To Do

My current to-do list:

• Dress-up my wedding invitation envelopes
• Address my wedding invitation envelopes
• Buy cute stamps for my wedding invitation envelopes
• MAIL MY WEDDING INVITATIONS
• Get my nails done for the shower on Saturday!
• Start writing my next column
• Clean the house
• Wash sheets
• Finish the hostess gifts for the bridal shower on Saturday
• Find a skinny gold belt for my dress

Other than the wedding invitations (I hate invitations), the rest of it isn't so bad. Pray I get these stupid invitations in the mail by Saturday! :o)

The Best Parts

There are tons of bad things about being engaged. Well, not tons, but some. Like people getting offended when they aren't invited to your (very small, destination) wedding. Or people putting their own opinions above yours for YOUR wedding. Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Planning the actual wedding *

*I realize a lot of women  LOVE this part. I don't. I thought I would love event planning but it is tedious and there are just.so.many.details to remember! That on top of my normal busy job(s) and I always feel like I could be doing something for the wedding. Sigh.

But there are so, so many great things about being engaged. One is coming up this weekend at my bridal shower! I'm so excited to wear white and play shower games and have all of the women I love around me. Fiance's mom is even flying in for it. We'll be missing a few of my favorite women (Dianna, my little, and Steph, a bridesmaid and my cousin who lives in Texas), but I'm so excited to spend the afternoon with the rest of my favorite girls.

Also, I keep forgetting that we will actually be getting gifts for our wedding/bridal shower... but fear not! I went and grabbed some adorable thank you notes to be prepared for the shower :o)

I'll let you know how it goes!

Pinterest Projects

I really want to start being more crafty. I'm really just lazy, is the issue, which means I don't pay enough attention to detail on crafts, which is the whole point lol. But I have a few ideas that I do want to try out... like these!

This Lemon Body Scrub



These Ink Stained Glasses



This Key Holder




I'll keep you updated... I want to try the body scrub as a favor for my sister's bridal shower sometime this year, so I need to test it before then! Wish me luck!

Sunshines and Dark Clouds

FRIDAY! Let's get to it:

Dark Clouds:

• It's been windy and yucky out... pray it gets nicer and QUICK, because my bridal shower is next weekend :o)
• I've been busy ALL WEEK with a big project for my company CEO so I honestly leave work feeling a little dazed lol.
• I have not been eating well. Need to get back to it.

Sunshines:

• It's Friday!
• My bridal shower is next week!
• My sister comes home tomorrow! Can't wait to see her.
• The weather is warming up... LOVE WARM WEATHER! Come on, summer!
• My boss LOVED the big project I completed... whew!
• We went to a lovely wedding last week for my good friend Ellie, and now we are in the process of planning a couple's trip to Harry Potter World in Orlando. Our fiances are not as thrilled as we are.
• I rocked a spin class this week.

Have a good weekend!

Oh, and here's a picture of us from the wedding:

Fiance is so handsome.

Spin Class Review

Monday, my friend Vanessa texted me and asked me to go to a spin class with her. I was like, "absolutely not" lol! I've heard such horror stories about spin class (mainly that it was CRAZY HARD) that I got nervous about it. But she is upbeat and optimistic, so I decided to go.

I'm SO GLAD I did. That seat was not comfortable but it was suuuuch a good workout. I normally do Zumba, but I feel like I burned the same amount of calories in half the time, all the while listening to good tunes and being able to go at my own pace/resistance.

If you are considering it, I definitely recommend it. Spin: two thumbs up! And a good way to cross something off my 26 before 26 list!

26 By 26 Update

So a few months into my 26 before 26 and I can already cross a few things off!

Jenna's 26 Before 26

1. Do something big for my career In progress

2. Make homemade tortillas

3. Run two 10 minute miles in a row

4. Volunteer

5. Donate money to something

6. Try fancy champagne

7. Take a spin class SO TOUGH. But a really, really great workout with a good friend :o)

8. Get a spray tan (yikes) Scheduled to do so next Friday! Ahh!

9. Take two vacations this year

10. Save $5,000 for a house

11. Read five classic books

12. Complete five Pinterest projects

13. Clean out my closet and donate to Good Will

14. Buy an amazing black dress

15. Bake a multi-layer cake

16. Keep a more consistent schedule

17. Get my hair cut every 10 weeks

18. Get up to date with doctor checkups (teeth, eyes, annual, etc.)

19. Host a girls' night

20. Take Shadow to a new dog-friendly area

21. Wash my hair more than once a week (for real)

22. Print out photos for a photo wall

23. Drink less Diet Coke

24. Find the perfect daily perfume for me Thanks to my sister, who got me a perfume sampler for Christmas. My new fave perfume is Prada Candy... it smells warm and sweet. Perfect.

25. Buy a bigger bed

26. Buy myself a nice piece of jewelry New dangle pearl earrings!

So far so good! :o)

True Love

On the day we took our engagement photos, our photographers asked us to play a game called "I fell in love with you because...". It was a ploy to get us to be lovey with each other, and I'm sure they hear all kinds of mushy stuff during that time, like about their smile and their beautiful eyes, etc.

But Fiance and I had a whole different viewpoint on it.

"I fell in love with you because you sprint around the house when you get excited about something."

"I fell in love with you because you growl at me when you are playful."

"I fell in love with you because you love our dog so much."

"I fell in love with you because you like to surprise me."

"I fell in love with you because of how silly we can be together."

"I fell in love with you because you let me steal bites of your food."

"I fell in love with you because you always buy chocolate ice cream, even though you don't like it as much as I do."

"I fell in love with you because you share your heat with me every night."

"I fell in love with you because you love puns so much."

"I fell in love with you because you put your hands in my hair to kiss me."

Our reasons for love were so true and honest that even we couldn't help but laugh with delight and happiness. I had no idea he even noticed when I sprinted around the house, and he didn't realize how much I like it when he growls at me to wrestle or play with him, like a puppy. Our photographers wanted us to be lovey and mushy, but even though I love his eyes and his smile, the things I love about him are the small details that make him HIM. The little quirks and habits that are so uniquely FIANCE that I love them because they are part of him.

And to me, that is true love.