Follow Your Arrow Wherever it Points

This entire week I've known that I need to write a new post because lets be honest...I'm well overdue. So lets see..where do I start? I should probably start by talking about my riveting weekend off that started with a shopping day with some of my favorite co-workers last Friday. Our co-worker Lia is a born and raised Californian that moved to Iowa last February with nothing more than a light jacket. With the weather drastically dropping in temperature, she was in DIRE need of some winter clothes ASAP. I would have to say the day was a success! Lia stocked up on long sleeve tees, sweaters, hats, and even the  mittens with "the cute little hats on them" --->

I got a few more long sleeve tees to fill my oh so exciting closet as well as a new brand new shiny pair of spanks for the winter while my glitzy glamorous co worker Melissa picked up a adorable sparkly cocktail dress with matching hand bag. From there it was on to happy hour at the newly opened Cheddars (throwback to the Oklahoma days) where we hashed over work drama, crazy coworkers, and general nursing stories filled with pure comedy before continuing to drink the night away.

Saturday was a pretty important day in terms of wedding planning. I drove to Des Moines to meet with my beautifully talented designer friend Amber to discuss my wedding dress. Yes- that's right. I'm not doing the big "Say Yes to the Dress" extravaganza. I'm doing one better (in my opinion anyway). My wonderful friend Amber over at AV Clothing Design  will be designing my wedding gown. After spending the day with her looking through wedding gowns and giving her the likes and don't likes as well as checking out fabrics that we like I couldn't be more excited for my wedding gown!

After stopping by the mall to meet up with our friend Kalli and her little one year old cutie, Amber and I went back to her place and made a duck tape bust in place of her just taking my measurements....to an onlooker it pry looked like she was kidnapping me but at the same time I felt like I was being fitted for my superhero outfit :)

My new super hero costume!

All it needs now is to be stuffed!

The great weekend quickly came to a screeching halt when I woke up Sunday morning with a running faucet for a nose, knives in my throat and a terrible cough. The first terrible cold of the winter is officially upon me. And let me tell ya, its a doozy.  Oh well, I digress---

You've got to take the good with the bad, smile with the sad, love what you've got, and remember what you had. Always forgive, but never forget. Learn from mistakes, but never regret.

Anyway- go check out Amber on Facebook and like her page! She has some really cool project in the works (I mean, aside from my fab wedding dress ;))


                                    Peace and *cough cough* blessings ;)