Oh, Monday! You win, yet again. I felt so prepared and ready to conquer you, and then I woke up and realized I was not ready… Story of my life! My weekend though, my goodness, it was amazing! Let’s just start off with the fun fact that this bride to be SAID YES TO THE DRESS!! I still cannot believe I finally chose one. This, by far, has been the most difficult part of the whole process, and I finally checked it off my list!! Yes, there will be a blog post on this adventure in the near future!

My weekend also included addressing my new save the dates (that look amazing), brunch at the same place, two different times with two amazing friends (Food Craft is amazing), spending hours and hours with my bestest friend, getting to see my parents, and two amazing engagement sessions!! Going home for the weekend never disappoints, but I definitely hate leaving every time. I’m such a family girl that I tear up every time I say goodbye to my parents and my best friend! I’ll be back for good one day… One day!

Side note:  Anyone else’s home still looking like Scrooge lives there? I LOVE Christmas time and all of the decorations, but we just haven’t had the time to start decorating! It’s happening this week for sure, but if you are still a little behind on your decorating, have no fear, we are right there with ya!

SO. Huge stuff is happening over here for my business, and I mean HUGE! It’s December, so it’s finally time to start on this project… I am going to try and give you all sneak peeks when I can, but this is going to be such a game changer for my business!! I AM SO EXCITED! 2017 better watch out!

As always, lessons learned/events that transpired over the past week:

• Podcasts! I do not know how I have been living without them! I drive long distances every weekend, and having different Podcasts to listen to has made my trips bearable!
• On that note, I’m obsessed with Jenna Kutcher, and her new podcast series Goal Digger is amazing! Do yourself a favor and listen to that series! I also love 6 Figure Photography!!
• The new Harry Potter movie… AMAZING! I loved every minute of it! Yes, of course, we went to the Alamo, and I tried a new (healthier) meal too! I don’t recommend it because the pretzel or pizza is the only way to go!
• Why am I eating healthy you ask? Well I’m in my second week of the Forged in 5 Trial for my friend Hailey! Head on over to her Instagram (@haileybettencourtfitness)! She is one inspiring gal!
• We went registry shopping on Friday night!! OH MY GOODNESS, why hadn’t we done this sooner!? SO fun! Beverly, our registry guru, was incredible! We got Macy’s down! Our next stop is either Target or Bed Bath and Beyond or both… Any recommendations on places to go?

On one of those podcasts I was listening to, they were talking about how we think about people all the time, but never really reach out to those people and tell them how great they truly are or how much they have impacted us. I am SO guilty of that, and so I’m going to start doing this new thing where I give a huge shout out to people who have been on my mind or really impacted my life in the past week! (Honestly not even sure these people read my Mash Up Mondays, but oh well!)

• Kelsey, thank you SO much for everything you did for me this weekend! You are the bestest friend a girl could have, and I appreciate you more than you know!
• Taylar, oh my gosh, you are the sweetest human being! I cannot thank you enough for meeting with me the other night! You are so kind, and I am so proud of you and everything you have accomplished thus far! YOU are a ROCK STAR! I hope you know that YOU are such a light in so many people’s lives.
• Naomi, you make me so proud to call you my friend! I think about you constantly and I hope you are having the time of your life. You are changing so many people’s lives.

Well, that’s about it for today’s Mash Up (now that’s almost noon)! I hope you all have a marvelous day and I cannot wait to share more from this weekend’s engagement sessions!

xoxo