Arrivederci 2012!~

2012 has been a great year!!!!

Highlights...

**Husband and I celebrated our one year wedding anniversary! I love being married to my best friend. I can't believe I have been a wife for one year! I love being his wife! When he calls me wifey my heart drops. I LOVE IT! Brandon makes me laugh every day. He makes me feel special all the time. I love US. I love our little family. I love what we have built together. I feel so lucky.

**My nephew Phoenix Stone was welcomed to the world. I love that muffin head so much!

**I am so thankful my Mom is ok and healthy! My family had a scare but she's ok and we are all so blessed!

**Brandon and I celebrated our nine year anniversary! Nine years with that man has been a wild dream come true. I love my muffin more than words.

**I went to Italy for work in January. I quote myself-"Florence Italy is a place where I will live. a place where I will work. a place where Husband and I will live for a few years before we "settle down". (((before kids))) I promise. (i hope).." This started the planning between Husband and I..how can we move there? 5 months later we were given the green light and will be moving to Florence exactly one year later from my trip!!! #pinchME!

**We went to Stagecoach with my Bro and Ali and OMG! Dream #5657744 completed! It was the best weekend! YEEHAWWW

**Guess celebrated 30 sexy years!! Job perks are the best!

**I was in the CZ Falconer fashion show!! 

**I danced my last LA Unbound show! 

**Dream #8877666 came true when we saw Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney! 

**I went to Seattle to visit one of my favorite girlfriends and her Husband and their amazing baby girl who is going to be one soon!!!!! 

**Dream #422333445 came true when Husband took me to see Rascal Flatts!!!!!!!!!!! i die. God Bless this Broken Road!

**I shot a gun for the very first time with my girl Tracy! in Vegas! on Halloween! in a TUTU!!!! :)

**Brandon and I went to Italy together (his first time) to house hunt! It was the best trip! Truly a dream to house hunt with my Husband in Florence. <---that doesn't even sound real?!!!

**Family Vaca in Palm Springs! I love those muffins so much!

**We welcomed 2012 with my lovies! 

We are so excited for 2013! It's going to be a BIG year full of moving, Itlay living, 30 year olds taking on the world!! 

Wishing you all a happy, healthy and safe New Year!! Thank you for being Blicious!!!

xx

b

Happy Happy, Merry Merry!

Happy Everything from the Scarpelli's!!!
2012 was a great year! Husband and I are thankful for so much and we can't wait for our new lives in Italy to start soon. 4 weeks soon! It's amazing to see how much we have grown over the past year as individuals and with each other. I don't know where I would be without my Muffin. He truly is the best Husband out there. I love my life because of him. <3
Thank you for a great crazy year baby. Next stop....FIRENZE!

xo

b&B

Holiday with my Muffin's

Happy Everything bloggers!!!

How was your Holiday? I hope you all had a special time with your loved ones! :)

My family and I went to Palm Springs for 5 nights and it was so relaxing. My parents rented a house big enough to fit 10 people (4 couples, my brother, a baby and a dog). There was an amazing pool and a hot jacuzzi. We ate the best meals, lounged all day, played mini golf, went go-karting, played games, watched movies and r e l a x e d. We had a Costco outing and let me just say if you haven't been to Costco with 8 people in your family, you are missing out. best.time.ever.  I know everyone's nephew is the cutest but seriously.you guys.... My nephew is the cutest snuggle muffin head ever! Phoenix has my heart and we are best friends! We had a Merry Merry Christmas! I feel so blessed to have shared Christmas #9 with my Husband! His new name is Muffin. MY Muffin. (well everyone's new name is Muffin) I love that Muffin so much. He made me the sweetest slide show for Christmas and I just love love love him. It was nice spending the holidays with so much love. We all had the best time together. <3

 can not get enough of those cheeks!!!!!!

 

 

We hope you had a lovely Holiday! Any big plans for NYE??? do share...

xx
b

praying.

