First Things First! Link Up!

 

 Today I'm Linking up with Halie @ Penguins, Pasta & Polka Dots to share my 'firsts' 

 First thing I do at the gym 

I've recently gotten back into the gym habit.  I used to be so dedicated, then work/grad school/wedding planning overtook my life and I fell out of my routine.  Now that I'm getting back into the habit - I would have to say the treadmill is my first stop.  I usually try to get in a good run and then decide what I want to do next.  If I time it right, I can usually get my run in and then drop into one of the Yoga classes for a cool down.

(note - I do not look as good as any of these people when I'm actually working out)  :-)

 First Date with Current Significant Other

Technically Nick & I met online - even though we'd gone to college together and had some friends/rec sports league in common.  Our first date was April 3, 2009 at Bar Louie in downtown Milwaukee.  We met up for 'a drink' and ended up staying for four hours!!  

First email address

hmmm...  I think I had many, many email addresses - I believe the first one was erin_britney@hotmail.com - oh yes - I was a huge Britney fan  (it's Britney bitch...)

Remember her back then? 

Before this...

Before this loser...

Before this unfortunate incident...

So glad to have you back Brit Brit.... 

Let's dance until the world ends..

Happy Valentine's Day!! & Link-Up

This morning Nick & I exchanged Valentine's Day cards...

His card to me.....

My card to him....

Clearly we have different opinions of this holiday..

Happy Valentine's Day to my Valentine!!!

I hope you all have a great Valentine's Day!

Ever wonder if your spouse really knows you?! Well now is the time to find out!

HOST:

The Life of a Not So Ordinary Wife

CO-HOSTS:

JanLoves, The Marvelous Flight of Cara, Delightfully Dunn, From Awkward to Art,
Planned in Pencil,   Jessica Who?, Northern Belle Diaries, You and Me are We,
The Family Darr, Songbirds and Buttons, The Grace of Southern Charm, Just Simply Live,
Pretty Living PDX, The Lemonade Diaries, Life as I know it

How long have you been married?

Nick: almost 2 months

Erin:  almost 2 months

Where was your first date?

Nick: Bar Louie Downtown Milwaukee

Erin:  Bar Louie Downtown Milwaukee

Where was your first kiss?

Nick: Parking lot of my apartment

Erin:  In the parking lot outside of Nick’s apartment

Who first said, "I love you"?

Nick: Erin

Erin:  me

What were your wedding colors?

Nick: Chanukah blue & silver

Erin:  Royal blue & Silver

Who is her celebrity crush?

Nick: ?

Erin:  Probably Brian Williams

If she was ordering drinks for both of you what would you each get?

Nick: Leinies for me and a cider for her

Erin:  Probably a Miller Lite for Nick & a UV Cake & Pineapple for me

What is the best meal she has ever cooked you?

Nick: She doesn’t cook – although she does make good omelets

Erin:  I don’t cook

What is the worst meal she has ever cooked you?

Nick: She doesn’t really cook

Erin:  I don’t cook

What would she say is your most annoying habit?

Nick: shaking the box of Goldfish crackers when I eat them

Erin:  He comes home from work and IMMEDIATELY goes for this giant box of Goldfish crackers,  shaking it LOUDLY between each handful….drives.me.crazy!!!!!!

What is the last thing she does before she goes to bed?

Nick: reads

Erin:  reads

What's her blog's name?!

Nick: no idea

Erin:  the erin episodes

Weekend Recap

This weekend Nick & I headed back to Wisconsin!  It was so so good to go home!!

We got into town pretty late on Friday night, so we didn't really do much...

Saturday 

I went bridesmaid dress shopping for my sisters wedding...it was a bit of a disaster at the bridal shop...

To start with - they wouldn't let us make an 'appointment' for bridesmaids dress shopping, they said they only reserved 'appointments' for brides.  Fine we said, we knew what we were looking for and they said they would reserve a few fitting rooms for us.  My sister had picked out her color and designer and had called ahead and they said they carried 'a bunch' of dresses by that designer.  

