Disneyland!

It's Friday!  Yay!  I have some good news to share with everyone.  I finally got hired at a CPA firm!  I am so excited.  It's exactly what I've been looking for.  I start in 1 1/2 weeks.  To celebrate, my fiance and I are going to the happiest place on Earth today...Disneyland!!! 

Have you seen the retro Disneyland posters from the 1960's? I love the artwork!

Sources: Adventureland & Fantasyland

Sources: Tomorrowland & Peoplemover

I'm so excited to ride all the rides and eat a delicious Monte Cristo sandwich at the Blue Bayou (the restaurant that's inside of Pirates of Carribean...highly recommended!)  It will also be nice to just hang out with my fiance all day since we've both been so busy with work (or in my case, looking for work) and school.  

Does anyone else have exciting plans this weekend?  Besides Disneyland today, I'll probably just have a relaxing weekend and bake another batch of chocolate chip cookies!  Have fun everyone!

Instagram Life

So what have I been up to these last few weeks besides finishing up my Masters program and job hunting?  I figured I would update you all with Instagram photos from the last several weeks.

First of all, I had my hair and makeup trial!  It was quite exciting.  My Maid of Honor came with me.  It was weird to have someone fuss over you and do your hair and makeup.  I felt sort of like a celebrity.  I liked how it turned out for the most part, just a few tweaking here and there...but that's what a trial is for is it not? 


Secondly, my mom finally placed an order with Sprinkles for us to try their mini cupcakes!  At our wedding I'm having a mixture of regular and mini cupcakes.  I figured having the mini would be fun so people can taste test the different flavors I'm going to have.  However, we had to make sure the mini cupcakes were just as delicous as the regular sized one.  Wedding planning can be such hard work...

Thirdly, I spent a lot of time reading in bed and snuggling with this cute thing.  I realized I haven't introduced my cats on my blog yet.  Well blogosphere, I would like you to meet Sweet Pea, aka the fluffy love of my life.  We're pretty certain she's a Nebelung, which is a rare breed of cat.  I have another cat named Nyx who is a giant fat black cat.  She's also the devil in cat form. 

And lastly, I also spent a lot of time testing different chocolate chip cookie recipes for our wedding favors.  Again, wedding planning is SO HARD!  I'll post about this later as well, especially when we find the perfect recipe.  We're getting closer!

I do have some exciting posts planned the next few weeks.  I've gotten a lot of wedding things out of the way that I really want to blog about.  And of course I have a few recipes I want to share.  Just be a little patient while I jump back into my blogging routine!

Body Image

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I know a lot of wonderful and beautiful women.  I have a great support system of friends, most of who I have known my whole life.  Yet we all struggle with body issues.

The picture above was featured in O Magazine and it really struck a cord with me.  This woman in the photograph is gorgeous, and yet the lines on her body is what you would need to cut out for her to be proportionate to Barbie.  It's disgusting. 

I have to remind myself that although I'm trying to lose weight for my wedding, I just want to live a healthy life.  My body type isn't naturally skinny.  Could I lose a few pounds?  Sure.  I did gain the lovely freshman-30 while in college.  But it's important to not stress or obsess about body issues.  I know I said this already in my Audrey Hepburn post, but it really is important to love yourself and who you are now, not just who you want to be. 

So I dedicate this post to all my beautiful friends who I know read this blog.  And people I may not know who happen upon this blog as well.  You all truly inspire me.

This picture was taken from O Magazine's website, and it accompanies a really great article I think everyone should read. 

Cupcake ATM

I didn't think Sprinkles Cupcakes could get any better...but it just did.

On March 6, the Sprinkles in Bevery Hills launched the first ever cupcake ATM.  Now you can get a Sprinkles cupcake whenever your heart desires one, 24/7. 

Photos taken from the Cupcake ATM's facebook page

See this amazing ATM in action in this video:

I seriously think this is the most genius idea ever.  What do you guys think?  Would you love to have a cupcake ATM located by you?

Icon: Audrey Hepburn

I'm pretty sure every girl idolizes Audrey Hepburn.  Not only was she absolutely beautiful and an ultimate fashion icon, she had an amazing heart and soul.  And it's true what they say, beauty comes from within.

One of my favorite pictures ever of Audrey has always been this one:

She looks so fun and chic with the amazing eye makeup, almost nude pinky lip, and a black, feminine, lace blouse.  She also looks perfectly content in her own skin.  And that's what it's really all about, isn't it?  Loving yourself for who you are, right now, at this very moment.

"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!" -Audrey Hepburn

Hot Men

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The title of this post makes me giggle.  Hopefully no one will be dissapointed since this post is not about attractive males. The other night I was freezing too death, cuddled under layers and layers of blankets.  Matt walks into the room and complains: "Why is it so freaking hot in here?"  I just stared at him.  So I did what probably any woman would do: I told him he was crazy and to deal with the heater being on full blast.  And then I googled why men are so much warmer than women.

Turns out, women conserve more heat around their core organs, causing less heat circulation to the rest of our body.  I guess having to wear socks to bed every single night is simply because my body is keeping my baby making machine nice and toasty. 

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We can now blame biology for our need to snuggle.  Yessss.