I'll Miss You 2010!

George asked me out on a date last night so we went to breakfast at Simply Crepes this morning.  What a great way to end 2010!  Crepes with eggs and bacon, a good cup of coffee and Geo. 

As we waited for our breakfast, we did our annual month-by-month recap of the year.  It's funny how much took place this year!  So, naturally, I thought I would share our recaps with you :)

January 2010

George looked at a house. 

A few days later, he thought maybe I should look at the house.

I looked at the house.

A few days later, I suggest we put in an offer.

We put in an offer.

Two days later, we were homeowner!

February 2010

We packed.

We made Valentine's dinner.

We closed on our house :)

The next day, we attended pre-cana and LOVED it!

And that same night, we picked up our caterer's dinner sample box, went to our new house, and had, what eventually would be our wedding dinner, our first dinner at our new home. (ya follow that??!)

March 2010

We moved in a snow storm.

I unpacked like crazy.

We sent out our wedding invitations.

We hosted our first St. Patrick's Day Kegs-and-Eggs.

We purchased our wedding bands.

George turned 28.

April 2010

We hosted my sister's 30th birthday party for 30 of our family members and friends.

I had my bridal shower.  

Celebrated my brother's 24th birthday at our new house.

Finalized our wedding plans.

May 2010

I interviewed at a little medical software company the week before and the week of our wedding.

On the 22nd, we promised forever in front of our family and friends!

On the 24th, I was offered the job.

June 2010

I started my new job.

We went on our honeymoon in Cape Cod: Our first vacation alone!

 I returned to blogging and I can't believe how much I didn't know I missed it.

July 2010

House work, house work and more house work. 

Our good friends, Jordy and Tracey, got engaged :)

We celebrated my 28th birthday with brunch, a random wine tour and some outlet mall shopping!

August 2010

We. Did. Nothing.  ... and loved it!

Well, except for house work but we love that, too.

September 2010

George traveled for work. 

Did some "While You Were Out" house updating.

George paid off his car!

  

October 2010

 

We signed on to host Thanksgiving.

We got down to business with decorating the dining room and living room.

We celebrated our 5 year anniversary on Halloween. 

 

November 2010

 

I finally planned for the holidays, early.

We hosted our first Thanksgiving for George's family... all 15 people.

We had our first Thanksgiving in the house and as a married couple!

We gave thanks... for everything.

 

December 2010

We sent out Christmas cards.

We decorated the house for Christmas (which, besides a tree, we never did in an apartment).

We had our first Christmas in the house and as a married couple.

We spoiled each other and our families, for the last time (we are going a different direction from now on)

We slept-in, ate our faces off and survived our family parties.

We had our last date of 2010.

 

Hope your 2010 was as blessed as ours!  Here's to 2011: You have A LOT to live up to :)

Happy New Year!!

xo- Sarah and George

Bedding Breakdown

I did it.  I finally broke down and bought our dream bedding...

I still can't believe fate brought us (me and the bedding) together again!

After two months of stalking... and finding it impossible to pull the purchase trigger... our bedding had sold out on Overstock.com.  I searched all over but could not find it anywhere.  Heck, we could not find bedding we like, period.  This was the first we both loved and I let it go because I am cheap.

So after staring at our sorry-excuse-for-a-love-chamber for a few hours, I thought it was time to re-energize our efforts to get the bedroom complete.

Naturally, I turn to Overstock once again.  And there it was; with a big, red label saying "Only 1 left!"

In 2.2 seconds, I had the bedding in my cart and my card number ready.

I called George one more time to confirm I should get it.  He agreed and I click "submit order". 

It should be here next week!  So I am hoping to make an upholstered headboard this weekend.

I'm thinking something like this from QVC...

But who knows.  Maybe I will go crazy and end up with ...

Or ...

We shall see!

May In Paris

May In Paris by ssteffler20 featuring santi clutches

Um, yeah... I wrote this awesome post to go with the above inspiration board and the bastard didn't post!  I will never be able to write that epic post again!  No post will ever compare!  okay, being dramatic... but I do hate when that happens :) 

Anyway, this is my style board for our Paris trip in May. I want to blend feminine with edgy. Classic with modern.  Casual with special. 

The pieces to the left make up my daily wear.  I hear Europeans don't wear shorts and neither do I!  So I will probably wear lots of sundresses and jeans with flowy tops that can layer well for flights/ferry/train rides and flats.

The little black dress is for the evening.  I love the neckline with the floral detail!  I think it's spot on for the feminine/edgy look.

Oh, and that blush dress with the black ribbon at the waist, that's my wedding dress vision!  I want something light and special but that I can go out to dinner in.

I am LOVING the mix of blush, honeysuckle and white with light taupe, dark denim and black.

Let the shopping begin!!

What do you all think (cause I know there are so many of you :) )?

My 30 Before 30 List

On January 20th, I will be 28 1/2 years old.  And I'm cool with it.  Actually, I am looking forward to getting older; especially turning 30! 

I read an article about a girl who created a to-do-by-30 list and I was inspired.  Seeing that I have 1 1/2 years until I am 30, I figured I would have enough time to do a 30 Before 30 List.

So this is what I got...

1. Loose weight and get  healthy
2. Attend church more
3. Go to Paris with Geo
4. Have a fancy picnic (champagne, sunset, etc.)
5. Renew our wedding vows
6. Go to Washington DC with Geo
7. Wear heels once every weekend
8. Take dance lessons
9. Adopt a dog
10. Do karaoke in public, again
11. Have a baby (God willing)
12. Rent a convertible for a weekend with George and just drive (that's our retirement dream, too)
13. Bike around the Finger Lakes Wine Trail
14. Spend a summer day on the grand lawn in Central Park with Geo
15. Hike... anywhere
16. Swim in the ocean
17. Finally use Rosetta Stone's Learn French tutorial
18. Strengthen some friendships
19. Finish one of my 4 screenplays and submit it for development (worth a try)
20. Learn to use a sewing machine
21. Host a fancy, black-tie dinner
22. TMI ALERT - make out with Geo more
23. Save money - 3 months salary to start
24. Spoil our nieces and nephew
25. Get better at photography
26. Learn Photoshop/Indesign
27. Find a signature scent
28. Wear more jewelry
29. Accept compliments better
30. Accomplish half of this list :)

What do you think?  There are 2 things crossed off because I have started those.  Honestly, they were part of my feel-more-like-a-wife goals (which were wear female pjs and not Geo's, wear more jewelry and wear heels once a weekend). 

I will re-post as things get checked off.  I'm looking forward to tyring this! 

Anyone else have a Life's To Do List?  I would love to hear what is on yours!

Merry Christmas!!

Best Wishes and Lots of Love,

Sarah and George