5 on Friday {4/10}

Hello all and HAPPY WEEKEND! I knew we would make it ;)

Jumping in to link up with Natasha and friends for some Friday favorites.

1. Engagement photos
I gave y'all a peak at some wedding plans yesterday, but I couldn't wait to share some fun for my engagement photos. AR and I had gone back and forth about doing engagement photos. We just had a collection of fabulous photos done in November for our christmas cards, so we were not sure we really needed them.

Then our wedding photographer called and said that she wanted us to meet her in Savannah next month for a photo shoot and I was like YES! Savannah is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been, so I cannot wait to shoot there. 

our christmas card photos 

love atlanta in the fall. 

Of course, the opportunity to practice with the photographer before the wedding is also super important, so this will be fun. We are looking forward to a little mini-vacation to Savannah before summer craziness happens.

2. Speaking of summer craziness...
AR and I have a packed schedule for summer and it just keeps getting busier.
We head to NOLA and Houston for weddings. We have a baby dedication in Baton Rouge. AR has his bachelor party in NOLA. I have my bachelor party somewhere (not telling). And an engagement party up north. Now we have this trip to Savannah. And of course our wedding in August.
I am exhausted already.

3. Dinner mess
So I am an avid meal planner - if you read my blog, you know this. Yet this week had a bit of a fail. I had planned for stir-fry with quinoa (AR's suggestion). But when I got home at almost 7pm, we couldn't find the quinoa. Apparently we were out.
It was too late to start brown rice, because we were both starving. So we have stir-fry with nothing :(

4. Nashville
I love Nashville. I was so sad that it was off all March, but it finally came back on the first. Did anyone watch the episode? It was awful! I haven't seen this Wednesday's yet, but I am hoping it was a little better.
I hope this doesn't turn into Revenge for me and become too ridiculous.

5. RHWNY
On a positive note, Bethany Frankle is back on Real Housewives of New York, so all is well in the world. I am tabling this show until after finals, but I seriously cannot wait!

I am off to study until AR and I's lunch date! Have an awesome weekend!

Do you watch Real Housewives of anything?

Where are you traveling to this summer? 

Hannah

Countdown to the Wedding: April Goals

Hello All! My app from the Knot just alerted me that my wedding is in 128 days y'all - 128 days! 

It also keeps reminding me that I need to establish a beauty plan for my wedding. How about a beauty plan for my life? I am still trying to master blowdrying my hair on a daily basis. I've got bigger fish to fry.

Anyways, I wanted to share updates on the wedding plans and goals for this month.

March Goals 

• Booked our pastor to officiate the ceremony
• Booked a harpist for the ceremony and cocktail hour
• Ordered bridesmaid dresses : this was an ordeal, but its done. 
• Booked our wedding photographer
• Remained consistent with workouts: ehhh. I've been working out, but mileage has been low. 

Source: Southern Weddings Magazine

April Goals

•  Finalize the DJ for the reception
•  Order invitations
•  Book the calligrapher 
•  Start planning outfits for our engagement shoot --> Cannot WAIT to tell y'all more about this!
•  Survive finals at the end of the month. 
•  Maintain workouts with said finals. Not trying to up mileage in light of exam time, just trying to maintain 5 workouts a week and about 25 miles/week. 
•  Start cutting sugar. My skin looks better with less sugar, so I am limiting sweets to the weekends. This is hard for me, y'all. I love sweets. 
•  Finalize bachelorette party plans! 

Source: Southern Wedding Magazine

What are your April Goals?

x0x0, 

Hannah

Weekending: wedding registry fun {4/6}

Hey y'all! So glad you stopped by - I need some wedding registry help!

Our weekend started on Friday with the most fantastic weather ever. It was in the 80's on Friday and we absolutely loved it. Of course, AR was off of work and enjoyed the weather by running outside and walking to a local breakfast stop. I enjoyed the weather by studying on an outside table at the law library.

we had the doors open to enjoy the sunshine!

We headed to downtown Decatur for the evening. I swear, every time we make the short drive over the Decatur, we spend the whole time saying "I would live here." It is just the nicest community and so full of great restaurants, shops, and outdoor space. Love.

We had dinner at Chai Pani, which is an Indian street food place. My favorite: The kale pakoras, which AR describes as "balls of batter with bits of kale." So yummy.

don't those look healthy?

