since last time..

Ah.. it is amazing how busy life is. Incredibly busy. I so so so wish I posted more frequently like I used to.. but this semester is kicking my bum. All I know is that I am happy. Extremely happy. And I love my sweet adorable loving and perfect husband. We are perfect for each other and though we are stressed beyond measure most days - Life is good! 

Here is what we have been up to.. since October 16th when I last posted about our daily life.. 

-I baked for the first time in our tiny apartment. Yummy healthy breakfast muffins. 

-I got my name changed on my Drivers License.. Step 1 of that long process

-Gavin DeGraw's new CD came out... and it is AMAZING!! 

-Made my favorite tilapia dish for dinner

-Taylor flew out to NYC for networking and interviews for a few days. Our first 4 nights apart. And I got to use my new amazing iron!

-We met with this family in Florida for a mini vacation (extended post to come)

-Taco Tuesday at Rubio's

-Halloween and Grandpa's Birthday. Too busy to dress up or do anything. We went to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party to make up for the lack of Halloween activities back home. 

-Spoke at the FCCLA Convention. My high school sewing teacher asked me to give a 50 minute presentation in Salt Lake City on the value of sewing. Due to my crazy schedule (work, school, vacation) I was left writing my entire presentation the night before and had a total of 30 minutes of sleep... Let's just say it was basically the first time since FIT that I stay up literally all night. It went extremely well though so I guess it was worth it in the end. (extended post to come)

-Taylor was one of 6 BYU students who got flown out to NYC for interviews with Credit Suisse!!!!!!!!!! (extended post to come)

-Cut down on my hours at Avenia Bridal

-Midterms. Taylor surprised me with yummy ice cream because I was taking two midterms on the same day. Friday. Late fee day for both tests... awesome. 

-Temple night 

-Calling to the nursery. If you know me, you know this was coming... and it's hilarious. Good thing is we have the calling together and it is every other Sunday.

-Seth's Birthday. He turned 26! I can't believe everyone is getting so old!!! Taylor and I are almost 24, Bain is a senior this year, AND Sy is turning 21 next month (and he comes home in 11 and a half weeks!!)

-Bain was awarded Dance Sterling Scholar!! I was given this award when I was a senior at Orem High School too so I was extremely happy to see Bain get it! Plus she is the most amazing dancer EVER!

-Kenzie's Bridal Shower (extended post to come)  

-Taylor was offered a Summer Analyst position with Credit Suisse for this summer!!! He accepted. We celebrated with Sushi and Thor. 

-Taylor went to NYC again for a week for more networking (again, extended post to come)

-Mom flew out to Atlanta to visit Seth and Jenn and wait for their sweet baby to come!

-Kenzie's wedding! It was so extremely beautiful and happy! Bain came with me to the ceremony and Daddy came to the reception.

-Girls night. Consisted of my besties (Talyn, Emily, Katie, Kiara), girl talk, soup and salad, and treats!

-I picked Taylor up from the airport after being gone for 6 days.. I seriously didn't think it was possible to miss him so much - and he brought back NYC treats for me! He's the best!!

-1 year since saying "yes" - full proposal story here

Some aBree Original news:

-My sequin maxi skirt has gone viral on Pinterest and I have received many many emails regarding it. I've started selling my first item of clothing!! I have had over 10 orders in the past couple weeks and I feel extremely blessed and grateful for this opportunity.

-A wedding store in Georgia contacted me about using the wedding dress I created for Cutting Fashion in their holiday window display!! So random and so exciting. I've been contacted by people all over the country regarding my designs and I am so amazed at all the support.

aBree Fashion Favorites this month:

And since Black Friday and Christmas is coming up - here are my top gift picks for women from J.Crew

And that is all for now - hopefully many more detailed posts to come between now and when the new semester starts in January!!

For daily photos of our lives follow me on instagram @breelena

Life Lately... {Yankee's game and NYC Inspirations}

Last weekend we went to a Yankee's game!! I have been to a Met's game before but this was my first time seeing the Yankee's play - it was also the first time I've been to the Bronx! I love baseball and it was really fun to watch my NY team play. Coincidentally they were playing Detroit - which was my first baseball team since I lived in Michigan at the time. The game was pretty uneventful until the last inning when Detroit tied it up and we went into extra innings - the Yankee's pulled it out in the end despite A-Rod's 3 strike outs (due to a loudly booing stadium.)

On Saturday we had a very inspirational day!! Taylor offered to come to some fabric stores with me! He is good at picking out my clothes so he thought he'd try picking out some fabric. He is such a sweetheart! I went to Mood and B&J then walked around the garment district to some of my favorite trimming stores. I ate Potbelly's for lunch (ah!!! how I love Potbelly's - please come to Utah! I'm going to miss you..) while Taylor met some investment banking guys at Shake Shack. When we met back up we finally stopped at Mr. Softee (been wanting to stop since the first day we got here) and then went to Saks. I tried on a pair of gorgeous black Louboutin's, looked at all the gorgeous evening wear and the Ralph Lauren collections. So gorgeous. Everything. For dinner we were craving cannoli's (thank you Boston) so we went to Little Italy. It did not disappoint. We decided the cannoli shell from Cafe Palermo (NYC) was better but the filling from Modern Pastry (Boston) was better - so if only they could combine, it would be THE BEST cannoli in the universe!

^^flashback to my first time at Mood (summer 2008)^^

^^all my swatches - so much sparkle. I was in heaven.^^

 ^^aBree Fashion post HERE^^

Life via Instagram:

 ^^a couple days left to enter the $225 paypal cash giveaway on aBree Fashion^^

 ^^Detroit game circa 2000^^

 ^^100 day anniversary!^^

 ^^I miss NYC food already...^^

 ^^How I spend my lunch break^^

 ^^Remembering B O S T O N^^

^^Wedding gown feature^^