wedding video envy

Julie + Mark's Washington DC Wedding from Joshua Brown Photography on Vimeo.

This might be the sweetest little wedding video I've ever seen. It just tugs at my heartstrings... I seriously love it. I find the music especially enchanting. After attending a wedding on Saturday {which I will post photos of later this week} it got me wondering what on earth I did with our wedding footage. After I dug it out of the storage closet I realized we really need to have it edited into something more manageable and meaningful than the three hours of film we are currently working our way through.

*All you married ladies out there... What did you do with your wedding footage?

it's wedding season!

A close friend of Kiwi's is getting married on Saturday and I am so excited for the bride and groom. It's going to be a multicultural, Indian and Christian ceremony and I just know it will be beautiful... I went to the shower a few weeks ago and loved seeing all the Indian women in their gorgeous saris and jewels. I can't wait to eat delicious Indian food and show off my Bollywood dance moves! I heart weddings.

*Now I just have to figure out what I'm going to wear...

50 and fabulous

Happy birthday Mom. You are the most beautiful, independent and wonderful woman I know. 50 has never looked so fabulous.

*We are taking her to dinner here... but, shhhh it's a surprise!

the spending hiatus: we made it!

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The spending hiatus is finally finished! I'm not going to lie, the temptation to spend was everywhere. What I realized was, the things I enjoy and love the most are not things at all but experiences. Kiwi and I tried new restaurants and read books in bed on Sunday mornings. I took an amazing trip with my girlfriends and made time to try some new recipes.... I even baked cookies!

On the material side of things, I discovered that I tend to wear a few select pieces over and over again. These pieces are generally items that I invested a little more money in, but I'm still wearing two, three and even five years later. In the future, I hope to think a bit more about my purchases and the quality of the items... and not just if it was a good deal.

*So how did you do? Any non-spending revelations, ideas, comments?

**I think the spending hiatus may have officially cured me of my longtime love affair with Target. More on that later.