Drinking from the Garden Hose

After a beautiful weekend in Atlanta celebrating the marriage of our friends Jason and Steph, last night we were on the couch catching up on Law & Order SVU and Alec exclaims "We get to do this every night! Like have a sleepover! Forever!" Ha why yes, that is one thing that comes with the marriage territory - a permanent sleepover buddy! There's a special bond you build with people you live with for an extended period of time... those relationships are typically reserved for three categories - family, romantic partners and roommates. ROOMMATES! What a special category of people. I am fortunate to have many amazing past roommates in my life - I LOVE YOU ALL! But the wedding this past weekend was my COLLEGE roommates. My UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA KAPPA DELTA sorority sister roommates. We went from bunking together and sharing bathrooms in the sorority house to THE MULLET - a cute, lovely brick family home from the street view, with a gigantic wooden party deck on the back o

Last weekend we went back to Seattle for the first time since moving to Southern California. Washington was showing off her fall colors, it was so beautiful outside! The main reason we went up was to attend a wedding (number 6 out of 7 for the season). Of course returning to a place that once was home and spending quality time with a few of our closest friends was absolutely priceless. We go to a lot of weddings and I think they're soul food. It's like the feeling after exercise or any memorable occasion with friends and family. You never regret going and always feel full of joy after attending. I'm a sucker for a good speech and love to dance. Whenever I make a wedding buddy in the bathroom or during the cocktail hour, I always say "See ya on the dance floor!"... because that is where I will be!  Recently I've gotten to spend some quality time with my close girlfriends that know me really well and we've been really open about finances - investments, asset

Today I am 99 days alcohol free! I have to say, I feel as fantastic! At this stage, after over three months with no booze, I'm looking forward to the next 99 days without it more than to going back to losing chunks of my time to hangovers. SO MANY GOOD THINGS HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST 99 DAYS! First of all I got engaged, so that's a big occasion to celebrate! When my sister came out for a visit she got a few bottles of Martinelli's sparkling cider we drank by the fire in champagne flutes! My skin is so much happier without wine. My mom used our Nikon and took engagement photos on the beach, normally I'd be a little puffy from wine or champagne but I loved all the photos! The non-alcoholic beverage game is pretty strong down here in San Diego. Sprouts has a delicious range of sparkling probiotic teas, kombuchas and tonics that are all much cheaper than wine or beer. California also offers a delicious range of cannabis drinks I highly recommend (I love these grapefruit an