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Hold Up, Wait a Minute. Put a Little Blog In It

Author Violet Date May 8, 2014
OK, the Oscar blog post cannot remain at the top of this page while...
Tagged battle of the bands, chandeliers, cheap, chinese and indian wedding, crawfish boil, crustacean, diversion, feedback noise, hanging with the sisters, houston tx, inflated wedding venue costs, latham & watkins, lawrocks, nixon presidential library, privileged communication, rose garden, sunset strip, very tired, virginal, voluble, whisky a go go, world figures in bronze | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, Dates, family, home, Uncategorized, wedding

Mea Maxima Culpa! I Forgot to Blog Because …

Author Violet Date March 5, 2014
Oh dear! Well, I’ll just soldier on as though I haven’t been absent for...
Tagged cakewalk, california real estate license, castle green pasadena, dilettante blogger, dog ate my homework, grandmother comments, haggling with inscrutable managers, hard hat tour, lack of blog posts, marble minarets, new home construction, pyrrhic battle, pyrrhic victory, quelle surprise, real estate license exam, taj mahal, trying to move, wedding planning ate my blog post, wedding vendor haggling, wedding venue search | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, Dates, family, friends, frugality, home, sisters, wedding, yale

The Best Time to Plan Your Wedding is When You’re Single

Author Violet Date February 20, 2014
As a corollary to my benediction of the wedding binder, I’d like to rant...
Tagged branford nalgene, brideday friday, davenport college dining hall, elopement, engagement ring shopping, gerard manley hopkins, go to college to get more knowledge, go to jupiter to get more stupider, he fathers forth whose beauty is past change: praise Him, orange engagement ring, pied beauty, pierson college dining hallb, say yes to the dress marathon, scouting wedding venues online, tilt at windmills, wedding binder, wedding planner, weding homework, women planning weddings early, Yale Nostalgia | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, family, friends, frugality, home, Uncategorized, wedding, yale

Benediction of the Binder: Wedding Planning Requires Heavy Homework

Author Violet Date February 20, 2014
Each new day is another attempt to baby-step into the deepening quagmire that is...
Tagged brideday friday, burgeoning beast, daiso baby, davenport dining hall, don quixote, elopement, facetime, gerard manley hopkins, he fathers forth whose beauty is past change: praise Him, hong kong, jewelry display window, johnny come lately, lisbeth levine, may broadcast upfronts week, mckayla is not impressed, mckayla maroney, mindy weiss, network executive, pied beauty, quin woodward pu, read pilots, say yes to the dress marathon, the wedding book: the big book for your big day, the wedding planner & organizer, tilting at windmills, trackvision, trapper keeper, trim to fit, tvtracker, variety insight, watch screeners, wedding binder, wedding planner, wedding planning shaming, wedding quagmire, Yale Nostalgia | 1 Comment |
boyfriend, family, friends, frugality, home, Uncategorized, violet inviolate, wedding, yale

Had We But World Enough, and Time, This Slow Wedding Planning Were No Crime

Author Violet Date February 11, 2014
Mark it down in the daybook. February 11, 2014: The day I realized that...
Tagged bathroom photo shoot, calling vendors, charlotte york goldenblatt, crude manips, endless wedding planning, engaged gif, ever-strengthening ardor, fee brothers bitters, génoise, génoise cake, getting engaged, had we world enough and time this coyness lady were no crime, high gear, jean-luc picard gif, judging dog, lavish fete, living in sin, marry in haste repent at leisure, must invite column, my vegetable love should grow vaster than empires and more slow, nuptial nescience, organza, peonies, pinterest wedding ideas, roast asparagus season, roast vegetable, sex and the city, sochi bear opening ceremony gif, the falcon hollywood, the knot, to his coy mistress, wedding budget, wedding invite list, wedding planning spreadsheet, wedding planning stress, yale feb club, Yale Nostalgia, yale sign | 1 Comment |
boyfriend, frugality, home, shopping, Uncategorized

