A day in the life of a newly wed.

Can I just say that being a newly wed rocks? No seriously, it does. I don't mean to brag about being married all the time, but I'm going to brag again. I get to come home from work and hang out with my best friend every single day. The best part? Endless sleepovers. And that's basically the motto that we are living by right now, literally.

If anyone is wondering what a day in the life of a newly wed is like, that is it. It starts with a movie, like most sleepovers..

Then, there's the popcorn. It makes it even more fun when you pop it yourself with the popcorn popper you were given at your bridal shower.. Pop!

...and then you goof off a bit.

Yeah, we do this everyday. And yes, that's a Capri Sun in my lap. I have no shame. Also, we're planning on gaining at least 15 pounds this summer, no big deal. Anyone want to let us borrow P90X?

The internet's mine oyster.

Wooooooo!

After 3 days, 12 phone calls, and 278 pounds of stress, we finally have internet in our home! I was seriously dying here, guys. I missed all my stalking activities, from blogger to facebook, and now I can resume being an internet creeper. Aren't you all so happy?

Speaking of oysters, they have almost nothing to do with the rest of this post, since we didn't see them when we went snorkeling in Mexico. We saw a lot of other cool things though, and lucky for you we bought an overpriced underwater camera, found out the camera company had gone bankrupt, drove to 3 different stores to get them printed, just so we could make you a little jealous of our amazing trip in paradise.

Our favorite activity while in Akumal was probably snorkeling. We swam with our turtle friends, some stingrays, some squid, lots of fish, and almost got eaten by a huge barracuda. We liked it so much we did it twice. And we vowed to go back there just so we could snorkel again.

So, did we make you a little jealous? What did you do, or do you want to do, on your honeymoon?

Gratitude.

As I was catching up on my blog stalking, I kind of started to notice a sort of theme throughout recent blog posts, and it struck a chord in my heart. My life has felt like a theme park lately, filled with weddingland, honeymoonland, new apartmentland, and billland. And honestly, with all these new things in my life, it can be easy to complain about stress and being too poor to enjoy each of these parts of the park. But I can honestly say that I am grateful for every moment I've experienced in these last few months. I'm grateful for my new family who basically planned my entire wedding (thank you, and I'm sorry I'm such a bum!). I'm grateful to my family for supporting me. I'm grateful to my friends who did everything they could to make me feel like a princess. I'm grateful to my friend and photographer, Sarah, for always being positive and making us feel so good during our shoots. I'm grateful for the kind, wonderful people we met in Mexico. I'm grateful for the apartment that we live in and the amenities we are lucky to have. And mostly I'm grateful to my new husband, who puts up with me and shows me how much he loves me each day we spend together. I think I need to remember what I'm grateful for more often, just like how I'm grateful to all you bloggers who inspire me to be better and more grateful everyday. 

So, thanks.

Instalife.

My life has been pretty hectic lately, and with wedding and honeymoon and newly wed life it's been difficult to keep up with my blogging, and yes, even my Instagram. But I have been able to take a few pictures to chronicle my oh so exciting life.

1. The first letter addressed to both of us, and I'm pretty sure I almost cried like a giddy little school girl.

2. My nails for my bridal shoot. I tried to be a little fancy.

3. Have you ever been to Ranch Market? It's a grocery store, but it has a delicious Mexican food restaurant where we like to go on dates together. You improvise when you're poor college students.

4. Still missing our little restaurant and condo on the beach. Take me back there!

5. We went back to work last Thursday, and this is how Kendall got us read. Matching water bottles and mini Dr. Peppers. Too much?

6. Another date night improvization. Pizookies, pizza, popcorn, and an old movie. Perfect for us newly-weds.

I'm still trying to get back into the groove of things and recover from all this excitement and these big changes! I can't wait until my head is back on straight.

Wedding Week (kinda) {Day 3}

Hola, bloggy friends!

We're finally back from our amazing honeymoon! Since my blog posts are all kerbobbled and out of order anyways, I'm currently debating in my brain whether to just show you my honeymoon pictures before I get both my bridal shots and my wedding photos.. Ok, you've convinced me.

For our honeymoon, we went to Akumal, a village just south of Cancun, Mexico.

Seriously, you guys, this place was the most amazing place of my life.

We ate, we snorkeled, we touristed.

Less talking, more picture overloading.

I hope you made it down here to the end of this post, it's easy to get lost in that jungle of pictures. These are just a few of the highlights of our trip. It was the most amazing experience of my life. Over the days, my hair got worse and my husband got more attractive with that amazing Spanish speaking. I miss it already. 

I can't wait to show off my amazing wedding pictures soon!

Until then, I'll be dreaming of this.

{Wedding Week} Day Two

Bachepartaphobia: the legitimate, serious fear of the events and conversations of bachelorette parties.

I totally found that on the internet somewhere. Deep, deep in the internet. You're so lucky you have me to do serious research on important topics such as these.

Before Friday, I'm pretty sure I suffered from this disease that plagues hundreds of women around the world. I actually told my maid of honor not to throw me one. Why would I want to be the center of what I like to call the "embarrassment party" while others torture and laugh at me as I cry and squirm? No thank you. Unfortunately, Katie has implemented the "maid of honor veto," which basically states that anytime she doesn't like my ideas, she can override me and make me do whatever she pleases.

And so became the bachelorette party.

I need to start by saying that my bachelorette party was probably one of the most fun days of my life. As much as I complained about not wanting one or being embarrassed to tears, I was shocked at how much I actually loved my bachelorette party, and that's all thanks to my wonderful maid of honor and bridesmaids. We began the night at Cadillac Ranch at Tempe Marketplace, which was so delicious. Good choice, me.

After dinner, we headed back to my apartment for desert, games, and the presents. Once everyone had settled in, Katie started a video that she had made where she interviewed Kendall and asked him questions about me and our relationship. She would pause the video before he could answer so I could answer, and if our answers didn't match up, I had to stick a marshmallow in my mouth and not eat it. It was pretty disgusting, I almost threw up, but it was still really fun and I'm sure entertaining for all my friends.

Then, the presents.

These are the only four pictures taken where I'm not making a disgusted face. I know what happens on wedding nights.. but I don't like knowing that everyone else knows what happens on wedding nights. I'm sure in about 3 days I'll be very happy that I had a bachelorette party.

A couple other things we did, in case you need to plan a bachelorette party in the future: decorating "lingerie" cookies with frosting and sprinkles, Katie had her sister write down a list of "things Brittany will say on her wedding night" based on my reactions to my presents, and a rubber band game where the words "bride," "bachelorette," and "cute" weren't allowed to be said, and whoever was left with the most rubber bands at the end of the night won a prize.