Goodbye!

Heading out tomorrow after work to celebrate another holiday at my favorite place in the world!

See you all next year!

Bizzaro

This came through my blog roll today about the ten most bizarre wedding stories this year...

I LOVE it.... especially this sweet, yet, not-so-bright, groom to be! lol

My (Other) Something Blue!

I got my garters today! Here's the story...

1) Found an ad on Craigslist from a woman offering to make custom garter sets... a keepsake AND a thrower for (ready for this?).... $17!!

2) Always in search of a good deal, I responded for more info. She directed me to her ebay shop to take a look at some samples that she's done, and asked for our wedding colors/themes so that she could send me some ideas.

3) After e-mailing me MANY pictures of various colors and styles for approval and opinions, I ended up with a fantastic garter set (AND because she was in the area for the holidays, I got it hand delivered! Talk about service!)

Here are my garters! Blue, white and yellow with lace trim and a sand dollar! Yay! =) I HIGHLY recommend Loricia if you're looking for your own custom set!

After Christmas Sales

Just bought 180 feet of icicle Christmas lights for less than $35 (50% off after Christmas sale!) I can't wait to actually decorate the reception hall and see if my vision pans out! =)

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The Hunt for Dresses for my Girls

I have to say, picking out bridesmaids dresses has been my LEAST favorite part of the wedding planning process. Not because we couldn't find anything or because my girls were difficult (in fact, they were QUITE the opposite) but because I just do NOT like the idea of picking out something for someone else to wear and then making them spend more on it than I'd ever spend for an outfit for ONE DAY! I just can't NOT feel guilty about it! lol My girls have continuously reassured me over the last few months that I shouldn't feel bad about it and that it's expected... and, while that helped a bit, I still didn't like actually doing it!

That said, here's the story of our dress shopping day. =)

December 21st was the ONLY day before the wedding week that I would have all of my bridesmaids in the same state at the same time, so, since this past July we have had a date predetermined to shop for dresses. Originally it was going to include finding my dress as well... but... I couldn't wait! So, much to the displeasure of my MOH, I bought my dress early (Sorry again Josie!). So December 21st was completed dedicated to my girls.

Our plan was to meet for lunch so the girls could get to know each other (none of them had met either of the other two), and then go to Davids and shop around. If we weren't able to find something there, we had another dress shop that we could go to, but it was about an hour away.

The plan was cursed from the very beginning. The restaurant we were going to meet and eat at was CLOSED. It's a pizza place on campus and apparently they decided to only hold dinner hours during the university's winter break. Bah! So then we had to think of another place. We decided on the Olive Garden... which had a 20 minute wait... when our appointment was in an hour! I called Davids and thankfully they were able to postpone our appointment a half hour. Thank goodness! 'Cause I REALLY wasn't feelin' like treating my girls to Carl's Jr. for lunch! lol

Once we finally got to David's I set my girls loose. I told them that I was looking for something short and available in blue (we ended up ordering dresses in "Horizon") and to just start trying stuff on... which they did!

Here's Holly overcome by all the pretty dresses! =) (The dress pictured)

This was the first dress I really liked (and on sale for about HALF the price of the others in the store), but, obviously, Josie just wasn't feelin' it! lol

Had to do the sock shot! It was a cold day in Oregon... have to keep the tootsies warm! =)

Maybe a long dress?

They really loved this one... but it would need to be shortened... just not quite appropriate for a beach wedding as is.

But even the short dresses would need to be shortened... especially difficult to find short dresses with the variety of heights we were working with.

Finally! A short dress that's the perfect length on all of them (a little "sisterhood of the bridesmaid dress" action going on here?), has the flowy chiffon that they liked, was beachy appropriate, and wasn't the most expensive dress in the store (though, it was barely able to make this claim).

Somewhere along the way all three girls fell in love with another dress and we were sooo excited that we'd found something (for some reason I didn't get a photo of this one). Only to find out that it didn't come in either of the two blue shades that I was considering. After the girls jokingly told me I needed to change my wedding colors we continued the search. I came home later that day and looked on David's website, and found out that if we ordered the dress ONLINE (or, at least one VERY similar to it... if not the same one) that we could have gotten it in the color we wanted! (shhh... don't tell my bridesmaids!) So, I guess the lesson for all out there is that if you find a dress you love but the store doesn't say they have it in that color, check the web.

It's over. I don't have to stress about this any more. The rest of it (shoes, hair, makeup, accessories) is all on them to do as they please. Phew!

