So it's almost Halloween again!

See, when you get married on Halloween, you get to have an "anniverscary" (see what I did there?) every year.

And this year, we have friends throwing us a party!

 OK maybe that's not exactly the truth...they do have a Halloween party every year...but this year they are billing it a Halloween/Anniverscary party so in a way, it counts!!!

We are going as a zombie bride and groom. Go figure. The good news is that I finally get to "trash the dress".  And by dress, I mean the one I wore at my first wedding.  You know, the event forever known as The Biggest Mistake Of My Life.  (Thank God I learn from my mistakes!!!)

I've held on to the dress for 12 years, always wanting to do something with it but not sure what.  At one point I looked into sending it to one of those amazing women who make baby gowns for infants who have passed away in hospitals, but they were overwhelmed with them at the time and so I continued holding on to it.

It hangs outside in my back yard garage in a white bag, in the corner....looking like a ghost.

Appropriate, I think.  That marriage has been long dead and buried.

So yeah, the dress.  It's getting sliced up and bloodied and dirtied and stained and zombied and I can't wait!  It's going to be so fun to do!  I'll post pictures after the party.

It will be bootiful.


 

Happy 2015!

Happy New Year, friends!

I can't believe yet another year has flown by.  Where does the time go?  It seems like it took forever to plan our wedding (15 months from the time we got engaged until the big day) and now we've been married two months already.  Crazy!

In case you didn't notice, I updated my blog layout.  After 6+ years at www.47andstartingover.com I thought it was time to give the old girl a face lift.  After all, we're in our 50's now!  I originally had a puzzle theme all these years, as when I started my blog I was getting over a divorce and felt like I was missing a piece to the puzzle of my life....you know, a sane, normal, functional piece...not that batshit crazy ass cheater I originally tried to fit into the picture.    
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But then 4 years ago my missing piece returned.  And two months ago I married him.  <3

So now my blog reflects a new era in my life.  The wine drinking era, it seems.  LOL  The picture of me on the wine bottle is from the wedding.  It was my last drink of the night, and I was really happy.  What can I say?  I truly believe life is much better if you can go through it with a little buzz.

OK maybe it's just work that is better that way.  Sigh.

Here's to a great 2015 for us all.  What are your goals for the year?

XOXO to all.  Oh, and no blog post is complete without a picture of my baby love.