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Saturday, August 30, 2014

Let's Have a Little Fun, Shall We?

Recently, I was contacted by the company Loverly to put together ideas for that big day based on the venue. Everything that was chosen, from the dress to the accessories, were all based around the idea of a "rustic, southern" theme. Even though I already have my dress and all the goodies to go along with it for the real big day, I thought what a better way to play dress-up without spending lots of dollas!

Ladies, please feast your eyes on all the goodies...

First the dress - I wanted to go with a vintage, relaxed feel because in my mind, my wedding locale would be in a field on a beautiful, crisp Fall afternoon. Secondly, I love lace. Anything lacey and I'm done for. I'm sure you can imagine what my real dress will be made of...

Secondly the headpiece - I'm not a huge veil kind of gal. Especially if I'm going for the relaxed feel, then I definitely want to keep the entire ensemble simple and classic. Easy enough right?

And finally, the boots. Of course, the country girl has got to have her boots to complete the outfit. It's almost against my religion to not have them!

What kind of style would ya'll go for?

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Pardon the Interruption...

Hey friends! Today is usually the day for our 3 Southern Girls Throwback Thursday Link-Up, but today we're going to deviate away from that link-up to just focus on the here and now. Our sweet friend, Cat, is having some family emergencies so we're busy praying and thinking of her right now.

What's been going on in ya'lls lives?? I feel like I've been running 90 miles a minute between work, wedding planning, sending out those invitations (eeeek!), helping Hunter get settled into a routine with his first week of school, trying to figure out when the heck we're going to ~~chop Jep's balls off~~
neuter him..... I'm telling ya, I'm a mess.

So to keep it simple today, and to probably alarm ya'll, I'm going to just share what all has been going on with me and my crazy self:

Wedding invitations went out in a huge bulk on Tuesday! I have a few more that are being put together and sent out.
Hunter has had an awesome first week of classes! He likes his professors and they seem like a good fit for Hunter's schedule. Plus, major kudos points to his professors for being understanding of the wedding and the time Hunter will be taking off to travel.
Okay, ya'll don't laugh. But the weather here (in the mornings at least) has been glorious!! The last few days have been in the high 60's, low 70's, and I'm just swooning. Bring out da pumpkins!!
Speaking of pumpkins, I have to stay out of Hobby Lobby. They have some of the cutest Fall decorations and I want dem all. All of dem!!
I need to take more pictures. This blog post is "nekked" (naked for all you folks that don't speak southern twang...)
I got hit on by the Dunkin Donuts fella this morning. Thanks bub for calling me darling and trying to stare down my dress in the drive-thru line. Trust me, I got mosquito bites for a chest so ya ain't gettin' none. (read: major creeper)
Have ya'll had the Oreo donut from Dunkin Donuts?! Hello sugar high!
Ya'll, we've got a long weekend coming up and I could literally pee my pants from excitement. Huntman (Hunter - it's his nickname) and I will be spending some time cleaning out the good ole huntin' blinds.
I think my southern accent is coming out through my writing.....
I'm not really sure what's been going on, but the clock is seriously spinning at wicked speed lightning in the mornings. I'm serious, I've been getting up earlier to try and keep up with the clock and I'm still struggling to get into work on time. #wth

That's all I'm going to bombard ya'll with for now. Trust me, there's more jumbledness where that all came from. Ya'll are the bestest for hanging with me!

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Embracing Life

Can we just talk about this for a sec?

If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen this pic in the wee hours of this morning. My sweet sister-in-law-to-be sent me an excited text announcing the passing of her driver's license test and she is officially driving herself to school for the first time ever this morning.

A part of my soul died.

Totes kidding, but seriously. I had a minor panic attack because I thought, "Oh God, I'm getting old!!" My sister will be turning 16 in just a few short, short, short weeks. I still look at these girls like they're babies. I even look at my 23 year old brother and (almost) 21 year old brother like they're still 7 and 5 years old.

Where was I going with this?? Oh yes, embracing life.

With all of these changes coming up together pretty soon, such as two of our girls will become drivers, my youngest brother will become legal to drink, and I will be getting married, it just made me stop and think, "Dang, life sure is moving!" They say that change is hard for us humans. We don't tend to accept change well sometimes, and can even try to buck that change.

I decided I'm going to be the weirdo and embrace it. I'm so beyond excited to see these changes happening! I love that my sisters (yes, Hunter's sister is basically mine) are learning how to become responsible citizens of society. I love that my brother can finally feel like he's part of the group of responsible (I would hope) men and women that can have a drink or 2. And I just absolutely love that my new "life" is starting with a man I love more than words can say in just a few very short weeks.

Hunter and I were talking last night about this new chapter in our lives coming up and all that it means to us. Now understand me when I say this - Hunter and I are in this for the long haul. No divorcing because I don't like him anymore, or I irritate the stew out of him. Read my ~~lips~~ words - WE'RE IN THIS FOR LIFE.

With this new chapter in our lives, I'm going to be embracing

becoming not just a wife, but a partner for life
the mother to his children, some day
his biggest fan and supporter in all his dreams and goals
the rock and foundation for him to lean on when he is weak

I cannot wait to embrace this life!

Monday, August 25, 2014

Grateful Heart Monday

Ya'll, it was such a hot weekend this past weekend. Don't get me wrong... I love my Florida and I love my summers. But dadgum. When it's too hot to even be outside in your own pool because the pool water registers 92 degrees, then it's just too dang hot!

