Lot's of stuff.....

Last Saturday, Rache helped put together a formal ball to help awareness for abusive relationships down at BYU. It was so fun and she did a great job, it was really amazing!

I on the other hand, was very under dressed, and to make matters even worse, the dress I wore had a HUGE hole in the back of it (which I did not know by the way). Wren and I went mattress shopping right before the ball, so I totally must have ripped it when testing out all the beds. Which on a different note, Wren and I seem to always make big purchases right before we need to be somewhere and are always in a huge time crunch and stressed, and just end up buying whatever it is we're looking for mostly out of stress I think... Anyway, we bought the bed (which by the way is heaven) and made it to the ball with NO time to spare, in fact we were fashionably late. But right after we made the walk of shame to our seats, I had to use the ladies room, so Rache went to the bathroom with me and as I was washing my hands Rache goes, "Sav, what the heck, you have a HUGE hole in the back of your dress". I was all, "No..... wait, seriously?" I turned around and, no joke, the hole was like half the size of my back. So embarrassing, especially considering EVERYONE was in prom-like attire and Wren and I rolled in with our church clothes on... Long story short, I had to wear my big itchy pea coat all night long to cover the monstrosity of a hole. Ya, we were the ghetto ones there. Oh well. But the plus side, the food was amazing, the entertainment was great, and the people watching was even GREATER. Alex Boyae (I have NO idea how to spell his name) came and sang for us. He did an awesome job, but I was so pre-occupied with a couple sitting at my 10:00, that I barely even noticed Alex. The gentlemen of this couple kept full on staring at his girlfriend, or date, or whoever she was, like no joke, THE ENTIRE TIME! He would do this subtle creepy little thing with his lip (Wren has it perfected) and then stare gazingly into the side of her temple. I kept hitting Wren every five seconds to look, because every time I thought it couldn't have gotten any worse, it did. It really was a little disturbing. I hope she is still alive. Anyway, I'm so rude. And all I could think about was how excited I was to watch them on the dance floor, and let me tell you what, it was a heaven sent treasure! I showed my mom, and she was just as intrigued by the whole thing as me.... They were so in love, well maybe just HE was in love, sad sad, we'll never know. BUT, it was a great night! Good job Raezzzzell....

Cute Rachie and her date

Cha and Slick, they were so fancy!

We just got back from sacrament meeting.... No biggie

Alex Boyae (Again, Spelling ?)

I have also been look for an antique vanity dresser for quite sometime too. I have searched KSL for literally like four years trying to find exactly what I wanted. I wanted a dresser where I could sit right up next to the mirror to get ready and a lot of them didn't have that. Lot's of ones I found were way beat up and people wanted like $500 or $600 for one, which over my dead body I would have paid. So anyway, the other day I was searching again, and I found the one! It was listed for $150 and I showed Wren and he was like, "Get it!" So I called the guy and there was no answer so I left a message. He never called me back, so I called again... nothing. So I texted, emailed, called more times, and nothing. I was so sad and figured he had sold it. Well like a week later, I was at lunch with Sara and my phone rang, so I picked it up and it was him! I was so happy, he hadn't sold it and said I could run over and look at it. That I did. I got there and it was even more beat up than it was in the picture so I debated, and he decided to come down to $100. I couldn't pass it up! I loaded what I could in my car and Wren picked up the mirror after work. As I drove home, I made myself tired thinking of everything I wanted to do to it, and thought to myself, why do I always create these big projects for myself? I got home and took out every drawer and uncovered the bench and put them all in the bathtub and scrubbed them down. I cleaned the rest of the dresser itself and then got to work. I stained it a little bit darker than it was, and put a couple coats of high gloss on it. I then painted gold around the outside of the mirror because it was so worn out. I also upholstered the bench and found new hardware (thank you hobby lobby) for the drawers. Anyway, I finished it in one night, I know I'm on crack. But I can say that I never knew I could be in love with a piece of furniture. It is seriously the best to be able to sit down, legs folded, right up next to the mirror to do my makeup... I hate leaning over the counter to do my makeup, I start to sweat from a back workout, but now I don't... boo ya baby! And blow drying? Ain't nothin now that I can sit down to do it. Anyway, way too long of a story, here are some pictures....

BEFORE: Makes me tired just looking at it.

AFTER: Makes me smile just looking at it, oh the convenience!

And last, but most definitely not least... our new mattress! The only sucky thing is, I have loads and loads of queen bedding (it really is a problem), but NOTHING for a king! Literally, not a bed frame, not sheets.... nothing. So Wren's mom is so sweet and gave us some king sheets (which by the way are so comfortable, so thanks for that!) and then I bought a new bed spread and bed skirt. Okay, bed skirts.... I have never liked them, but I had to get one otherwise the box spring would have showed... what do you think? I maneuvered that bad boy for an hour, as embarrassing as that is, but it just wasn't looking right. And getting under the mattress by myself? Not an easy task might I add. I was sweating up a storm. Anyway, does it look okay?!

Well this post was entirely too long, I just have so much to say! This is what happens when you sit in an office all day alone. My thoughts cosume my mind! Ta ta...