Awesome shoes!

I really want my shoes on the big day to be flashy!
(Jackie: Flashy? No wayyyyy!)
Yes. Flashy. Not bling-ed out, but eye catching.

Here's some ideas from a manufacture that make pretty amazing shoes that are stylish and very comfortable to dance in (or run if need be... I've done it before in a pair of Nina shoes lol):

Check their site out : Click Here

If I can't get what I want, then... I want this!

Well... Rolf's is gone.
I'm doing a little finagling...
(yes, finagle is a word--> finagling (verb): 1. to obtain (something) by devious or dishonest means. Hehehehehehe)
... to try and get the cake from Roeser's now.
What? You don't know about Roeser's? And you've been living in Chicago for how long? Ooof! Where have you been living? Under a rock?!

Roeser's is the BEST bakery that I have ever had the pleasure of trying (and I've tried a LOT of bakeries in my 27 years). I can still remember my first taste of a Roeser's cake. It was yellow cake with strawberry filling...Mmmm... I was nice a snug, in my mother's womb.
Haha
My mom had a Roeser's cake at her baby shower when she was pregnant with me. Ever since then, I've alway remembered a Roeser's cake at each of my birthdays, and the one year my parents forgot about my birthday (oh no they didn't! You know I let them have it for that one), I bought my own.

Seeing that yellow Roeser's box brings back really yummy memories. My friend Maggie had a Roeser's wedding cake and... I may have taken home 2 slices :)
(Sorry Maggs haha)
it was delicious!

Want to know more about Roeser's? Check it out here--> Roeser's Bakery
It's been open for over 100 years! Go and try a cake/pastry for yourself :)

Example of the times...

I woke up this morning to a text from my cousin saying that the bakery that was going to make my wedding cake announced that it was going out of business.

What the heck?

So, I go to their website and look what I saw:

Son of a biscotti >:(

I'm going to have to call that wedding planner and ask why I hadn't been informed of this >:(

I can't be mad at the bakery though... who can blame them? It's a shame that a family ran business has to go under. It's 2012 people! The world is unraveling! lol

Presents!

So, I decided on the magnet save the dates, and had them delivered to school (considering that I practically live there). Inside the box, along with the fabulous magnets were presents!!
Well... to me, at least haha
I found a invitation book with lots of paper samples.
Growing up, there were two things I really loved: paper and... Pens!

There's just something about a really good pen... The way the ink smoothly runs out... The way the pen gently glides across the paper... Haha! I could wax on about my love for pens and paper for twelve minutes, but I'll spare you from my nerdy interests.

Save the dates go out as soon as I recruit some helpers to assemble them :)

Click. Copy. Save. Print!

The save the dates are being printed as I type this!
Here's a look:
 (mini magnets!)

Count yourself lucky if you receive one in the mail ;) It's gonna be a rocking party!