Wedding Season Oh'Ten!

Sorry it's been so long since my last post folks. Turns out this grad school thing is hard work! Ok, I already should have known that since I'm in my 4th year, but it's the end of the semester, which equal finals time (boo!). I have some ideas for great posts in my head though, which I promise to churn out soon.

On the plus side, wedding season is near!  I want to give a special shout-out to my friend Cupcake Wedding, whose wedding will be my first of the season (we go way back to our liberal arts college days).  I cannot wait to attend her nuptials next month in Florida and rock out with her!

My hubby and I have reserved our hotel room, purchased our plane tickets, and I recently ordered her gifts from her Macy's registry. We are pretty much all set to go (still need to get a rental car), and I purchased this pretty ditty from J.Crew to wear on the big day, which I'm gonna glam up with accessories:

To me the dress is perfect for her wedding as it's bright, pink, and fun, themes I know her wedding is all about.  I still have to buy a killer outfit for her bachelorette party pub crawl, though, which gives me a great excuse to go shopping soon! I'll certainly need some retail therapy after the end of finals!

Do you have lots of weddings to attend this season? Which one are you most excited about?

Contest Shout-Out

I just wanted to give a quick thanks to Backyard Bride, who recently announced on her blog that I won her ULTA gift card giveaway! As you may be aware, the past couple of weeks have been pretty crappy for me, as I was dealing with some health issues, among other things.  Hopefully some retail therapy will help :)

 

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In all seriousness, though, I realized that with the stress of work, school, and everything else I have had on my plate that I was not properly taking care of myself, and as a result, my health suffered.  I am an optimist, so I do believe that the positive that has come out of this experience and some other recent personal events is that I have taken the time to reexamine my priorities, and will make sure I am mindful of working towards all of my personal goals, so that I can become the best version of me!

So I just wanted to remind brides out there who are still amidst the stress of wedding planning to remember your priorities, and take care of yourself! Because a healthy bride is a beautiful bride!

I'm on Weddzilla!

I have some very exciting news to share with you. I have been chosen to become a Featured Bride Blogger at the Weddzilla blog! You can check out my introductory post here.

This is also big for me because at Weddzilla we are introduced and go by our first name.  In case you haven't noticed, I've never shared my real name on this blog or my Twitter, nor posted any personal photos of myself (other than my hair).  That is not an accident.  The reason is that in my profession, I work hard to maintain my privacy, and I have been very hesitant to reveal too much about myself.

So here's the big reveal: my first name is Morgan. Weddzilla also required that I share a picture of myself, so I chose one that gives you some idea of what I look like, but hides most of my face.  It is a picture that Cape Cod Groom took when we were on the Cape a couple of weeks ago.

Overall, I still haven't decided what to do about revealing more of myself on this blog. We're getting our engagement photos taken in 2 weeks, and I'd love to share those and post pictures of our wedding as well, as I know people would enjoy seeing them.  On the other hand, I'm not sure if I'm ready or willing to "come out of the closet" yet, so to speak :-)

This led me to wonder if anyone else out there has had any hesitation about revealing yourself on your blog or website, for either personal or professional reasons? If so, how did you deal with this struggle and what did you ultimately decide, and why?

Over the Top!

A quick thanks to my gal at Westside Wedding for sharing this award with me!

For the Over the Top Award you are supposed to answer the following questions with one word answers and then pass the award onto six fellow bloggers.

Here we go!

1. Where is your cell phone? Around

2. Your hair? Blonde

3. Your mother? Amazing

4. Your father? Awesome

5. Your favorite food? Sushi
6. Your dream last night? D/K
7. Your favorite drink? Sangria
8. Your dream/goal? Graduate!
9. What room are you in? Bedroom
10. Your hobby? Blogging
11. Your fear? Fire
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Happy
13. Where were you last night? Home
14. Something you aren’t? Tactful
15. Muffins? Yummy
16. Wish list item? Vacation
17. Where did you grow up? Chatham
18. Last thing you did? Biked
19. What are you wearing? Nada
20. Your TV? 50"
21. Your pets? None
22. Your friends? Crazy
23. Your life? Blessed
24. Your mood? Relaxed
25. Missing someone? Nope
26. Vehicle? Subaru
27. Something you’re not wearing? Clothes!
28. Your favorite store? Anthropologie
29. Your favorite color? Green
30. When was the last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? D/K
32. Your best friend? CapeCodGroom
33. One place that I go over and over? Work :-(
34. One person who emails me regularly? CapeCodGroom
35. Favorite place to eat? Wakamono

Giving this baby to:

A Chocolate Lover's Confessions

Cupcake Wedding

The Alternative Bride

A Los Angeles Love

East Side Bride

Polka Dot Bride

Yay Awards!

Sorry I haven't been blogging much this week folks. As you may know, I've been on the Cape frantically doing all of my wedding planning. I have gotten a lot done so far and I can't wait to share it all with you when I return to Chicago tomorrow night!

But for now I have to give a shout out to my girls at Cupcake Wedding and A Chocolate Lover's Confessions for passing on another blog award to me.  The rules are that you must provide 10 interesting facts about yourself and give the award to 10 other deserving bloggers.

This is getting challenging as I already had to provide 7 facts before for another award, but here you go:

1.  I love sushi, and my favorite sushi restaurant in Chicago is called Wakamono.
2.  This past summer I became a vegetarian, though I still eat fish occasionally. Bad me.
3.  I loathe beer, and one of my favorite drinks is sangria.
4.  I adore the movie Love Actually and watch it every holiday season.
5.  My fiance taught me how to drive a scooter this summer, though I still haven't taken ours out by myself yet. The streets of Chicago are a bit intimidating.
6.  I double majored in college, and my 2nd degree was in history.  I focused on World War II, and know a lot of random facts about it that I will (probably) never use in my life.
7.  I basically like all types of music except country.
8.  I am 4 years younger than my fiance. 
9.  I love watching lectures on TED. If you aren't familiar with it I highly recommend it.
10. My goal is to get done with school by the time I'm 30. *fingers crossed*.

And I'm excited to pass this award onto these 10 bloggers:
1. Bicoastal Bride
2. Sassy Bride on a Mission
3. Pink Love Bird
4. Carolina Bride
5. Running to the Wedding
6. Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bridezilla
7. Girl with a Ring
8. Thoughts of the All Consumed Bride
9. Handcrafted Hitching Post
10. The Bowie Bride