Simply Nicole

| a lifestyle blog by Nicole Raudonis, focused on healthy living, home decor, travel and more

Friday Favorites

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This week felt super long.  Maybe it was the fact that it was the first full week in a while, due to the holidays.  Although this week went slower than molasses, I have some great favorites to talk to you today for Friday Favorites!  Enjoy! I tried the best Suji juice on Monday.  It’s the Green Charge juice their Suji Elements … [Read more...]

Elizabeth Johns Ardmore Review

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Now that my dress was ordered, the next thing on my wedding to-do list was to find the perfect bridesmaid dress.  However, in my case it was actually a series of dresses, but more on that later.  Since I didn’t expect my bridesmaids to travel all the way to NYC to buy their dresses like I did, I wanted to find a local bridal salon that … [Read more...]

Wedding Dress Shopping

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On Saturday morning at 7:16, I hopped on a train to New York City with Bryan’s mom, Bryan’s sister, my sister and my aunt.  The occasion?  Wedding dress shopping!  I made an appointment with Pronovias a month ago, and the day finally arrived.  We arrived in NYC around 9AM and stopped to get some Starbucks for what I thought … [Read more...]

Weekend Recap (7/26- 7/28)

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Good morning!  It’s not raining this morning, so that’s always a good thing to start off the work week.  Yesterday, it thunderstormed for the majority of the day, which made it a great day for TV watching, but a crappy day for the pool.  Here’s what I did this weekend! Friday After work on Friday, I came home and went to the … [Read more...]

Our Engagement Party - The Big Day

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Good morning!  Yesterday wasn’t the best day ever.  I drove all the way to work and looked around my office and thought, “Hm, it looks empty.”  Then realized that I brought my laptop home over the weekend and left it at home.  So, I had to drive back home to pick it up.  Luckily, I only live about 15-20 minutes away from my … [Read more...]

Engagement Party Cupcake Tasting

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Remember when I told you last week about our amazing baker for our engagement party cupcakes?  I left you hanging when I didn’t reveal how our actual tasting went and which flavors we ended up choosing.  A few weekends ago – actually the same day that we signed our venue contract, Bryan and I drove down to Jenkintown, PA.to Velvet Sky … [Read more...]

Our Engagement Cupcakes

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Our engagement party is next weekend and there seems to be so many things that still need to get done beforehand.  Such as buying a dress to wear and ordering catering – which are pretty important things.  One thing that we did get done right away was determine our baker for our cupcake tower.  I knew I wanted to make a dessert … [Read more...]