Thoughtless Thursdays: New Living Room!

This weeks for Thoughtless Thursdays over @ Katie’s blog I thought I’d show you the changes we’ve made to the living room. 

Before:

After: (New Couch, wall art, large vase)

  

Wine Art (Pier 1)

   

Giant vase (Pier 1)

We save corks from all sorts of special occasions. Here’s a few that were together in the jar:

Dec ‘07 Carnival Freedom cruise, 2/9/08 Becky’s Birthday Party, 3/28/09 My Birthday Party in NYC

New Years ‘08, Oct ‘08 Lauren’s Bachelorette, 3/25/08 We’re Engaged!

 

Old Couch:

New Couch (WAY more comfortable! Along with some wall art; Pier 1):

 

New pillows (Christmas Tree Shop)

New wall sconces (Pier 1)

It’s starting to feel more homey around here!

Top 2 Tuesdays!

This week over @ Taylor’s blog, the topic is Top 2 Songs!

I have TONS of favorite songs (the product of marrying a DJ!) but here are some that NEVER disappoint and ALWAYS get me on the dance floor :)

Bon Jovi “Livin’ On A Prayer”

Eddie Money “Take Me Home Tonight

Weekend Recap: Jess’ Bachelorette!

The party started at my house! In order to get ready, I headed to Frerich’s Farm to pick up some pumpkins and mums. How cute is this place? Charlie’s Brown pumpkin patch.

I also hung up my “The Party is Here” flag for the occasion.

We had told Jess to come over in a dress (so she wouldn’t have any idea what we’d be up to) so we had this sweatsuit waiting for her:

Some of the decor in my kitchen

The food/drink set up

Yup, those are penis cookies…

The bride arrives!

Changed into her jumpsuit

And Surprise! Off to Pole Dancing class we went!

The place was called JMK Entertainment and is in Pawtucket RI. I cannot say enough good things about this place! Looking for a fun yet different bachelorette party? This place will NOT disappoint! Lots of fun; lots of laughs and they REALLY cater to brides!

The girls learning some of the steps

Our amazingly jacked instructor. Her body? Wow. Oh yeah AND she’s in her 50’s and have two son over 18.

Her crazy awesome shoes

And there she goes!

Doing our final performance, with boas!

All the girls.

Bride to be coming out of a cake!

The place also provided us with a few bottles of champagne!

Bride to be & our awesome instructor

After our class, she gave us a demonstration… All I can say is WOW

After the class, we got into all changed and cleaned up and headed to Jacky’s Galaxie for dinner (Bride’s favorite place!)

The whole group at dinner

Afterwards back at my house, we played a little game. We had each purchased a pair of undies and she had to guess who brought which pair!

THESE ended up being a gift for the GROOM!

A few of the pairs…

To end the night, I had 8 Wedding DVD’s for her to choose from (Sad thing is? I owned 7 of these and only had to go out and buy 1)

And good thing I did because the one I bought was the one she chose!

Hope you all had a great weekend! :)

Oh and here's the video I made for her; we watched it before we left for pole class!

Weekend Plans!

Tomorrow is Jess’ Bachelorette!

Here are the invites I had custom made from Pear Tree Greetings (I swear, I love this site!) Aren’t they adorable?

I can’t give you the details of what we are doing since she doesn’t know yet but I will be sure to have a full recap on Sunday!

Here’s the new shirt I bought for the night:

Oh and speaking of bachelorettes, here’s a fun pic of Jess & I at my bachelorette (Aug 09)

Hope you all have fabulous weekends :)

Favorite Fridays: Home Decor Item!

This week's Favorite Friday topic is:

Decor Item in Your Home!

With all of the decorating going on in our new home, I am always looking for inspiration! So this week – Show me your favorite thing about your home/favorite item in your home!

Here’s a few things I like in our house…

Our new shelf (Shelf from Target, pieces from Ikea)

Our Circle of Circles wall art (from Pier 1)

Our candlesticks – that now have candles in them! (from Crate & Barrel)

So what is the favorite part of your home? Go post on your blog them come back here and link up so we can all see what you wrote!

Thoughtless Thursdays: Happy Birthday Jess!

Happy 26th Birthday to my good friend Jess today!

BIG Weekend Planned!

  

{to play along with Thoughtless Thursdays, visit Katie’s blog!}