Saturday, November 29, 2014

Bridesmaid's Shopping

Hi!

Hope everyone's Thanksgiving was nice! Since Marisa was home from college and Abbie was on school vacation we thought it was the perfect time to go look for dresses!
Grams, Dina, Cece, Me, Abbie, and Marisa


Day One: We went to this small boutique in West Hartford, so you know it's expensive! This place was like the size of my room and then a two roomed dressing room. It seemed that everyone was finding dresses and I wasn't. I found 3 while everyone had like 12. Whatever. So we go to the dressing rooms and are taking turns. Marisa looks great in everything she can wear any style. I can only wear a dress with straps and a back that covers my bra. And no, strapless bras do not work for a 32 DD/E boob. I wasn't super upset but I did get a little down while watching everyone laughing and smiling holding potential dresses. I did feel myself wanting to cry and when I was in the dressing room alone looking in the mirror I was angry at my chest. But tomorrow we would go to David's Bridal so I tried not to worry too much.



Day Two: Davids Bridal had tons more options.... but not for me. As I searched I felt myself getting more discouraged. I found 4. Better then yesterday's selection. We had a section of dressing rooms all together, every bridesmaid was here plus my mom, 2 aunts, Odie's mom, and Grams. We had our own little spot, very roomie unlike the WeHa place. So I got into my dressing room and just stared at the dresses thinking which one should I even put on since none would fit or they looked like they were for an old lady. I tried on the least unattractive dress. Surprise, surprise, looks weird on my chest. I went to the second dress when my mom knocked and said to come out to show everyone....

Of course everyone is giving opinions at once. Over all no one liked it saying it looks too old for me. You think I don't know that? It's the only thing with straps! I'm on the verge of tears. I'm wearing this stupid dress and everyone else is happy and laughing, finding so many options. It's been about an hour and 4 girls have already picked out the ones they want. The other girl still looking had already narrowed it down. This made me want to cry even more. My mom, my sister, my grandma kept shoving dresses in the dressing room to try on. I wanted to scream "STOP!" I'm not going to wear any of those. If it doesn't have straps it's not happening.

Then everyone has to keep saying "Aw, what's wrong?" or "Are you okay?" and that just makes the tears pour out. So now I'm in the dressing room crying. This whole time before dress shopping I thought it would be so easy for me. But boy, was I wrong. I was not smiling, not laughing, not loving every dress like everyone else. I didn't want to be the Debbie downer or make things difficult for my sister. My sister finally came in to see what was wrong. I kept crying and saying sorry for ruining the day. She said not to worry and would be back. She found a few dresses and told me to just try them on and I didn't have to come out of the dressing room.

I still didn't like any of them. Then... She picked out this pretty one and I was like "No, there is only one strap..." but she said we could see if we could add one to the other side so I should just try it on anyway. So I listened and she said it looked beautiful and I should step out of the room and show everyone else. I did. Everyone was extra "Omg, Christina, you look stunning" because they really wanted to be nice since I had been crying this whole time. So it felt like they were being fake, but they weren't.


As you can tell my smile isn't fully real...

As I looked in the mirror I started to like it but it was 3 shades darker then everyone else's... then Dina said to me "You're the maid of honor, you get to stand out!" The women said when they hem the bottom they can use that fabric to make a strap that would cover my bra. Well, after they tried offering me to try on the strapless bras they sell. I mean, they didn't even have my size, yet they still were like it's a 34 D it's like the equivalent. No, it's not or I'd wear that bra instead of spending like $100 on my size! Duh!

By the end of our day my face chaffed from wiping my eyes/cheeks, my legs and feet hurt from standing so long, and I was mentally exhausted but I did feel relief in knowing that everything turned out okay.

-Christina




Thursday, November 27, 2014

Happy Thanksgiving!

What are you thankful for?

Sean surprised me with my first musical, Wicked! Had no clue till we got there!
I'm very grateful to have a really close and supportive family. In good and bad. And mostly I'm thankful for my boyfriend. Sean is the best thing that's ever happened to me. He's made me stronger then I've ever been. I can't even believe we've been together for 4 years and living together for 3! He really pushes me when it comes to my mental health and is always there for me no matter what. My life is a good one and I wouldn't change it for the world, no matter if I have bad days. Because in the end, it's about love and believing in yourself.

Uncle John, Huddy, Myself and my cousins Marisa and Abbie. Selfie time!
Mini shoot of Outfit Of The Day aka #OOTD
 Hope you all had a yummy and grateful Thanksgiving!
Love, Christina

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Selfie Saturday

I just love this outfit!


Friday, November 14, 2014

Quote Of The Day: Disney

Oh Walt, you're the best.

