Confessions Part III

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I ate bratwurst 5 days in a row.

Starting with our Memorial Day BBQ and then my mom accidentally left all the extras in my fridge so I felt it was my duty to not let them go to waste!  Part of me was like, “bratwurst is probably a sometimes food” and the other part of me was like “EAT ALL THE BRATWURST!”  And I liked that part better.

Red nails make life more fun.

Nuff said.

I bought the new Coldplay CD and it kind of bores me.

I don’t really know that much Coldplay apart from anything that plays on the radio but I love “Magic” so much and was so desperate for new music that I figured why not and now I kind of regret it…

Sometimes I don’t brush my hair.

I’ve been doing this thing with my hair lately — let’s call it “going au naturel,” instead of what it really is… not brushing it in the morning.  Our house doesn’t have AC and just the thought of blow drying my hair makes me sweat.

We cooked a dinner made of extremely expired foods when I got back from Santa Fe.

We knew the veggies were on the old side, but figured they’d be fine.  So we chopped beets, radishes and asparagus then grilled them all (I was uber excited for the first batch of grilled veggies this year!) then mixed up a quick dressing and piled it all atop some salad greens aaaaaaand, blech!!!!  There was also some questionably old cheese involved.  Never again.  Ever.

Fasting gives me serious anxiety.

Coinciding with the above mentioned expired dinner debacle, was a pre-blood work fast.  I think I barely managed to throw a random hummus wrap together before my fast was supposed to start.  And then I spent the rest of the night thinking about food.  I guess I don’t like being told when I can and can’t eat, ha!

I’m not that impressed with Mad Men.

We started watching about a month ago — I wanted to be caught up so I could watch the second part of the final season in real time — and I… just… don’t find it that great.  It’s not bad, but I wouldn’t say it’s worthy of all the praise it gets.  Maybe I’ll change my mind by the end?

I’m obsessed with walking

Now that it’s all warm and delicious outside, I’ve been making a point to get out of my office and take a quick stroll a couple times a day.  I look forward to those walks all day!

Wedding timelines suck!

Before we ordered our invitations we decided we should probably plan out our wedding day — because you probably can’t change the ceremony time after it’s been printed, right? — and it turned out to be a lot harder than I’d thought.  There’s just SO MUCH to fit into one day!  Or so it seems when you write it all out in detail.  The good news is that we figured it all out and now I’m mega excited!  Who can I designate to keep us on schedule that day?…

100 Happy Days

I’m sure you’ve seen that hashtag floating around the web.  The idea is you snap a picture of something that made you happy for 100 days in a row.  I’d been thinking of starting it and when I told Joey he told me we were exactly 100 days out from our wedding so it was meant to be!  I don’t think I’ll have a hard time finding something to be happy about from now until September 6th 🙂

I’m bad with Roman Numerals.

Or just numbers in general.  In other words, I’m starting to regret using RN for my confessions posts…

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A Weekend in Breckenridge

Wait, not “a weekend in Breck,” but “the best weekend in Breck!”

Gah, I just had the most fun ever while staying in a real log cabin in the mountains for Hannah and Josh’s bachelor/bachelorette party.  Joey and I drove up Friday afternoon with the bride-to-be and Josh’s sister Kellee and were greeted by the most gorgeous cabin (seriously those mountain views!) and a fun group of people who were so excited to celebrate all weekend.

Oh and we even had our own hashtag (#KingBBParty).  This was obviously the top concern for Fletcher (the Best Man) and I.

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Is this real life?!

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While we were waiting for a few other people to show up to the cabin, we broke into the beer (Snapshot for the win!) and played a few games.  I was coerced into playing my first game of pool and I WON!  And it only took minor coaching.  And by minor, I mean someone had to tell me which ball to go after, where to stand and at what angle I needed to aim.  Totally minor.  Oh and those maracas?  Apparently they were in the cabin and the boys all decided Josh had to carry them around for the weekend and if he dropped one, he’d have to take a shot.  They mysteriously disappeared by Saturday…

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Burgers, jalapeño shots (as in Josh is taking a shot of tequila FROM a roasted jalapeño!), more pool, hot tub time and Cards Against Humanity rounded out the night.  Joey and I got into bed at 1:30 AM which is WAY late for us.  And okay, I might be the only person to ever think this, but I kinda like Apples to Apples better than Cards Against Humanity.  But I also three way tied for the win so that’s really all that matters, right?

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On Saturday the guys and gals split up to do our own things, so we started out with a tea party!  We had our own private room upstairs and got to taste a bunch of flights of tea.  We all felt so sophisticated and we got to leave with our own bag of tea.  Such a cute activity!  After tea (and oh my god those pastries!), we headed to lunch for a little day drinking and salads.  For the record, that Mule was strong!

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Our last girls-only activity of the day was to this cute little ceramic/canvas painting studio, where wine was purchased (duh) and some super cute things were painted.  Hannah did that mountain landscape on a plate then had each of us girls put our finger print as one of the rays of sunshine.  Seriously, how cool of an idea is that?!  She is the cutest.  The boys happened to ride by while on their bike bus tour so we all went out to see.  I hear that thing is harder to peddle on than you’d think.

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After we were done painting, we walked to meet the boys at their final bar stop, but we may have had some fun taking pictures along the way.  How cool are those Colorado benches?  And where can I buy one?  Oh and please note those fun “Team Bride” buttons Hannah gave us all.  I supplied the pink beads 🙂

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How amazing is that last picture?!  After we met up with the boys, there was a round of shots for the girls and a bunch of group pictures.  The forecast for this weekend wasn’t looking all that great but it turned out to be so sunny and beautiful outside.  Which made for a great time out on the patio.  Fletcher and I got those t-shirts for Hannah and Josh and I loved how they turned out!  Hannah’s said “Fit for a King” (which is Josh’s last name) and Josh’s said “A Han’s Man.”  Get it?!  Fletcher came up with those sayings and I thought there were so great!

Of course there was also the drunken debauchery that’s basically required at a bachelor or bachelorette party, but I seriously thought the whole weekend was so fun.  I cannot believe my best friend of 23 years is getting married in a little over a month.  Cue the constant waterworks every time I think about their wedding.  I couldn’t be happier for the two of them 🙂