Where did October go?

Wow.  I can't believe we only have one more day of October.  It's been a busy but fun month.  Here are a few highlights.

1.  Road Trips.  I spent the night in at least 5 different cities.

(Bonus points to whoever knows what the Tumblebus is.)

2.  The Overall Company.  Best popsicles in town.

3.  More football games/ watching Auburn dominate.  

{at home}

{and away}

4.  Hanging out with friends.

5.  Watching all 4 (vice)presidential debates.

6.  Voting.  (I already mailed in my ballot.)

7.  The new Taylor Swift CD.

A lot of people don't like her new CD.  And I get it - she's not really country anymore.  But I have a lot of respect for her - she still at least co-writes all of her songs, something most country stars DON'T do.  Not to mention, IT'S REALLY CATCHY.  And she has a song about being 22, which I really identify with.  (I don't actually identify with the content, just the age part.  We've grown up together!)

8.  Welcoming fall weather.  Here's to many more blankets, cups of coffee, fires, and fuzzy socks.

wandering around Vandy

the month of football

Football season means road trips with friends and visits from family. Here's to thinking positively despite Auburn's record this year...

AU @ Ole Miss

AU @ Vandy

AU vs. Texas A&M

Thankful for time spent with good friends and family these past few weekends.

oh fall, how i love thee

1. early morning fog on gamedays 2. new coffee mugs 3. ice cream dates 4. big/little reveal 5. having class outside 6. small town barns 7. little white churches 8. new stationery 9. middle of the week road trips 10. small reminders 11. best seats in the house 12. bridesmaids dresses

I love everything about Fall. 

Wedding planning 101

If you haven't heard from me lately, it's probably because wedding planning is a bit consuming. There are so many great ideas out there and SO many decisions to make about the big day! Here's a few necessities for planning and finding inspiration (besides pinterest)…

• Green Wedding Shoes
• Wedding magazines (Real Simple Weddings, Southern Weddings, etc.)  
• Coffee. obviously. 
• Moleskine
• Microsoft Excel. so. many. lists.
• Day Planner

If I don't write down everything, I will probably forget.
Example 1: I lost my car.  Literally. I walked out of the apartment to drive to the post office and could not find my car. I panicked, of course, and walked back inside. Then I remembered that I had driven to campus yesterday morning. Apparently I completely forgot that I had driven and found another way to get home. The scary part is that I did not ever remember this until very late in the next day, and only when I was searching for my car.
My roommates think I'm crazy, and rightfully so.
This is just one example of what wedding planning does to a perfectly sane person. Okay, maybe I wasn't 100% sane to begin with. But still. 

In other news, we saw the place where we are getting married!! I couldn't ask for a better venue or nicer people to work with. Here's a sneak peek (you might've seen this on instagram):

Eeeek!! So much excitement.

Two random thoughts

First of all, a big thanks to Alex for giving the blog a bit of a facelift.  All of the wedding planning has really rejuvenated Alex's creative mojo, so she channeled a bit to our little blog.

And now for my random thoughts.

1)  The "crosswalk safety tips" sign on Auburn's campus.

It's not that this sign inherently bothers me, it's WHY the placement of this sign is necessary.  I feel like that how to safely cross a road is one of those skills taught in kindergarten*.  Stop, listen, look both ways, hold hands with the person beside you, don't step out in front of a moving vehicle.  Since most people using this crosswalk are in COLLEGE, I am really concerned about the caliber of students that Auburn currently enrolls.  Also, if you don't know how to safely cross a street, you probably can't read this sign either.

2)  The Romney-Ryan logo.

I realize that I already tweeted about this, but seriously -- the R-R logo might as well have been stolen from Girl Scouts of America.  I wonder if R-squared is paying royalties.

Which brings me to part 2: was the exponent really necessary?  There are 3 R's (or 2, depending on how you look at it) already built in the logo - (3R)^2 is mathematically 9 R-squared.  Which is just confusing.  Also, it appears that the uniforms designed by Adidas for the Wisconsin v Nebraska (or Tungsten** v Nitrogen***) game also rocked the exponent/ periodic table of the elements look.

* I like pulling out all of my German vocabulary when I can.

** Yes, W is the periodic table symbol for Tungsten. 

*** Credit for this "joke" goes to ESPN.  Believe it or not.

Formal and Football

My wonderful roommates looking beautiful as always

Hello there blog-world.  It's been a while.  After a fairly lethargic start, this semester has taken over hurricane-style.  Last weekend was very busy ~ formal and the LSU-Auburn game.

the formal crew

Clearly, we are a very serious bunch.

typical

again - typical

At formal, a countdown camera (photo-booth style) was set up, complete with lots of fun props.  Excuse the text across the photos, I'm too lazy/frugal to pay 2 bucks for the pictures when I can just screenshot fo free.

And as for Saturday, the LSU game was quite fun.  After ESPN told Auburn to not bother showing up, we hung in there a little better than predicted.  Still an L is an L, and that's stinky.

Bridesmaids Boxes: DIY

So I knew I wanted to do something special to ask my bridesmaids and after seeing this blog post, I knew I wanted to do something similar! (Although mine were not quite as elaborate or detailed since I'm still in the first stages of planning)

Here are the steps I went through to accomplish the final product…

Buy wooden boxes from Hobby Lobby. I was originally going to get them all the same box, but of course HL didn't have 7 of the same size. But it was okay because it made each of the girls' gifts that much more unique!

Paint each of them with a base coat of white paint.

 Put down tape on the edges before painting the tops with chalkboard paint. (I highly recommend not using spray paint because even though it was quick, it ended up being more messy than I thought)

Come up with list of what to put inside the boxes. Here's what mine had:
               -notebook
               -my flowers (fake- from Hobby Lobby)
               -my colors (paint swatches from Home Depot)
               -other details that will be in my wedding: Lace and burlap (found burlap cutouts in the
                   scrapbooking section of Hobby Lobby
               -note (I came up with a poem…total English major move)
               -Chocolate

And then the boxes are ready for final touches before asking the girls!

{They all said yes!}