No CP3

The Hornets were playing the Bobcats on Saturday night so I thought it would be fun to see Chris Paul play again. CP3 decided he would hurt his knee so I couldn't see him play. But don't worry, that didn't stop us from having a great night.

We met the Morrow's and St. Louis families for dinner then walked next door to the arena. One of my old co-workers works at the Bobcats arena and was nice enough to give us great seats. We had center court seats and they were perfect! Terry, CT, Bracken, Kess and Tester had amazing 10th row seats and they enjoying sitting in front of us :)!

When we sat in our seats, all Robby kept saying was, "I have always dreamed of sitting in these seats." hahaha...too funny.
To make the game even better, my super in shape neighbor Sara danced at halftime. She did a great job and had a smile on her face the whole time!!

Sara is front and center...and rockin it!

Even though we didn't get to see Chris Paul play and the Bobcats lost, we had a great night!

Fat Camp

Yes, its true...we might get sent to fat camp after all these delicious cake tastings. Most people say they have "A sweet tooth", but I say "sweet TEETH"! I love desserts A LOT and we really want our cake to taste good.
Over the last few weeks, we have tasted so many samples of cake. Each one has been unique in its own way. Well last week, we had a cake tasting with Cindy. She didn't just bring us samples, she brought us 3 whole cakes! We had a meeting with her and then headed back home so we could sample all the cakes. We liked the cakes but wanted to tweak a few things just to make sure.
Sweet Cindy made us 1 more cake and we tasted it last night...it was fantastic!!! I think it tasted even better because its such a great DEAL.
Desserts and good deals are a sure way straight to my heart.

We are meeting with our wedding planner this week to discuss all the tasting and pick a winner...but I think Cindy might have won my sweet teeth already!

(our cake will NOT have pink fondant so don't worry)

Prancer & the rabbit

We were one of the lucky North Carolinian's to get part of the "winter storm". I always feel like a kid the night of the storm. I wake up several times and look out the window to make sure the snow is actually falling. I woke up early on Saturday morning just so I could take the dogs outside to play in the snow.
I have to say, they loved it more than last year. They ran around, ate the snow and dug around to find the toys.
O'Malley likes to "prance" and Zoe looks like a rabbit.

This pictures actually looks like Zoe is running for her life!

so fun

Saturday was bridesmaid day!!! A few of my sweet bridesmaids came into town to pick out their dresses and help me shop for mine. They picked a great line called simple silhouette and each one selected their own style dress! All the dresses are so cute and they are going to look fantastic on each bridesmaid.
After lunch, we headed to a bridal store in Charlotte and searched for the perfect dress for ME! After many dresses, lots of laughs and a few tears...I have it narrowed down to 3 potentials! Kel & Lora were a huge help getting me in and out of all the dresses! My mom is coming into town on Saturday and we are going to buy one of them! I'm so excited that I almost have my wedding dress!!!!!!

Saturday night we hung out with the St. Louis's and Flemings for a little wine & cheese. They were going to dinner together and Mike & I decided to do dinner alone. Yeah- we are lame :) But I have to say, the wine & cheese were SO GOOD and Robby was so cute preparing it all. After dinner, I tried to stay awake to play when they came home but it didn't work out...my eyelids won!


Sunday we headed to a huge Bridal Show with our friends Jay & Erin. It was a bit overwhelming but we got to taste lots of cake and meet so many potential vendors.
Oh how I love the weekends...

Defending Myself

So I just got called out in Ellen's blog b/c I have been known to shop at Home Depot instead of Lowes. It was actually a dirty secret I was hoping to keep tucked under the rug.
I need to set the record straight so I don't lose any friends :)

I love Lowes, really I do. I even did my final senior college project in my strategic business class on Home Depot & Lowes. (Lowes came out on top AND I got an "A" on the project).
But, Lowes decided to build their new store further from my house than HD. If I need something quick, it only takes me 4 minutes to go to HD.
As you can see, I am trying to be more conscious of the environment and don't want to waste that much gas driving to Lowes. (Mike calls this lazy)

I am sorry Lowes, I have cheated on you for the past few years. But I am back as a loyal customer thanks to my future husband. He refuses to shop at HD!

Don't judge me...

No Camera

I had a great weekend, but don't have any pictures to prove it! Not sure why I didn't take any pictures...actually I'm a little upset about it.

Friday night we headed to the Fleming's house for a Build Your Own Taco Night and Raise money for Haiti! The food was so good and we had so much fun hanging out with friends. I don't think I have laughed that hard in a long time, and I got some lessons for our resident attorneys (David & Will). Don't mess with me...I know some old school laws that will get you! Kat made really cute tags and tied them around jars where we could put our money. (yes, she is so creative and doesn't even try) Everyone was so generous and we raised $500 for the Haiti relief effort. The Flemings are always great hosts and it was such a nice idea to help raise money for Haiti.

Saturday was our first official dress shopping day! You can refer to Lora's blog for the hilarious stories. (sorry only my sisters are allowed to see the pictures) "The one" was not found on Saturday, but I did get a lot of ideas of what I want in a dress and don't want. This Saturday will hopefully be a bit more successful in Charlotte! Hopefully we will knock out the bridesmaid dresses and wedding dresses...keeping my fingers crossed.

Sunday we enjoyed dinner with the Bruce's and Morrow's! Oliver is almost 1 years old and is so stinkin cute! He was crawling everywhere in the house and wanted to be loved by each of us. I got some good quality time with Mel & Ellen which was a treat.

Thankfully, Monday was a bank holiday and you know how much I love those!!! The weather was gorgeous so I got to play outside a lot. Some of us went for a walk and got to hear all about Whit & Andy honeymoon!!! It was even nice enough to grill out on Monday night. I felt like spring was on its way...what a tease!

I have to say it was a fantastic 3 day weekend even though I have no pictures to prove it!

Southern Proper

This weekend we attended one of the most beautiful southern weddings I have ever seen. Whitney & Andy planned an amazing wedding full of style, southern traditions, personal touches and one rockin band!!! Whitney and Andy looked amazing and had smiles on their faces the entire evening.
I must have been enjoying the wine too much b/c I didn't take very many pictures. (or maybe I was really excited about all the different food stations!)
Needless to say, it was a fantastic wedding and pictures don't do it enough justice.

But please look at Adele and Kat's blog to see more pictures of this AMAZING wedding!

Congrats to the happy couple!