A Year in Review: 2018

2018 has been a truly amazing year. My sister got married, Ben and I were able to travel near and far from home, and I turned 30! Here are some cute pictures I actually remembered to take this year:

Our Disney World/Universal Studios trip for our 1st Wedding Anniversary/10 years together

Summer Adventures:

Visiting the Isabelle Stewart Gardener Museum in Boston

ISG Museum in Boston, MA

Phantom Gourmet Beer & Wine Festivel

PG B&W Festival with my girls

Red Sox game with Ben

Red Sox game

My sister's Bachelorette party in NH

Our adventure to Connecticut:

OEC Brewery

OEC Brewery

Seriously amazing Breakfast!

Two Roads Brewery

"Here's to taking the road lass traveled" Two Roads Brewery

Stony Creek Brewery

The view from Stony Creek Brewery

Stony Creek Brewery

Our trip to Vermont:

Lunch one day at Misery Loves Co.

Visiting the Flavor Cemetery at Ben & Jerry's 

Visiting Ben & Jerry's

Fall adventures:

Visiting the Cemetery in Hocus Pocus!

Visiting the Cemetery in Hocus Pocus!

Spooky Salem

Spooky Salem

My Favorite Murder Live show!

The only picture from Friendsgiving this year

My sister's Wedding Day:

 



And there were so many other moments that weren't captured in a picture. So grateful for such fun amazing adventures and milestones. I cannot wait to see what 2019 has in store!

Bridal Shower Outfit Ideas

My sister is getting married in a couple of months, so naturally my Mom and I have planned the Bridal Shower and Bachelorette Party. More on the actual parties later, but for now I wanted to give you all a couple ideas on what to wear as a guest. Last year, while planning my own wedding, I posted on a LOT of topics. But all from my prospective as the Bride planning it all. Now I'm a guest (MOH actually), and need to change my view. Last year for my Bridal Shower, I was in white. Obviously I'm not going to wear white to my sisters. So what do I wear?

Bridal Showers are the perfect excuse to dress up a little more than one typically would in your day to day. There are SO many cute options. Here are the few that I'm considering for my sister's Bridal Shower:

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Wedding Tips: Tipping your Vendors

One thing that can easily be over looked in your wedding planning is tipping your vendors. For me, the actual day was soo busy and fast, that if I didn't hand them off to my mom to take care of, I would have totally forgotten! Which obviously wouldn't have been good! PS-thanks Mom!

The best way to think about tipping your vendors is this: they are specialized in the industry they work for. They are at your wedding for you and your partner, and while yes you're paying them, showing them your appreciation is encouraged (along with leaving a super review online). When you go out to eat you expect to tip for service and meal, so why wouldn't you for this?

But how much are you supposed to tip? Unfortunately there is no cut and dry answer. Wouldn't that be nice?! When I was looking for info about how much to tip, I combined a few different sources that I felt comfortable with. I was def of the mindset that you should tip, so how much is good? Below are a few of the sources I used:

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