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The post is way overdue! The month of January has flown away and I tell you it was long, exciting, and quite emotional. But things are looking up and I am counting.down.the.days. until I get to marry David!

And in the meantime there will be lots of parties and showers of sorts! Including one surprise shower that was thrown for me in Birmingham a few weekends ago. I received this invite...


Our annual Ruffles weekend took place over Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend and, well, was quite possibly the most fun weekend ever! We piled in Lane's new ride and met Heather Lane in icy Birmingham for a weekend of celebrations to remember! The Ruffles decided to throw me a ruffly shower while we were all together and since I love invitations and someone we all know and love has a paper business... it was a happy marriage of sorts.

voted wildest senior in high school - lane ruffle was in full effect!

we arrived friday in honor of heather lane's birthday!

in the car on the way to dinner at hot and hot fish club...
rian and pamela ruffle joined the fun this year!

cheers to the january babies!

the most amazing dinner and fun! no dinner experience should cause the amount of laughing we shared! we had such a good time the the head chef came to personally let us know he was glad we were enjoying his restaurant and that we felt comfortable enough to have a good time. oh, and food was nothing short of fabulous!

the best pomarita

lagniappe

hot and hot birthday doughnuts...yum.
{r to l: meyer lemon, earl grey chocolate, and pomegranate}

frolicking in what was left of the snow...

day two: shopping in mountain brook and homewood :)

I made these festive ribbon brooches as a thank you to my shower hostesses and we all wore them around town for the rest of the weekend. everyone loved them!

no trip complete without a stop at yogurt mountain

then off to dinner at la paz, oh how we love la paz

saturday night post dinner we celebrated moi and the upcoming wedding with all things ruffles...

...and yummy cupcakes!

a lovely gift from sister

sunday morning concluded with another savory bruch @ chez lulu

Counting down to next year's weekend!! But I have a few soirees, a trip to Biloxi and a WEDDING that we will all be together - just a few mini ruffles rendezvous to hold us over!