TrineMarie

I just bought this polka dot skirt a couple days ago (at Body Central) and couldn't wait to try it on. So I forced Andy to take a few pictures as soon as I did. Isn't it cute? And I got the earrings and bracelets while I was at it (on sale).

Afterwards we went out for sushi to celebrate that I got A's on both of my finals! (Okay, Andy did great too.)

Ah, I just love this skirt! So flowy and comfortable.

Anyway, have a great weekend. I know I will! We're leaving for Virginia in just a few hours.

Ah there are so many things that need to be done before we leave for Virginia tomorrow! This week has been pretty hectic. Wedding planning, doctor appointments, and cleaning the apartment has taken up almost all my time. But we're finally getting closer to our goal, so I really can't complain. 

Anyway, I'll post a wedding update soon (when I have the time), but while I keep doing dishes, here are a few of the things I've spent money on lately. 

I'm never too busy to shop, and these shoes were only 15 dollars!

I've really fallen in love with Revlon's nail polishes lately.

Maren gave me this turquoise eye shadow, so I really didn't spend any money on it, but I finally got around to testing it.

I don't know what I'd do without Andy. Especially when I'm sick or not feeling well. For a week and a half now my back has been bothering me - ever since I pulled a muscle while stretching after a workout. And today I managed to make it worse again. I simply yawned and stretched my arms, and I heard my back pop... And it doesn't help that I'm out of the painkillers they gave me last time. I guess I'm going back to the doctor tomorrow. This better be gone before my wedding!!

Anyway, back to Andy. He set up his tv and xBox in our bedroom and brought me food and drinks so that I could relax all day! It definitely made me feel better. I've been lying here watching Disney movies (hehe) all day, and we got take-out from Applebee's for dinner. Andy had work to do, but he did it in the bedroom so that he could keep me company. So all-in-all the day turned out okay. I love you baby!

I just can't believe this had to happen right after I was done with school for the summer...

How is it that my mom's care packages always seem to get here at the best times? Even though I'm out of school now, I've had a pretty bad week ever since I pulled a muscle in my back last Thursday. It's one of those things that just take forever to heal. So when this showed up in my mailbox yesterday, my mood suddenly got a lot better. Thanks mom!

This is what I've been doing all week. Sitting on our couch watching movies and eating candy. Haha.

Not exactly the best way to stay in shape before my wedding, but I'll make up for it when my back is better.

Wow, it's now been exactly 2 weeks since I posted anything on my blog. The first week I was simply extremely busy, since I was studying for my finals, but the next week there was something wrong with blogg.no, and it wouldn't let me log in. Now they seem to have fixed the problem, and I'm finally back, haha. And for once I will finally have time to start blogging regularly again, because I'm done with school for the summer!! Ah, it feels amazing to be able to say that. And to make it even better, summer has finally arrived in Georgia. Today it's 89 degrees (32 degrees Celsius) outside!

So I'm just going to give everyone a quick update before I'm going out to enjoy the wonderful weather.

My finals really didn't go as I had planned... I really wish I would have done a bit better, but there is no use to dwell on it now. I did my best. So on to something more fun. Now that I don't have to worry about schoolwork anymore, I have a ton of time to plan our wedding (which I really need to because we're a bit behind). We met with our caterer yesterday and decide on our food and cake, and we've picked out the wedding invitations - which we have to send out as soon as possible now. And as soon as we get the most important things out of the way, we're going up to Virginia to stay with Andy's family. His brother is getting married in just three weeks, and I'm so excited to celebrate with them!

I also went to get my nails done for the first time ever. I figured I should find out how I like them done, so that they'll be perfect for the wedding. I'm going again as soon as these have grown out.

Have a great weekend!

Right now I'm enjoying a cold beer while Andy is finishing up our dinner. Like usual (whenever we have the time anyway), steak is on the menu, and there really isn't much that is better than that. It's been a pretty busy week, and I still have a lot of work to do this weekend, but now I'm taking the rest of the night off to watch a movie with Andy. Ah, I love Friday's!

And after that I'm planning on completely destroying him in a couple of video games, hehe.

Update: Our delicious dinner.

And me before going out last night. (Ignore my messy hair, hehe.)

I'm still sore from my srength workout on Saturday, but hey, I'm getting stronger! And I did enough different exercises that it really wasn't that bad. I mostly just can't believe that I've kept this up for this long, hehe (with a short break for our Florida vacation).

• Monday: Nothing.
• Tuesday: 30 minutes on the elliptical and 30 minutes of Wii fit, step.
• Wednesday: I took a 30 minute walk.
• Thursday: 25 minutes of Zumba and 30 minutes of strength.
• Friday: Nothing.
• Saturday: 30 minutes on the elliptical and 60 minutes of strength. (Ouch!)
• Sunday: Nothing.

I have completely fallen in love with fake eyelashes lately, and I've finally gotten pretty good at applying them (I struggled with it in the beginning). The ones I was wearing this Saturday I got from E.L.F. for only a dollar, so I figured I might as well give them a try. They are definitely way too extreme, but it was a lot of fun to wear them. For the low price I though the quality would be way worse than it was, so I was actually pretty happy with them. But next time I'm going for some that can be worn more than once.

Here are a couple of cell phone pictures from before I went out (I wouldn't normally wear these during the day though).

I don't think we need baby equipment just yet... 

