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30 April 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Let the one year countdown begin!

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Ok so let me gush for a hot second.  Today marks two things:  1) this is Robert and my fifth anniversary of our first date!  Who knew that being late for econ class my freshman year would turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to me?

2)  One year until our wedding!  I was so excited to see that April 30 was a Saturday… and to see that my venues all had the date open.  I thought it was so fun (and easy to remember) that our wedding date had such significance  for us!
Anyway, I am so excited and I just wanted to share with you all!  I’ve gotta run – unfortunately I can’t celebrate our anniversary with Robert (long story – he has an alumni event at SJU tonight… usually I have one on the same night, but mine is next week!)  Since I can’t celebrate with Robert, who better to spend the day with than one of my best friends?!  My matron of honor and I have a hot date with a phenomenal greek restaurant and a bottle of wine.  I even bought her flowers – how romantic right?!  So excited <3

Happy Friday!!  One year til the wedding!!!!

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08 February 2010 ~ 2 Comments

Snow Day

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Who else out there was snowed in this weekend?  After saying over and over “this snow storm won’t be as bad as they predict…”  I woke up on Saturday morning to an 18″ coating of snow!  Whoops!
Thankfully my seniors and managers actually believed the weatherman on Friday, and we had already arranged to work from home this weekend.  As long as we put in 5 hours of good work, we didn’t have to come into the office.  Translation: sleep in and frolick in the snow – as long as you get your work done!  Woo hoo!

After a leisurely rest, Robert and I realized that we had no food in the house.  FAIL!  We decided to make an adventure out of it, and suited up for a walk in the snow to our favorite breakfast spot.

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Do you see how tall the snow is?!  It came up over my boots!

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We passed quite a few cars on the way that didn’t look like they were going anywhere anytime soon.  Unfortunately a few of these cars were ours…

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We eventually made it to our destination – Ardmore Station Cafe.  This little cafe is our FAVORITE place in all of Ardmore.  It might not be much to look at, but this place is a hidden gem:

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We know all the servers by name, and vice versa.  In fact, the weekend after we got engaged, the girls ran up to me and gave me a huge hug haha.  They are fantastic!  And of course the food is divine too – on Saturday we  both ordered a sampler platter of french toast, and split an omelette.  (We were famished after all the snow-walking!)  My sampler platter included cinnamon crunch with a little schmear of real butter, peanut butter and banana stuffed, and blueberry and cream cheese stuffed french toast.  I hadn’t had french toast in eons, but after this plate,  I might need to have it more often!

We ate so much that we had to crash in the snow – it made for quite a nice armchair ;)

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We decided to walk to Trader Joes and pick up some goodies so we wouldn’t have to leave the house again!  On the way, we decided to be silly and take some pictures using the GORILLAPOD!  (Love this thing!)

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Finally, we made it back through Ardmore.  I really love living in a place where not only can you walk to everything, but you LIKE walking there.  We have such beautiful houses and neighborhoods, and you can’t help but smile when you walk around.

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Once at home, Robert was in charge of making dinner – french bread pizzas!  They were a little heavy handed on the cheese and sauce… but we were snowed in!  What better excuse is there to eat snacky foods?!  We enjoyed our pizzas on a delicious Garlic and Parmesan Bagueutte, paired with some beers from Ithaca Brewery.  Snowed in perfection!

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It was truly the perfect snow day.  The only thing that made the weekend better was booking our wedding date at the church yesterday!!!  We’ve picked April 30, 2011 – the anniversary of our first date!  We haven’t booked a reception hall yet, as the church and the date are more significant to us.  Any ideas for good reception halls around Philadelphia?!  Here’s a picture of our church in the snow… hopefully it won’t be snowy next April!!

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What did you do with your weekend?  Were you lucky enough to have blue skies and warmth?!

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05 February 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Wedding Fever

Wedding

Good morning friends!

I am SO glad it’s Friday.  Between my [parked] car accident on Monday, and all the late hours we’ve been logging all week, I’m ready for a break.  Unfortunately, the weather man is predicting a “paralyzing” amount of snow for this weekend, so I might be forced into taking a break – we might be snowed in!  Maybe it will be for the best… maybe I’ll finally get to finish Breaking Dawn ;)

Anyway, I have exciting news for you all!  Today, I’m featured as a Guest Bender on one of my favorite blogs: Eating Bender.  Jenn was so gracious to include me as a guest poster this week, and I had so much fun writing a post about my wedding.  I hope you all check it out!

Speaking of weddings, I wanted to show you guys the venue we looked at last weekend.  Robert, my mom, and I drove up to Normandy Farms to have a looksie – and we loved it.  Take a look for yourself:

Cocktail Space

Outside Porch for Cocktails

Silos Ballroom

I love all the little details in the ballroom, and the fact that it was converted from an actual old barn dating back to the 1800′s!  I didn’t take a good picture of the silos, but they were built right into the room and provide little spaces for your coffee bar or wedding cake.  It was so neat!

Last weekend, I also had the opportunity to ask my Matron of Honor to be in my wedding.  We were roommates in college, and so we relived some of our college days with chinese delivery, girl talk, and lifetime movies (the pregnancy pact was actually pretty good!)  Here we are on new years eve:

She’ll be standing up with me, along with my maid of honor (my best friend since 1st grade!)  and 3 of my other best girls.  I can’t wait!

Anyway, gotta get hoppin on this Friday.  Make sure you check out my guest post on Eating Bender!

xoxo,

Cassie

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