More Happily ever afters and drastic changes!

In the week past a lot has changed! I have taken some extended leave from work, chopped all my hair off and witness some amazing friends get married!

So lets start with the Hair.....I have not had a major hair cut in oh.....5 years or so! I tossed up the idea of having short hair about a year ago and then remembered i'm getting married, better keep it long. So i am now married so i decided to get rid of some unwanted baggage.

I went from this (excuse the face its the only picture i could find that showed how long my hair was)

To this! My hair was so long and thick i could not stand it any longer.

From near my belly button (i dont think the first photo gives it justice) to the Pob.....YAY

Yesterday i saw two very gorgeous people get married! Its so hard going to another wedding so close to my own, so many comparisons. I always knew it would be a beautiful wedding but WOA serious dress envy. But most of all it was romantic and very them, you could feel their love and their personality through the whole ceremony. They are an amazing, Godly couple who i know will have a great marriage and a wonderful family (ridiculously good looking kids in their future).  be I wont be posting pictures of the wedding itself as i am sure she will love to do that herself.

 My great friend Warrick.

 My gorgeous husband.

Till next time ...

A continuation of our little home.

So i decided to take some pictures of our little home. It is coming along well....i think.

 I have taken a lot of design tips from Sarah at www.abeachcottage.com Inspiration for our home.

Sunday afternoon Blues

What is the best way to beat the sunday afternoon blues? Shopping.......... grocery shopping? not so much (the first time is fun for newlyweds but it gets old quickly) So what is the best way to make the most out of a sucky situation? CostCo! They have so much more than groceries (Lee jeans for $12). I was a little disappointed in the fact that they dont have much variety, example 1 brand of ice cream and one flavour. The crowds turned me off.......its mob mentality and it makes it hard to shop. We got lots of goodies, my favourite of which is this gem, we got 3 for $19! and seeing as we got our Nespresso Pod machine for our wedding we can now take espresso with us on the way to work!
Was it worth our $60 membership fee?.......i would say yes. We wont have to go shopping again for a month, we had to do a top up shop at Coles but we are covered for everything else.

Since i havent blogged for a long time, i havent been able to share Casa De Carlton or as we call it The Ritz Carlton. So i am going to share some pictures f how it's coming a long. Its very small but perfect for us and a constant work in progress.

 When we rented the apartment, the gentleman that lived here before had some ghastly shelves all along one wall. So we are in the process of covering all the holes with pictures. We are waiting to get our Wedding photo's to fill the rest!

Man I Feel Stupid

I thought my post had saved.....oops!

Anyway sorry for the long time in between i am asking to be excused because of the wedding planning. It has been a long journey (18 months yes thats a year and a half!) of engagement, but its finally done. I am now Mrs Isobelle Carlton. We had the most amazing day, filled with love, friends and fun, and while not everything went right *did i lose enough weight? was my dress perfect? did everyone have fun? do i have a double chin in most of the photo's? (yes)* It helped me realise that the reason for all the stress, drama and a bit of fun was that i got to marry the man of my dreams. I got to stand up in front of my friends and family and promise to love my husband forever and to reflect God in our marriage.

Some of you may know the drama that surrounds my family. I am not close/speaking with my mother, and it was very hard for me during the planning process to not have my mother involved. I did however have my MIL (mother in law) to help me. One thing that i was super stressed about was the fact that i do not have much family, and would any of them be able to come. Well i was surprised by my amazing Aunty, who made the trip all the way from sunny old England to be there ------->

My Grandmother and Grandfather came and so did my Great Aunty traveled all the way from Queensland to be there as well. Another thing that was worrying me, was my dad. He is 75 years old and
not the most mobile gent, he is also painfully shy and all the way though planning the wedding he kept say he didn't want to walk me down the aisle. He put away all his fears and did it! He even had a dance with me at the reception. I know how hard it was for him but i will be forever grateful to him for that.

My bridesmaids......although there was so much drama we had a great time. They all helped and made the day great. 2 of the girls (who are not married) stayed over the night before and along with Sheree we stayed up drinking wine and eating chocolate and watched Bridesmaids......well about 5 mins of it before i fell asleep. It was one of those girly sleepover nights that now we are older we dont get to have much anymore, but i hope to now.......although i dont think Nick will enjoy it as much.

I have uploaded a few photo's. Tell me what you think.