by Amy | Jul 5, 2014 | My Family, Shopping, Sponsored, Vanity, Wedding Plans
With two weeks left until our wedding, I’ve been trimming, tinting, plucking, waxing, shaping, toning and otherwise altering every cell of my body. Meanwhile, Dave’s to-do list had one item: “Get haircut.” I decided the only way to level the...
by Amy | Jun 24, 2014 | My Family, Vanity, Wedding Plans
Back in February, I asked a very important question: “Will I ever be able to button this jacket?” The jacket, a saucy little Theory blazer purchased optimistically in my pre-baby size, was to be my proxy for the wedding gown–which was still being...
by Amy | Jun 16, 2014 | Couplehood, List, My Family, Our Situation, Wedding Plans
If you’ve been watching me prepare for our nuptials with our 3-year-old in tow, you know that preschoolers make terrible wedding planners. But as I zone in on our BIG DAY (one month away!), I’m realizing some hidden advantages to doing things backwards 1....
by Amy | Jun 9, 2014 | My Family, Our Situation, Wedding Plans
I’m getting married in 5 weeks (!) and I’ve started wondering – should I change my name? Not my last name, silly. “Wruble” is too much a part of me. Wrubes. A-Dub. Amy Roooo. Ruby Tuesday. Arugula. Wruble-loo. Wruby. Where do the...
by Amy | Jun 3, 2014 | My Family, Parenthood, Yummy
Do you remember last fall I was so excited to bake for our first preschool bakesale? Then came one of those freakish fall heat waves we have in southern California, and by 5 minutes into the bake sale my chocolate-dipped pretzel rods had melted into a sticky mess. ...