Saturday, June 13, 2015

Friday Favorites

After a long week at summer camp, I will keep my blog post short.  With an upset stomach to start off my weekend off wrong, I am looking forward to relaxing on my couch with my puppy.


Since I was able to at least deep clean my bathroom before my stomach ache settled in, I feel at least semi productive.  I have been eyeing cute products from Ashley Brooke Designs for quite some time now and with new products on the horizon, I am hoping I can snag this adorable mug if we are under budget this week.

These summer weekends I've enjoyed snuggling up with a good book.  I downloaded a free copy of The Boston Girl due to a Facebook recommendation.  So far, so good!  It may have even sparked a book club reunion. 

And probably my most favorite moment for the weekend is the completion of my wedding photos, how can one pick a favorite when they are all simply perfect.  Happy One Month Mann!
Rachel Solomon Photography

Friday, June 12, 2015

My Last Single Days

Please don't mind that it has taken me four months to write this post.  It's hard to put into words the happiness I felt this weekend.  Since some of my friends live from a distance, I decided to put my bachelorette party and shower into one weekend, in hopes that more people would be able to make it.  So I was beyond thrilled when so many friends could make it.  From Jessie, who I've know since I was 3, to her mom, Kate from college, Emily, Judith, Lynette and everyone in between.

The week before my special weekend I remember be overwhelmed and stressed at work.  I am thankful to have a supportive boss who calms me down and makes me be present.  Work allowed me to take a couple days off to share and enjoy this special weekend.  I don't know how many times I looked around the room and was overwhelmed by all the love and wonderful, amazing women.  I am so lucky to call my friends.

The wonderful thing about a wedding, besides finally committing to starting a life together is the love and support you receive from everyone you love.  It is no surprise to my friends that I LOVE weddings, so they did not disappoint when it was my turn.  Phone calls, texts, trips, and every type of social media were used in order to plan my last weekend as a single lady.  I can't say thank you enough for all the laughs, love and companionship.  It means the absolutely world to me!  Tear.

There were only a few pictures taken but I have been meaning to share them for what seems like forever now... enjoy
Kate, Emily, Sam and I
Linds, Jillian and I
Party Bus
Shower Time
Emily, Me, Jess and Lynette 
The Party Animals 
Jamie, Alex and I
The Bachelorette Gang

Friday, June 5, 2015

A few of my favorite things

Planner | Day Designer
The Perfect Lipstick | Chanel
Spring Bag | Michael Kors Crossbody

Sunday, May 31, 2015

Glad to be back

While the honeymoon was absolutely fabulous, and I promise to blog more about it, The Manns were sooo excited to get back to this little fluff ball.  Lucille Suzanne Mann.  Lucy's doggie registration came in the mail, so we are formally going to change her name.  Yep were those weirdos, life before children.
While the transit back to real life, laundry, cleaning, work, pilates, and more cleaning was not exactly what I wanted to do Lucy made things at least manageable.  We thought she might give us the cold shoulder for leaving her, she does that every once in awhile, but she was right by our side as we settled in to married life.  

We've been working on putting things away and unpacking all our new fun wedding stuff.  I told Tommy that it's fun to look around and see the condo look like our grown up condo and less like my college condo.  Moving on up!!  

This weekend has been busy and since our friends Andrew and Andra still haven't received their visas, we have tried to spend every day with them.
Yummy food at Four Peaks on Friday night.
Game night on Saturday.
I think my abs still hurt from all the laughing :-)
Sunday Funday at Two Brothers (with Jordan and Lindsey too)

While we wish them the best on their adventure to London, we are soooo happy to spend more time with them!  Cheers!

Saturday, May 30, 2015

A Whole New Level of Coffee Experts

My friend Dana has inspired me to blog today.  Not because this post has anything to due with her specifically but more due to a promise she made to herself, to blog once a week.  I mean I have plenty of stuff to write about, I just am not using my time to write, so this one's for Dana.  Hopefully I can keep the same promise.  I started this post a few weeks ago, when Tommy and I were enjoying wedding registry goodness, aka the good life.  We received enough gift cards for Tommy's favorite registry item, a Keurig!
Most people know by now The Mann loves his coffee and consumes it daily (I mean we try to travel through the Denver airport at all costs just to stop at Caribou).  You might be surprised to hear how late the Manns are to the coffee game, but it seemed as though Christmas came early when I surprised Tommy with the Keurig after a long round of golf.  

While we are still learning about all the amazing things the Keurig can do, it is safe to say I was afraid Tommy would push back the wedding due to extreme happiness.  Great news is your coffee can be amazing and you can still want to marry your best friend :-)

Please note our adorable cups from Anthropologie, also wedding registry goodies, Tommy uses them most days :-)  I love when Tommy loves what I love, ahhh married life :-)

Monday, May 25, 2015

Bubblin' with personality

A picture says a thousand words and these two pictures tell me that I have a very adorable nephew, with uber personality and a very fun sister.  The Marasigans went to the farm quite a few weeks/months ago, yes I am once again way behind on my blogging.
Cade loved all the animals, which reminds me about the goat who ate my dress at the zoo.  Cade is beyond brave to hang out with a big grin on his face in the animal cage.  We never know what is going to come out of Cade's mouth these days and more often then not it leaves us all laughing and smiling.
We are too lucky because he is too cute.  Until Cade's next big adventure...

JITT

JITT also known as Junk in the Trunk, came and went in the beginning of May.  My Mom, Sister and I got our VIP passes and headed out early.  There were many treasures to buy and waffles to be eaten.   Tommy and I found an adult dresser, goodbye dresser from IKEA that only had 3 out of 6 drawers.  We're moving on up in the soon to be Mann household. 
As always JITT was a blast and we are counting down the days until the next one in September.

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