Showing posts with label etsy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label etsy. Show all posts

Saturday, October 3, 2009

As it turns out, I'm bribing myself.

Because I spend half my day browsing Etsy and because I am in love with London Blue Topaz:
Ocean Blue Topaz Raw Circle Ring by singleBbeautiful
I'm thinking this might be my motivation for losing the 10lbs I've been trying to lose since.... well, let's just say since I've been the weight I am now. My current weight is 15 pounds less than what I was the Christmas before my wedding, and 10 pounds more than what I was in college. And 10 pounds less is always my goal.
Refering back to the first post ever, this year we were supposed to:
  1. Figure out a solid get out of debt plan. I'm making this off as accomplished, as this year was about the plan. This Jan. 1 I'll change it to just "Get out of debt" and hopefully this time next year we'll be able to check this off as well.
  2. Lose 15 lbs. Well, I'd be happy with 10. But fine, we'll go with 15 - so when I'm a solid 15 pounds lighter, I'm ordering that ring. As for the baby weight... we'll see what happens!
  3. Find something I love to do and get paid to do it.... well, folks..... neither of my current jobs fit the bill (please, like my mall job is anything more than access to nice pants at a huge discount) and I'm 100% clueless as to where to start. What am I qualified to do? Does anyone like their job, or am I trying to attain something 98% of people don't actually have? This may be a topic for another post.

Hmmm.... I didn't mean for this to be a full on "New Year's Resolution Check-In", but I guess that's what it is. I'd like to at least be 2 for 3 on the resolutions, so I'm going to really focus on #2 in October.... and I'm hoping that ring will make an appearence in our anniversary photos. So let's just make it 10 pounds, ok? Deal.

Weight check in on Monday. See you then.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

I can bandwagon with the best...

It's true: almost 8 months post-nuptials and I'm still enthralled with all things wedding. The dress, the decor, the perfect day of love between two people... I can't get enough. As such, Weddingbee is my Bible, and I've been known to lurk around ProjectWedding while I should be doing work. I like weddings; so sue me (or let me help you plan yours!). And of course, I'm still in love with my wedding....

I first saw it on That Wife's blog. Then it popped up on Weddingbee. And then I jumped on the bandwagon and went ahead and ordered a BlabLover5 original (via Etsy) as well...

That's right - I got a custom portrait of my wedding gown. And it's freakin' awesome. Here's the photo I sent to BlabLover5:

And just a few days later, this picture of the the painting showed up in my email:

How amazing is that?? She got the folds of the gown and everything... and included my bouquet. That is 100% my gown. I am seriously in love with this painting, and am pretty thrilled that I jumped on the bandwagon. I was even more happy when it arrived in perfect condition this afternoon.

And just because my bridesmaids are the best, here's the photo from above in all it's un-cropped glory: