i interrupt previously scheduled posting to bring you: brunch!

so hubby didnt have to go to work until noon yesterday so i decided to make us brunch!

we love love LOVE tower cafe and especially love their "famous french toast"

if you are ever anywhere near sacramento go there! in fact, if i would probably make a trip just to go there!

seriously though its i probably the best french toast in the entire world

im not kidding its that good

so anyway i decided to make my own version of it

(maybe ill post my recipe later)

it was cloudy and kind of dark outside so i used some candles and candlesticks from here

we also had mimosas, turkey bacon, and fruit

we also listened to the mix that we played during our wedding while eating...but thats just because its the perfect music to listen to while eating, since thats precisely what i chose it for

and when we went shopping sunday night for the stuff we needed to make brunch, hubby bought me these flowers cause he knows how much i love having flowers in the house!

it was such a scrummy and nice brunch and i got to sip on mimosas the rest of the morning while i did the dishes ♥

did you know how much i love doughnuts?

cause i really love doughnuts

like really, really

and i love krispy kreme doughnuts

unfortunately there were like a million around and then they. all. closed.

depressed, to say the least

anyway that was a few years go so its been a long time since ive had one

well, hubby was working in daly city the other day and picked these up for me

yum...bliss

wedding: the cake

so as it happens one of my best friends and sorority sisters mom makes wedding cakes

she wanted her gift to us to be to make the cake and i was thrilled! the cake totally exceeded my expectations! it was beautiful, so perfect and absolutely delicious!

...no seriously! i want the steal her butter-cream frosting recipe and i dont even care for frosting that much!

the toppers are actually vintage salt and pepper shakers! i got them at a swap meet probably at least six months before we were even engaged ha! but i have know for a long time that i wanted my wedding cake to have vintage toppers on them and when i saw these i had to have them...something like that doesnt come along everyday

the cake stand was in this boutique section of a thrift store i frequent for the longest time and i wanted it so bad...problem was it was listed at $140!!! outrageous right? well the good thing about this thrift store (cause even the non boutique items are often overpriced) is that every week they have three different colored tags on sale, one 25%, one 50% and one 75% off

well at 75% of it would be $35 which isnt bad but every time its color tag was at 75% i never had the extra money

this happened for months before we got engaged but it never sold and i went to the thrift store after we got engaged to see if it was still there cause i knew i wanted it for the cake so we could have a cute small cake that didnt look puny

as fate would have it its color was 50% of which meant tuesday it would be 75%

with a reason to finally purchase it (and money from my parents for the wedding :) i went bright and early tuesday morning and snatched it up!

...and now its mine forever :)