The Blonde Diaries

Mike and I hit our 1 year anniversary this weekend. To celebrate I decided to gather a group of friends together to help eat the 1 year old top layer of our wedding cake. I was totally expecting it to taste frozen and old but we were all pleasantly surprised. No freezer burn, no mold, no grossness what-so-ever.  It tasted exactly like it did one year ago when it was fresh. I can’t believe that all I had to do was wrap the layer in saran wrap and place in the freezer. Nothing else was needed to keep the cake fresh and moist. I am so glad my cake lady shared that knowledge because the cake could have been a disaster.

It is a shame we won’t have it to eat next year. I wonder what she would charge to make a small topper each year.

Yesterday for my Wordless Wednesday post, I left you with a simple photo of gold ballet slippers but didn’t give any hints as to what they represented or why there was a great photo of used shoes. I thought today I’d share through photos how those shoes come into play.  These are from the getting ready phase of my wedding this past July.

Basically, they were my wedding shoes as I didn’t want to be taller than my groom.  I also wanted to spend my day in comfort so I just pulled these from my closet as I tend to wear them to work and on the weekends some and put them on.  They worked out wonderfully and I’m so glad I went with these over some other fancy shoe.  It is kind of funny to see how pretty they were in that photo yesterday since I wear them a lot and I didn’t bother to clean them at all.  LOL

Photos were taken by Morgan Lynn of MorganLynnPhotograhy.com and the photos were taken at the Magnolia Hotel in downtown Houston.

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I love the feeling of being in love. It is the greatest feeling in the world and one that I hope never goes away. Yes, I am a cheesy newlywed and it only gets worse as the last few friends of mine jump into new relationships and share their new love feeling with me.

One of the fun things about being in love is showing how much in love you are with that special someone. Cards, photos, cooking brownies/cookies, etc are all fun ways but I just found another fun way that doesn’t cost a penny nor does it require any time in the kitchen. Score! Over at the Robbins Brothers website, the engagement ring leaders, you can customize your own slide show as I have above. You upload photos and then you customize your message at the end to say whatever you want to. I left a message to my QT, Mike, about our honeymoon but you could even use this to propose to your girlfriend. As I said above, the Love Widget is completely free with a short registration over at the Robins Brothers website which you can get to by clicking on that link. Give it a try yourself and share some memories with your loved one today.

Mike and I found while planning our wedding that one of the hardest things relating to your wedding isn’t what flowers to choose or what flavor of cake you want. It was actually what do you give the people who help you throughout the entire planning process and on your wedding day. Gifts for the groomsmen and bridesmaids can be one of the hardest things to pick especially if yall have been in a lot of weddings together as the ideas can dwindle really quickly on you. The other thing we had to be wary about was picking a gift that fit our budget without looking too cheap. I think we succeeded with the feedback we’ve received.

Mike’s choice for groomsmen gifts were engraved cufflinks in an oval shape. They were absolutely gorgeous and look very expensive. Luckily for us we bought online so the actual price was under $30 for each pair! You can opt to do a first initial or all three initials for your cufflink engravement.

Another great idea is the engraved pocket watch I love the look of an engraved pocket watch. It is very old fashioned but such a great conversation piece if you wear one to a special event. Pocket watches also look much more expensive than they actually cost when it comes to groomsmen gifts.

If you are just stating out in your process with buying your groomsmen gifts pay a visit to VIP groomsmen gifts. They have a great selection of groomsmen gifts with a wide variety that should fit every groom’s wedding party. The prices are very reasonable and can keep you both on budget and underbudget without much effort on your part.