Weekend Recap!

Well, the weekend started a tad early this week with my working from home on Friday. I wanted to be able to leave for Long Island in the early afternoon so it made more sense to work from home. Here's my little helper making sure I'm as productive as possible!
Friday afternoon, I started the 2 hr and 45 min drive to Long Island to Becca's house. This is the picture I sent Jay when I was driving through Stamford, that's where he grew up.
Here I am approaching the Throgs Neck
Friday night, Becca and I went out to Baja Grill for some yummy Mexican salads and margaritas! They were 2 for 1....
So, of course I got 2! Bec had the Sangria Saturday morning we woke up, had some coffee and then did Jillian's shred! Intense (as usual!) Then we headed to a spa called Tahiti'a to get manicures! We both got a dark purple color. Saturday afternoon, we met up with Becky to give her her birthday present. We got her a Coach cosmetic bag filled with new makeup.
The three of us went to an early dinner at the Main Street Cafe. Here's a view from downtown Northport.
Then it was time for the partying to begin! We got all dolled up and hopped on the train to head to the city. Notice we had our beer and wine...Apparently everyone drinks on the train on the way to the city! Weird, right?

This was our destination....Latitude Bar...very cool place

All the girls...a Fairfield reunion
A co-ed bathroom at a bar in the city....gross
Ada & Ant
Meg; opening her present. We got her a Coach pencil case filled with school supplies
A little too much fun...
Someone's drink...not mine haha who took this?

This picture makes me laugh...no idea who took it

This could be considered an awesome idea or a really bad one haha
The happy couple
Me & the birthday girl
Another one...WHAT is going on here? What are we talking about and who took it? Makes me laugh...
This little guy was waiting for me when I got home on Sunday...he was VERY happy to see me...Feelings were mutual, buddy

Hope you had a great weekend :)

Off to Long Island!

After work today I'm headed to Becca's house in Long Island for the weekend! Tomorrow is manicures then an early dinner with Becky in the afternoon. Tomorrow night we're heading to Latitude in NYC for Meg & Becky's 26th birthdays! Fun girls weekend in the city! Be back Sunday night with lots of pictures I'm sure!
Have a fab weekend ;)

Happy Birthday Meg!

Today my good friend Meg is turning 26! (We'll all be celebrating with her tomorrow night in NYC!) Happy Birthday Meg; have a fabulous day & I'll see you tomorrow!

I Blinged Out My Phone!

I saw a girl at work have a black and colorful Coach cover for her berry and I was like "omg I need that..." (need mayyyy be a stretch haha). So we went to the mall this week and I ended up getting 2 of them! One for my berry and one for my iTouch (which was getting pretty banged up). I got the traditional Coach pattern since it matches my everyday bag...Not gonna lie; I'm slightly obsessed with them already haha
Here's the view of the front:
and the backs:
Last night, we went to the Cheesecake Factory in Blue Back Square with my in-laws to use the gift cert. we gave them for the wedding! We started off with fried mac & cheese and omg...they were SO good! Like unbelievable.
We were so full that we didn't have room for the cheesecake, but it looked so good I had to take a picture!Happy Greysday :)

Wedding Wednesdays: Engagement Rings!

Until we started looking at engagement rings, I had no idea how many different options there were! I never really pictured what mine would look like and I actually ended up changing my setting before the wedding. Here are a few of the beautiful sparkly options...but really there are SO many more not shown here!
Here we have a round center stone with channel set diamonds in the band (by: ArtCarved)
A trend that is somewhat popular is using multi-color stones (by: Leigh Jay Nacht)
In terms of side stones, there are one side stone on either side, seen on this one (by: Mark Schneider Design)
Or this one with two side stones on either side (by: ArtCarved) Another option is to have pave diamonds around the band; seen here (by: Ritani)This one I found struck me as very unique with it's swirly patterns (by Vanna K)
Another widely popular option is a vintage style ring (by: Timeless Designs)

And, of course, the ever classic...solitaire (by: ArtCarved)What I have for MY ring...Emerald cut center stone with diamonds on the band, pave style
What kind of setting do you have? Was it what you always wanted? Did your fiance/husband pick it out himself?
All inspiration pictures courtesy of The Knot