Hello from the road! My brother, mom, and I left the house early this morning and are on our way to Minneapolis! While we're travelling today, I thought I'd show you a few glimpses from my last month in Virginia.

 1-2. Had lots of dinner dates with friends and played a lot of fetch with Rocky.

3-4. Went to the beach for a week with my family and Rob.

5-6. Visited our wedding venue together! Then I met with our florist to talk bouquets.

7-8. Figured out this cute outfit just in time for my last week, then spent my last Sunday at home lounging with Rocky.

I've been feeling a bit anxious about the big move the past few days, so now that we're on our way, I'm ready to just be there and start settling in! I miss my family and that cute dog of mine already.

How was your July?

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It rained all day on Saturday, so when we came across a little dollar store that had an extremely random and colorful fake flower display on the covered sidewalk, we were like hey, this'll work. Despite having some extremely dirty hair that was just not in the mood to cooperate and a raging headache from sushi and crème brûlée the night before, I had just tried on my wedding dress and Melissa had done my makeup earlier that morning as part of a wedding look trial, so I was feeling pretty good. Polka dots help, too.

But seriously, look at the colors.

Skirt and Tank: J.Crew

Earrings (similar): Macy's | Watch: Gift from Rob

Shoes (not pictured here, but on Instagram): c/o Jigsaw London

I had to steal this one from Melissa's post:

When Melissa and I were planning this weekend, we pretty much divided our time together by potential blog posts. Paleo recipes, personal style, makeup, and not-so-Paleo cocktails all made the list and were fit into our two-day schedule. So if you read her blog, you might see some duplications over the next week or so. So for now, let's start with pancakes. Because it's Monday, and I know how Mondays can be, and because sometimes you just need pancakes.

We used a variation of this recipe for the pancake batter, and before the pancakes went onto the griddle, we fried up some bacon to go in them, because why not, man? I still maintain the opinion that there's not much that can't be made better with at least a little bacon. And did you hear? Turns out banana, vanilla, cinnamon, and bacon are like, best friends.

Ingredients (makes 4-5 big pancakes):

• Two or three strips of bacon, cut in half
• Two bananas
• Three eggs
• Three tablespoons coconut flour
• One teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• Sprinkle of cinnamon, pinch of salt

Instructions:

1. Space out strips of bacon onto the pan or griddle where you will make the pancakes. Fry them up!
2. Blend all pancake ingredients in a food processor or blender until completely smooth.
3.  When the bacon is done, spoon pancake batter on and around each strip and let cook for about eight minutes.
4.  Flip each pancake carefully and let the other side cook. Serve with maple syrup, if desired.

Rocky really wanted some.