Turns out 'a bunch' was 6.  Fail!

We tried on what we could, and when the shop realized it clearly wasn't going well - they became quite snarky.  It was awful.  They told us they could take our measurements, so we agreed - but then they refused to show them to us.  (I'm sure they didn't want us to go order the dresses elsewhere...but they really shouldn't have offered to take them in the first place, they clearly knew we weren't ordering from them)

After we left the shop, we ended up going back to my parents house for lunch and then just shopped online and ordered our dresses.  It turned out to be fine - but the shop was extremely un-helpful!

These are the dresses (and the color) we picked 

(the long dresses are being hemmed to the length of the short one)

After the dresses were ordered and the 'non-family' bridesmaids left, we went over to visit my Grandma.  My Gramps passed away in December, so it's still a bit of an adjustment period for all of us.  When we got there, my Grandma gave us all hats she had knit!

So of course we needed to model!

 We spend Saturday evening just hanging out at my parents.  Nick cooked us up a delicious meal on the grill and we just watched a movie!  It was so nice and relaxing!

even the dogs were relaxed!

Sunday 

We got up early and headed back to MN....as you heard in my previous post, the roads were awful!!

We spent 200+ miles driving though this..

Yuck!

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend!!

Fab Friday Link Up!!

Today I'm linking up to celebrate the FAB in my life!  

Here are the things I'm celebrating this week!!

Fab #1 

my Superbowl winnings in the work pool - granted I really didn't care about the game, but I was pumped that somehow I landed the correct numbers to 'win' the first quarter in our work pool!!
 

Fab #2

the phone date I had with my wonderful friend Heather!  We really hadn't talked since the wedding and it was so great to hear her voice and catch up on her life.  She has 3 beautiful kiddos and unfortunately they've been battling the flu for a few weeks at her house - here's to hoping thats over with now!

Fab #3

yesterday was FREE BAGEL DAY at Brueggers!!  The work girls and I were all over that!  Yummy!!

Fab #4- #5

I'm heading back to WISCONSIN this weekend!!!  This counts for at least 2 'fabs' this week!  I get to see my wonderful family, hopefully some high school friends AND we are going bridesmaid dress shopping for my sisters upcoming wedding!!  I CAN'T wait!!

My brother & sister in law @ our wedding

My parents with  my sister & her fiance @ our wedding

my fabulous high school ladies @ my bridal shower

Tell us what is FAB in your life this week!!!

How Well Does Your Spouse Know You?

Ever wonder if your spouse really knows you?! Well now is the time to find out!

HOST:

The Life of a Not So Ordinary Wife

CO-HOSTS:

JanLoves, The Marvelous Flight of Cara, Delightfully Dunn, From Awkward to Art,
Planned in Pencil,   Jessica Who?, Northern Belle Diaries, You and Me are We,
The Family Darr, Songbirds and Buttons, The Grace of Southern Charm, Just Simply Live,
Pretty Living PDX, The Lemonade Diaries, Life as I know it

Instructions:

1. Fill out the questions below with your answers
2. Hand over the same set of questions to your spouse and see if they can answer the questions about you. 
3. Write your post and compare both of your answers
4. Link up here on February 14th

I am so excited to read all the answers.  Have fun!

Here are the questions: Feel free to add or take away any questions you want.

How long have you been married?
Where was your first date?
Where was your first kiss?
Who first said, "I love you"?
What were your wedding colors?
What is her most commonly used phrase?
Who is her celebrity crush?
If she was ordering drinks for both of you what would you each get?
What is the best meal she has ever cooked you?
What is the worst meal she has ever cooked you?
What would she say is your most annoying habit?
What is the last thing she does before she goes to bed?
If you could throw out one item of her clothing what would it be?
What would you say is your favorite thing about her?
What's her go-to drink at Starbucks?
What's her blog's name?!