And it all came tumbling down

Last night I was awaken by a loud crash. I was half out of it and thought maybe I just dreamt it. Well we woke up this morning and those glasses we got such a great price on.... were laying on the ground broken. Half of what we bought had fallen over and broke. I was really upset about it at first. We're trying so hard to be frugal, and can't afford to have that kind of stuff happen. But we did get a good price, so I guess it's better that cheap stuff broke rather than the $230 worth of liquor bottles. Just trying to think positively. It's just inconvienent, now we have to find new glasses for the candles, or make another trip down th cinci to go to ikea. Bah! Oh well ... Could have been worse.

Accomplished

Today Tony and I made it down to cincinnati. The plan was to visit Ikea to get votive holders, and then to swing over to Kentucky to get all of our liquor for the reception. It is suppose to be cheaper there for some reason? So we made it down to Ikea around noon. Boy do I love that place! It was so hard not to buy everything there! Had to keep telling myself wedding stuff only! We will come back and buy the crap out of this place after the wedding! Or when we finally buy our own place! Ikea is basically a huge warehouse with makeshift rooms upstairs put together with all of their stuff. You write down everything you want and then you go to the lower level. The lower level is just piles of anything you could ever want for your home! It's AAAmazing! So we found what we needed eventually after an hour and a half! Instead of buying actual votive holders we just bought 2 different types of drinking glasses. One type was $3.99/6 glasses, and the other was $1.99/6 glasses. We ended up with about 135 glasses for under $90.00! Which I don't think is too bad! So we felt good about getting that taken care of!

After that we headed down across the border. We ended up in Kentucky at a store called The Party Source. If Ikea is a homeowners dream, then this place is a drunks dream. We ended up buying all of the liquor for the reception. Which ended up being around $230 worth of alcohol! But that should be all we need, other then just a couple of kegs of beer. And you my friends better drink up, I don't want anything going to waste! So those were some big to-do's we got done! Also I ordered bubbles offline for our "send off" from the church.

We have also started buying our bridal party gifts. Which is a difficult task. Everyone is different and you want to get something everyone likes. It's hard when you have a bigger bridal party. What you get never seems like enough to show the people you love that you are thankful for them! On that same note we have also started getting parents gifts too.

So we got a lot done this weekend, and we had fun spending time together doing it. Which is what an engagement is about. It's hard when you are so wrapped up in just making it to the wedding date. You forget to enjoy the whole "engagement process" Well we have been enjoying the engagement process for 11 months now, and I am ready for the big day!

Hugs and Kisses :) Jen

The light at the end of the tunnel

I'm not sure if I see the light at the end of the tunnel yet. The light being the wedding of course. Everything still seems so surreal and so far in the distance. When I start to realize how close it actually is though, I start to panic. I feel like the procrastination is starting to set in. Everything I said "well I'll do that over the summer" or "I'll do that once the wedding gets closer" Well surprise! Summer is almost over and the wedding is definantly closer. I find myself at work going over every little detail, to the point that I'm completely zoning out. The big stuff is done, but now it's time to worry about the little stuff. There is so much little stuff though I worry I will forget a few of them.

I've been trying to make weekly To-Do lists. I feel like that is when I get the most done. I made one today, and we got our invitations ordered and engagement submitted to the newspaper. So I guess the moral of the story is make To-Do lists! That is all for now I guess. I'm just getting so excited and I think we're ready for the big day to get here! I can't wait for the fun to begin and for all of our friends and family to get into town!