I'm sorry that it's been so long since I've updated. Things have been a little crazy lately, as summer usually is. I ended up leaving my job leaving me unemployed for a month (and on the job hunt in a really bad economy), so that took up most of my time. We also had our entire family in town for a few weeks for my nephew's first birthday party & christening. One of my childhood best friends also got married that weekend--and it was really wonderful to see my old group of girls again.
As for wedding planning. It has gotten to that point where it's actually time to start really "doing" things rather than just talking about them. My mom came to me with a list of things that have to be done and dates in which they have to be done by. not to mention their "budget." needless to say I had a little bit of a freak out. I'm thankful for my mother who has the "planning" gene as well as her overwhelming "calming" abilities. Either way, it is still really hard to swallow that everything has to some how get done by a certain date. It's hard for me not to think of May 22, 2010 as D-Day. I have to keep reminding myself not to wish this time away. I waited my whole life to be engaged...I need to remember to enjoy and savor it. It'll be over before I know it. Right?
Our first minor hiccough was ordering our wedding bands. J & I went into Kay just to look, and we both ended up finding rings that we wanted--so we ordered them. When they were delivered, my ring wasn't right. It came back as an oval rather than a circle due to a sizing mis-hap. I went in to find out what my options were. The salesman let me know what I could do. He also showed me some other rings in case I wanted to consider a whole new band all together. I ended up finding a wedding band insert that resembles my mother's. With the help of Kelly (my maid of honor) it didn't take long to decide to simply exchange the ring. Problem solved. All i had to do was let Jonathan know it was about $120 more than the original ring. no biggie ;)
The next episode is a little bit scarier, as well as a bit funnier.
On July 19th, Jonathan & I had our engagement photo shoot with Nancy Ray. We decided to head to Millbrook High School to just take the photos around the outside of campus since we couldn't really think of anywhere else in Raleigh that held any kind of sentimental value to us. When we got to the school, we decided to first walk around and check out a few places to take pictures. When we walked past the front doors, we of course tried them to see if we were lucky and if any of the doors were open. They were. Score!
We wandered inside and got about an hour's worth of AMAZING photos! It was so much fun to explore our old stomping ground which has now been transformed into a beautiful new school with bits and pieces that are still the same. Nancy got to capture our love on film in the hallways where we fell in love. Priceless.
Well...almost. As we were about to leave, we saw that there was a police officer over by our vehicles, so we of course ran out thinking we were getting ticketed. Ha--we wish!
When we exited the building we, were greeted by several police cars, several police officers and a security guard. And wait for it.... the High School's alarm going off. uh. oohhhh...
The officers were upset, to say the least, and explained to us that we had committed an arrest-able offense and that we could serve some serious jail time. oh. my. gosh.
After the officers searched the building, they discovered that our feeble attempts to convince them that all we were doing was taking photographs were in fact true. They decided to let us off with a very stern warning. thank god! For another perspective on this story, see nancy's blog.
Jonathan & I will be registering on August 8th at Bed Bath & Beyond & Macy*s.
Jonathan & I have our first meeting with the priest on August 12th
I will be ordering my wedding dress on August 15th
Our engagement party will be on Sept 12th (if we ever get the invites out) :)
My girls will be ordering their dresses by nov 12th
I'll keep you all posted :)
