A whole bunch of goodies

I came home after a long but very productive weekend to find that I received a nice little package in the mail.  I love getting packages in the mail.  It's a nice break from the normal bills and junk mail that I receive on a daily basis.  We have been getting quite a few packages in the mail, mostly wedding presents, but nothing has specifically come addressed to me.  So you can imagine my excitement when I arrived home yesterday to find that I got a little gift.  It came from Holly at My Life in HD.  Holly has arranged a Regional Favorite Swaps through BlogFrog, whereby bloggers from all over could submit their name to participate in a swap of regional items from their respective area.  I thought it sounded like an awesome idea, so I was more than happy to sign up.  My gift came from Miss Holly herself from the great state of Michigan.  I'm pretty familiar with Michigan since we vacation there a lot, and well, T's from there so we visit his family as often as we can up there, too.  I absolutely love what I got:

I tried to take a good picture of all of it, but you might not be able to see everything we got here.  I love my gifts, though!  She sent me a whole bunch of sweet goodies...some waffle/pancake mix (She must know how much I love pancakes!), syrup, peanut brittle (YUM), coffee, dried cherries, butterscotch sauce, peanuts, a cute little hate from the local baseball team the Lansing Lug nuts, and three postcards explaining where she got everything.  I love it, Holly!  Totally made my day.  She did an awesome job coming up with this swap idea, and I definitely would love to do it again. 

Now, you've all asked, and he will comply.  T will be doing a guest post for me in the near future.  So I won't discuss the bachelor party festivities from this weekend, but I will share with you one of the things I was able to check off my list for the wedding.  I found myself a beautiful rehearsal dinner dress.  I tried my best to take a good picture of it for all of you, so here goes nothing:

Isn't it pretty?  I tried on a ton of them Friday night, and we actually bought one that I kind of liked but wasn't crazy about.  We went out again Saturday, and I found this dress at JC Penny's, and after I put it on I just fell in love with it.  I can't wait to wear it on the 17th.  I can't believe it's August already, too.  Only 6 more weeks until the big day! 

Hope everyone had a good weekend!