New Car YAY.

I picked up my car today. I love it. :)

Went out for cocktails at Lord Fletchers with Alyssa tonight.... will post pics tomorrow!

Less than 3 months til the wedding....oh man. Panic mode is setting in for sure.

So, today i bought a car.

Yep.... wasn't really planning on buying today, but i did. Here it is! :)

2008 Mazda 6 hatchback. From the back it doesn't look like a hatchback...

I didn't have my car with me today, so i will go back on Monday to pick it up. I will definitely take more pictures when i do! :)

TGIF!

Yay for friday. Not much to report.... i am definitely ready for the weekend. Tomorrow Hunter is going with my dad to the US Womens open in Edina, so i will probably go hang out with my mom while they do that. Sunday Hunter leave for Kansas City for 5 days for work. He will be home from the 4th-6th then leaves for 2 weeks. July is really going to FLY by.
We are getting married in 3 months from today-- YIKES. With Hunter being gone for 3 weeks kind of throws off my schedule! Whenever i think about how much we have left to do, i panic a little and get butterflies in my stomach.
I haven't really blogged about wedding stuff, but i am sure i will the more i get stressed about it! :) Here is a picture of our Rehearsal Dinner Invites.
We made them :) I should take a pic of the regular invites too, when i do, i will post it.

Engagement Pics

We had Engagement pictures taken in January. So for your viewing pleasure, here are some of my faves! :)

Bumble Bees!

So you may or may not know i have a bumble bee collection....no not live ones, the cute collectable kind! :P (Katie, i still have the frame you gave me with bee's painted on it... i think it was for my bday one year)
Here are pictures of my BEE bathroom here at the house:

I tried to contain the bee obsession to one room (For Hunter's sake) but there a few others around the house. I can blame a lot of it on gifts.... once people found out i collected bee's that's all i get for gifts. I have plates, drinking glasses, flower pots, magnets, towels, an outdoor yard bee (like a gnome, haha but a bee) and many other bee items! I got this cool cake stand/chip and dip dish for my bday this year:



Today I found this website: www.helpthehoneybees.com and you can design your own bumble bee. I couldn't resist!! :) Here is the bee i made:

Well, this was my third post of the day... time to get the day started! :)

Dawn and Bob got married.. on FRIDAY THE 13th! :)

As promised **FINALLY** here are some pictures from Dawn and Bob's wedding.

Dawn was a manager i had when i worked at the Wayzata Lunds Caribou. She basically became my big sister! :) She got married at Ft Snelling in the Chapel:




Dawn, her maids, and flower girls:

Dawn and Bob getting hitched:


Married!


The reception at Ft Snelling as well:

Me and Hunter (excuse the chairs):
Me and Em (My matron of Honor):

Dawn and Bob at the reception:

Gina Bina and Dawnie Doodle:

Saturday is my favorite day!

We got home late last night after a full day of fun! :)

We went up to Albertville to shop at the outlet mall. The COACH store was having a huge sale.... i got 2 mid size purses and 2 wristlets (not all for me..) for about 200 dollars!! Here is a picture of the purse i got for myself. Retail Price: $279.99.... i paid 84.99
I already gave the other midsize and one (matching) wristlet to my mom. So no pics of that to post. She would never buy herself a coach, so i have to keep her in style! :) Also it goes really well with her outfit for our wedding so i HAD to get it for her! :)

Here is the other wristlet. The strap can hook on the other end too. I am planning on using this one as a gift:
We also stopped at Shane Company in MTKA on the way to Church. I decided that i wanted to wear pearls for the wedding. I had been looking online and discovered that Shane Co has PEACH pearls. The bridesmaid dresses for the wedding are burnt orange, so i thought peach would be just orange enough to pull color from their dresses and tie it all together. Best part about these pearls is that they were FREE! :) We are devoted to Shane Co and go there often to have my engagement ring cleaned and just browse the diamonds and other jewelry. We have become buddies with a salesman there and on a past visit, he gave us a 100 dollar gift card!!! Just because he likes us! :) Here is a picture of the new pearls:
After Shane Co, we went over to Ridgedale to just kill time before we headed to church. We are on the look out for a unique gift to give our parents for their help in the wedding. Any suggestions?
We had a pretty full day of shopping fun!!! I wonder what today will bring.... we still need to buy some plants to decorate our "yard" We have a cement slap and sidewalk basically, so it definitely needs some color!

That's all for now. I am going to do a separate post with wedding pics from last weekend.

I am a hypocrit...

Yes i will admit it.

I used to wonder why people didn't blog everyday, i thought to myself, how hard is it to update the world on your life more than once a month (or however long the time was). Well now i know! It takes time to think of things to blog about, organize and add pictures and be witty all at the same time!!!

I have promised pics from the wedding i went to last weekend for over a week now, and yet still have not uploaded them to my computer. I suck, im sorry. I WILL do it eventually, and i suppose you will all wait in suspense to see them! HA.

I think Hunter and I are going out and about today. It is gorgeous out, and i hate being cooped up indoors in the summer. So possibly later tonight i will get my act together, upload some pics to my computer and FINALLY hold up my end of the bargain and post some wedding pics from last weekend. :)

Enjoy the sunshine!!! :)

A to Z of me!

