One Sweet Fridays

Hi One Sweet Bloggies! 

Happy Friday! 

I'm just about to sign off and hop on out of the office until Monday, but wanted to send a quick virtual high five to the Richmond/Virginia creative community. I spent this morning with Alice Ann of the Darling Event over yummy waffles and bottomless coffee. Her and I had the sweetest conversation and both agreed that we are surrounded by the best, most open, and caring "team" of wedding pros. You all make this job so much fun and when my regular life friends and family look at me like I'm crazy or don't quite understand what it is I'm up to, you guys are there and it is such a wonderful feeling. So HIGH FIVE guys! 

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Hope your weekend is spent with the loved ones and what matters most. Chris and I are headed to Washington DC for the weekend for a close friend's birthday. SO looking forward to this weekend off with sweet friends. Back to it on Monday! See you then! 


Love,

Michelle 

August Goals

Good morning from sunny Richmond! I made it through a crazy wedding weekend! Celebrations! And in the midst of all the craziness it turned August. Can you believe it? August is a little bit slower wedding wise which I'm thankful for because September is going to be a whirlwind. I'll be traveling to Maine towards the end of the month for The Working Retreat, walking quite a few brides through their venues for their September weddings, and FINALLY announcing TWO HUGE things! Gahh! 

It's monthly goal time though! I love this part of the month. The very beginning. Blank slate. It feels good! I only have 1 goal this month and it's a personal one. One Sweet Day in May is growing wonderfully and this has honestly been the most wonderful year being married to Chris. Everything is the best it's ever been, but it's time to...

Take care of ME

This month my goal is to kick start my healthy lifestyle back into gear. As being recently diagnosed with Hypothyroidism, Pre-diabetes, and PCOS, it's so important for me to do all I can to get my body where it needs to be for me and a cute little baby Schmidt when the time is right. While these new diagnoses are something I will have to deal with, I can make sure I am doing my part. These conditions have unfortunately been a huge part in me gaining 30 pounds in 10 months and it's time to fight back hard core. 

I've taken barre classes for just over a year and a half at a nearby barre studio and honestly I never really stuck to a routine with it. I would do it for a month taking a few classes a week, but then we'd go out of town and I'd fall off the wagon. Then my favorite barre instructor left and isn't currently teaching so the past few months have been barre-less for this girl. Until last week when I signed up for a month of Pure Barre. Pure Barre was my first barre class I ever took, but they didn't have one here in Richmond at the time. Flash forward and today will be my 6th Pure Barre class in a row and I am obsessed. Yes, that's all it's taken.  It's full of super model and ballerina look alikes and then there's me, but I LOVE IT. I've always been a huge advocate of barre, but this is the first time I've felt like this about it. So with that here are my mini goals for my month of kick starting taking care of me.

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Attend Pure Barre 5 times a week

1 hour of cardio 5 times a week

Only eat out 2 a week max

Track Weight Watchers points every day

Drink more water

No more eating in the car (Those Dunkin Donuts drive-thrus always get me) 

There, 6 mini goals for my big goal. If you have any advice, I'd love to hear it!

My hope is by the end of the year to have my body back and as ready as it can be for perhaps a little one. This year has been just wonderful being the two of us and I'm not quite ready to add to our little family quite yet, but I'm getting there. No rushing just future thoughts that make my heart happy. 

Bye for now sweet friends! 

Love,

Michelle xoxo





One Sweet Fridays

Happy Friday One Sweet Bloggies!

This week has been a whirlwind of scheduling, emailing, design proposals, timelines, and floral orders. The next few days are jam-packed with 1 wedding, 1 engagement party floral order, and a venue walk through with a September bride at the Berkeley Plantation here in Richmond. Oh, and it's Chris' family reunion. No big deal. Ahhh. Quite the weekend of events lined up if you ask me. You can follow along with the gorgeous craziness over on Instagram. A hint though? HYDRANGEA. Boxes and boxes of the gorgeous fluffy stuff just arrived at my door so it's time for the sorting and processing to begin! Wheee! I'm thinking some Beyonce radio and a mid-afternoon Starbies break will be in order. 

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Incase you missed it, this week I blogged my top 10 tips for wedding flowers (just for you brides out there!)  You can catch it here. Let me know if you have anything else to add to it in the comments! 

What is everyone up to this weekend? I'd love to hear! If you're here in Richmond, get out in that beautiful sunshine! 

P.S. The first ever One Sweet Day in May newsletter is being published on August 17th! It got pushed back a little, but for good reason! There's something up my sleeve that is as terrifying as it is exciting. Big things are happening this Fall. Ahhh. Sign up form will be out next week! Stay tuned!  

Catch all you beauties next week! Don't forget to follow over on Instagram! @onesweetdayinmay 

Love,

Michelle xoxo