Sunday, we started the wedding registry! We made great progress at Macy's and the woman who helped us was fantastic. She was so knowledgable and gave tons of advice.

aaron mastered the scanning gun :) Anyone want to get us a wok?

I am kind of struggling on the dish front though. I am only registering for every day dishes because (1) I have my great grandmothers fine china and (2) I don't have storage space in my apartment for another set.

I love this set from Pottery Barn and their are tons of available serving platters, but I worry it is too simple and I will get tired of it. My plan is to add in accent plates to jazz it up though.

I also like this set from Crate and Barrel, which is a little more decorative (there are tiny white dots on the rim), but keeps a blank slate for other accents.

white pearl set from crate & barrel

Any thoughts on quality of the dishes or anything? I am so conflicted.

All in all, we had a fun time and will return to the process this week in effort to finish up!

Have a great week!

x0x0, 

Hannah 

Thanks for hosting, Biana!

Five on Friday {4/3}

1. Birthday Party Fun!
Last night we celebrated the birthday of my dear friend Caroline. Her and I were in the same section our first year of law school (this means you take every class together for two semesters). She is the sweetest and we and a blast celebrating her day at the Painted Pin, an upscale bowling/bar/entertainment space in Atlanta.
I told Aaron that guys were sending rounds of drinks to our bowling lane for Caroline's birthday and he said "drink with you left hand"... hahah!

Of course, we ended the night with ice cream at Jeni's!

2. Speaking of Jeni's
I read this awesome article on checking your sweet tooth on Lauren Conrad's blog. Have you read her blog? I think it is full of useful information!

3. Wedding Registry 
Tomorrow, Aaron and I start the process of building our wedding registry. We have gotten lots of pressure from friends and family to do this, so we need to start. I think I have finally settled on a set of dishes... let's hope. #queenofbeingindecisive

So far, I plan to register at Macy's and Pottery Barn. Any other thoughts? I'd love to hear advice on things to register for or things to skip!

4. Grocery Shopping
Last weekend I shared my love of early morning grocery store trips. I found this awesome printable on the CooksSmart website. Isn't this helpful? I need to print it for my refrigerator.

5. Happy Easter!

Have a blessed easter, everyone!

x0x0, 

Hannah

Thanks for hosting Five on Fridays, Natasha :)

WIAW {4/1} -Berry Bran Muffins

Hello everyone and Happy April Fools day! Today I am sharing a recipe I recently fell in love with from Smitten Kitchen, along with my meals from yesterday (What I Ate Wednesday Tuesday?)

I had an early workout filled with abs, legs, and a 3 mile run. I came home and made a large Vega nutrition shake with half natural, half chocolate protein. I added almond milk, ice, and frozen bananas.

Vega claims there are 6 servings of greens and 20 grams of protein in each scoop. Does anyone have thoughts on this? To be honest, I am not convinced that drinking one of their shakes is the same as eating 6 cups of greens, but I really do enjoy them and like to add any extra vitamins to my diet!

Served with toast topped with peanut butter and honey. Note: buying the just-peanuts peanut butter is only helpful if you don't drizzle it with honey ;)

After breakfast, I quickly made a batch of these Blue Sky Bran Muffins from Smitten Kitchen. The recipe says use any fruit you would like, but I added frozen cranberries and frozen blueberries.

before baking

These are so so good.

LOVE Smitten Kitchen for all things cooking and baking. Her recipes have never failed me.

For lunch, I had a muffin, apple and peanut butter, and a bag of carrot and celery slices.  All unpictured, because I was in class.

I spent my afternoon studying at home. I finished with more lunch at about 2pm (can I still call this lunch?). Tomato soup and sliced turkey from Whole Foods.

Aaron and I cooked dinner together: we made chicken pot pie with the leftover roasted chicken. We were both starving, so I skipped the side of steamed broccoli I had planned on eating... lets hope that Vega really has all those greens! ;)

Oh, and after dinner, I indulged in some HGTV with my new favorite show, "Fixer Upper." Has anyone watched this? I am obsessed.

What is your favorite HGTV show?

Do you do any sort of supplement drink or shake?

x0x0, 

Hannah

Thanks for hosting, Jenn!