Wedding Wednesday!

So If its not obvious and I'm sure it HAS to be, Its WEDDING WEDNESDAY! Seeing that since last week we haven't really done much for the wedding besides look at a few places online and have settled on our top three that we want to go visit and see which one we fall in love with for our wedding day.. They are 

1. Morris Arboretum (close to chestnut hill college in Philadelphia, PA* top* )
2. Top of the Tower (Center City, Philly *right*)
3. Valley Forge PA (Its a national park, kind of a big deal *bottom* )

That is pretty much all we've done for our wedding planning as of the last week. They are our top 3 we just have to go and see which one we really love and isn't gonna break the bank and that is reasonably priced.

So that being said I wanna talk to all the ladies out there wondering WHY didn't he propose yet? And the ones that get mad when they go to a nice restaurant and see another couple get engaged and it doesn't happen AGAIN...

It took Mr B 6 years to realize that I was the love of his life. Yes 6! I'm talking half of high school (junior and senior year) The first year and a half of college AND me moving 1000 miles back to Philly. Yeah talk about anticipation! I will say though that when we went to New York(after high school, some of college and me moving back to Philly) He knew RIGHT HERE...

...That he was in love with me...(I still get butterflies when I think about that day)

So lets see we met in 2005, I moved to Philly in 2010, Went to New York in 2011, Moved in together in 2012 and got engaged in 2013... I say the wedding in 2015 would be perfect. 10 years later we are married. Talk about full circle...Again 2015 depending on if I get this new job (Fingers crossed and prayers totally accepted) and learn how to SAVE money.. ha!

Basically what I'm trying to say is, that it will happen when you lease expect it. You don't have to have a elaborate engagement. We had a nice quiet perfect for B and I engagement. That's what its about. You and your man. Don't worry if you go to a 5 start restaurant or under the Eiffel Tower in Paris and he doesn't propose. He could be waiting until you run out for burgers and look a mess in sweats and your hair tied up. because that's who he loves. The you he see at home, the you that no one else gets to see besides him.

 And from one "newly" engaged lady to another when he does pop the question, ENJOY IT! There are few times you will see the love of your life so vulnerable.  You hold his happiness and future happiness in your hands.  Soak in everything he says to you, and save it to the internal hard drive. Its one of the best moments of your life!

I thought I'd leave you with the picture from the night we got engaged.. I edited it with an appropriate (I think at least) quote

Now its time to get some non wedding related work done!

50 Shades of no sleep!

I've done it.

 I cracked and read the first of the 50 Shades trilogy and when I say I read it, I mean cover to cover in about 11 hours... WHO DOES THINGS LIKE THAT? 

• Especially on a Sunday night! 
• Especially when you have to function for the rest of the week and no sleep on one day just throws off the interviews you have on Tuesday because you're so tried its hard to open your eyes after getting the recommended 8 hours. 

     Plus side I read it on my kindle app on my computer so the words were REALLY big.. Which comes in handy when you need to wear glasses to make the words bigger anyway... Anyway, I wanted to post something to start the week and I couldn't think of anything else besides the fact that I have caved in and started reading 50 shades trilogy. Almost half way through the second one... and I'm diggin it as much as the first.

Off to escape to the world of Christian Grey...

Wedding Wednesday... on thursday??

Hello Ladies (and gentlemen)!

Sorry Gents this one is geared towards the ladies--

Let me start this whole thing by saying this is the most fun I have had getting things ready for my wedding, everyone says planning is fun but I never thought it would be as much fun as it is, However we haven't even gotten into serious planning yet... Mkay! Moving on...

I decided I wanted to do a weekly must post blog entry... and that is Wedding Wednesday (even though today is Thursday... deal with it ;) )! We aren't planning on getting married for at least 2 years give or take depending on a few things. So I thought it would be a good place to just talk about WEDDINGS. What lady doesn't enjoy talking about and obsessing over weddings? That's right ALMOST every girl I know will talk about weddings.

Weddings are fun that's why!

So I decided to start the first Wedding Wednesday on Thursday with the start of my wedding planning binder! It absolutely is a work in progress. There are things that I need to print out, and I want to get some more fun girly things to write and fill out the sheets with.. but here is what we have so far

You are being warned NOW, there are a good handful of pictures!

I still have some work to do on the binder itself- I am going to print something out for the front of the binder. But we have to setup the printer and that is a task. ha!

 Pictures: starting from big and then going right to left

1.) The binder- before I personalize it

2.) 2'' binder

3.) Inside- Three hole punch, and dividers

4.) The dividers are all pretty and girly

5.) Space for notes

6.) Pockets to hold any receipts, cards, memos that kind of stuff

In the binder I have:

Our book for registering (had to talk Mr. B out of registering too early. Yes ladies I have that groom that is INTO planning the wedding.. what!!)

Tons and I mean TONS of wedding invitation samples... ( I have decided to make our invitations and save the dates. but free samples are always fun right!)

inviations from: www.minted.com  www.exclusivelyweddings.com www.weddingpaperdivas.com

So, that is all we have so far, I also have a spread sheet from excel, and TONS of pins on Pinterest (follow me )! Welp I guess that will do it for Wedding Wednesday on Thursday! I cant wait to have more to post!

Off to scan Pinterest and the internet for Wedding inspiration!

Why bother?

Why did I start blogging in the first place?  I don't always remember to post a topic in here, but I don't always forget. I feel like I never have anything to post about that is new and exciting. I feel like when we go full force into wedding planning I will have more to post about. But that isn't happening right this second. We are saving money and what not. The more I read Stephanie's blog (check her out, I wish i knew her in real life!--> check it out! BEAUtiful Mess) The more I realize I blog to keep track of things and to possibly meet new people like Stephanie!

Do I wish there were more things to blog about ABSOLUTELY! But I doubt that hearing about the fact that B and I  hung out at the house, and he played video games while I looked at wedding stuff on repeat can be old news. I have crafts I am gonna do. But right now I dont have the space to do my crafting.

I dont expect to be a daily read for people all over the world. But to have people that stop by just to see what we are up to and make new friends that way cant hurt! You can never have too man friends!

Off to rethink how I can get this Bloggity blog out there =)

Double Whammy!

         So I know what all one of my followers is thinking, well damn its been a while since there has been a new post, whats going on?! Well lovely's I will tell you. Besides from the usual Monday thru Friday bologna, not a whole lot. But there is a little bit to catch up on. 

The last I had an entry was like I don't even know 2 weeks ago something cray like that.. this past weekend was pretty big one. We had our second anniversary. B got me a purple Orchid, and I got him a FSU coffee mug. We are gonna do bigger gifts later in the year but we still wanted something small for each other.

We did the Pinterest idea where you take a picture on your anniversary holding the picture from the past year. Daww its cute... anyway

Then we went to dinner and a movie. Very low key anniversary but I'm okay with that. We also got a free dessert because it was our anniversary. We dont need anything fancy we are pretty low key.

Saturday we did some yard work I worked a little bit and sunday was an adventure. It was also Easter

First we did breakfast, it was good eggs juice fruit nothing like back in the day with church and brunch but its okay. While B and I were chopping up celery and onion for my pasta salad we heard him being bellowed for. So we went to see what was wrong.. and there was a FROG in the house. How the damn thing got in here we dont know. So B vs Frog ensued.. B WON

We decided to spend our Easter afternoon by the pool, I finally am starting to get a base tan and it only took me about 3 hours I am looking forward to many more days by the pool and on the beach!

I mean after all I do live where you vacation!

Off to work on my Tan lines...