At least they'll all look beautiful! =)

Going Ons

I going to have a lot of updates for you guys over the next few days! I'm going dress shopping with my bridesmaids today! I'm really excited about this! My girls are all symbolic of different time periods in my life and, thus, NONE of them have met each other before! So, we're going to grab some pizza, get to know each other, and then head out to David's to try up some dresses! Updates and pictures to come I'm sure! =)

Also, I'm in the process of ordering a personalized cake topper AND a customer garter set. Etsy and criagslist finds! So excited to share these with you as well!

But, for now, have a fantastic Monday and a great short week! =)

And the Winner Is...

Which was...



Congratulations Holly! =) And congrats on the graduation! Your e-mail address will be forwarded on to Uprinting and you should receive an e-mail from them at the beginning of the year with further directions! =)

**Disclaimer: Holly is one of my best friends and one of my bridesmaids... but I SWEAR this drawing was COMPLETELY random! (Which is why I included the screen shot of the random.com selection!). =)

Bargain Alert!

Bride on a Budget just posted about this sale and I wanted to pass it on! LinenTablecloth is having a 50% off their LOWEST price on their clearance items! I just bought 14 royal blue table runners for $20 (INCLUDING shipping!).

That Was Fast!

My shoes took exactly 36 HOURS to get to me! Talk about fast service! lol Unfortunately, they were too small! Good lord... this is just not meant to happen!

They aren't quite what I was looking for either... they are more of a winter/fall shoe than a summer one (Jacob will read that statement and laugh at me), but I think what I'll do is take them back to the store tomorrow and see if they can order a larger size for me... even though I don't know if they are the right wedding shoes for me, they are still cute and a great deal!

As of right now, I think I'm going to lay off the shoe search for awhile... I'm striking out right now... maybe I'll look at David's Bridal a bit on Monday when my girls and I go bridesmaid dress shopping! =)

Thank You!

I've been a bad blogger and let this post slip to the wayside for WAY too long!

About a month and a half ago Girl With a Ring was hosting her second Uprinting giveaway for a poster print. I entered this one hoping that I'd be able to use it to create a "Thank You" sign to use for pictures for our Thank You cards after the wedding. I got the idea from this blog post from Becoming His Mrs. I just LOVED the idea.... here's a couple samples from her blog post:





So, after I won (yay!) I set to work designing a sign for us to use. After whittling down all the possible fonts and scanning the internet for sufficient graphics, we came up with our sign, submitted it and, a few days later, received it in the mail.



Couple of things I'm concerned about: 1) it's a glossy finish so I'm worried that it might (like it did in this photo) cause some problems with the reflection and, 2) it's on photo paper. For some reason I was expecting a thinker paper (I really don't know why, I just was). So we'll have to figure out some way to thicken it up... maybe paste it to poster board or something.

But, all in all, I'm very happy with it! =)

Thanks to Katrina from Girl With a Ring!

And don't forget to enter MY Uprinting giveaway for 100 custom postcards! Contest ends Sunday night!!

Take Three

Rescued again by Jill... let's see if they work out this time! (Sorry, can't find a decent picture) Only $20, free shipping and returnable.... I think it's worth the risk. =)

And the Drama Continues...

If you've been reading my blog for a while you'll remember my wedding shoe drama.

First, I was excited that I ordered the shoes;

Then, I was sad that the website was wrong and the shoes were out of stock;

Then I was ECSTATIC when a fellow blogger led me to another shoe find;

Now... I'm sad again.

I ordered a pair of blue ballet flats from dessy.com. They were suppose to take about a week or two for the shipping. Three weeks later I e-mailed customer service to figure out what was up. I got an e-mail saying that the shoes had shipped and sent me a tracking number... for a shipment that WENT OUT two weeks after I ordered the product. So, a month after the order, I finally got the shoes.

I ripped open the package, and tried them on. Too small! I have NEVER had issues with my shoe size! I can go in to any shoe store, put on a 10 (yes, I have big feet) and they fit. Sometimes I don't even try them on first (don't tell my mom!). These ballet flats were about half to a whole size too small.

I was a little annoyed, especially since "all sales are final"... but I figured I'd just try to sell them on craigslist or something.

But THEN I took a closer look at the shoes.

There was a brown spot/stain on the side of one heel. And the other shoe's sole wasn't affixed properly. Instead of the fabric at the heal being tucked under the sole and glued, it was sticking out!

