I received good news on Monday – my first promotion! All of my friends have been so sweet and supportive. I arrived at Sasha’s to a bouquet of flowers, champagne, a ‘Congrats’ balloon, and the most perfect card. I was tickled. On Tuesday, my parents met us at my favorite restaurant (Benjy’s) for dinner. Can we talk about those Brussel sprouts – please?? They are to die for. I love spending time with my parents- they are hysterical. Pictures below – do you like Sasha’s new J. Crew shirt? I got it for him as a gift, given that I donated over 50 of his clothing items to Goodwill last week. I am going to get a similar J. Crew plaid shirt – check it out, I’m in love.

I am so enchanted by this white dress, featured in an engagement shoot on Exquisite Wedding Magazine’s blog. The low cut back with the big white bow? To die for. If anyone knows where this is from, pray tell!

Sunny, with a chance of rain.

That was the forecast for Saturday, and for once, the meteorologists weren’t far off. Although the weather was intermittently cloudy, our girls lunch at Canopy was still perfect (order the Baby Spinach salad without the meat and the Blooming Fizz to drink!). Afterward, we headed to Black Hole for a cup of heavenly coffee before heading to The Menil Collection, which is so close to our humble abode, yet I’ve never been (gasp, I know). The building was beautiful, the trees outside couldn’t be more picturesque, and the paintings inside were, well, maybe not my thing – except for a few standouts. I got to see Rene Magritte’s The Treachery of Images (aka “Ceci n’est pas une pipe”). That was pretty cool. Took me back to my AP Art History class days… Oh, boy.

Shockingly, I didn’t climb a tree {something I try to do as many places as possible}. But I did get on the swing.

I am back in Houston “permanently” (fingers crossed). On my first night back, Sasha and I headed to Hotel ZaZa for the UT MBA Reception. We asked McK to snap a few pictures before we headed out, as the weather was glorious (strange for Houston in August). I was equally excited about getting to wear my new Joie Eleanor blouse. It feels like heaven. They would go perfectly with these Stuart Weitzman patent heels.

So proud of my Longhorn!

I love Style Me Pretty – it’s a great website with a wide variety of real weddings being featured. There are backyard tent weddings, sandy beach weddings, hotel courtyard wedding, and then there’s… garage rooftop weddings? I thought I was reading the title of the post wrong, then saw that the pictures were actually on top of a garage in Austin. My interest was piqued.

I clicked through all of the beautiful pictures (taken by the talented Geoff Duncan), and am truly mesmerized. And strangely enough, I used to do competitive cheerleading with one of the bridesmaids in high school. And then there’s the singer. Yeah, that’s right: Jason Castro. Awesome. There’s a chance I even spotted Jimmy McNeal from the Austin Stone. What a cool couple.

Who doesn’t leave on a bike? Love it.

Hey oh, Jason.

Photos all by Geoff Duncan.