choosing your china

Before we got engaged, Jonathan and I always said we wanted our wedding to be exactly that - our wedding. So while there are certain traditions I love, like not seeing each other before the ceremony, we've made no effort to follow customs or norms.

Instead of picking out china, we decided to register for R. Wood Pottery . It fits our style, it's from Athens and I'm sure I'll use it year round. Plus we didn't have to settle on one pattern - we get to mix and match!

On the subject of breaking wedding rules, the NY Times published an article last week on unconventional wedding dresses. I'm not sure if I'm bold enough to wear a colored one, but I did get mine from Claire Pettibone (who's mentioned in the article!) and her gowns aren't your standard satin and lace.

rain, rain please stay?

So I may have mentioned before that my brown leather boots from Anthropologie are one of my favorite possessions. They're kind of like a stuffed animal that's literally been loved to pieces. They have huge holes in their soles, and I've been doubling up on socks for a month or two.

Every day I walk past a friendly looking shop called Marvin's Shoe Service , but I haven't wanted to part with my boots long enough to get them fixed. Yesterday I finally gave in. My boots are in Marvin's trusty hands, and my feet are cozy and dry in my Hunter Rain boots . I'd like to attribute my shoe separation to practicality, but it actually stems from a rainy forecast. I hope it stays bleak for the next week or so, because I'll be wearing my Hunter's rain or shine!

P.S. I've heard of people wearing Hunter's at rainy outdoor weddings. I kind of love that idea, but I'm not sure if I'm brave enough. What do you think?

fall in love

I'm so sorry I abandoned my blog! I promise I still love it, and I you if you read it, and to make amends I will put up a few cozy weekend pictures.

This weekend Brit, Jonathan, Tyler and I drove to Chattanooga along with many other friends for Liz and Alan's wedding. On Friday Jonathan's mom bought the four of us dinner from Nino's, and made us oatmeal butterscotch cookies (my favorite!). We were going to drive down the mountain and meet friends, but the fire pit was so toasty and we were so full and sleepy that we couldn't tear ourselves away.

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After a Saturday morning run, 2 kinds of soup, college football and more cookies, we dressed up in our wedding best and headed to Lookout.

Liz was beaming and beautiful, and Alan winked at her dad as he kissed his new wife ;) They had one of the best receptions I've ever been to - mainly due to dancing and fall-ish food. Their wedding cake was apple spice with carmel frosting, and I can't even tell you how many helpings of baked brie-apple-cinnamon yumminess I ate.

Although you can't really see them in this picture, Brit's older sister Lauren let us go through her closet and pick out two beautiful dresses for the wedding.

I need to learn a thing or two about sharing, because I'm so bad at letting my own sister wear my clothes - let alone her friends! We came home with lots of compliments and no stains, so maybe loaning sisters clothes isn't so bad after all.

caught mid-jump

Right now I feel so close to being done with school for the year, but I'm not quite through yet. I still have a paper and two finals, and getting motivate for them is going to be tricky. Last Thursday Jonathan and I went to Chattanooga for his brother's wedding. It was in a small church in the woods, and it was beautiful! Pictures will come soon I promise. We came back for our last day of class on Monday, and my roommates and I went to the lake to celebrate all day yesterday.

The weather was supposed to be "fair," but it was perfect - so perfect that we all got a little sunburned. In this picture Brit and I are about to jump off a rock in to freezing cold (but very refreshing) water.

The past six days have been a wonderful break, but they're going to make leaping back into finals a little bit harder. I'll be finished next Tuesday though!

Happy almost summer!