It's a new year!

There's something very refreshing about a new year.

Last night was a low-key night for us. Sean had to work late doing last minute inventory/closing things. 

So I hung out with my family and took pictures and ate food.

I feel like I've been doing a lot of that lately.

And no part of me minds it.

I also tried my first ever, pudding shot and wished I enjoyed the pudding shot as much as I enjoyed the whipped cream.

Finally, Sean got to leave work and hang out with us.

We watched TV, I saw Justin Bieber perform (twice) and we got home two minutes before the ball dropped.

I'd say it was successful and a perfect way to ring in 2013.

Maybe next year this husband of mine will take me to NYC for NYE. :)

...Probably not.

New goals for a new year.

It's a new year so it only seems fair to make some goals and resolutions.
I don't like to make goals that say I'm going to stop doing something, or break a habit or things like that.
I'm never successful in those.
When I want to stop drinking Coke, or stop watching so much TV it'll need to be spontaneous.
Not something that is written down and taunting me.

Last year was my most successful year in terms of progress with my planned new year resolutions. My goals were to:

- Accessorize
- Organize
- Prioritize
- Moisturize

In this next week, I'll let you know just how much I succeeded in those goals.

But today, let's talk about this new year that'll start in two days.

Not to be confused with my 101 in 1001 goals and my 26 in 26 goals... here are some goals for the new year.

- Create a 2013 memory jar like this one:

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- Write at least 200 blog posts

- Read for 30 minutes every day

That's it. Short and sweet. Easy-peasy. I want to be successful, okay?
Why set myself up for failure? That'd just be dumb.

What are your goals?

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Last night, we spent time with my family :) all the pictures below were taken at about 6PM. 

And then Sean and I went to a friend's house and watched his brand new music video [for the first time!] and rang in the new year watching the ball drop on t.v. Is there any other way?

Recapping 2011!

It's that time of year again -- and honestly, I feel like I just wrote a recap of 2010? But apparently, 2011 is over, too!

So here we go...

January

The first of January meant that it was a big year for us because it was the year of our wedding! I bought my wedding shoes and reserved the boys tuxes. In non-wedding related news, we moved into Sean's parents house to save money for a house the wedding, it snowed an awful lot, and we celebrated my dad's birthday!

February

In February, I received something in the mail that was so special, Sean's band had their first show at the Palladium, we started our dance classes, went to our cake tasting & our food tasting, and spent a weekend in New York City.    

March

In March, I had my first hair trial, finally made some decisions and booked our honeymoon, had my amazing bridal shower & was featured on Jacin's Lovely Little Details blog, our invitations arrived in the mail, and we celebrated Sean's birthday. 

 April

In April, I realized I didn't love our wedding invitations, made our table numbers & love banner, traveled to Maine for Easter, took a countless amount of pictures with our table numbers in Maine for our seating cards, went away to New Hampshire for scrapbook weekend, and celebrated my cousin, Lizzie's, birthday.    

May

In May, I revealed what I did during my scrapbook weekend in April, continued having wedding nightmares, "ran" my first 5K and assembled my wedding invitations, mailed out those invitations, received some RSVPs, created my 101 in 1001 list and accomplished the first thing: hiking a mountain.  

June

In June, I found my something old, was obsessed with these socks, attended the Bruins parade, had so many to-do lists, got my something blue, tried not to get tan lines, did so many DIY projects, celebrated our anniversary, started my Montessori training and filed for our marriage license!  

 

July

In July, all the work and planning and time fell exactly into place and our wedding day arrived, I spent weeks recapping the wedding on this here blog, we bought our first large purchase together - a new car, celebrated my mom's birthday, my garden produced many zucchinis, spent a weekend in Maine, spent time with friends, and I finally started thinking about things other than the wedding.

 August

In August, we traveled to Ireland for our honeymoon, threw a ladies luncheon for my cousin Lindsey, celebrated our one month anniversary, I went back to work, Hurricane Irene took away our electricity for 3 days, and I spent the entire month recapping the wedding & the honeymoon. 

 September

In September, I recapped our summer, turned 25, saw my cousin Lindsey get married, got an acoustic guitar, was very excited about new Fall t.v. & clothes, saw Sean's friend get married, and spent lots of time with the dachshunds. 

October

In October, I was a bad blogger, went to the Cape for a girls weekend, carved pumpkins & finished my wedding album, got the new iPhone, got really excited for the new Twilight movie, started grad school, mother nature gave us our first Halloween blizzard (we had a snow day!) and gave out candy with the dachshunds.    

 November

In November, I was a realllly bad blogger, my husband surprised me with something terrific on a day that wasn't so terrific, I realized I don't take enough pictures, saw the new Twilight movie (twice!), Sean grew out his beard and was in the newspaper, celebrated Thanksgiving as a wife and had a marathon shopping event on Black Friday. 

 December

In December, we took pictures for our first Christmas card ever, had weekends filled with Taco Bell and gossip magazines, saw my friend get married, participated in my first ever blog link-up, hosted our annual cookie exchange, saw the Patriots play on Christmas Eve, spent lots of time with friends and family, and put a deposit down for a new apartment!  

I guess we had a busy year! How about you?