This past weekend was such a good weekend! It was a pampering kind of weekend for Hunter and I. We enjoyed the weekend on our time and with great folks. So of course it makes coming back to work on a Monday so much easier!

I'm so grateful for birthdays! We celebrated Hunter's sister's sweet 16th birthday yesterday with some pool time and wings, of course.
Ya'll, I'm so thankful for friends. And girlfriends for that matter! Saturday, Jessie and I went and had our ~~hooves~~ toes done, ~~gulped~~ sipped on some peach sangrias, and got in some necessary shopping time. It was fabulous!
I'm also so so so so so so sooooo grateful that mine and Hunter's wedding is exactly 2 months away!!!! Today marks 2 months until our big day. I have no shame, I totes squealed like a stoked pig in the car this morning on the way to work. I cannot wait to be his wife!!

I hope all you lovelies have a wonderful Monday! And to all the folks going back to school this week, including my beloved better half, I hope ya'll have a great first day/week of school!

Fun fact: I'm featured over at the lovely Shane's blog, Whispering Sweet Nothings. Go check it out!

Thursday, August 21, 2014

3 Southern Girls: Blog Changes + New Beginnings

Happy happy happy Thursday ladies and gents!! Thursday's are so splendid because it means we're just that much closer to awesome sauce Friday's! Holla....

Welcome back, or if this is your first time joining in, welcome all around to 3 Southern Girls' Throwback Thursday Link-up. I'm not going to bore you with the deets right now (that's down below - be sure to link-up ya'll!) but I am going to jump into my #tbt bit for today.

This here bloggy is a dear love of mine. I can come here to share my thoughts and experiences with some unlikely friends that I never thought I would have the pleasure of meeting. Also, it has been a great way for my family and friends to be able to keep up with me and the happenings in my life. I'm a busy gal ya'll!

Over the past several days, I have felt like coming here was work now. Don't get me wrong, I know sometimes you have to work at something you enjoy. But it got to the point where I realized that I was now coming here to post something because I knew people were expecting it. Family, friends, blog friends were expecting to see a Southern Komfort Blog post on their Bloglovin feed each morning.

And that became such a daunting task to fulfill.

Thus, I decided to go back to my roots. Go back to why I started blogging. Like I said earlier, this blog is a place to come and share my life. With that being said, SoKo will still be around and I will still be checking in and posting things to this corner of the interwebs. Just not every single day of the week (with the exceptions of weekends - I stopped doing that a long time ago). I want to be able to enjoy coming here with all sorts of great things to tell you guys! I didn't want this blog to become mundane.

So, hang with me if ya'll still want to. Or don't. Either way, this blog was designed for me to share the beauty in this world with all you lovelies, so you can take it or leave it.

As far as the "New Beginnings" part of the title goes, I met the sweetest gal last night at dinner! A good friend of mine and Hunter's has been dating this gem of girl for awhile now. They did the long distance thing and she was finally able to move down here in July and start their lives here together as a couple. She is such a sweetheart, so bright in every way, and ya'll, she speaks sarcasm!! When Hunter and I left dinner last night, the first thing I said was, "I absolutely love her!!"

Jessie, if you're reading this, it was truly a pleasure meeting you and I can't wait to see where this friendship thang goes. Welcome to the south sister! And always remember, bless someone's heart.

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Welcome back Y'all to another week with the 3 Southern Gals.

This Throwback Thursday Link Party has been such a blast.

We have met some amazing bloggers and read some incredible post.

As always thank you for sharing and linking up with us!!

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Bridesmaids' dresses

This past Saturday, was an adventure for the memory books. Bridesmaid dress shopping. Seeing that it was for 2 16 year old girls, it actually wasn't bad at all! Both girls had their dresses picked out by the 2nd store that we went into, and we were done by about lunchtime.

Want to know something even crazier?? They match.

You're probably looking at me like I've lost my ever-lovin' mind but hear me out. My sister and Hunter's sister are my only bridesmaids. No friends. The good Lord knows I couldn't handle the drama that comes with that... And yes, there is always drama with that one friend.

Anyways, when I first recruited the girls I told them, "I don't care if your dresses look the same. I don't care on the length or the style. It just has to be navy. That's it." So the fact that they both fell in love with the same dress, just blew mine, my mom's, and Hunter's mom's minds. Ha!

First, let's look at the contenders - and I do apologize for the mismatched picture lighting...

Didn't those lovely dresses put up a good fight? Now, drum roll please.......

I give to you........

The bridesmaid dresses.........

Aren't they gorgeous?! The girls absolutely love them and cannot wait for them to come in. It's all so amazing how real this is becoming. I'm beyond excited to be marrying my absolute bestest friend ever! I honestly never thought I would feel a love this deep and true for someone. Ahhh I'll stop, I'll stop with the mushy stuff. Let's just feast our eyes on these wonderful dresses!

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Wedding Do's

With my wedding dress being almost completely done with its alterations (I pick it up this Saturday!!), I've been researching different hairstyles. Let me give you a little bit of a mental picture of my dress:

Long sleeve lace sleeves
Lace bust/chest area
Fabric flows down with lace trim work at the bottom of the dress
Lonnnggggg train

My wedding dress was my mother's wedding dress, with some minor alterations done to it. So think vintage, southern wedding dress style. I want to channel a classic look, with a modern twist to it. Of course, Pinterest has been my go-to for ideas to share with my hairstylist (read: cousin).

I initially started off with the half-up/half-down look:

source

But after putting my dress back on with most of the alterations done, my mind changed instantly. Here's what I'm planning on now...