Now I was REALLY mad. It took twice as long to get to me, was too small, AND damaged?? And they don't accept returns. So... I sent out another e-mail.

Thankfully, and this is the pro out of the situation, they responded with a return shipping label and a promise to credit my money back once they recieved the shoes. So, in the end...

The search continues.

My First REAL Giveaway!!

Yay! I finally get to host my own REAL giveaway from Uprinting.com! =)

Leave a comment on this post letting me know how you would use 100 FREE CUSTOM POSTCARDS!



Here are the specs: the postcards are 4X6 and will be printed on 14pt glossy card stock. You get full color on BOTH sides! There IS a catch however... the winner will need to pay the shipping costs.

I, too, will be getting the post cards for hosting this giveaway... but have not decided yet how I want to use them, so I'm hoping to get some inspiration from you guys! =)

Leave me a comment by Sunday, Dec. 20 10 PM PST. I'll choose a winner at random and make someone's Monday morning a little brighter. =)

Counting Down!

Five months down, only 8 to go!!! =)

My e-mail from The Knot this morning told me that this month we should be registering for gifts.

Really?? 8 months in advance?? That seems a little premature to me (kind of like picking out the flower girl outfits this month as another checklist told me). Is this typical? I would just be worried about registering for something that is "in season" or will be discontinued by next summer.

What do you all think? When are YOU planning on registering?


(P.S. Apologies if the font is small/looks weird... blogger has, for some reason, taken away my ability to reside/change the font this morning... hmm... weird).

A Little Holiday Fun

Another fine use for our engagement photos. ;)

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

My First Night as a Married Woman...

...will be spent here!






Jacob called and booked the room yesterday... I'm just hoping that we aren't so tired that night that we can't enjoy the jacuzzi tub and wonderful views! =)

This is the SECOND place we've booked for the wedding night... the first turned out to be a bit of a mess. I'd been browsing around hotels in the area (online) and wasn't able to find anything "special" enough that wasn't going to cost more than I felt we should have to pay (and I really don't want to spend our wedding night in the same hotel as our family... if you knew my family you'd understand). And then I started thinking about beach houses and how I didn't need a fancy hotel room, but a cozy little place to stay for the night and watch with the waves with my new husband.

Beach houses in the area are pretty reasonably priced, especially since it's not a huge touristy spot. HOWEVER, many of them have a two or three night minimum. With our budget and the fact that we're having a Saturday wedding and need to work Monday morning, it just seemed like a waste of money to pay for two nights. However, after finding one house that we liked, we decided to go for it; even though it had a two night minimum, we figured we could rearrange our schedules a little bit.

So we booked it... without knowing that there was an additional booking fee that wasn't clearly stated on their web site. Now, the booking fee was not going to kill us, however we were already spending more than we had budgeted to pay for two nights. When we saw the final cost and I recalculated a bit Jacob and I pretty much determined that we couldn't afford it and should look elsewhere.

There was a cancellation fee, but it was minimal (according to the policy information that I'd seen on their website). I sent off an e-mail stating that I was aware of the cancellation fee and accepted that we'd be paying it, but that we needed to cancel our reservation. I received an e-mail back saying that the cancellation fee that I'd stated was not the current fee, and that the current fee was about 150% of the rate quoted! I looked on their "policy" page on their website again, and, sure enough, there was the small cancellation fee that I had originally seen. So, I sent another e-mail. And got another e-mail back directing me to their policy page!

APPARENTLY going to the policy page from their "home" page took you to a different set of policies than the link from their "reservations" page. I downloaded the policy that I had seen and e-mailed it back to the company. Then I got a phone call.

"I don't know where you got that policy, but it is our old one and no longer valid."

"It was on your website"

"Please hold"............ "The policy page on our website is the new one."

"Do you have the website open??? Go to the reservation page and THEN click on the policies link"

"Please hold"............. "Well, that's our old policy. Did you not see the new one"

"Umm... no."

"I don't know what we can do for you. Our manager is out of the office until Monday so I can't do anything for you until then"

Seriously? I couldn't believe this. It is ON THE WEBSITE! How can they not do anything for me? It's their fuck up, not mine! Thankfully the manager agreed and we got an e-mail the following week telling us that the entire cancellation fee had been refunded to us.

So, happy ending, but still not something I wanted to deal with.

Save the Date.... REVEALED!

