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Fiancé comes home from his "extended business trip" aka moving 3,000 miles away for two months, on Thursday. It's all I can think about!

Well that and my best friend is getting married on Saturday!! I can't wait! She's amazing and her soon to be husband is so wonderful. They're an amazing couple and I am ecstatic to celebrate with them. They live in manhattan as well and we are so lucky to have them around.

You all should get the countdown app for the iPhone. It's worth the extra $1 to be able to personalize it too.

Cinderella is proof that the right pair of shoes can change your life

It's sale season which means I shouldn't even be able to walk through stores.  I made that mistake yesterday, fell in love with a pair of Valentinos that I want to wear to the wedding.  They aren't quite appropriate, or so says my mom.  I'm now on my 5th pair of wedding shoes purchased at this point, and I've tried on many more than that. 

 
I've had a number of people tell me "it's just the shoes!  It doesn't matter, no one will see them under your dress anyway."

I totally disagree.  

You're talking to the girl who slept in her first pair of patent leather mary-janes as a toddler.  I love shoes, almost as much as I love handbags, and my wedding shoes do matter! 

So I'm still on the hunt.  We'll see what I come up with on the day. The dress is a surprise, so maybe the shoes will be too!

Happy Memorial Day

I hope you all are enjoying this day off with a thought of our men and women who have fought for this country.

I've had a relaxing week and am not ready to return to work. I was fortunate enough to dip my toes in the Atlantic and the Pacific this past week! No matter what time of year, if I am by the ocean I must put my feet in.

 clockwise from top left: wine tasting in Napa, Pacific Ocean at Half Moon Bay, sun hat at Rehoboth Beach, Atlantic Ocean

The only downside to this past week and the last couple of months is that I've been traveling so much! I haven't woken up on a weekend in New York next to my fiancé in over two months and with our busy summer schedule we won't get to for another month or so. This home is being inhabited by two people who live a life together but barely overlap paths. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy traveling but between our jobs, visits to family and friends, this long distance thing, and my weekends worked I have come to find that New York has been a very lonely time for me.  It's strange in a city filled with people how someone can feel that way!

vacation

I'm off of work a little over a week and I've decided to take my vacation from blogging while I'm enjoying the sun, friends and family.