So-- as you probably know... we're back. It's been over a year since Joshua proposed to me and this wedding this is still on! Oh yeah!!! I have been super busy... but, things are starting to slow down a bit for me... thank goodness! I am six days away from being done with coursework for my M.Ed. Praise God! You may remember I started school just one short year ago... a month after joshua proposed at his graduation. He recieved his M.A. from CU Boulder and I couldn't let him be the only one with the post-graduate degree... not cool. So I decided to go back to school... and I'm priding myself on finishing way faster than he did. I walk in December! Whohoo... anyway, with classes out of the way, I'm free to plan like I truly want to...
I can't believe a year has gone by already. Over the past year, I've tried on about 25 wedding dresses :o, visited 4 reception sites, 1 church (booked it after the visit!), and have a stack of about 50 wedding magazines that I refuse to part with sitting in the guest room at my mom's house. I had to keep them away from my own apartment because they caused me to slack a little with my other obligations. So after my 5th visit to the one bridal shop that I love so much, I finally picked a dress! The store owner was thrilled for me-- probably because she was tired of seeing me come and go and buying nothing... haha. These things take time I tell you. Well on to the reason that I titled this "wedding madness". Because that's exactly what wedding planning is. It is the source of my recent onset of gray hair... and I mean long ones.... it is the source of me and Josh's long distance "not if I hang up on you first" phone-guments... it is the source of all the STRESS in my life... but since last Friday... it's turned out to be the source of my joy :)
You see, I officially have a wedding planner and it's recently made my life much easier, but not only that it's made this wedding a reality for me. One of my awesome bridesmaids has a mom that just has a gift for wedding planning and now I don't have to research AND make the decisions, I can just say "yeah, I like that" or "no that's hideous!" or "can i see more?". It's a beautiful thing. I am officially going to start my wedding countdown on July 2, 2010... in ten short days. People tell me that the year will fly by and I'm excited to document my feelings about this whole process. As for Josh... people say that the groom isn't involved and he just "shows up"... you know I'd kind of like it that way.. but I have a little bit of a "groom-zilla" on my hands people. "Carla... have you called the photographers... Carla...but he's/she's my BF they HAVE to be in it... Carla... I'm not wearing white... Carla.... Carla... Carla... nothing". Okay maybe I'm exaggerating a little, but I love that Josh actually cares a little. Especially because I go on major rants about going to all these appts. by myself since he lives in PITTSburgh. Get it? Ha. Anyway. I am excited to share about our ups and downs... oh and just so you know... you can't believe everything you see in red. PEACE!
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