I did a bad thing

I neglected to mention yesterday that I did a bad thing this weekend.

While on my way from one eating establishment to another (which is what I did most of my trip to Memphis), we passed a sign that said "Good Dog Adoption Day." The smart thing would have been to keep driving but unfortunately I am not smart. And, wouldn't it be my luck that the most perfect little dog was waiting for me inside needing a nice home!?

Little Maddie was a Pug-Beagle cross and she was perfectly wonderful. She already knew all the tricks that I paid a small fortune for Watson to learn in doggie classes and she is house broken. I had already let the lady call my references before I realized that driving a dog eight hours back to Missouri to live in my tiny apartment was a bad idea.

So I've decided to enforce a new rule: I am not allowed in any establishment that has dogs for sale.

(photo: not actually the Memphis dog.)

Memphis Shower

I'm just going to tempt you all by saying that this weekend I bought my wedding shoes (which I've been hunting for months) and received "sneak peek" pictures of the jewelry bouquet. It is looking fabulous! I'll be wearing as much bling as a rapper's teeth.

I spent the weekend in Memphis with all of JJ's extended family. We were in a heat advisory the whole time so I'm sure I left a great (sweaty) impression. Good thing I packed deodorant! I was a terrible travel companion for JJ during the 8 hour drive to Memphis. The whole time I was either sleeping, playing brickbreaker on my phone, or talking about how much I wanted to sleep or play brickbreaker.

My sweet friend Courtney drove all the way from Ol' Miss just for the shower. All the pictures I have of her from the weekend are blurry so you'll just have to see pictures of me. Sorry.

This second picture is priceless. The first one involves cake, and YOU KNOW how I feel about cake.


I am taking some of the girls from the children's charity where I work to the soup kitchen to volunteer tonight. I think the experience always does me more good than it does them. Having the opportunity to serve people who cannot feed their families puts me in my place really quickly. I suppose I don't NEED that $325 dress Sara Jessica Parker wore in Sex and the City II.

Honeymoon Red

It was almost as if Zeus and the other gods of coincidence were pulling me towards my purchase of "Honeymoon Red" nailpolish at Walmart last night. Hours after painting all my nails, JJ and I booked tickets for our honeymoon.

We will be spending a week at a resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

 

We did run into one "speedbump" while booking the trip: what last name I should use on my tickets. Officially, I'll be married so my name will change but my passport will still have my "old" last name. So we came up with the perfect solution. We hyphenated it: Elise White-Bennett. I'm not kidding.

I'm a tad late seeing Sex and the City

I went to see SATCII (that would be Sex and the City, II) a few nights ago with a good friend from college.

Oh Carrie Bradshaw, what has happened to you? As beautiful as they are, I think these women are just a tad too old to be playing characters targeted at 20-somethings. None the less, Sara Jessica Parker can do no wrong in my eyes.

In fact, Sara Jessica Parker is now the CEO of the Halston Heritage clothing line. She wears pieces from the line multiple times in the movie, including on the movie poster. This dress can be found here at Nieman Marcus for a mere $325. If that wasn't most of my paycheck this white beauty would be in my closet.

I also can't stop drooling over Carrie and Mr. Big's new digs. Join me in the drooling:

Adorable Eco-Friendly

There is obnoxious eco-friendly (like using a diva cup) and there is adorable eco friendly (like having your wedding invitations be made out of wildflower seeds). One of my best friends from Kansas is most definately adorable eco-friendly.

Her wedding invitations can be planted in the ground and will grow wildflowers. What a brilliant way to have your special day keep on giving!

There are tons of places online that sell this paper like, the Botanical Paper Works. Or there are a few tutorials so you can make your own. I wish I was this thrifty.

Warren+White

I received a postcard in the mail today from a clothing store letting me know they now carry Warren+White cashmere. I wonder if they are aware that my Dad's name is Warren White?

I'm secretly hoping my Dad is a secret clothing designer who collects fine cashmere in his down time. These dresses are so beautiful. Dad, why have you been holding out on me?!

A little more Tan and much more Relaxed

Since I'm so important (ha!) and have so many important tasks to do during the day that stress me out, I took a cruise to the Bahamas to relax. Ok, it is mostly to celebrate my Mom and Sister's birthdays but I soaked up every minute.

Within my first hour on the boat I had made a mental map of all of the pool-side bars and had scheduled a massage and facial. We spent a day at Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas- this is seriously the picture on their website. I have never seen a place like this before in my life! I think the highlight was swimming with dolphins. If I can figure out how to use my scanner I'll share a picture of me giving one of the precious dolphins a kiss. We also spent hours in the lazy river which they called the "Rapid Lazy River." Kind of an oxymoron? They weren't kidding about the "rapid"- I lost my bathing suit top at one point!

Oh and did I mention that I made sure to take full advantage of the 24 hour seafood and ice cream!

And as a perfect finale to the trip, we stopped at Universal Studios in Orlando on our way back to the airport and ate lunch at Emeril Lagasse's restaurant. Heaven in my mouth!

Now it's back to reality. I came into my office on Memorial Day to catch up a little bit and I had 600 emails....