Daiso Needed That! I Dare You To Get Out of Daiso For Less Than $10

Author Violet Date February 6, 2014
I’ve written previously about my delight with the store Daiso. Deepak and I made...
Tagged $1.50 store, california girl bronzer, chinese new year, convenience store, cressida bonas scrunchie, cute japanese products, daiso japan, haul, hold my closer tiny portmanteau, iphone 5 case, japanese lunchbox, jesus in toast, kawaii, phone suitcase, shroud of turin, silicon jacket, year of the horse | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, home, Uncategorized, wedding

Plan Your Honeymoon Before You Plan Your Wedding!

Author Violet Date February 4, 2014
OK. It’s time for some good, hard self-assessment: I, Violet on Orange, put the...
Tagged België, brussels sprouts, buy your wedding dress before you get engaged, drunk in london, drunk in love, exigent travel situation, honeymoon planning, human condition, i do now i don't, mid-noughties, monique lhullier wedding gown, mushroom mochi potsticker dumpling, orangutan, prenuptial prepurchase, princess cut white gold floating halo ring, putting the cart before the horse, saving the date, setting the date, wedding dress shopping, wedding dress tulle with pickups, wedding planning | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, cooking, home, recipes, Uncategorized

Recipe: Hummus-Guacamole — Why Choose Between Dips?

Author Violet Date February 4, 2014
Did everyone have a good Super Bowl weekend? I’m not the biggest natural football...
Tagged avocados, broccoli, broncos seahawks, cauliflower, chickpeas, cruciferous vegetables, frozen desserts setting, garlic, guava mojito, hummus guacamole recipe, low oil, new england patriots, salty, spicy, super bowl, tahini, vitamix blender, why choose between dips | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, friends, home, Invoking the Muse, Orange Drive, Uncategorized

Daiso My Gosh! You’ve Died and Gone to $1.50 Store Heaven

Author Violet Date January 23, 2014
In my last post, discussing Deepak’s and my love for Asian cuisine, I was...
Tagged angel on your shoulder, asian cuisine, awkward house party, best by food dates, couch of my faves, daikokuya, daiso japan, daiso my gosh, earth's molten core, engrish bad translation, facebook update zeitgeist, hot as a blast furnace, japanese convience store, klieg like fluorescent glow, lauren and chang, leave facebook, little osaka, monogrammed tote, most delightful sms, muscle shirt, orange drive apartments courtyard, publicly mediated life updates, ramen, sawtelle, subtle earrings, sushi stop, tight uniqlo jeans, uniqlo, uniqlo tank top, what city should you actually live in, wife beater | 2 Comments |
boyfriend, family, friends, home, Travels, Uncategorized

Tote-ally Ridiculous: L.L. Bean, Just Eat The Loss on Monogrammed Bags

Author Violet Date January 17, 2014
And now for something a little lighter. Speaking of light, let’s discuss the L.L....
Tagged 10% sales tax, bad penmanship, beverly hills loehmann's flagship, bloomingdales outlet, boston, california sales tax, camouflage shoes, canvas tote bag, cheap asics, close but no cigar, close only counts for horseshoes and monogrammed totes, cutesy grandmother names, embroidered stockings, facebook profile, favorite quotes, gommy, island creek oyster bar, jennifer aniston, khloe kardashian, kitten heels, l.l. bean outlet, l.l. bean profit margin, live free or die, lobster roe pasta, mimsy, monogrammed tote, my siren song, nalgene bottle, new hampshire, personalized stockings, personalized tote bag, pre-vengeful shootout walter white, premium outlet mall, romy and michelle's high school reunion, saks off fifth door chimes, samantha jones quote, sex and the city, tabata enthusiast, tax free shopping, tithe, totes for the recently divorced, uncle fresh, when i rsvp to a party i make it my business to come, white oleander | Leave a comment |
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