Changes

After yet another day of debate, and endlessly walking back and forth past my boots, I think I've finally decided on not going through with it. I think I need to lay the boots to rest. As much as I want red glitter cowboy boots, I don't think this is the route I should be taking. :(  However, I do think I'm going to continue on with the swarovski crystals and sparkling up my own pair of shoes. We'll see. I'll probably sit on that one for a little bit longer.

On another note, my Monroe piercing I got a few months ago...may be no more. I love the little gem and waited 7 years to get it so this is a difficult decision for me. I'm just concerned with where it's located and the affect its having on my gum and teeth.

Do I give it a couple more weeks in hopes that it gets better? Under normal situations, that would be my first option. We are unfortunately scheduled to take our engagement pictures on the 12th. Do I leave it in until the 12th? This way I won't have a healing scar. Or do I take it out now? Hopefully the scar will have healed by then. My other thought is if I do leave it in until after the pictures, will I really want a piercing showing on our engagement pictures? When I won't have it soon after?

I love this piercing.

I don't want to take it out.

But.

It hurts.

A girl already has to put herself in enough discomfort and pain with a zillion other things to fit into this society. Do I really want to add to that list? Just because I think it's cute?

The Big Shoe Debate...

So anyone who knows me, knows I can't wait on things. Once I get an idea in my head I want to make it real. ASAP. One of those things being my boots.

I ended up finding a pair of black, shorter, lower heeled cowboy boots on Monday. Since Mr. Fiance wouldn't let me run to Michael's that very same night, I waited until Tuesday on my way home from work. It's on my way home, duh. Kinda...maybe ten, fifteen minutes out of my way but hey! I wanted to get this party started! I entered the world of Michael's to find my wonderful jewels waiting for me. And guess what!? They were on sale!! It's meant to be.

I hurry home, finish a couple chores and sit down at the kitchen table to begin my long and tedious adventure. First, lets back the train up a bit. On my way home between Michael's and my driveway I was thinking that maybe I'd be safer to do an actual heel with this gems instead of the boot. I mean, these little gems aren't cheap. So if I finish these boots and I don't like them-then what? Wear them out of guilt? Here starts the big debate. Red glitter boots or red glitter heels...such a tough decision!! What if I don't like the boots? What if they don't turn out how I'm dreaming them up to be? Why can't Taylor Swift just lend me her boots for the evening? Ugh. Celebrities. Why do they always have to get the good stuff!? Anyways. Back to the task at hand. I decide to do a couple and see what I think. I sit at the table with the glue and gem in my hand. Here goes nothing. I stick the first one on. Eh. It's ok. Add a couple more. Still ok.

Enter Tony.

T: "You should space them out a little more"
H: "I'm still debating if I do the boot or if I find a pair of heels"
T: "You can find a pair of sparkly heels to buy online"
H: "I want to make them"
T: "Maybe you should get a red boot"
H: "Let me know when you find a red boot"

Thanks for the encouragement honey.

Here's what I have so far...

I know it's not the greatest picture and you can't really get the true idea of it yet, but I'm nervous. Do I continue adding them and see what happens? How far do I go before I decide?

Am I dreaming?

So a few weeks ago I attended the Taylor Swift concert. When we left the arena that night, I didn't leave there talking about the concert...while somewhat, I was a little upset about the lack of T-Party...anyways, I left there dreaming of cowboy boots and glitter. Red Glitter. At one point during the show Taylor came out wearing a black dress and red cowboy boots. These weren't just regular red cowboy boots though. They were glitter red. I mean, it's Taylor, that's pretty much a given.

I want them. I need them. I have to have them. Right now.

But.

I can't find them. Anywhere. I can't even find a photo or a video of her wearing them. Am I dreaming?? I asked Laura if I was crazy, but she remembers them too. Why can't I find proof!?

So, now I'm on a mission. To find glitter cowboy boots.

Here's what I've found so far...

The gold ones are...eh...gold...I'm still undecided on them. The issue is if I order them and they don't fit or I don't like them, I can't return them. Then I'm out $$.

The silver ones, which would have worked perfectly for what I want to do, are sold out. No word on when or if they will be restocked. Eh.

You can't find any red sparkly boots anywhere. So. As I was searching the internet about to give up hope, the light bulb turned on.

The last few months every now and then I read on weddingbee about brides who are making their own shoes. They take a regular "plain" pair of shoes and glue swarovski crystals on them.  Like so...

What's my light bulb idea? Well, I'm going to find, attempt to anyhow, a pair of cowboy boots. Then I'll find red, hopefully, swarovski crystals and glue them to the boots. If I can't find Taylor Swift's glittery boots, I'll just have to make them myself!

Wish me luck!

Engagement Session Take 2

Back in January we were lucky enough to have our friend Jennifer snap a couple pictures for us while it was still winter out. They turned out great and I've used them a few times already for wedding things :)

Now that we have our photographer booked we have yet another engagement session ahead of us.

After much discussion we decided to have the "scene" of the event downtown River Falls. Since we had already had our winter session out at the farm I figured we could have some fun and change it up a bit. Downtown we'll have the old buildings, a couple walking bridges, benches and a green filled pathway. We're bound to get some good pictures out of those options. If we have enough time we might try and head down by the falls. We'll see.

I have no idea what we are going to wear. Either of us. I know eventually, once I figure out what I'll be wearing, it's just a matter of finding a shirt that won't clash with me for Tony. I'm not worried about him. But. I have no idea what I'm going to wear.

