Alyse French Photography | Houston-Based Wedding and Lifestyle Photographer

So I just realized I haven’t blogged in. a. week. I beg your forgiveness, and will try to not let that happen again. :( But I do have some pretty fun stuff coming up on the bloggity in the next two weeks!!

I’ve had this weird obsession for quite a long while now. Okay, more like an addiction… To deodorant. But get this: I don’t sweat. Seriously. Like, I never sweat. (The same cannot be said of Dylan. When that boy goes to the gym, watch out.) Nevertheless, I still put on deodorant more than a few times a day. And if it smells good enough, I’ll even dab some on my wrists. Yeah, I just said that on the Internet.

Question: Is it illegal to test-try nail polish? You see, I once knew of these two girls who got arrested simply for “test-trying” some glitter at Wal*Mart. (Ya’ll remember when glitter was IT!!) But when I walked into Wal*Mart determined to get the exact shade of polish to match my new shoes, I was going to GET the EXACT shade that matched my new shoes. You feel me? I then proceeded to look extremely guilty as I tried on three different shades, and then hid my multi-colored index finger while at the checkout.

I tend to make things a tad bit more dramatic than necessary. :) But you already knew that, didn’t you?

Three words: Cheddar Bay Biscuits. Red Lobster knows the way to my heart.

I know I’m just a youngin’. But sometimes I feel so old. Seems EVERYONE from my high school graduating class is getting married. Within the span of a month, it went from just me, to four other friends preparing to tie the knot. SO fun. I’m shooting an e-session of my dearest Breanna and her fiancé Ben tomorrow, so stay tuned for that in the next week or so!!

Apparently I have dimples? Dylan has always said I do. But I’ve lived with my face for the past 22 years, and have never noticed dimples in my life. UNTIL I took a poll (aka, asked my mom) and she agreed with Dylan!! I’ve always wanted me some cute dimples.. And braces with really fun colored rubber bands, actually. I guess those are next..

What’s on my plate for the rest of the week: Make a mock wedding table display and *PERHAPS* show ya’ll what our wedding will look like in three very short months! Clean up this huge mess of shower gifts I’ve made since being home. (Sorry, momma!! I blame all of my friends for that one..) Get these invitations out!! Fill out my NCAA tournament bracket baby!! Blog about my bridal shower. Blog about my brother’s HUGE accomplishment.. (You’ll just have to wait, if you don’t already know it by now.) :)

And since blog posts without pictures are dumb, here is a sneak of my shower! Which I’ll be writing about in more full detail later this week! Props to my kindred spirit and bridesmaid, Hannah Crosby, who designed the flower arrangements, and will be doing the same for the wedding. Aren’t they GORGE?!

Happy Tuesday!! :)

As I sit here listening to Hillsong on iTunes, I can’t help but think, “I need some new music.” That wasn’t a hit on Hillsong. Don’t know what I’d do without ‘em! But seriously? The other night, I went to bed listening to Hillsong, and woke up listening to Hillsong, meaning, I have over EIGHT hours of continuous Hillsong. Comment now with some new and more varietous music. (Woah, varietous is a new word for me!)

So you know how TLC has just about every show on the planet about being sick without knowing it, or getting a coat hanger stuck in your esophagus, or accidently swallowing hearing aid batteries because you thought they were candy? (I’m not kidding..) Well, it got me to thinking.. About the time when I was 6. I had this headband with these pretty little jems on it. But one day, one of the gems (I believe it was purple!) happened to find its way up my nose. Way, waaay up my nose. When I came crying to my dad, he was not happy with me. He tried in vain for quite some time to get me to blow my nose, but what 6 year-old actually knows how to do that?? Alas, we never got it out. :( J/K. We did. :)

Yeah, that was gross. Hopefully you still like me and my blog and my stories. ;)

You won’t believe this! But it’s finally looking a little like springtime in Syracuse, NY!! Yesterday, I could actually feel the sun’s warmth beating down on my head as I walked to class. The skies were a bright blue and the birds were singing. No really, they were! And they woke me up that way. :) Barely anything makes me quite as happy as winter turning to spring!

Well, what do you know? Snow’s on the forecast for next week..

But it won’t matter! I’ll be home in Sharon for a whole week for my last spring break EVER. Brings me back to last year this time. A year ago today, I had mono but didn’t know it yet. All I knew was that my glands had swollen far below my jawline, my tonsils were literally the size of golf balls, and my throat had never hurt worse in. my. life. Then proceeded the absolute worst spring break in the history of the world. I remember lying on the couch for a week straight, thinking I could die at any second. (Drama, much?) For serious! This was the same week that SU beat UCONN in six overtimes at Madison Square Garden, and Dylan was at the game. I remember sobbing in despair when we had finally won, because it meant Dylan would not in fact be coming to my rescue, but instead going to the next game. (We actually didn’t find out I had mono until about a week later, so don’t hate on him too much.) :)

And just a quick reminder! This upcoming Saturday night/Sunday morning will require us all to lose an hour of sleep. But it’s totally worth the extra couple hours of yummy light each day! I’m telling you, I could never survive Alaskan winters. I love me some sun!!

Quick update on my 101 in 1001 list: I wore a dress on Sunday, ergo, #18 is well under way! But I must confess.. Dylan and I went to a flea market on Sunday (#71) and I came home empty-handed. :( If anything, I took home the ghastly smell of homemade cheese and musky antiques.

I leave you with an image that just makes me happy. :) Hope it works for you too!

Happy Tuesday!!