Under $100 Ah, the little white dress. I personally love white dresses in summer, but there's another time you get to rock them: your engagement! There can be multiple events leading up to the wedding day where the bride and/or groom are the center of attention. This is also the one time in a bride's life she will get to wear a certain color (WHITE) and no one else should be wearing it. Unless, of course, they want a white party. 38% of couples have engagement parties. Then there's the ...
LWD: Little White Dresses
Why Choose a Travel Agent for your Honeymoon
Wedding planning can be hard. There are so many decisions to make, and so many people you're trying to please, even though you're told it's "your day." One of the easiest decisions I made during the wedding planning process was to hire Epperly Travel as our travel agent for our honeymoon. At first my fiancé was a little confused as to why I would want to hire a travel agent when I *LOVE* planning vacations, but planning our honeymoon felt different to me. With so much ...
New Wine Glasses!
Proposal Season just ended, which means you may have been asked to be a bridesmaid! YAY! Sure, there may be some nights you have to help the bride with *actual* wedding planning issues, but mostly you get to plan a few parties! I'm excited to announce it's that time of year again where I add new items to the shop. This year, I really wanted to add more fun and personalized items. Themes are so much fun when it comes to celebrating, and that's why I've added themed wine glasses! Now, if ...
The Painful Truth: You need to look at your monthly spending.
I think I could talk about budgeting and money all day long. Sorry, fiancé. So here is the first in my series on finances: the basics of WHY you need to look at your budget and a simple way to set it up if you haven't yet. You know that feeling when you don't have something and it is all you can think about? But once you have it, it's not a big deal. That's what your finances are doing to you when you ignore them. Not opening your bills does not somehow make them go away. Trust me, if it ...
Welcome to the NEW Paces Lane
If you've visited Paces Lane recently, you probably noticed some changes to the headings. As much as I love planning events (and I really DO love it!) one of my main passions is helping people in general. I love sharing what I've learned, what's working for me, what recipes i'm making, how i'm keeping to a budget on a non fixed income, etc! I've separated this blog into to parts that follow under my mantra, "Live Life. Have Fun." So many times I get caught up in the trying to live life ...
Using Your Alarm to Increase Productivity
How familiar is this sight? We are so used to only setting an alarm for the dreaded morning wake up call. Many alarms are set for 15 minute intervals between 6 am and 9 am trying to get themselves out of bed. I am sure every one of us has gone down the IG/Pinterest/Wiki/*insert any app or website here* rabbit hole more times than we would like to admit. We look up and realize we just wasted 30 minutes of our day looking at nothing important but we can't find 30 minutes in our day for ...