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My best friend and matron of honor, Diane, hosted my bridal shower at her beautiful home last weekend. I had such a fabulous time! I can’t thank her enough for all the thought she put into it and everything she did to make it happen! A big thanks to my sisters, Anita and Alyssa, who helped Diane put it all together!

The shower was Italian themed, in honor of our honeymoon destination. From the decor to the food to the favors, everything reflected Italy! So cute! Here are some pictures from the day. The entire set of pictures will be emailed to everyone who came soon!

A picture with Frank before I left for the shower

Diane and me

Me and my mommy

Me and my sister Anita

My baby sister Alyssa and me

Some of the decor

The table setting

More decor, the cake, and the favors

The favors-chocolate dipped biscotti. Yum!

One of the games–How Well Do You Know Jenie and Frank? Anita and Lina tied as the winners!

Giving answers to the game

The prizes…aren’t they wrapped up so cute?

One of Diane’s gifts to me was a huge collection of lingerie on a line of tulle. It kept coming and coming out the bag! Frank had stopped by and we thought it’d be fun to have him model some! He wasn’t too happy!

Everyone was asked to fill out a card that included when each person first met me, three words they would use to describe me, a favorite memory, and marriage advice. By the time the shower was over, Diane had put together an awesome scrapbook for me. Amazing! It included pictures of me and each guest with the advice cards. How cute!

Here’s the first page, which showcases the shower invitation

Diane’s page

The entire book

I had so much fun! It was so nice to celebrate with family and friends. Thank you to everyone who was able to come enjoy the day with me! It really meant a lot, and you all helped make wonderful memories that I will cherish always!

There are three months to go (91 more days to be precise) until our wedding day. Oh my goodness!

I’m happy to report that lots of details have been taken care of lately. Our wedding favors are complete, and we’ve picked out the tuxedos/vests. Luckily, we found a great vest color match to the bridesmaid dresses. I was worried about that one. Speaking of which, our bridesmaid dresses arrived and I went to pick them up. They look great! Can’t wait to pass them onto the girls!

After much thought, frustration, bouncing back and forth on ideas, and a sleepless night or two on my part (I can obsess), I think we have figured out what we will do for our centerpieces.  Thanks to Katie for affirming my ideas!  Phew!

Just today, we received our completed wedding invitations by UPS. The UPS man must’ve thought I was crazy (in a good way of course). It was so exciting to open that box! Our designer liked what we came up with so much that she asked if she could post a photo of them on the “Inspiration” section of her website! How cool! We’re thinking this one over, but it’s such a nice compliment!

We have yet to figure out lodging for Italy, but we’re working on it. Thanks to Michelle for the list of places you and Jimmy stayed at. We feel like we have some direction now!

Next up: my bridal shower and our engagement shoot! Fun fun! Can’t wait! Thanks to Diane for all your hard work on the shower so far! I loved the invitations!

On a side note, Frank and I saw our first Lexus IS F in person tonight. Boy was it beautiful! “Aggessive” looking, as Frank would say, but so beautiful. Frank spent some time walking around it and probably drooled a bit, and all I could come up with was “Baby, it’s an F!” We considered trading in the IS 350 for a moment, and then came back to reality. What on earth would I do with 100+ extra horse power anyway? Maybe in a few years, if and when the store makes us lots of moola!