Posted Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:09 AM
My fiance and I decided that we would take the plunge in about 18 months. I just pulled a random date up and chose June 6, but then I realized that March would be the 18 month mark. I don't want to wait till June but what kind of weather will there be in Monterey in March?? I suppose April would be a nice compromise. *sigh* I just can't wait. :)
On the other hand, the time between now and then will be good for my oldest DD to get adjusted to the fact that her mom is no longer married to her dad and is going to try again with someone else. I feel that it's the least I can do for her, give her time. 5 Days after the divorce was final her dad got married again and she's been struggling with that.
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icefog34
Filed under: wedding dates
Posted Saturday, November 07, 2009 7:46 PM
I realized today how selfish I have been...especially about what I want. I was fretting and fretting about how I could afford to buy the dress I want, for a wedding that's over a year away, and how can I get a ring that's prettier, sparklier, and just more wowser than what we can afford....all me, me, me. When in the long run, I should be more focused on how can I buy the man that I love his ring? And what's even more neat to me is that he's so excited to wear it, that he's not even going to wait for the wedding. He is going to have an engagement ring as well! I love it! why not? At first I choked a laugh when I heard him say he couldn't wait to put it on, well before we got married, because I thought to myself, what man wears an engagement ring?? Come to find out it's becoming more and more common I guess. I think it's a great idea and in my opinion, humble as it may be, I think it shows a lot more depth of feeling about his bride to be and his impending marriage than a man who wants to wait to don this symbol of being forever spoken for. There's a certain pride in it. It makes me feel very special that he's so anxious to show everyone that he's engaged, and he engaged to me! :)
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icefog34
Filed under: engagement rings
Posted Saturday, November 07, 2009 9:26 AM
So I'm racking my brain trying to figure out how to buy this dream dress of mine. Definitely one of those "but I want it NOW!" kind of people :/ Should I rack up my already too high credit card? Take a chance opening up a DB credit card? (no payments no interest for 12 months!) sell a body part? It's really not that expensive, but the fact that I'm struggling to figure out how to pay for a $350.00 dress makes me wonder....what the heck are my FI and I doing?? Can we even pay for a wedding?! whose going to pay for what? how are we going to pay? *sigh* we have 18 months....we'll figure something out. I hope!
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icefog34
Filed under: budgeting
Posted Friday, November 06, 2009 9:56 AM
Okay, so I went from not wanting to spend more than a couple of hundred dollars on some simple plain jane dress, to OMG THIS IS THE ONE!!!! I went to Davids Bridal yesterday and tried on the dress with pockets, EW9848. Oh wow....that's all I can say. Both my bride's maid and I were floored with how wonderfull this dress is. And at only 399.00 it's really still affordable. Classic clean look. Very flattering. Lovely. I love DB!
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icefog34
Filed under: dresses