My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone in Connecticut. I can't even try to imagine what they are going through. This world we live in can be a scary place sometimes and it's so hard to comprehend what happened. It is so devastating to think that in a blink of an eye your whole world can be flipped upside down. I can't imagine being told this horrific news. I just can't. I love my family so much and am so thankful everyday to have the life we have. They mean the world to me and I can't imagine carrying on without them.

We need more good in the world. We need more love. We can't keep hurting each other. We can't.

God Bless everyone involved with this tragedy. Sending you my prayers and love. you are not alone.

Life is a blessing and we must cherish the ones we have. Some days I get so caught up in where I want to be and planning my next 30 years of life. I really need to take a step back and simplify my life a bit. I am happy. I am in love. I have an amazing family. I have an incredible Husband. and I am so very blessed. I am so thankful.


xx
b

Office Holiday party

The question that comes up a lot around this time of year is always "what are you wearing to the Holiday party"?
The office Holiday party....rules: can't be too short or too sexy. Can't show too much boobage or too much leg. I was online shopping and found these beauties that I think would be perfection for Spago in Beverly Hills. yes, that is where we are going. Are you having an office Holiday party? what are you wearing?

xx
b

I want bangs again....

Zara knows what's up.

pc-zara.com
xx
b

Moving.

Moving is stressful.
Moving with cats is going to be challenging.
Moving 9.5 years' worth of stuff is eye opening.
Moving to a different country is scary...so scary.

We are living in a messy/ empty condo right now. We are being forced to clean out our lives. It's very cleansing to say the least. We have two kitties looking at us in shock and wondering where the furniture went. They have more things to get in to now since our house looks like a maze. It's all insane. We are scared. Of course we are so excited beyond words but the unknown is scary. How will this all work out? How will we get our little family to Italy? How many days do we have left?!?!?!
We have hit some mild speed bumps and plan on a few more but nothing we can't handle. If there is not struggle, there is no progress. We want this so bad and will have it. That's how we do. B and I go after what we want. We have one thing on our "life plan" road...BE HAPPY! and that we will be.

happy.

:)

 

Have you ever moved to a completely different place? What were the hurdles you faced? Please share.

 

xx

b

Florence outfit:
CZ felix sweater, target jeans, marc by marc flats, Guess handbag, MK watch

Let's rock, everybody, Let's rock!

Happy Tooz!
Aside from packing our house and having to calm down our stressed out kitties...We managed to drive up to San Francisco on Saturday for my brother in law's 40th Elvis themed birthday! We had so much fun seeing his brothers, sisters and their babies! I wish we lived closer to them. It's always so nice to see them and their friends. We partied the night away, ate the best food and pulled off the Elvis look oh so well. or at least we thought so...

Thank you. Thank you very much.


our inspiration....

US...

Our nieces are the sweetest most amazing ladies ever! Nika and Giada are so beautiful! We miss them already!

Hope you all have a great day!

xx
b
instaME- @BrandiScarpelli

Secret Santa < $50

Ciao bloggers! Can someone please explain to me how/ when / why it is already December? I feel like every time I blink it's a new month. I have not started Chirstmas shopping yet. shame.on.me. I started browsing online and found some great finds for $50 and under. In other words... I want all of this stuff!!


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I think these gifts would be perfect for Secreat Santa funsies! Have you started your shopping yet?



xx
b

Fall obsession

Night out on the town in my favorite poncho from C.Z. Falconer. I literally live in this cozy poncho!

The CZ Lisette poncho has the key to my heart. :) Paired with my floral jeans from Urban Outfitters, Steve Madden booties, Guess bag and MK watch. o b s e s s e d .

What's your favorite thing this season?
#Fall

xx
b

our house..in the middle of Firenze!

Our new home street!  

This was our last night in Florence when we found our new home! This is the street we will live on! Così eccitato!

jacket-Forever21

dress-Zara

wedges-Target

necklace-H&M

handbag-Guess

xo,

Ciao!

b