A little midweek recapping

Hey ya! I was off work Monday for President's Day, so I kinda skipped the whole weekend recap thing on Sunday night. Thought I'd hop to it now...

Friday, Eric and I went to Lucky's to have a nice, slow-paced dinner and celebrate the day of luuuurve. This isn't a great photo, but hey.. it's the one we've got so I'm posting it. :)

Oh and let me back up.. Some of you saw on Instagram/Facebook but lookie what greeted me at my desk at work on Valentine's Day morning! We really don't do anything big to celebrate Valentines Day other than cards and maybe a little dinner or something, so I was FLOORED. He gets major props for surprising me and for even knowing I loved this bag b/c I didn't ever really even mention it...outside my random blog post last week that is. But by that time, the bag was likely hiding somewhere in our house and I had no idea! haha!

 Anyhoo, Friday night, Eric, my new bag and I went to Lucky's for dinner and then went to see Safe Haven. :) Per usual, the book was better than the movie in my opinion. They changed quite a bit, I thought. It was still good, but I just preferred the book.

Saturday night, Eric and I went to a dessert party at a friend's house called "Champagne and Sweets." How fun is that?! They have it every year, but this was our first time to attend. It's a cocktail-type event and his wife makes tables and tables full of desserts. They have bartenders on site offering awesome champagne concoctions. My favorite: the bacon waffle. :)

Sunday night, I had a little girls time with some friends since we were off on Monday. :) And then Monday, I went back to a local bridal boutique with my mom....

....TO BUY MY WEDDING DRESS!

That's right! Sara, Beth and I went on Saturday to re-visit my top three (at three different places) and at the final place, Facchianos, I saw a different dress I hadn't tried on before. Randomly decided to try it on even though I wasn't sure the style was what I wanted. Put it on...and fell in love. I walked out and Sara and Beth gasped. (Always a good sign, right?) After parading around in it and totally not wanting to take it off, I was confident I'd found "the one." 

Ignore my haphazard scarf. I'd just come out of the dressing room...

So I took my mom back on Monday to try it on again (she loved it!) and make it official. :) So excited and so random that it was just some dress I hadn't even been considering! I didn't really understand that whole "the one" thing b/c I liked a lot of dresses, but yeah... I get it now. This one is just miles above the rest in my opinion. And while I got excellent service everywhere, I just adore the ladies at Facchianos. They really make the experience so special. Highly recommend them.

Absolutely thrilled!

Next wedding step: Registering! We're going this weekend to Bed, Bath and Beyond to get started. :) Thank GOSH for The Knot with all the little reminder emails: "You have 8 months til you're wedding. You should be starting to register." If you have any registry tips, must-haves, etc, feel free to forward my way! :)

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I'll leave you with a quick pic from this morning. Yesterday, I was in a jacket and today, it's snowing...a lot. The pups were fascinated by the large white flakes falling before I left for work today. :)