pre wedding chop

i know there is a lot of talk about the famous ‘post wedding chop’ a.k.a pwc but what i have not come across yet is the ‘pre wedding chop.’

sound scary?

what got me thinking about this?

well, when mr. lemonpie and i got engaged i had visions of the lauren conrad side ponytail. i even brought my hairdresser a magazine picture of lauren’s hair and said ‘i want that’

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4 months later here i am at the hairdresser for the usual ‘cut and color’ when i say ‘i really want to cut it all off but i am afraid that by next summer it won’t be long enough.’

my hairdresser then tells me not to cut it because i am not ready.

so i told her to cut it because heck! do not tell me i am not ready! not to mention it is hair and it will grow back and it is going to look awesome next summer because it will be all new and freshly grown out and i will have the side ponytail of my dreams.

30 minutes later i am staring at the sweetest most loveliest blonde bob that i have ever had my entire life and i am completely and totally head over heels in love with it.

and i cannot bear for a second to grow it out because – i am not lying when i tell you this – it does whatever i want it to do. last weekend mr. lemonpie and i went on a 15 mile bike ride [yes, i even wore a helmet], drove with the windows down and went for a swim, and my hair still looked good!

so my dream of a luxurious side ponytail on my wedding day has been replaced with dreams of pin curls and rockabillys and pretty waves.

did anyone else take the plunge and chop off their hair before their wedding?

may december romance

ashton kutcher & demi moore.

michael douglas & catherine zeta jones.

harrison ford & calista flockhart.

...to name a few...

then there is my fiance(22) and i(28).

the finace i met while working for the same management consulting firm. [i was the assistant to the CFO and he was the finance intern]

the finace who when mama lemon pie saw a picture of asked 'who is that and why aren't you dating him?!'

i said: 'he's too young! sister lemon pie is closer in age than we are!'

mama lemon pie's response was: 'he is NOT too young. period.'

i never in a million years thought that i would end up marrying 'the intern.'

and yes, there are times when i say how old he is and how old i am that i get a little sheepish.

and there are times when we look at eachother and we realize that sometimes we do have to work through a little bit of a 'gap.'

but at the end of the day in know that i am so truly lucky and blessed to have found 'my person.' the one who despite our six year age difference totally and completely and utterly understands every working mechanism of who i am.

we are a bonafide may-december romance and we completely love every single minute of it.

venue love

pictures are worth a thousand words.

check. check. and check.

about the wedding?

we are getting there.

venue = check

dj = check

flowers = check

concept = check

DIY hat = check

...more to come when i get the photos off the camera-ra-ra.

xo

copperplate

amidst all the rain.

and the thunder.

and instead of building an arc to make it through the 'flood' in these parts.

i will be tucking myself away to do some fancy writing.

the recipient?

i hope she'll be pleased.

[oh yes, those are the new tools i aquired. lovely lovely.]

meet bette

this is bette. my new love.

she is swift and comfy and the prettiest shade of blue i have ever seen.

her maiden voyage was on saturday.

she handled the cape cod canal quite well.

this weekend is all about parades and cookouts and fireworks.

a lovely addition.

coming soon: a lovely and sweet basket.

houston, we have a problem.

i just discovered the joys of ebay.

i know - it really did take me this long to bid on and win an item.

i started out looking for a typewriter....and now i am the proud owner of 100 vintage stamps.

yes. 100.

they are beautiful though.

love stamps and rose stamps and north american wildlife stamps and gorgeous blue jay stamps.

this weekend i decided that i was going to stop bidding on vintage stamps because this was getting out of control. and then this morning i won two more auctions that i really didn't think i was going to win. and that brought my total to 100.

except since they are all vintage stamps (20, 32 & 22 cent) i now have to bid on some more to ehem, complete my collection right?