love it!

love this ring shot. merry christmas everyone!

honeymoon booked!

mr. zok and i will officially be going to turks and caicos for our honeymoon!



turks is located in the Caribbean, below Florida and the Bahamas.



look at that water!!! i cannot WAIT! especially considering how burnt out i feel right now! sitting beneath a fifty pound rock sounds better than going into work in the morning!

for sale!

one of my bridesmaids, grace, is selling candied apples for the holidays at a great price! Each apple is hand-dipped and coated with a variety of toppings:
Turtle
Walnut
Pecan
Cashews
Ghirardelli chocolate chips
Black and White
Heath Bars
Oreo
Candy Cane
Peanut Butter Chips
Holiday Swirl
or any other suggestions

price: $8
retail price: $10-19

She is also making gift baskets! Each gift basket includes 3 candied apples, and your choice of either:
Ghirardelli caramel brownies
Ghirardelli chocolate chip cookies
chocolate hazelnut biscotti
cranberry pistachio biscotti
customized frosted sugar cookie cut-outs
chocolate covered pretzels
strawberry heart cookies
and your choice of bottled beverage of either Acqua Panna, S.Pellegrino, or wine

gift baskets: $60.00
Retail Value is from $80.00-$120.00

Each item is individually wrapped and packaged inside the gift baskets

I am considering using her for my wedding favors! If she'll give me a discount. =)

Let me know if you're interested!

my diet

so unlike most brides-to-be, i have to go on a special diet to GAIN weight. from working and running around town and stressing out, i lose weight quite easily, to the point where i look emaciated. now i need to GAIN weight to look nice on my wedding day. =(

so one thing i am doing for the first time in my life is counting the calories i consume in a day. next, i'm trying to figure out a workout plan for myself to build muscle. hopefully this will work.

if you have any suggestions, please let me know!

GOAL: gain ten pounds by my wedding date, which is 111 days away!!!

cake!

so i haven't really found many wedding cakes that have wowed me in ALL OF MY RESEARCH! but today, while perusing through martha stewart's wedding magazine, i came across this cake, and i LOVE IT! i wouldnt' want it in pink, but the stenciling is just absolutely beautiful! the best part is that mr. zok thinks it's cool too. =)

words words words

wedding planning is in full gear, as essentially the wedding is only 3.5 months away! what a scary/exciting/overwhelming feeling!

elements of the wedding:
1. we have chosen a photographer! how exciting! we will be using jerry yoon of blogjerry.com. go check out his work!

2. after much deliberation/heartache/stress, i think i have found a bridesmaid dress that is not only cute but CHEAP! it's purple still, but is more functional than the original dress i picked out since the girls can most likely wear it again. it's from zara! yipee!!

3. registering is not that fun. it is stressful because i'm a perfectionist. bah!

4. i asked mr. zok if we could just have fruit tarts for our wedding cake, to which he replied with a face of disgust. he then continued to say "there would be so many berries on it"............

5. i think i've decided to hyphenate my middle and maiden name and then take on the hubby's name after all. here comes the name change! and the non-california license. =(

6. the save the date has been sent!

alright i'm too tired to write more.

boo

i got the blue shoes, except they weren't blue. they were black. so back they go!