This morning I woke up ready to get some work done. 

I sat down at the computer and plugged in my camera's memory card reader--it's a normal thing and I do it often. But for some reason, nothing went right. I'm really not much of a computer person so it was just the most frustrating thing, to have this little cord that works every other day just up and abandon me. I bundled up and walked to the Target down the street for a new one (did you know that it was 20 degrees and snowy this morning in Minneapolis? Happy April!), only to come home to find that this one isn't working either. In unplugging and re-plugging and uninstalling and downloading the drivers, I found myself in tears. It's sad because in the grand scheme of things, this is So Not A Big Deal. But sometimes you just need to feel pathetic and cry into your almond butter and sliced bananas.

I constantly teeter between feeling really confident in my blogging/business and wondering if I'm wasting everyone's time or not. Like waking up and writing things for this blog is a silly way to spend a day.

When I do have a paying project to share, and things go wrong, I can't figure out if I'm upset because I failed in some way, or because deep down I wonder if anyone will even notice. When I am productive, I've written several blog posts or recipes and taken pictures and there are people out there who perform brain surgery. When I put it into that context, my job often feels more like a "job."

I love this blog, though, because it is such a connecting force in my life, and I get emails from wonderful people and become friends with you guys when I would have never known you in a different world where Twitter didn't exist. So I'll continue, even when I lose it over some photos I can't get off my camera and it makes me feel like the world's biggest narcissist. 

Hi and happy Monday! This month has been so full of good times with friends, and it's really just made me so happy. The beginning of March marked the first time I thought, "Oh my God, I can't handle any more of this winter," and I know we'll get more snow, but a few warm days here and there (our windows are open!) and a trip back to Virginia for my bachelorette really made this "second winter," as some Minnesotans like to call it (that would be February through April, in case you were wondering) a little more bearable.

So without further ado, here's a look at March in photos!

1. Started the month (and celebrated our fifth anniversary) by picking up our wedding bands.

2. New candles make the apartment feel like spring.

3. Read (and loved!) B.J. Novak's One More Thing for The Eighty Twenty Book Club.

4-6. Spent a week at my parents' house in Roanoke before heading to D.C. for my bachelorette weekend.

7-8. Took the light rail to drag brunch at The Gay 90s with two of my Minneapolis girlfriends.

9. Breakfasted, museum-ed, and coffee-d with an old friend from high school who was in town for the weekend.

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What did March look like in your world?

Life Lately According to Instagram is a once-monthly feature in which I showcase my favorite Instagram shots. You can follow along with me in real time if you'd like--I'm @megan_flynn.

I am over-the-moon excited to tell you guys more about my most recent collaboration-- I've teamed up with La Crema for the next few months to share some wedding-related parties and events with you on Freckled Italian, while simultaneously bringing fun DIY and recipe posts to The La Crema Blog.

You might have caught it in my bachelorette weekend recap last week, but I wanted to make sure you all had a chance to see my first La Crema DIY tutorial. Click through the gallery below for extras from our photo shoot, and don't miss the actual post on The La Crema Blog.

Special thanks go to my friend Sarah of Photo + Love for capturing all of these photos and to my sweet Maid of Honor, Tina, for being a great co-crafter, wine sipper, and friend in general.

I hope you enjoy! And have a fantastic weekend, friends.