Posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Our Poangs and coffee table awaiting the sofa.
It was empty…
Now it’s not!
Of course, the first thing that came to my mind was whether or not the current pillows were okay, or if I should make new pillows with some nice fabric I had.
This was the first configuration.
And this is how it is now. What looks best? [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The wedding rehearsal was held the day before the wedding, right after a very long day of set-up. It was crazy. If you were there, you would know how crazy it was. BUT, it was done. Kudos to Aunt Emily and Doug for their guidance. No one knew what was going on. And it rained! [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
… I was pretty strange. I wasn’t freaking out in the way most brides do. I kept obsessing over the wrong things, i.e. the small things instead of the big. Yes, I procrastinated on many of my projects, but I personally felt that I couldn’t do them without my bridesmaids there. Brandi was the last [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, today, I am waiting for our new couch to arrive. I threw on my comfy pants and awesome Lloyd Dobler shirt, and wait for even further awesomeness. I hope they come soon, so I can write thank you notes in supreme comfiness! In the meantime, I thought I’d post those pictures from our trip to Rooms to Go [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, we through design out of the window when finally purchasing a couch. Yes, we bought a couch yesterday! (And heard Will’s song again. It’s haunting us.) Instead of the Reese sofa, we revisited another couch we were considering that had the same price, the Tamarind. I had to laugh at the name because my favorite Filipino candy [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Still loving the Macy’s Corona sofa, but with a price tag of $699 (on sale), it’s a bit out of our price range. The couch we may end up getting is the Reese sofa from Rooms to Go. When we went there to look around (and heard Will Hedgecock on the sound system!), Billy pointed it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Uncategorized on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just saw this article on Apartment Therapy about mid-century sectional sofas, and I have to admit, I’ve become a sucker for the look. I’m very much a 1960s/1970s vintage kind of girl, and if I could, I’d totally make the new house reflect that. Modern vintage is a very clean and beautiful way of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was pretty excited when the kilts arrived a few days before the wedding- it meant the guys would actually have something to wear! Finding kilts was Billy’s job, and he found a company that rented kilts in Florida called Dunedin Scottish. It cost about as much as a tux, and it really added to the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am taking a break from my glorious day job (folding clothes) to introduce you to our home. One week before the wedding, Billy and I became the new rentors of a house, and while I was in Pensacola getting everything ready, Billy was doing the same thing with all of our possessions. I am [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A few of my friends had pictures from the wedding day, and I thought I would post some of them here!
From Brandi
I was wearing plaid shoes!
Is that Thomas or Kyle?
Corey and Jenna!
Smart girls bring a drink with them.
From Mercedes
Wedding helpers! Mercedes, Maria, and Cecilia (who was our day-of-coordinator!)
Aunt Emily and little Eva Mae.
Our wedding programs [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A short while ago, Heather sent us the link to see pictures from our wedding day! Yay! It was great to look through all of them, and now you can, too! Just follow these steps…
1. Go to http://www.heatherahrens.com/photocart.
2. Make an account! (I forgot what that means, but it takes a short while and I think [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I thought it’d never happen, but all of my friends did a great job with having a bachelorette party a few days before the wedding! And it was on the same day as this really CUTE picnic surprise that they put together as well. I was so surprised, it really touched me. Thank you so [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One day, when I ever get to posting about our honeymoon, I will mention that Billy and I fell in love with brie. We didn’t know what it was called when we first ate it, but when we came home and showed the picture to his mom, we found out the goodness was called brie. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I just found out today (because I stalk the IKEA site) that the IKEA Summer Sale will begin on SATURDAY! Just in time for the awesome Billy-And-Ali-Need-Junk-For-The-House-And-Are-Dirt-Poor-So-IKEA-Will-Work-For-Now-(Plus-There-Is-Mac-And-Cheese)! (BAANJFTHAADPSIWWFNPTIMAC, for short.) I remember that the sale was going on last year when Kyle was on his way to a store far, far away (was it in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just realized there were some pictures Brandi and Ceci posted on Facebook, so I thought I’d share them here.
I’m in the shower because my feet were dry and ick.
Brandi… loves me.
Ana won’t eat.
Brandi did my makeup.
Grandma provided me with a parasol because… well, it was a bridal shower. Good thing to have, especially since [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
May 3 was a busy, busy, busy day. Not only was there a bridal shower in my honor, but Ana and I also had to pay the lovely cake lady, Katie. Katie is the cake decorator for J’s Pastry Shop on 12th Ave, and I swear, she is so cute. And she was in love [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It has been almost a month since Billy and I got married! Whoo-hoo! Too bad I’m kind of lazy in updating what went on before, during, and after that blessed event (boo). I’ve been waiting for professional pictures when recapping the wedding itself, but to get this started, let me begin with events that happened way [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Heather sent us a slideshow of our wedding, and it’s pretty awesome! Billy and I had that song stuck in our heads for days after we first heard it. (La la la la la la la…) You can watch the slideshow here, and keep a lookout for more pro pics in the near future!
Number one [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi! I’m Mrs. Alicia Villarama Riggins!!!
I’ll catch you up on that later, but for now, I wanted to announce that this blog will become our family blog! Life goes on past engagements, and I have so much to go over about the wedding and our new home. Hope you standby as we go through awesome [...]
