mine up at Trader Joe's for $1.29 and am venturing on to cherry pie this week.

Happy Easter

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I happen to be one of those people who loves peeps! Happy Easter!

GO COUGS!!

We're hoping we make it into the sweet sixteen, and here's hoping the Irish used all their luck up on St. Patty's Day!

GO COUGS!!!

Forever Frugal Friday

My latest favorite purchase from Forever are these fun Yellow/Gold Beaded Diamond Earrings . I fancied them so much that not only did I buy them in yellow, but also in the khaki. These earrings are seriously a fantastic buy, because they look a heck of a lot more expensive then $4.80. I love that they are a dressier earring... but paired with jeans, a white tee and flip flops you are totally casual glam, which is one of my favorite styles.

Winning Shoes!!

I have found them! Actually I found and purchased my wedding shoes two weeks ago, and aren't they just fantastic? I am absolutely head over heels (pun intended) in love with my Stuart Weitzman 'Solitaire' Pumps !!

These shoes were quite the splurge for myself, and I felt guilty for like 5 minutes, but after trying my wedding dress on with them, I knew that this Cinderella had found her glass slipper. The first time I tried them on at Bloomingdale's I had four women tell me I HAD to have them. And really, who am I to be arguing with strangers, that's just rude! So after some begging and pleaing with Elon, and a Nordstrom's credit card...they officially belong to me! YEAH!

Be sure to check out my fellow bride-to-be (and friend) Shelby's blog for San Diego Magazine, My Exquisite Wedding. She is planning an incredible extravaganza and asking for your input. Plus she has some fantastic ideas and she really breaks down all the components that make up a wedding. Happy reading!