Alright! Save the Dates went out on Tuesday and they have started to be received so I feel like now it's o.k. to put it out there in cyberland! =)

As some of you may remember, back in August (on my pre-nniversary in fact!) I won 100 custom save the date cards from Rachel Jasper Designs via The Thirty Something Bride.

Working with Rachel was great. She put together about three different designs for us to look over and then altered slightly the one that we loved so that we'd love it that much more. =)

So... without further ado, here is our Save the Date that went out to family, the wedding party and far-away friends!

Updates

I think this is the longest I've gone without posting! lol.... though, I guess three days isn't really that bad. ;)

A few updates....

I spent a couple of days in BC this weekend. Had a meeting with my academic supervisor regarding my "thesis" that I'm writing next term... found out I have ANOTHER paper I'm suppose to write, too. FML.... stress!

To add to the stress (and lack of time to complete the stressful tasks), I started my new job yesterday. I had a great first day! I really think I'm going to like it there. However, the next 4 months I'm going to have no social life as I try to write TWO papers while working full time. Ugh.

On a wedding note, my save the dates are here, addressed and going in the mail today! Woo hoo! I'm share more about these in a couple days after people have had a chance to get them... I don't want to ruin the surprise for anyone! =)

Mail Call!

Jacob went to get the mail tonight and guess what?? LOTS of great stuff! My Save the Dates, treat/favor bags and UPrinting Poster all came! (And, maybe my wedding shoes... there's one more box in the office that I need to pick up and I'm not EXACTLY sure what it is).

Soooo excited! I'll blog about everything more later (when I have more time (and energy) and after I've mailed off the Save the Date cards)!

Say YES to the Dress!

I just watched about 2.5 hours of a "Say Yes to the Dress" marathon on TLC (I made Jacob change the channel before I kept going!) and I have to say, I love my dress more than ANY of the others that I saw on the show... I wanna put it back on! lol

P.S. I'm in Vancouver, BC right now.... here's a shout out to all you BC brides. I'm loving the sunshine up here right now! =)

LOTS of Free Stuff!

Check out this AWESOME giveaway over at Fabulously Frugal. LOTS of great stuff!

Don't forget to mention me when you enter! =)

The Light at the End of the (NWR) Tunnel...

I started to work on writing my thesis today. Since I am starting a full-time PAYING job next Monday (woohoo!) I figured I should probably try to get a head start on my paper. I feel like I've written the same paper over and over again. Since my grad program kind of builds on my specific interests this final paper is pretty much just a compilation of several other papers that I've written over the course of the last year (with a couple new sources/info I'm sure). This will make the actual work less stressful, but it makes the whole process so much more boring.

But what this does mean is that I am almost DONE with my master's program! In a few short months I will be among the top 10% of the U.S. population in terms of educational attainment... I hope it benefits me! lol

Honeymoon... Unveiled!

So... our honeymoon planning has been in the works for some time now, but I didn't want to say anything until the tickets were booked (call it superstition, but I wanted to make sure I KNEW we were going before I said anything!). Well, guess what? The tickets are BOOKED!! =)

As a wedding gift, Jacob's parents offered to pay for our airline tickets and set us up with one of their timeshare resorts where ever we'd like to go (SCORE!). It didn't take much discussion for us to decide on a location... Here is a sneak peek at what we may be seeing....









Where can we see beautiful beaches, swim with dolphins, climb mountains, explore glaciers, see penguins and hang out lake-side all in the same place?

NEW ZEALAND!!!

That's right, Jacob and I are going to spend two weeks traveling around the south island of New Zealand. I am SOOOO excited (almost more so than for the actual wedding! lol). I LOVE to travel and am so grateful to have this opportunity.

Two weeks after the wedding (gives us a little time to rest up and get ready!) we are off! As I mentioned, we have a time share condo reserved for us for a week as a home base, but we'll also be traveling around a bit and staying in one of these bad boys: =)




lol... As you can tell, we are a little more adventurous than some and not exactly looking for the "lie on the beach and sunbathe" type of honeymoon (Plus, renting one of these was cheaper than renting the car we were going to get anyway!). I'm looking forward to swimming with dolphins, hiking in the mountains, kayaking in the ocean and watching Jacob try to drive a manual transmission campervan on the other side of the road with the gear shift to his left! ;) I can't wait! =)

Thanksgiving at the Beach... Or... Why I Want to Get Married Here

Chocolate Anyone?

