Okay, okay – I’m a terrible blogger! December 1, 2009 was my last post? That’s embarrassing. And to top it all off? I haven’t even looked at your blog or posted a comment. Blogger friends – I’m so very sorry… I promise to be better in 2010.

I typically have an excuse for my blog slacking – and you are about to get an incredible list of “why’s”. I have been wedding-planning crazy and it’s been a blast!

1) We picked a date: July 3, 2010!!!!!!!

2) We picked a place: Washington Golf and Country Club in Arlington, VA.

3) I found my dress!!!!! Unfortunately, I can not post a picture of it since BJ reads my blog. But what I can tell you: it’s absolutely gorgeous!

4) The girls bought their bridesmaid dresses. They are BCBG and totally fabulous.

5) We have a photographer. Her name is Kristi and she’s awesome! She is insanely talented and really, really cool. I can’t wait for our engagement session and wedding day! (Check out her blog.)

6) The wedding colors are: bright blue (bridesmaid dress) and yellow (I’m carrying sunflowers) with accents of lime green. I was inspired by this awesome paisley print.

7) I’m this close to ordering the invitations – made by a local woman who sells on Etsy. If you don’t know about Etsy, now you do and today is pretty much the best day of your life. Etsy rocks!

Looking at this list, I really hope you can forgive me for:
A) not writing sooner
B) being a bad blogging friend

I’m headed to (sunny) Florida tomorrow for 9 days and will have plenty of time to catch up on my blog reading. I also have an awesome running announcement – and will post soon.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

xoxo I RUN LIKE A GIRL

I hope everyone had an awesome Thanksgiving! I certainly enjoyed having 4 days off!

BJ and I decided to host Thanksgiving this year and we had a blast. I made my first turkey, ever, and it was a success. BJ can’t stop raving about how delicious he was (maybe it’s because we bought an organic turkey and maybe it has nothing to do with my cooking skills…). Either way, I’m documenting this one in the books – 1st Thanksgiving = success.

We wanted to run a local Turkey Trot but it sold out before we could register. Since we decided to host at the last minute, I didn’t want to sign up earlier if we weren’t going to be in town (in years past, we’ve had Thanksgiving dinner at his mom’s house). By the time I realized we were going to have dinner in Arlington, the race was sold out. So, BJ and I decided to host our own Turkey Trot. We ran the 4.5 mile loop were we met. It was also our 1 month engagement anniversary, so we were extra sentimental on Thanksgiving.

Things I’m thankful for everyday (and not just on Thanksgiving):
1) My amazing family. I seriously have the coolest parents and the best (2) sisters e-v-e-r. I miss them like crazy! My mom and sisters are coming to DC this weekend to go wedding dress shopping with me – I can’t wait.
2) A fiancé!! BJ rocks my world – and I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with him. Being engaged is seriously the coolest thing.
3) Awesome friends, a great job and being able to run (aka my health). I am so lucky to be blessed with such great things in my life.

In wedding news, we are this close to picking a place. I have called over 40 places in the DC metro area – and am not having much success. Although I have a feeling that we will be picking a place soon!!! I can’t wait to have a date and place. I know this is a terrible excuse but I have been slacking in the workout department due to wedding venue shopping. I feel like BJ and I go look at a place every other day. Soon, it will be over very soon.

PS – once I have a date and place, I promise to be a better blogging friend to everyone!