Anniversary Pictures Revealed

This past weekend, Sir Dan and I were lucky enough to meet up with Karla and Scott and have our one year anniversary  pictures taken.
Karla is an amazing photographer and Scott is a great helper/crap holder!
We went to a gorgeous park about 2 minutes away from  our condo to take the pictures. It's also where we took our engagement photos. It was meant to be.
I'll just let you see the pictures now!

Did you have an anniversary shoot?! Leave a comment below telling me all about it.

Our BIG Announcement Revealed

The other day, I posted our weekend shenanies kept you all in suspense about some big news Sir Dan and I have to share.
And by this point I can already tell what you all are thinking. And it has nothing to do with being P or having a B.
However, it does have a lot to do with moving and B our very own H. And if you have no idea what I'm talking about thank you Forgetting Sarah Marshall for that reference Sir Dan and I are officially homeowners!!!!!!!!!!!!

Woot woot!!!  It has honestly been a long road, none of which I have shared on here because everything was so up in the air at all times. My bestie Karla has known about our struggles the whole time... but only a select few even knew about what was happening.
The story goes something like this: After Costa Rica,  our lease was up and we decided to go month to month for a while, just in case we found something a little cheaper. My aunt who's a realtor called me in excitement one day and told me to just think about looking at these brand new condos going up in the center of town. Sir Dan and I went to check them out and of course, being new and not even complete yet, fell in love with them. The only issue I had was there was little to no counter space  in the kitchen and I can't live without a functioning kitchen. We did all the math and estimates and found we'd be paying the same with everything included as we are for rent now. But we'd own it. And because I'm currently not working, we'd be eligible for affordable housing! We submitted the paperwork and were number 3 in line for two of the afforable units. The first 2 didn't qualify because they made too much, so we figured it were all set because I'm working part time. It was 90% our unit... Lucky number 7! That week we found out that they were looking only at our 2012 taxes and we made too much as a couple :( We were bummed but figured everything happens for a reason. The week went on and we moved on figuring we'd stay where we are. Until one day my aunt calls me up saying that if there was a significant loss of income in 2013 we could still qualify. That day I was running around like a nut getting my resignation papers and my enrollment papers. This past Friday my aunt calls  (approx. 3 days later) squeeling on the phone while I'm out to lunch. WE GOT IT! Lucky number 7 pulled through and it's all ours!!!
The estimated finish date is about 50 days from now. We are hoping to close around my birthday- I mean how great of a birthday present is that!??! We can walk anywhere, it's 5 minutes from my parents, there's restaurants all over the place... we couldn't have found anything better for where we are  in our lives right now. It's 3 floors with a one and a half car garage, 2 bedrooms each with a full bath, and a half a bath downstairs.
Now we are finalizing all the mortgage crap, and lemme tell ya, it is crap! The stress and anxiety of percentages and underwriters and... OH MY WORD! It's enough to make us say forget about it. But we are almost there and received more good news today.
Here are some pictures of our humble home:

Standing in the dining room,
looking into the living room

We are going to add a breakfast bar starting from the right wall
and coming over a ways for more counter/cabinet space

Ginormous patio with beautiful receding wall.

So there you have it ladies and gents. Our new home :) Now to start packing which is the absolute worst! I'll have to look to Karla for advice!!
Stay tuned... tomorrow I share some awesome pictures from our one year anniversary shoot!!

Shenanies

I haven't done this linkup in I don't know how long.

And what better way to kick off a week than with some weekend shananies!?

I'm bringin it back to the 4th of July because we had a pretty awesome day!!! We went to Mohegan Sun which is a local casino. We gambled, drank, ate, and partied the night away. The bunch of us were having so much fun, we even missed the fireworks show.

One of my best friends and I

Pretty awesome beer name

Dinner time lovin

Bought this.
Has much meaning recently...
more on that topic tomorrow

I actually won :) Made a $90 profit.

Partying at the pool party 

I mean look at those model poses

Friday after school and great news,

Sir Dan and I met up with family at a local 

outdoor concert in the park type of thing.

Thank you bomb pops

bringin it back old school style

Saturday started at school

and ended with our awesome friends Karla and Scott.

Karla took our one year anniversary pics for us

and they came out ah-mazing! 

I'll be posting more soon.

One of my favorite clients

A kind gentleman gave me this little
poppy at Dunkin Donuts.
I rocked it all day!

There's Karla the amazing photographer!

Karla and her new baby Tyson

 Sunday,

a whole group of 30+ of us went to the Yankee game.

It was my cousins birthday (7/7/07 baby)

and Newtown day in rememberance of what happend on 12.14.12

On the bus ride there...
we had so many people we bought a bus for the day

A poster made for her bday

My sissy and I with the Yankees piggy

sitting in 100 degree weather to watch the game

Yayay birthday :)

And here's a little sneak peek at our one year anniversary pictures :)

Stay tuned for a big announcement and more anniversary pics.

My Most Amazing Work Yet... Masquerade Style

Folks, hope you had an amazing weekend and a fabulous Monday. I spent the whole day yesterday at our photo shoot. The one I've been prepping for for a while now.
I had a beautiful model, who is a fellow student, a goal in mind, and we beyond exceeded.
From the beginning, I had wanted to do an over the top look. After all my ultimate goal is to win! I'll settle for a finalist :). Everybody had general ideas, but I had a specific idea.
Masquerade. Who doesn't love a good costume party with extravagant hair and makeup!? I found 3 pictures online and used those for inspiration. Part of the contest is doing the cut, color(s), style, and makeup... All were accomplished over this past week in preparation for the shoot yesterday.
The morning of the shoot  and basically all week leading up to the shoot, I was a ball of anxiety. We didn't try out the hair or makeup beforehand, it was do or die.
We got to school at 9:30am... I didn't stop moving until about 2pm. And everything just fell into place. We wanted to use an energy drink can to keep  the hair up, but it was too big... that was my only set back. We ended up using a color bowl and that stayed perfectly. Nobody could tell but it  made it so I didn't have to tease her hair which causes a lot of damage.
I'm very into detail, so her hair was the easiest part! The makeup was ay-to the mazing. I literally made a masquerade mask on her face.
I guess I should just show you all the pictures, instead of describing it all. So here you have it! The admissions are due by the middle of July, and I'm not sure when or if I'll hear back! I'll keep you all posted. Enjoy the show.

I mean how gorgeous can she be?! She is naturally very beautiful and rocked it in front of the camera.