Haha, you know I love you!

I thought it was pretty funny to find out that The University of Georgia has been picked as the number one school of hot guys. Then again we have also been voted number one for hot girls, and every year we are in the top five for best party school (I think we might have been number two this year). So people in Athens apparently knows how to have fun.

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I'm a little behind on my workout posts right now, so I might as well do two this time so that I'm caught up again.

Two weeks ago:

• Monday: Nothing.
• Tuesday: 25 minutes of Zumba and 30 minutes of strength.
• Wednesday: Nothing.
• Thursday: 30 minutes on the elliptical and 30 minutes of strength.
• Friday: Went out dancing. Hehe.
• Saturday: 40 minutes on the elliptical and 30 minutes of strength.
• Sunday: Nothing.

Last week:

• Monday: 20 minutes of strength.
• Tuesday: 30 minutes of Wii fit, step and 20 minutes of strength.
• Wednesday: Nothing.
• Thursday: 40 minutes of the elliptical.
• Friday: Nothing.
• Saturday: 30 minutes on the elliptical and 30 minutes of strength.
• Sunday: Nothing.

I've gotten into a routine where I work out every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, and that makes it much easier to be motivated every time. It's kind of just part of my schedule by now. I might even go as far as to say that it's fun, hehe!

After just a few weeks back at school I'm already missing vacation, hehe. I was too busy to enjoy the good weather we had here in Georgia after we got back, and now it's already gotten a lot colder. So I was looking through my pictures from our spring break in Florida and put together this collage, just for fun. Ah summer!

I have tried not to go shopping ever since I came back for spring break; and I've been busy enough that it hasn't even been especially hard. But the other day I had a few errands to run and ended up getting a couple of tops for myself while I was at it. At least they were both pretty cheap, hehe. (They are both from Charlotte Russe, btw.)

I've actually been looking for a bright, blue shirt for a while, and I really love this one.

And this one I just thought was cute - and it was on sale. But I ended up tying it in the back so that it fit better.

And on a random note, here's what I met when I was driving home from the mall that day (in the middle of the city):

Well, it's almost Easter at least...

Right now I'm lying in bed with a bunch of easter candy and a really good book, after a fun night out yesterday. I have been so busy lately that today's work can wait another couple of hours; I just want to relax. We don't even get any time off from school for Easter, so you guys back in Norway better enjoy your weekend! Hehe.

How are you spending your weekend?

Now I'm back to "normal". After these three workouts my body was aching all of last week. But I already feel better again.

• Monday: Nothing.
• Tuesday: 50 minutes on the elliptical and 30 minutes of strength.
• Wednesday: Nothing.
• Thursday: 30 minutes of Wii fit, step and 25 minutes of Zumba.
• Friday: Nothing.
• Saturday: 30 minutes of strength and 30 minutes on the elliptical.
• Sunday: Nothing.

A random picture from last summer in Norway. It'll be weird to not go home this year (and to not have a beach to go to).

If I ever go grocery shopping while I'm not in a great mood or while I don't feel good, I almost always treat myself to a new nail polish (It's one of my favorite things to spend money on; right along with shoes). So this time I ended up with Revlon's Minted. Mint has become a pretty popular nail polish color lately, but I'm still not quite sure what I think about it, so it hasn't been in my collection until now. I guess it works well as a spring color though. My only complaint so far is that it really should cover a bit better. In the picture below I have used three thin layers and it could still use another layer.

I was watching tv while putting on nail polish... Which is why the application was kind of sloppy.

So I looked up a few other pictures that I also liked.

What's a spring break without a little shopping? So, as usual, I got myself a few new pairs of shoes.

First we went to Walmart for a pair of flip flops, and I somehow ended up with three pairs instead of one (surprise, surprise). In my defense they were all ridiculously cheap, though. I think they were less than thirty dollars all together.

But the real catch were there sandals from True Religion. On our way home from Florida we stopped by an outlet mall that had stores like Gucci, Coach, and Saks 5th Avenue. So we stopped by Saks and both got a really good deal on some shoes. I hadn't even heard of the brand True Religion before that day, but I fell in love with these sandals as soon as I saw them. They were originally $160 so I was excited when I saw that they were on sale for $120. However, when the sales lady rung them up it turned out they were only 70 dollars. Lucky me!

I only have this cell phone picture of them on, from when me and Andy bought them, but it's not too terrible.

Now I'm finally back on track after spring break. And it feels kind of good to be working out again. Well, actually my body might not agree since it's aching after the strength workouts; but I'm definitely in better shape than I was in December.

• Monday: Nothing.
• Tuesday: 30 minutes on the elliptical and 30 minutes of strength.
• Wednesday: Nothing.
• Thursday: 25 minutes of Zumba and 30 minutes of Wii fit, step.
• Friday: Nothing.
• Saturday: 40 minutes on the elliptical and 30 minutes of strength.
• Sunday: Nothing.
   

I really feel like spring only lasted for about three weeks. Before that it was cold and rainy, and now it's pretty much summer already. All the trees that were covered in pretty flowers are now turning green instead. Not, that I'm really complaining - I love summer, and the temperature outside right now is perfect. But since spring in Athens is fairly warm, I would have liked for it to last just a little longer. It's such a gorgeous season.

Actually, since we came back from Florida it has been almost as warm in Athens as it was there!