Resolutions to Keep Update: Thank God for my mom! She is THE BEST. Here are a few “in progress” pics of our wedding favors. My Matron of Honor (and older sister) Marissa came up with the ‘Meant to B’ saying for the labels, playing up both the honey producer and my new last name, Branstad. Cutest!

On my "Honey Do" list.

There is a big event coming up for my soon-to-be family. Next week my fiance’s dad will be sworn in as Governor of Iowa, again. My future father-in-law, Terry, was Governor of our great state from 1983 until 1999 and in November won the election and will return to his old post next Friday. It is a very exciting time for the family, and we are all looking forward to next week’s Inauguration events.

With the Inauguration comes the Inaugural Ball which means finding a ball gown. Now, the aforementioned task has already been taken care of (huge sigh of relief), and I will talk about it in a future post. But now I am faced with the challenge of what shoes to wear. The gown is a champagne, off-white color so the shoe options are endless, but I’m thinking about going with something in the bronze color family.

Here are a few fabulous heels that would add that extra oomph:

Chinese Laundry 'Lyndia S' Pump, $69.95

Badgley Mischka 'Odell', $139.75

Kate Spade 'Caz', $298

Nina 'Erna', $99.95