Homecoming!!!

This past weekend I opted to go to Homecoming sans Doug

I figured it was my last one ever to go to

I have ALL these pretty dresses in my closet just waiting to be worn ;)

and my supah-friend Tavia [howu howu!! inside joke] asked me to be her date

Dancing was crazy and fun - I'm awkward :) - and Tavia likes to be in the middle of all the action

Crazy girl!! It gets so hot in the epicenter of dances!

By the end of the night we christened each other with the names

"Co-Fiance" and "Co-Boyfriend"

since our respective dudes could not be there with us that night

Here's what they missed out on ---- allllll this :)

[boarder courtesy of the picture-taking team that night]

I went for the typical "Jesus in fine art" colors of purple and gold [shoes too!]

Tavia went for black and pink.... gothic Barbie colors?? Maybe? 

whatever look she was going for - she rocked it and looked simply smashing

Her other date [playa, playa!] Jen made her hair look crazy gorgeous from the back as well

It's hard being surrounded by such beautiful, talented, cool, awesome ladies at Prin

Speaking of being surrounded by beautiful ladies.....

I'm in the back... cause I'm that awesome height thats too tall to be in the short row.... 

and yet too short to be seen from the back where the short people send you

Obviously it's a tough life I do lead ;P

Here's the rest of the pickies!!

[obligatory "funny" picture - where clearly Tavia and I panicked and gave peace signs???]

and

The theme of this picture is "undressing" because we're Principians and we like to be 

[gasp!] SHOCKING

Mini Party for Engage-cia

[NOTE: The color of this post is dedicated to my new favorite cardigan... Enjoy]

This Saturday Married-ica and Married-shley

took Engage-cia [that's me!] out for crepes :)

City Coffeehouse and Creperie = good food and fun

sorry there's a bank robber behind me...

Which led to a little present sesh - surprise presents are so fun!

always gottu put the ring the shot

Ashley gave me a wonderful book to put goals, dreams, and 

memories of Doug and I's life in

Monica got me hand creme so that my ring-wearing hand always looks good :)

and thank you notes! 

Then it started SNOWING - this late in March, in the spring, 

and during spring break... There are no words

To brighten my mood, my big sister Monica took me to David's Bridal

on a whim - just to open the floodgates, pave the way, release the Kraken

what have you - we did it for dress shopping!

This is me in the shop - with an item from the funny "goody bag" they give us

it has a dress mag, a bride's maids mag, a suit mag, and coupons!!

Monica and I dog-eared our faves and

I proceeded to try on dresses with my wonderful consultant Lindsay

who asked me to rank every dress on a scale of 1 to 10

Dress #1 was a 6 - 7

Dress #2 was a 7 1/2 - 8

Dress #3 was an 8 - 9

and 

Dress #4 was the 10

Here's a sneak peak...

ahhhh, tricked'ya :)

but you are kind of witnessing a moment here...

It took less then half an hour...

Leave it up to me to find exactly what I'm looking for when I didn't 

even know I wanted it in the first place

[I had had one dress in mind from another store i had seen online, 

but it was more expensive and very plain... this new dress kicked that one's butt - hard!]

I felt like a bride for the first time, I LOOKED like a bride even! Crazy

Saturday was the most eventful moving day ever!

Doug and I are now at college - pretty much moved into our new rooms

ready for school to start - Doug is really almost done!!

Sorry I can't show you guys any dress pictures

but its a surprise! 

Just come to our wedding :)