Top Ten Blogger Brides Posts of 2009

I was recently perusing Get Married and came across an article reviewing the top ten Blogger Bride posts of the year. As you may or may not be aware, I am a Featured Blogger Bride on their blog. After viewing the article, I was shocked and thrilled to see that one of my posts came in 5th! See the complete list of top ten Blogger Bride posts here.

The Blogger Bride post of mine that was listed in the top ten was called This Is YOUR Wedding: Do Things Your Way, and it received such a great response that it inspired a series I started called Going Against the Grain. This was the first post in the series in which I wrote to remind brides that their wedding is a special celebration of the union between them and their future husband, and it's important to remember to do what makes you and your groom happy when planning your wedding. I found that when families get involved and begin to share (or in some cases, demand) their opinions and ideas be included in your wedding, that it can be really easy to succumb to the pressure and lose sight of the vision that you and your groom had for your wedding. So this post served as a reminder for myself, and hopefully other brides out there, to remain true to yourselves and do things your way, even if they include some unconventional ideas!

And finally, congrats to all the ladies who made the top ten this year! I'm looking forward to more great posts from them and everyone else in the New Year!

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

Another Award!

Thanks to NuFlair for leaving me this Portuguese award and making my day! This is more simple than some of the other awards because all you have to do is thank the person who gave it to you on their blog and then pass it on to other bloggers!

 

I'm giving it to:

Cupcake Wedding

A Small Town Bride

Anne Ruthmann Photography

Born to be Mrs. Beever

Heather_N_Will

Backyard Bride

M-i-s-s to M-r-s.

Iva_K

Budget Wise Weddings
March-Eleven2010

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

My First Award!

I was pleasantly surprised this morning to learn that my good friend at Cupcake Wedding gave me a Kreativ Blogger award!

Supposedly these awards are passed along from blogger to blogger to honor and recognize talented, creative bloggers.  In return for receiving this award, the recipient is supposed to list 7 tidbits of information about themselves, and then pass the award onto 7 other deserving bloggers.

So here are 7 facts to help you get to know me better:

1. When I'm not blogging about my pending nuptuals, I'm working on my Ph.D. in psychology.

2. My fiance, friends and I are big dorks and are so addicted to LOST and True Blood that we have weekly get-togethers to watch the shows.

3. I've lived in Boston, San Francisco, New York City, Chicago, London and Madrid. Boston feels like home, but I'm enchanted by London and Madrid. 

4. I used to be an accomplished equestrian and was on my college's equestrian team. I haven't had the time or money for riding since moving to Chicago, and how I miss it!

5. I am a huge Red Sox fan. HUGE. I also enjoy the Patriots.

6. Two of my favorite activities to do with my fiance are riding our bikes on Lake Michigan and scootering around Chicago on our silver Schwinn scooter.

7. I have a problem with smiling and laughing at inappropriate times.

Spreading the love to blogs I admire:

1. The Alternative Bride

2. Westside Wedding

3. A Los Angeles Love

4. Vegan Bride

5. A Practical Wedding

6. Eco-Chic Weddings

7. Ruffled (formerly Vintage Glam Weddings)