Time: 3:39pm
Mood: Relaxed (do I have to go back to work nxt week?)
Song of the moment: The Killers - When You Were Young
I'm so excited... 1 more year 'til Jimmy and I's wedding!
Ahh 1 more year to plan... eeks!!
Friday, July 28, 2006
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
The "Beyond-My-Budget" Dress
Time: 11:49pm
Mood: Excited and exhausted (from wedding stuff)
Song of the moment: Angels and Airwaves - The Adventure
I decided to take this week off to do a whole whack of wedding stuff with Rita (since she will be leaving middle of August and won't be back until a month before my wedding...boo to her! haha). I had booked a bunch of cake tastings and dress shop appointments on my quest to find THE dress. Funny enough, I think I found THE dress on the first day of dress shopping. It was the first dress shop we went to since last year (we went once.. and that store has since closed. eeks this bridal world is competitive!). I had tried on a bunch of dresses up to this point and I was down to the last one I had chosen off the rack. When I saw it, I thought it wasn't that great, but I was up for trying any dress (because you never know). I put it on and...
I always hear stories about people knowing when they have found THE dress. I thought it was a bunch of bull-crap.
I can tell you now that it's not. It's all true! I put on that dress and.. wow... it was absolutely beautiful! I would post up a picture of it, but I'm afraid Jimmy might sneak a peek (I know he won't.. but why risk the temptation? haha). I want it.. but the only problem is... it's beyond my budget. It's $1250. My budget is $1000. Yeah.. that's over. Ok some of you are thinking... well it's only $250 more! $250 compared to the $30K you will be spending on the wedding. If I thought this for every item in my wedding, my wedding would be $40K and Jimmy and I would have to live in a box! LoL!
I found the same dress on eBay for $715 (brand new)... w/ shipping, taxes and duty.. I would say it would work out to be about $950. But I'm iffy about buying stuff on eBay. Oh what do I do? I LOVE that dress... it's THE dress... *sigh*
I have been shopping around.. every day this week I've been to a dress shop. But after trying on that dress, everything looks like garbage on me. I'm not impressed w/ anything. Nothing gave me the feeling I got when I tried on THE dress. Well, one I tried on today kinda gave me that feeling... but I don't even remember what it looks like ne more (partially b/c I don't have a picture of it).
I want that dress......
Mood: Excited and exhausted (from wedding stuff)
Song of the moment: Angels and Airwaves - The Adventure
I decided to take this week off to do a whole whack of wedding stuff with Rita (since she will be leaving middle of August and won't be back until a month before my wedding...boo to her! haha). I had booked a bunch of cake tastings and dress shop appointments on my quest to find THE dress. Funny enough, I think I found THE dress on the first day of dress shopping. It was the first dress shop we went to since last year (we went once.. and that store has since closed. eeks this bridal world is competitive!). I had tried on a bunch of dresses up to this point and I was down to the last one I had chosen off the rack. When I saw it, I thought it wasn't that great, but I was up for trying any dress (because you never know). I put it on and...
I always hear stories about people knowing when they have found THE dress. I thought it was a bunch of bull-crap.
I can tell you now that it's not. It's all true! I put on that dress and.. wow... it was absolutely beautiful! I would post up a picture of it, but I'm afraid Jimmy might sneak a peek (I know he won't.. but why risk the temptation? haha). I want it.. but the only problem is... it's beyond my budget. It's $1250. My budget is $1000. Yeah.. that's over. Ok some of you are thinking... well it's only $250 more! $250 compared to the $30K you will be spending on the wedding. If I thought this for every item in my wedding, my wedding would be $40K and Jimmy and I would have to live in a box! LoL!
I found the same dress on eBay for $715 (brand new)... w/ shipping, taxes and duty.. I would say it would work out to be about $950. But I'm iffy about buying stuff on eBay. Oh what do I do? I LOVE that dress... it's THE dress... *sigh*
I have been shopping around.. every day this week I've been to a dress shop. But after trying on that dress, everything looks like garbage on me. I'm not impressed w/ anything. Nothing gave me the feeling I got when I tried on THE dress. Well, one I tried on today kinda gave me that feeling... but I don't even remember what it looks like ne more (partially b/c I don't have a picture of it).
I want that dress......
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Boston Pix
I thought I would share some photos of our trip :)
Road trippin'!
Jenn & I @ the Harpoon Brewery tour (I use the word tour loosely)
Fenell Market
Um.. I forgot what this building was.. I guess I was too busy taking pictures and not listening to our "tour guide" (which was Bashar holding a guide book... haha!)
"Cheers"!
The gang @ Fenway Park (on the Green Monster)
@ the beach on Deer Island
For more pics click here
Road trippin'!
Jenn & I @ the Harpoon Brewery tour (I use the word tour loosely)
Fenell Market
Um.. I forgot what this building was.. I guess I was too busy taking pictures and not listening to our "tour guide" (which was Bashar holding a guide book... haha!)
"Cheers"!
