The Teacup Invites Have Left the Building

Can you believe it? Neither can I, it's a miracle they made it in the mail! Here's proof of my success, happily nestled in the Fizz & Frills marketplace bag. Yay, recycling!

Ladies, I won't lie - the past few weeks have been incredibly hectic. It doesn't help that I'm a terrible multi-tasker. Shedding for the wedding, invitations, and my bachelorette weekend all converged last Thursday. Although I wish it were effortless, I managed to keep my peak stress levels to a minimum. A girl can fantasize, right?

Image via Professional WAHM

I logged some heavy DIY hours on these babies and managed to finish them at 4am on the morning of my departure for Las Vegas after work. It will be a few days before the full reveal to allow all our guests to receive their invites. Until then, here are some sneak peeks.

{ Calling in for backup from Mr. Hot Tea }

{ What a glorious mess! }

{ DIY assembly line, notice all the unfinished ones }

{ Finally! It's been too long since we've seen a clean dining table. }

{ This, multiplied 140 times }

I promise you won't have to wait long to see the suite, and until then I have stories galore of my weight loss progress ( already 4 lbs. in 2 weeks) and my Vegas bachelorette weekend. There's so much good stuff to share I can hardly stand it, stay tuned!

The Whirlwind Begins

Although it took a little warming up to the idea, Mr. Hot Tea and I wasted no time getting to the sizzle! Which makes me think of bacon...

Image via www.myteespot.com

Oh wait, I'm supposed to be sharing a love story. Right. Getting back on track, the spark was a little more like this...

Image via www.the-isb.com / Comic Credit "Jimmy Olsen #57"

Mr. HT would serenade me to sleep over the phone with his guitar. We'd pretend to watch "Caddyshack" and snuggle on the couch instead. He'd leave me love post-its on my car to find in the morning and we would make out in the street like a couple of teenagers for what seemed like an hour before he drove himself home for the night. Ahhh, new love! So fun, so exhilirating!

sweetness

Strangely enough, we made family introductions within the first two weeks of dating. His lives locally, and mine just happened to host a mini-reunion in Vegas for my grandma's 80th birthday.

with Momma Teacup in Vegas

and family day with Mr. HT's clan

We love to take photos of our experiences together, so I'll let the pictures do the talking...

beach walks

board games

beach cruisers

community service

We fell fast and decided pretty early on that we were a good match. After almost a year of dating, it was time to make the move and figure out where to live...together!

facing our future

Nesting deserves it's own post, and even after that it would be nearly another year before Mr. HT popped the question.

Now it's time to turn the tables...did you and your beloved make the leap to settle in before the ring? What factored into your decision to move? Or not?