Author - Katie

Books

Help stock my bookshelf!

I’ll admit it right now: I’m a book worm. Well – I used to be at least! However, over the past year or so I have really fallen off of the...

Travel

Lifetime Movies sucked me in

How many of you tuned into Lifetime on Monday night to watch the movie about Amanda Knox? I’ll admit: I DVR’ed it…because I’m a big...

Beauty+Style My Style

A Sexy Dress Dilemma

Here’s the situation:
Over the past two years or so, I have realized that most retail stores do not stock clothing in sizes that fit me off the rack. It...

Our Wedding

Lovely Tonight: The First Dance

During your wedding planning process, have you ever had an incredible epiphany that is absolutely impossible to get out of your mind? For me, it was the ...

Food + Drink Main Courses

Baked Chicken Divan

We’ve had a pretty cold winter here in Florida this year. With the cold weather comes my desire for comfort food. However, with a lot of comfort foods...

Food + Drink Sweets

Insane Snack: Poppy Chow

As a kid, one of my absolute favorite snacks to make was puppy chow. The combination of chocolate, peanut butter, Crispix cereal (yes, my mom and I prefer...

Our Wedding

Lovely Tonight: On the Water

One of the great things about having a wedding in Clearwater is the fact that, on a good day, you can take advantage of photo opportunities by the water! ...

Our Wedding

Lovely Tonight: The Photo Booth

There was another installation involved in our cocktail hour that I haven’t mentioned yet: the photo booth!
In the weeks before the wedding, I started to...

Everything Else

Katie: 8th Grade Style

I honestly don’t know if I should be admitting half of what I do in this vlog.
I’m talking about 8th grade…middle school…aka one of the...

Pets and other animals

Meet Kona

I don’t know about you…but for me, it is almost impossible to top the cuteness of a puppy. How do you resist them???
For his birthday a few months...

Beauty+Style Everything Else

Owning my beauty

A few months ago, Melinda from Palindrome at Home wrote this post, where she proudly posted some self portraits of herself sans makeup. “Dang,” I...

Our Wedding

Lovely Tonight: Recess Time!

Woo hoo! We were married! Time to make our way back down the aisle. As we did so, the song “Love” by Matt White started playing as our...

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