Just look at that and tell me your mouth isn't watering! I dare you! Mmmmm.... I'm hoping to win this cook book from Maria at A Chocolate Lover's Confession. You can enter her contest too by going here. But... if you win, you owe me a fudge brownie! =)

Last One Tonight... I Promise! =)

I really should be doing productive things like laundry and dishes.... lol... but no, I'm shopping online instead. =)

What do you all think? I just bought this necklace on etsy from The Beading Nest. I think it should go with my earrings (though, none of this jewelry is breaking the bank... so... if they don't go, I'll just get to shop some more! lol).

To Veil or Not To Veil....

Now that I have the dress I can start thinking about the accessories. =) I haven't yet decided if I want to wear a veil or some other kind of hair piece. I started to poke around on etsy for some hair piece ideas and here's some I'm kinda feelin'.

Opinions please!!
(click the pic for the source page)






Or maybe something simple like this....


Or maybe I'll just go to a craft store and see if I can't concoct something of my own...

What do you ladies think? Love any of them? Should I even do the hair toy thing or just stick to a veil?

My First Love...

The Oregon Coast

Jacob accepts and shares my love for the sandy vastness that is the Oregon coast. Thus our choice to be married barefoot, in the sand, just steps from the (cold) Pacific ocean. Before going dress shopping last night, I spent the day at the "coast" (we don't really call it "the beach" in Oregon since that insinuates bikinis and sunbathers... not usually recommended in Oregon) with my friend and bridesmaid Holly and her two pups. While we didn't go to "Our Beach", we were only about 15-20 miles from it. Here are is a look at our day:

Holly and Tess... this is how we dress at the Oregon coast... a LONG way from an itty-bitty bikini! =)


Happy Dogs!


Tired Tucker! LOTS Of paw prints in the sand by this point!

All in all, it was a GOOD day! =)

I Did It!

I bought my dress tonight!

Caution: This is going to be a long post! =)

It terrifies me that I actual did it... but I did it! (I'm one of those people who always worry that I made the wrong decision... but I do really love the dress. I didn't want to take it off!)

A few weeks back my mom and I went to a bridal show. I signed up for a LOT of giveaways and things and tried on a few dresses. Two of the dress shops that were there, The Bridal Gallery and Simply Grand, sent me a flier last week about a "Midnight Madness" sale that they were going to do with dresses up to 80% off. Since the two stores are about a block from each other (and there was one dress I'd tried on from S.G. at the bridal show that I kind of likes), I decided to try to make it.

I was able to get one of my bridesmaids and my mom and dad to make the drive up to go shopping with me. And I'm so glad I did because I found my dress! I tried on about 8 dresses at S.G. and then we went over to T.B.G. where I tried on three more... the first dress I tried on was it. I tried on the other two but then put the first one on again and stared at myself in the mirror for about 15 minutes. lol My mother told me it was a very pretty dress (gee... thanks mom! lol), but the look on my bridesmaid's face was what did it for me... she just stared at me and nodded her head. Then she came up and told me that she'd overheard another woman who, when she saw me come out of the dressing room, said, "If that's not her dress, I don't know what is".

I'm not going to post a picture or link to the dress because I don't trust Jacob not to peek. lol But I will tell you that it's not what I was expecting to get at all. I thought I want a straight neckline... I got a sweetheart. I thought I wanted a WHITE dress.... I got ivory. I thought I wanted something basic and simple... I got beads. lol

Another girl was at the first dress shop with a friend. We got to talking and she told me that she'd been married this summer. I asked if she "knew" when she found her dress, and she said it was funny because she had tried on a dress as a joke and ended up loving it. It just shows that you need to try on things that you don't think you'd like.

If you really want to see the dress.... send me an e-mail and I'll mail you the link... I really do want to show it off, but don't want to risk the boy seeing it! =)

Here are a couple of the best parts. My dress was originally $800. It was marked down 50%! Which is UNDER my dress budget! And yes, I bought it off the rack. I have heard brides everywhere urging, "Don't buy off the rack for your wedding dress!" But, you know what? If I can get the perfect dress for 50%, I'm gonna do it! Plus, I don't have to wait for it to get here... it already is! (Well, it's at the dress shop being stored for me anyway... but I can go visit whenever I want!)