We have two weeks to figure this out.

I'm open for suggestions...

Suspenders say whaat?

Yes, I have yet another new obsession.

Suspenders.

You can go ahead and thank Ms. Mrs. Amber Worthington for that one. Actually, I'm not sure if it's her you thank or her brothers. Who ever it was that had the splendid idea of having suspenders is a genius.  I saw these beauties at Amber and Randy's wedding a few weeks ago. As soon as the boys took off their jackets and I spotted them, the light instantly clicked on. Not sure on the details of anything yet. I'll be sure to let you know when I do :)

Bonus: Tony likes them too

Who woulda thought?!

Maybe...Just maybe...Tony could possibly get his bow tie he's been asking for.


...Maybe...

Engagement Story-Part 2

If you missed Part 1-Catch up here!

Fast forward a few months...10 to be exact...

After much deliberation we decided on taking a trip. This my friends, was our first official vacation as a couple. Believe it or not, over the 5 years we had been together we hadn't really taken a vacation together. A weekend away up north doesn't count, in my eyes at least. We both had taken our separate vacations with our friends, but we had never done it together. One step at a time.

We booked our trip to Cozumel and started the countdown til we left. Actually, Tony started the countdown. For some odd reason, this trip didn't seem real to me. Honestly, I really didn't get excited for it until we were sitting in the airport. And for some strange reason, Tony was a little too excited for it if you ask me. The ten e-mails a day with "are you excited??", "__ days til we're on the beach!" "What do you want to do this day?" where a little excessive. But I let it slide.

Fast forward again to the day we leave. It's 4 am. I'm going through the last minute packing and double checked our paper work. Pause. I forgot to mention something. Awhile back in conversation I had mentioned to Tony I had never had an ocean front room. It was never brought up again. Until I accidentally ruined my surprise when I was looking for our transfer information.

Haley: In a confused tone..."why on earth does this say we have an ocean view room"
Tony: "YOU RUINED IT!"
H: "ruined what?!"
T: "You weren't supposed to see that!"
H: "WHAT!? See what?!"
T: " I kept that a secret all these months and the DAY OF you find it!"
H: still in a confused/half asleep tone "I'm sorry?"

Oops.

Momma Mari walks in, Tony explains in disappointment that I found the room information. (hint) Momma Mari, who is way too excited for 4am in the morning, asks me if I'm "EXCITED!!??" As I'm standing in the hallway I reply with a yes but I can't be excited when my little boy Axel is starring back at me with a "what are we doing mom?" look...I didn't want to leave him :( So I quickly changed my answer.
While Tony is gathering the luggage, I head out to the car so I don't have to say goodbye to Axel. It's 4 am. on a Thursday. In October. It's dark out. I walk towards the car to get in the back seat, leaving the front for Tony. I  get to the door to find Diane and Brent sitting in the back. Again, it's Thursday, Diane should be in school...or at least still sleeping in order to get up for school...she should not be sitting in the back seat! (hint) But not thinking anything of it I jump in excited that I get to see them before we leave. We head to the airport. One thing I've learned, Tony is not an ...easy...traveler. He was so frazzled that it was starting to make me uneasy. But we got through just fine and we were on the plane to Mexico in no time. Even on the plan he was still uneasy. He kept checking his jacket and pockets. (hint) I of course thought it was because of his change of money handling, he had his wallet plus a money clip. Again, I didn't think much of it...just that he needed to take a chill pill and relax.

We make it to Cozumel. Had a minor hiccup with our hotel, but we got it all worked out-more in our favor actually. We settled into our room and decided to walk around. At this point it was probably 7 pm. Let me remind you we had left our house at 4:30-5 maybe, so it was a long day of travel. As we are walking around we are debating about what we are going to do for dinner. Eat at a restaurant or order in. We head to the beach to watch the sunset while we are discussing. After sitting down for a few minutes I ask if we can just order in food and go to bed, I was too tired to sit at a restaurant. Tony agreed. After a few more minutes went by Tony got up to use the restroom. When he came back out I got up from my chair, I was ready to head back to the room. Tony gave me a hug and made a comment about how he could do this the rest of his life. (hint) Silly me replied with a quick "me too" and turned to walk away. Tony held on to my hand but wasn't moving. When I turned around he was down on one knee.

Haley : In a serious tone..."is this a joke?"

To be continued....

Honeymoon-CHECK!

Ok.

So. Over the next week you might not hear a lot from me.  I'll try and update as much as I can and you may see short scatter brain notes here and there but it probably won't be anything huge. I'm on 12 hour days for the next week. woohooooo....ugh. Friday can't come soon enough. Thankfully I already have plans Saturday so I couldn't work that day too.

Anyways.

Back to wedding stuff.

Honeymoon stuff.

:)

Tony and I decided on Jamaica for our honeymoon. Actually I wanted Jamaica so in Tony's words, "Haley wanted to go to Jamaica, so we compromised and we're going to Jamaica." I loooove him.

I am SO SO SO excited to be going back to Jamaica. We took a family trip there when I was in middle school and I loved it. Even though you aren't supposed to leave the resort, the people there make it worth while. The atmosphere is amazing. I can hear the steel drums now.

Here's a little glimpse of our room...we're spoiled. We have a butler. Yea...a butler...I'm not really sure what you do with a butler but we have one.

Oh and it has a seperate island...along with a pass to go to 2 other resorts in Jamaica. Endless entertainment, food and drinks here I come.

If only it was January...