a phiLOVEdelphia story: Getting Lovely (with Law & Order)

After the quiet hours that started the day, I decided to turn on the TV for a little "background noise" as the ladies (and breakfast) arrived.

I also set out some of my details, including my blue Kate Spade shoes and fun, floral purse

For months I had been joking that my dream wedding day would involve a "Law & Order: SVU" marathon (see my bio to the right). Well, things were continuing to go my way because right there on the screen was "Law & Order" in all its scripted, predictable plot line glory.

Yes, I chose L&O over the wedding DVDs I brought (even my favorite)

Judge me if you must, but it was nice to have something "usual" while getting ready. I can't count the number of hours I have spent with my friends / bridesmaids watching these shows - in fact, we kept calling out the ending of each episode as it came up (like I said, hours). At times, I almost forgot about the monumental event before us.

A Clean Cut

Hi Hive!

We're officially back from our honeymoon and have lots to tell you, both about the wedding and our Hawaiian vacation. However, before we go down either of those paths, I wanted to share how I made a "clean cut" from Miss to Mrs.

It was back in December that I b*tched complained about my hair and strong dislike for growing it out for the wedding 'do.

Well, five more months of bad hair days followed me.

Anyone know how to photoshop out hair? (photo from our last "unmarried" weekend)

Up and Out (of the way)

It's hard to believe that I was complaining about hair issues 2 months ago...feels like just yesterday, but yet here I am, 60 days later with more hair to talk about my hair trial. Unlike my pathetic attempt at inspiration for the makeup trial, I actually pulled together some pictures for this.

The theme of the look I was going for was unstructured but secure. Part of the goal of having my hair up was to reduce worry, but I didn't want something super tight.

Hair today...

and hopefully gone before June!

Unlike fellow bloggers Hawk and Uni (do you mind if I call you Uni?), I am NOT in love with my hair. I've gone through a number of styles in my 29 years...and some of them have been pretty rough. Don't believe me...check it out:

I created this to be like the Transformation feature from InStyle for a team event a while back