Oh! And off the rack it fits every where but around the hips... (which is odd, 'cause I thought wedding gowns ran excessively small... but I got the dress is my usual dress size)... but if I can kick my ass into gear and lose about one inch from my hips/butt in the next 8 months (which I'm pretty sure I can do) I shouldn't have to alter the dress AT ALL (except for the bustle thingie)! Which means I'd save even more $$!) =)

Sometimes It's Really Hard Being Cheap

I'm sitting in a hotel room right now. Jacob is watching some BAD movie on the sci-fi channel and I am surfing the Internet for a place to stay on our wedding night. Since we are getting married on the beach on the Oregon coast, any decent place books up pretty early, so I'm trying to get a head start. Unfortunately, I'm kind of a cheapskate and can't justify paying what I consider "too much" for a place to sleep. To many people, what I consider "too much" is actually a pretty good deal... but, you see, I want the BEST deal! And I always feel like there's something better out there... making it really hard to make a decision. I think I may have found something... but we'll see... bah... so hard.

Lost Respect

So... I kinda lost respect for The Knot today (not that I was a HUGE fan before).

I was looking to order some cellophane favor bags that I saw in their shop. I was really excited to see that they were even on sale today. But then I looked up the shipping... it's just as much as the product! WHY?

Then I checked out Joann's... and found plastic "treat bags". They are bigger, less expensive, and have MUCH better shipping charges! (as these are only available online).

So... The Knot's favor bags would have cost me, total, about 22 cents per bag... I'm paying less than 10 cents per bag from Joann's.

If anyone from The Knot runs across this... stop charging a horrendous amount in shipping! I liked your product a bit better and probably would have still paid more for it, but the shipping is ridiculous! I know for a fact that flat rate priority shipping is about half of what you were charging for simple ground!

They're HE-ERE!

I was out of town visiting friends and family for a day when I had this, via text, conversation with Jacob.

Jacob: Your stickers arrived =)

Me: Yay!

Jacob: They look good.

Me: You looked at them?

Jacob: Yes.... should I not have?

Me: lol... no it's fine, I'm just pretty sure that MY name was on the package.

Jacob: Well... I signed for them ;)

A little sneak peak at my future, huh? lol.... no mail ordering Christmas presents for him! =)

But, anyway.... THEY ARE HERE! My wedding program/favor bag stickers from Uprinting are here!




!!!!! So happy! Now I'm off to order some favor bags so I can start DOING something hands on! lol (I'm getting impatient for all the "real" work!) =)

Wedding Favor Giveaway!

Win a $25 gift certificate to MyWeddingFavors.com over at A Mountain Bride! Check it out!

News!

I have some FANTASTIC non-wedding related news that I'm so happy about I want to share with everyone who will listen! lol

I got a job!!!

As I've mentioned before, I'm a student working on my Masters degree. Technically I'm a registered student at a BC university however I convinced the head of my department to let me come back to Oregon to complete the internship requirement of my degree program and write my final paper.

The economy sucks right now nationwide, but Oregon is seeing a pretty big piece of it. I read last week that Oregon is sixth in the nation in terms of unemployment percentage. Their unemployment rate of about 12% is about DOUBLE what it was this time last year. Because of this, I wanted to do my internship down in Oregon (where I was planning on returning after I completed my degree) so that I could get my foot in the door and hopefully getting a job more quickly/easily than if I returned in June with a degree and no prospects.

So, I'm doing my internship at a local social service agency. Part of my daily tasks is to search Craigslist for work that our clients may be eligible for. What this also means, however, is that I have an excuse to check the list on a daily basis for possibilities for me... and I found one!

I applied on a whim, and, THREE interviews later, they offered me the position! And they offered me the highest starting salary available! With FULL MEDICAL & DENTAL!

Having a job now, six months before I technically graduate, mean that I can use the rest of my student loan money to pay off my current debt (car and credit cards) and still have a full year to be putting away money to pay for my student loans! (Without having to pay car, credit card, and health insurance premiums, this should add up fast!). I'm SOOO excited! The only downfall is that it's a full time gig... and I still have to write my final paper for my degree... which means some serious time management over the next few months. But, I can do it. Just be forewarned that posts may be either a) few and far between or b) full of stress venting!

But still, SOO excited! I start in three weeks and I can't wait!

Fresh Hubby of LA

Love, Love, LOVE this video of the story of The Broke Ass Bride and her Fresh Hubby! =)

Time For A Humor Break!

Many of you will be reading this on your Monday morning... let me start off your week with a laugh!

These are all shots care of WEDINATOR! (My BM Holly sent me the link to this blog... hilarious!)

Many, MANY more on their website... lol... take a look!

P.S. I label this "real weddings" with some reservations! =)