-Christina

Thursday, November 13, 2014

DIY thankful pumpkin

Hi peeps!

How's it going? Today I decided to decorate my last pumpkin of the year. Though I wasn't sure what to put on it. Since Thanksgiving is right around the corner I thought I'd write "Be Thankful" and put it on the front steps outside.

Basically all I did was wipe off the pumpkin so it was a clean surface. Got a washable marker and drew  what I wanted on the front. Took a few tries to get write it perfectly, since it's a washable marker you literally can just wipe it with a wet washcloth so you can get it just right! I use a orange marker though. Then once it's how you want it, you just get a small paint brush and use black paint (or whatever colors) and paint right over the marker! Let dry and put it outside!

Thanks for reading,
Christina




Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Bridesmaid Planning!

Hi peeps!

Last night I did a little bridal shower planning with Cece, one of Dina's bridesmaids. I made a binder! It's totally adorable! I have all my planning in it. Guest lists, themes, locations, food, favors, and all that good stuff! It was fun to plan and knowing Dina can't see it till she attends her shower, haha! I'd write down the theme but incase Dina saw this post it would ruin everything! But here are a few pictures of the night!




I love being a planner! Especially cause my mother and I are in charge of the shower, I get to pick the theme! This is fun!

-Christina

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

It's official!

I mean...... I already knew but still.




I have a lot of planning to do!

MOH, Christina


Mug by Jodi, check her out at Twine & Vines blog and visit her Etsy shop!

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Quote Of The Day: Mental Health


So true. I think some people will never realize that. If I hadn't I'd still be living at my moms, staying in bed 24/7, not having a job or even friends. Once I realized I don't have to feel this way, everything changed. I got the help I needed. I will always struggle with bipolar disorder but I can do it on my terms instead of the disease's terms!

-Christina

Sunday, November 2, 2014

4th Annual Halloween Party!

BOO!

Our party was fun, this year not too many people... which I love. Last year I am NOT lying we had about 100 people, this year about half. It was perfect. My photobooth was cute, loved the streamers. This year I was a witch I did really cool makeup too. I bought a dress that I can wear again too so that's good. Sean was something from a comic book but he was too hot in a full pull over mask that he paint (smelled like fumes!) and a trench coat. He's too cute though. Everyone seemed to have fun. I made my bloody cupcakes once again, I'm pretty good at it if I do say so myself. I hand paint them with food coloring. We didn't do a contest this year, mostly because I forgot. Each year (well every party) I stress out completely the day of and basically decorate it all by myself. That's why I sometimes hate living with guys. They think you can do it an hour before. Wrong. But I got it done, but I did forget to put up the giant fuzzy spider! I'll do it next year so whatever. So here we go with the pics!

Closer look at my makeup.


Next day was my sister's Halloween party, Sean and I were terribly exhausted! We didn't go to bed till 3am, well Sean didn't till 4:30am. I've always wanted to do a group costume and my dream came through last minute! Sean hates couple costumes, he thinks there lame. Well he's wrong! My favorite movie is Dazed & COnfused. So I convinced Sean to do it with me. I was Darla Marks, aka the bitch senior and my Babers was Matthew Mcconaughey's character David Wooderson, the creeper old dude who hits on high schoolers. It's actually his first acting role!

So we went to Saver's to get our costumes. Sean ended up buying women's jeans. He needed salmon colored jeans and then a white tee (which he had) and we printed a piece of paper to stick on the design Wooderson had on his. I got men's boxers for the striped shorts Darla wears, I bought a plan white sweatshirt and colored on the Seniors logo stuff she had on. I got white knee highs, wore my puma's and borrowed a whistle from Sean, I even got ketchup bottles!

On that Thursday was thinking of what she could be since she already wore a costume to my party she wanted to do something different for hers. She loved my idea and Odie basically will do what Dina says, he's not good at those type of things. She was the intellectual red head Cynthia Dunn. And we made Odie Ben Affleck's first roles character the asshole super senior Fred O'Bannion. I can not believe we found the perfect outfit for Dina, burnt orange cordaroy bell bottoms, and what looked like the exact striped shirt form the movie. FOr Odie we got a jean long sleeve button down. Then we went to Party City for wigs. I can't believe they had both the wigs we were looking for. Odie doesn't have hair, haha so he needed the wig. I also made Odie the wooden paddle! Which I now hung up in the living room! Here's the costumes!






All right, all right, all right,
Christina


p.s. Watch the movie if you haven't. Trust me.

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Quotes Of The Day: Books

Jane Austen... I truly love you.
Pride & Prejudice 

"Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion." 

Truth! 

-Christina