Sorry for the lack of posts last week! Common cold + no energy will definitely get ya. This weekend, however, was made for taking a spin up north to Costa Mesa to see what we can get into. We had to do a little Ikea run for some bathroom necessities (we’re redoing our master bath! yay!). We also made our way to a cool furniture shop called Room & Board. We spent an hour in there drooling at all of the lovely *and expensive* furniture that we wish we could afford (story of our lives!). We’ve been really good about bringing our big baby (DSLR) around. Last year, we didn’t document any of our outtings – so sad. So here are a few photos from our little road trip to the OC.

1 – My super fun/good looking hubby. $1 breakfast at Ikea is z best!
2 – Freakin’ loved this southwest style rug. Want this bad.
3 – Being super serious inside R&B – tea and all :)
4 – These Mod Frames are my absolute fave.
5 – Running shoes vs. wedge booties

These are the things that I simply can not live without:

- 2013 Planner by Martha Stewart. BEST. PLANNER. EVAR.
- Pen & erasable highlighter. Yes, erasable. Genius.
- Evolution Of Smooth lip balm — in mint. MMM.
- Altoids. Nuff said.
- Marc Jacob shades. Need this always.
- Kensinginton watch by Nixon.
- Kate Spade wallet. I died when I saw this. But I felt like a winner when I found out it was on sale!
- iPhone4 for all my social needs
- Fingerless gloves that turns into mittens. This thing saves me in the morning.

What’s in your bag?

xoxo

2012, you have been an amazing year. I got to marry the guy of my dreams, my career continued to challenge me in more ways than one, my friendships remained constant and my husband and I became first time home owners. All of this only because of His grace. Thank you God that Your plans will always be greater than our own!

So truly and very blessed!

As we are counting down the last few hours of the year, I can not help but feel a sense of calm knowing that I am exactly where I am meant to be, with the person who I’m meant to share these days with. 2013, I am so eager to meet you. I have many more goals to accomplish, places to see and friendships to tend to. I can not wait to see what is in store for our marriage as we dive head first into our first year. I know that He will work in many mysterious ways in our relationship. Please keep us head strong, patient and kind to one another. Rough times will be had, but prayer will keep us glued together. And that is a fact. Come what may, we are ready!

xoxo

Photo By // Nick Radford

Just a few photos from our little honeymoon to Nassau, Bahamas. Good times were had all around! What did we do? A lot of marinating in the Caribbean sun, a lot of stuffing our faces with food & beverages and a whole lot of relaxing! We give the Sandals brand two thumbs up. They got a good thing going on. Planning our next Sandals getaway as we speak (in our heads of course). Turks & Caicos perhaps? Yes, please.

Love,
Justine

Hello blogosphere, I’ve missed you so!

Since my last post (years of archived memories now set in private mode), I have done many things that took me into a new stage of my life. This includes moving out of my first downtown apartment that I shared with B and shacking up in a new (yet old) home, located about 45 minutes north from where our story first started. That was a truly exciting time in our lives. But, it didn’t end there. Two and a half months after we became committed (via a signed home loan), we found ourselves reciting promises to one another in front of our friends and family. Yes, we finally got married!

Simply put, we experienced the wedding of our dreams and it was pure magic!

In honor of these changes & more, it was time to revamp the blog and reignite my passion of writing & sharing. I hope that this is the catalyst to spark just that. I am no longer in limbo, but ready and willing to embrace this new stage in my life. Thank you to those (old & new) who have stuck by this blog during its growing pains. I am so excited to be back.

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Now that I’ve reintroduced myself into the blog world, I guess I should say goodbye (for now) as B & I make a little journey to an island paradise to enjoy our honeymoon. Stories & photos to come!

Love,
Justine