Eyelash extensions?

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Has anyone ever tried them?  I don't trust website testimonials, because they aren't going to post the ones that say, 'These made my real lashes fall out, and now I look crazy'.  They are kind of expensive too, but every now and again a groupon (or the like) comes along.  Back in the day I had super deluxe long beautiful lashes, but my old age has thinned them out.  But it is fine, because they are hiding behind glasses all the time anyway.  But if they were cheap enough, I'd say sure, why not, but I just don't know if they will be worth the cost.  And I also don't want to look like Tammy Faye Bakker/Messner, which is exactly what I looked like after getting a makeover ambush at the Dior counter at Macy's the weekend before last.  

Less is more.

So if anyone has any knowledge or experience in the realm of false eyelashes, please advise!


UPDATE:
There was a fabulous groupon for eyelash extensions in Houston today.  Sold!

Wedding Weight Loss

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Ok gang, we are getting near the six month mark and it is crunch time (literally!).  For those who do not know me in real life, I am not a small lady.  I had some glory days in the beginning of high school where I was really good at sticking to a diet and was more active, and even then I was just average sized.  As of now, I like to eat food that is bad for me, and I hate exercising.  So I can't say that I am surprised in any way that my body looks the way it does.  In any event, there is lots of room for improvement in the category of health and fitness.  A smart Natalie would have hit the gym like a Jersey shore girl back in November when I got engaged, because the thought of being my current level of fatness in a wedding dress makes me cringe.  But I put it off, and kept eating cake like it was going out of style, and here we are. 

I am happy to report that starting this week my mom/walking buddy have agreed to go walking around the neighborhood in the evenings after dinner.  We have gone twice already, yay us!  And my eating habits have just been okay.  I have stopped eating desserts at such a high level, and try to get the portion control in check, but I am still sometimes grabbing a fast food lunch that isn't a salad, and eating fried crap and pizza. 

Aaron and I are going to Dallas to visit some friends this weekend, so I think I will try to eat well when we go, but we are going to have a diet makeover extreme starting next week.  And I think I need to step up the workouts also, because I don't think 30 mins of walking is going to cut the mustard.  In an ideal world I would wake up 45 minutes earlier and do some working out in the AM and PM, but sleepy Natalie fights that idea 97% of the time.  Another thought I had was to just work out my arms and abs really well, because I can hide a big bum under a poufy dress.  I am pretty sure weightloss doesn't quite work like that, unfortunately.  And Aaron already said no to using our wedding monies to buy liposuction, lol.

So before I formulate my master fitness plan, does anyone have any good tips of how to drop some (or a lot of) pounds?  I am all ears!!

Something Blue?

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We are almost to that portion of the program where I must outfit myself for the big day.  I like hammering out little details first because they seem like much less of a big deal than the dreaded dress hunt.  Right now my attentions are focused on the 'something blue' aspect of my look, but I just can't decide on which way I will express this tradition.  I could go with blue shoes as seen above, and since blue is one of our colors, it wouldn't be totally weird?

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 Or if I don't find any blue shoes I love, some clever people thought of a way to bedazzle your wedding shoes with some blue 'I do's!  Very cute indeed.

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Or there is always the blue garter option.  This one has blue and silver, win!

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Blue underwears are also a good way to discreetly wear blue.  Or blue pantaloons for the extra modest ladies out there, lol.

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 I must say, some blue jewels would be a fabulous way to be wearing blue.  Aren't these gorgeous!?

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Or I could get a blue manicure?  My 16 year old self would be high five-ing me, lol

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Eeek, maybe not this.  

What was/is your something blue?