The gang @ Fenway Park (on the Green Monster)
@ the beach on Deer Island
For more pics click here
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Beantown
Time: 11:27am
Mood: Bored.. cuz I'm @ work
Song of the moment: Keane - Bad Dream
Different day, same kinda crap. Can you believe I have nothing to do... again? I'm trying to be proactive but I think I've pushed the limits for this job. I even went to Ikea this morning for breakfast (hooray for $1 breakfast!). Really there is only so much I can do and I have exhausted all pathways that lead to more work. Oh what the hell am I going to put on my timesheet?
So this long weekend I took a much needed trip away from the city to Boston. I headed down with the gang (Jimmy, Saloni and Jenn). This was my 3rd trip there and by far this was the funnest time. Possibly because the first time I went to Boston I went with my parents, and the second time it was a school trip. We decided to leave early Saturday early morning at 4am. We figured we would not hit any border traffic that early but man were we wrong! We must have waited 1h at the border! It took us roughly 10hrs of driving to get there. Poor Saloni drove the entire way! When we got to Boston, we met up with Bashar and his friend Neil @ the hotel, then off to downtown Boston we went! The first thing we did (besides eat lunch) was go on a brewery tour. Bashar called this the best brewery tour he's ever been on and I would have to agree with him. The tour started off with you going into a room with a glass wall and a bar. Beyond the glass wall was the fermenters. We took a look at the fermenters through the glass wall, then proceeded to the bar for our "sample" of beer. We got a 15 min talk about the beer, and more drinking. All free. Awesome! Can't beat free beer!! :D After that we walked around the city, did half the Freedom Trail (it is this path marked by two rows of red bricks that takes you around to different historical sites in Boston), and ended the night at The Barking Crab for some good seafood and of course, clam chowder!
The next day we took a tour of Fenway Park. When I went to ask this guy working there how much the tour costs, he asked me if I was 14 & under. LOL do I really look that young? That was by far my laugh for the day! haha! the Fenway Park tour was pretty good! We got to sit up on the Green Monster (Jimmy even defaced it... he wrote "Jimmy was here, July 2, 2006". The tour guide caught him and accused him of being a Yankees fan.. which was funny b/c he's neither a Bo-Sox or Yanks fan...haha jokes on him!). After our Fenway tour we hit up Newberry St for some well deserved shopping. Pretty sad.. the guys bought more than the gals :S What are the chances of that happening! But we made up for it the next day when we hit up Bath and Body Works :D
The last day we were there we went up to Deer Island and chilled on the beach. Too bad I didn't bring a bathing suit cuz the weather was perfect! I really want to live in Boston now! So much to do. I guess the grass is always greener on the other side...
Sucked.. I was the only one that had to work the next day. Boo for me!
Ooh lunchtime! :D
Mood: Bored.. cuz I'm @ work
Song of the moment: Keane - Bad Dream
Different day, same kinda crap. Can you believe I have nothing to do... again? I'm trying to be proactive but I think I've pushed the limits for this job. I even went to Ikea this morning for breakfast (hooray for $1 breakfast!). Really there is only so much I can do and I have exhausted all pathways that lead to more work. Oh what the hell am I going to put on my timesheet?
So this long weekend I took a much needed trip away from the city to Boston. I headed down with the gang (Jimmy, Saloni and Jenn). This was my 3rd trip there and by far this was the funnest time. Possibly because the first time I went to Boston I went with my parents, and the second time it was a school trip. We decided to leave early Saturday early morning at 4am. We figured we would not hit any border traffic that early but man were we wrong! We must have waited 1h at the border! It took us roughly 10hrs of driving to get there. Poor Saloni drove the entire way! When we got to Boston, we met up with Bashar and his friend Neil @ the hotel, then off to downtown Boston we went! The first thing we did (besides eat lunch) was go on a brewery tour. Bashar called this the best brewery tour he's ever been on and I would have to agree with him. The tour started off with you going into a room with a glass wall and a bar. Beyond the glass wall was the fermenters. We took a look at the fermenters through the glass wall, then proceeded to the bar for our "sample" of beer. We got a 15 min talk about the beer, and more drinking. All free. Awesome! Can't beat free beer!! :D After that we walked around the city, did half the Freedom Trail (it is this path marked by two rows of red bricks that takes you around to different historical sites in Boston), and ended the night at The Barking Crab for some good seafood and of course, clam chowder!
The next day we took a tour of Fenway Park. When I went to ask this guy working there how much the tour costs, he asked me if I was 14 & under. LOL do I really look that young? That was by far my laugh for the day! haha! the Fenway Park tour was pretty good! We got to sit up on the Green Monster (Jimmy even defaced it... he wrote "Jimmy was here, July 2, 2006". The tour guide caught him and accused him of being a Yankees fan.. which was funny b/c he's neither a Bo-Sox or Yanks fan...haha jokes on him!). After our Fenway tour we hit up Newberry St for some well deserved shopping. Pretty sad.. the guys bought more than the gals :S What are the chances of that happening! But we made up for it the next day when we hit up Bath and Body Works :D
The last day we were there we went up to Deer Island and chilled on the beach. Too bad I didn't bring a bathing suit cuz the weather was perfect! I really want to live in Boston now! So much to do. I guess the grass is always greener on the other side...
Sucked.. I was the only one that had to work the next day. Boo for me!
Ooh lunchtime! :D
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