doubt truth to be a liar; but never doubt i love [hamlet]

layla by artcarved bridal (steve said the style has been discontinued)

happy friday everyone!!

a huge thank you to all the guest bloggers who gave me a chance to sit and take a breather this week.  as it happens, however, i'm still trying to catch my breath.

the instagramaholics among you may have already caught wind, but today i am here to announce some very big, exciting news on loose from the zoo.  steve and becky, as in the adventures thereof, as in me and that handsome bearded scoundrel, the stevedore, are getting married!!!

that's right, steve has decided to make me an honest woman.  and, in case you don't follow me on instagram and haven't seen the bombardment of ring photos (apologies to those of you who DO follow), we are excited with a capital E.  and a capital X-C-I-T-E-D.

it's times like this i wish i could just press pause on life and sit back to soak up all the wonderful things i have to be thankful for.  between this, my trip to san diego (which was absolutely off the chain... come back next week to see pictures, i'll post about that once i've calmed down a little) my three day work week, and our new apartment together (again, expect posts about this one later) it's kind of hard to remember if / when life has ever been better.

if i keep typing i'm just going to sound more disgusting, so i'll wish you all a happy weekend for now.

brb, planning a wedding.

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charleston preview

so i may have gone a little overboard with the camera on our vacation, because today i realized i had taken over 300 pictures of our 4 day trip.  this means i still have a lot of photos to sift through, but i'll post more as i get through them.  here's a quick sneak peak!

you'll probably end up noticing that i told some lies about what i was packing because the weather really was more formidable than tank top dresses could allow.  even with all my spring fever, the tulip skirt dress from anthropologie wasn't going to cut it in terms of warmth.

i have some great etsy finds to share later today, but check back tomorrow for more pictures from our road trip!

no we don't live in siberia

one of my favorite ways to get through the miserable freezing unpleasantry that is winter has always been going to the beach on lake michigan.  it is so beautiful and peaceful to see the snow and ice along the shore, covering the pier.

surprisingly we weren't the only ones out there!  it was a really rejuvenating weekend trip... and... my good ol car hit the big milestone turn over of 100,000 miles!  we have a lot of great memories with this old girl, but there probably won't be too many more (i'm shopping around).

hope everyone had a as great a weekend refresher as we did!

in case you didn't know

steve and i have matching tee-shirts.

i had them made for us a while back for our three year anniversary.  they say: steve & becky est. 2009.

the other day we both ended up wearing them without planning it.

needless to say, it was awesome.

i love dis guy.