Planning, planning, planning!

Wedding planning is in full effect!  (I think!)  We decided on a date!  ahhh!  June 1, 2013 (6 years to the day that Dan and I graduated high school together!  -- still can't believe I am lucky enough to marry my high school sweetheart!)  After deciding on a day, we put our deposit down for Epiphany for the ceremony and Bone Student Center for the reception.  We are so excited that these big things are out of the way, and so far, I love our choices!  I think it will be perfect for us :)

Also - I found and purchased my dress!  It seemed kind of fast at the moment, but I know myself, and if I didn't make a decision, I would end up trying on a million dresses and being overwhelmed.  I LOVE my dress!  I am so stoked for it to come in and actually have it fit me.  It really is a shame I will only be able to wear it once ;)

We have also got some small things handled - I have ordered the gifts for my bridesmaids!  (Which I am really really excited about and I hope they love, as well!)  I ordered Aidan and Jake's gifts (cute little picture frames thanking them!)  I also ordered the bubbles for after the ceremony and our favors!  (It was a big order so that I could get free shipping! -- Any way to save some $$, I will take!)  Oh!  I bought some invitations at Michael's that were on clearance!  I ended up with 120 invites for $80...thankyouverymuch!

Now I feel like we kind of sit back and wait for awhile :)

While we wait, we are headed to LAS VEGAS!  I cannot wait to spend 6 days away from real life.  Work has been overwhelming, and life will only get more hectic when I begin my summer class.  At this point, I cannot wait to become a full-time student again!  (I have always been a nerd and liked school...but I am over working full-time where I am at, so this change couldn't have come at a more perfect time!)

I'm getting MARRIED!

On Saturday, my boyfriend of almost 7.5  years became my fiance!  My future hubby got down on one knee in Forest Park by my favorite fountain!  I am so happy that we are officially starting this chapter of our lives!  That means this blog may center a lot around wedding planning :)  don't like it?  tough stuff, cream puff!

I am so excited that I just want to do it all right away.  I know it's a marathon and not a sprint, so I am sure I will be forced to slow down eventually.  So far, I have gotten cards and ordered a small "gift" to use to ask each of my bridesmaids :)  And I am thinking of going to look at dresses with my mom, future mother in law, and MoH next time I am home!

More importantly, though, we  need to pick a date!  This is going to be the most challenging due to my future school schedule.  It is my understanding that my Spring classes will get over at the beginning of May and Summer classes begin at the end of May.  During that 2 week break, I will still have my practicum, so I won't really have any time off until the end of July prior to Fall classes beginning.  I don't think I want to wait that long, so I will have to look into details.  I can't wait to pick and know when we're getting married!