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!

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The little things

I picked up Tony's wedding ring today. Mine is still at the jewelry store and has to be paid off. I was going back and forth between 2 rings. The shape of my engagement rings is unique. And no one thought to make a wedding ring to fit with it. So ulitmately I ended up going with a 2 sided ring that my engagement ring will fit down in. So it will be quite blingy together!

These are our champagne flutes that I purchased. If you look at the top it is uneven. Just gives it a little different touch! Haven't decided whether we want to get them personalized or not.

Those are just a couple of little things, we've gotten. Nothing big, but still exciting!

Procrastination

For as long as I could remember I've always been a procratinator. In school and i'm sure other parts of life. I feel like with the wedding planning I've tried to plan everything as far in advance as possible. Whether out of excitement or fear or things not getting done. Many times i've been told that it's to soon to do certain things. And I've been reassured plenty of times that i'm on the right track. But with under not just 6 months but now 5 months. I feel myself starting to panic. yes october feels like a million year away. But 4 months! 4 months in wedding time is not the same time as in normal people time. I'm sure I am doing fine, but I worry more about what is going to happen when it's down to 2 months or 1month. I have had many nightmares of stuff not being done in time. Right now we have been procratinatin on the save the dates and invitations. We had thought about doing it outselves, but I am definantly having second thoughts right now. So I guess that is it. I can't picture that day actually getting here. Everyone says the engagment flies by and that the wedding day will be here before we know it. I do admit we've been engaged for 9 months now and it has flown by. But I still don't feel like that actual wedding day will ever get here. I can't picture myself actually getting married. Not because I don't want to. I'ts just so surreal, and I've been thinking about this moment my whole life. I can't believe its a mere few months away! So everyone just hope everything comes together! And that there is no major disaster or bridal meltdown!

Picture Perfect

Engagement pictures are posted online!! Yay I'm so excited, I've been waiting a whole week.... I have little patience for things like this. So you can log on and take a look!

http://trautweinphotography.smugmug.com/invite/447915154a109d01df7e33.05616396

Password is october24

Hope you like them :)

Wedding season in full swing!

I haven't posted anything in a while! The past couple months have been very hectic! March we had Rachael and Kevins wedding. Which we drove down to Florida for. It was a nice little vacation but busy at the same time! It was a great time and I am so happy for my best friend! Then April we had back to back weddings. Tony's friend Joe which Tony was the best man. And then the next weekend My dad got married. So i've been kind of weddinged out lately. Even on my own wedding! But we don't have another wedding until July, so now we can focus a little bit on ours! Tony booked our honeymoon in the middle of all of that madness! We are going to breezes, which is an all inclusive resort. The location we're going to is called Curacao. It's a little island near south america.

The Willemstad, the main city in curacao.
Breezes, the resort where we're staying! Ok my add has caught up with me, so I'm done witht his post!

Just trying to keep up.

I'm finally starting to feel like we are at a good spot in the wedding planning. I've had numerous breakdowns and freakouts on Tony and yelled THERE IS SO MUCH TO DO. YOU SHOULD SEE MY TO-DO LIST!!! Then a few minutes later I finally realize I'm being irrational. I have gotten to cross a few things off of the list, which is probably more exciting to me than it should be. It feels good to see things coming off of the list. Here is a brief overview of what we have accomplished.
1.) The ever important wedding dress purchased. Should be coming in around April or May (SOON) I need to see it again b/c i've been afraid I wont love it anymore. But I'm sure as soon as I put it on it will all come back to me.
2.) Reception Booked. We've done our taste test and picked our menu.
3.) Church Booked. A couple of months before the wedding we will meet with the church coordinator and discuss everything ceremony related.
4.) Photographer Booked. A big thing I was stressing out. Photography is sooo expensive. Some of the photographers I saw online were almost as much as our whole reception. But we found a very reasonably priced one. Engagement photos to follow sometime in May once it gets nice.
5.) Semi final guest list. I feel like the guest list is never finished until the invites actually go out.
6.) Flower situation is almost figured out. My mom found this great place in Centerville that sells flowers super cheap, and you have the option to arrange them yourselves. You get to work with a coordinator who orders your flowers. They even provide a facility and supplies to arrange everything. We're meeting with the coordinator on April 4th.
7.) The Bridal party is picked, and the girls have picked their dresses and purchased them.
8.) We decided on Save the Dates and will be taking pictures for those in Florida next week. Hopefully we will have those sent out sometime in april.
9.) Decided on a Honeymoon. Tony has been talking with a travel agent, so she is trying to get us a good price. That is my BIG To-Do right now. To put down a deposit and get our room/flight booked.

I guess that is all ... I feel like that is a good amount of tasks to have completed. But I know there are A MILLION little ones that are still left, and a couple of Bigger ones. Next up
1.) Get Honeymoon booked.
2.) Start registering
3.) Invitations.
4.) Book Hair/Makeup

We're leaving for florida next Tuesday for Rae's wedding. I can't wait! Seeing how excited she is and thinking of what it must be like to be that close to the wedding makes me excited!