My first reader, Katie- also my "twin"-- posted this and i thought it looked fun!!! So enjoy :)

A - Age: 27
B - Bed size: Queen
C - Chore you hate: i dont really HATE any... i spose cleaning the toilet is my least fave.
D - Dessert you love: BROWNIES!!
E - Essential start your day item: diet coke
F - Favorite actor(s): hmmm I really like Mandy Moore
G - Gold or Silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'8"
I - Instruments you play: Used to the trumpet
J - Job title: Regional Account Manager
K - Kid(s): not yet :(
L - Living arrangements: townhouse with the boy and our kitty
M - Mom's name: Barb
N - Nicknames: Geens, g*LOVE, Gina Bina
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: None
P - Pet Peeve: people that lack common sense, hypocrits, and CLUTTER, i hate clutter.
Q- Quote(s) you like: I have many... "everything will be ok in the end, if it's not ok, it's not the end"
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: Chad
T - Time you woke up today: 6am
U - Unique habit: hmmm OCD organization!?
V - Vegetable you hate: peas
W - Worst habit: eating
X - X-rays you've had: Ankle, arm, collar bone, teeth
Y - Yummy food you make: hmmm
Z - Zodiac Sign: Gemini

I will have something cool to talk about soon!

So for my 2 readers (i think that's all i have so far! HA) I will post something interesting later this week.... well i can't guarantee it will be interesting..... 

I have tons of pics to post from last weekend and it's just easier to do that from my own computer. I go home tomorrow night, so hopefully i will be motivated to post.

I am soo happy the weather has finally shaped up, too bad i work all day. I try to take some breaks through out the day to at least absorb some of the warmth!!! 

Mac Computers

I am house sitting til Thursday, and the computer here is a MAC.  I can kind of navigate my way on a mac, but struggle for the most part. The point of this is to let you know, i will post pics of this weekend when i get home! :) Or maybe while i am at work..... MU HA HA. Stay Tuned.

More Birthday fun

The boy got me flowers.
My mini bday cake! :)

Happy Birthday to me.

Today is my 27th birthday. I have officially been on this planet for roughly 9855 days. That is nuts. I dont feel any older..... i honestly think i am the same as i was when i was 22, just can't drink as much as i used to!
So far today.... I have worked. The hilight has been the fact that i brought brownies and ice cream for treats to share. YUM, i *LOVE* brownies.
A lot of my friends have birthdays around mine, so Happy Birthday to all of you as well. I hope you had/have a fantastic day! :)

And in case you aren't counting down the days like i am......... i am getting married in 3 months and 17 days!!!! While i am excited to get and BE MARRIED, the thought of the actual day makes me feel nauseaus. Hunter and i have been to 2 weddings so far this summer, (we have another one this weekend and one in Sept before ours) each time, i honestly am so nervous i think i am going to hurl. I can only imagine how i will feel the day of our wedding.

As promised, only a day late, here are a few pics from Neal and Jackie's wedding:

The reception hall:

Hunter and Neal (the groom):The wedding party on the golf course to take some more pics:Me and Hunter:

Another random thought.... can you see how long my hair is!!!!!!!!???????????? If you dont know me, you prob would think it looks fine (and i guess i would agree), but it is NOT GINA STYLE! I hate....HATE... my hair long. It drives me NUTS. Pretty much everday it is up in a pony tail or pig tails. I love pig tails and they are definately something that i am known for. Do you think 27 is too old for piggies? Let me know if i am sporting a fashion faux paux. :)

That's all for now of random thoughts by Gina.

Sunday Funday

I am going to lunch today for my bday with my fam. Should be a good time. When i get home, i will hopefully post pics from the Wedding i went to yesterday.

Wednesday...

Not much to report today, it's the middle of the week and so far nothing too thrilling has occurred to blog about. :)

I am hoping it warms up and stays up. We have another wedding to go to this weekend.... I am sure i will have some more pics.

Since i enjoy seeing pictures on peoples blogs, i will post one. or a few!

This is one of my senior pictures... woah blast from the past! :) I was 17-- 5 days away from being 10 years ago.

This is me and my sidekick Natalie... this was taken on my 22nd bday (almost 5 years ago)
And this is me currently....well not this exact moment, but me at just days away from being 27! YIKES.
Hopefully something exciting to blog about happens soon! :)

Chad and Angy's Wedding

The guys.













The girls


















This is John, my aisle walking partner and me. Aren't we stylish!?!



















First dance

RainEX

Have you used this stuff? Rain X or Rainex or RainEX... however you spell it, it's amazing! Over a week ago Hunter was nice enough to take my car to the gas station to fill up and wash (paid with my card of course) then came home and detailed the inside. He used the rainX on my windshield and man is it great. It sucks the rain drops off like the dryer thing in a car wash.

(***Note*** I speak/type in my own language "Gina Lingo" on a regular basis, so i hope you can translate!)

It's raining today and the rainX is still working well. I can't believe i have been driving for almost 10 years and JUST learned of such a great product! :)