His place becomes OUR place

The lack of posts over the past week has been due to moving. After being married for a month, we decided it was about time to move ALLLLL of my stuff into his place. It is absolutely amazing how one can accumulate so much stuff in such a short period of time. I am a product whore, but not until I had to share the bathroom with someone else did I see the ridiculousness in having 10 bottles of half used hair serums, gels, creams, sprays, volumizers….. etc. All of those bottles are now in the trash! There is no need for me to have John Freida Sheer Blonde volumizer – I never have had and never will have blonde hair. I am going to begin trying to curb my addiction to hair products. All I end up using is the same thing everyday; therefore all of the excess is gone! It felt kind of nice to trash all of that stuff last night.

There is nothing like having the in-laws over to dinner to make you get your butt in gear to finish unpacking and decorating. (They are coming over tonight) I decided this was just the push we (I) needed. So, for the past couple nights we have been up until almost 1 unpacking, organizing and last night we put up the tree. After realizing that I suck at putting on the lights I decided that this tree is going to the dump after Christmas. No more messing with a tangled mess of lights for me. (I love the smell of real trees, but my allergies disagree with the smell of real trees)

Crate & Barrel has the cutest stockings and tree skirts… and now Mrs. Preppy and Mr. Accountant have the cutest stockings and tree skirts.

I have been collecting ornaments for years… but not just any ornaments. They are all round. Any material. Any size. Any color. But they all have the be round!

Wedding Pictures

I love how our pictures turned out! She was really able to capture all of the special moments...

Dear J.Crew

Dear J.Crew,

Since your cake was the inspiration for my cake, can I get a discount for life? Just wondering.

Sincerely, Mrs. Preppy

Time to shop!

Many of you may have already received this, but below is an Ann Taylor , Ann Taylor Loft, Ann Taylor Factory Store 25% coupon!

Ann Taylor is a staple in my business attire wardrobe.

Blueprint Crafts

I was browsing through the new issue of Blueprint last night to find these really neat (and easy) craft projects.









I love this business card holder template, but I also think it would be really neat to hold photos. The site says it can be blown up, depending on what you are going to use it for. I am not sure if craft stores carry the leather and metal brad piece... I will report back on how these turn out.









This is also a neat calendar. I am not a fan of the big wall calendar for the office, but this one would look sleek on a desk without looking too over the top.

Run The Rock

I may be certifiably crazy for what I am about to embark on. Who in their right mind would willingly run 26.2 miles – for the fun of it? Mrs. Preppy is sure going to try.

I have read that you gain about 10 – 15 pounds your first marriage and I do not want to fall into that trap. Therefore, I am going to begin training for a marathon. I figured this is a great place to announce my plan and you all can help keep me on track.

I think I am going to start local, with the White Rock Marathon in Dallas. It is held every December, so I am thinking that should be good running weather. Wish me luck….. Right now my goal is going to beat Oprah’s marathon time. (She even beat Katie Holmes) I have a good feeling about this one.

If anyone has any tips, suggestions, words of advice, please pass them along. I have no idea what I am getting myself in, but I am jumping in with both feet!

My List

I am a huge list maker. I have lists at work, at home, in my car…. All over the place! I would like to think that having all of these lists would help me be more organized, but as Mr. Accountant can testify to, that is not always the case. I love the satisfaction that comes from crossing something of a list. Even if I have already completed a task, I sometimes add it to the “list” – just so I can cross it off.

Here is a list of 5 things that I like right now. (In no particular order)

Pandora.com
It is an online radio station that creates stations, customized to your music tastes. Put give it a song or artist you like, then a station is automatically created with similar music. Right now I really like the Josh Kelley station and the James Taylor station.

Cover Girl Lash Blast Mascara
You may have seen these ads – Drew Barrymore’s lovely lashes are pushing this product. I am a sucker for mascara, so one that promises to plump and not clump is right up my alley. I also love the brush – before it is covered in black mascara, the orange bristles remind me of a sea urchin.


Britney Spears – Blackout
I know she is an absolute train wreck right now, but the CD has been playing nonstop since I got it yesterday.

Crate & Barrel
How mush fun is it to clean out your cabinets and give everything away to your brother and replace it with all new stuff! Our everyday pattern is Staccato and the flatware is Mesa.


Gossip Girl
Yes, they are in high school and I am a working adult.
Yes, they live on the Upper East Side and I live in Dallas.
Yes, they are trust fund kids and I am not.

I love it.

Officially the Mrs.

We are back! Everything about the wedding weekend was absolutely wonderful. I have always heard that there is going to be one "unexpected thing that goes wrong." Nothing went wrong. I can safely say that all of my pre-wedding nightmares were for no reason.

The cake did not collapse.

I did not throw my flowers at the minister.

People did show up. (230 to be exact)

All of the bridesmaids were in the same dress.

I did not forget to wear my veil, paint my toes, or forget to put on lip gloss.

All in all, we had a wonderful wedding weekend.

Honeymoon and more wedding pictures to come...