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Tag: love and marriage

  • Day Off?

    I worked all weekend, then had a frantically busy day yesterday. Last night I was tired through and through, but could I rest? No, there were cake consultations to attend and invitations to design. Luckily I had today off, so I could get rested (or so I thought).

    Despite being an emotional wreck for most of the day, I did manage to accomplish some things. First, I got fitted for undergarments at Nordstrom and OH MY WORD if you haven’t done that, go. It will change your life. Purchased all my underwear for the wedding and then some.

    Second, I finally found a paper store that had what I wanted: plain white, smooth finish, thick paper without a watermark. You would think that such a product would be easy to find, but you would be wrong. The store is FasClampitt and today I am in love with it. We also got envelopes there.

    Third, went shopping with my mother-in-law-to-be and found her a beautiful outfit to wear to the wedding, then took it to be altered.

    Fourth, to kill time I stopped by Old Navy and bought a cheap swimsuit for our honeymoon.

    Fifth, I met David at the jewelry store where he bought my engagement ring and discussed wedding band options. It seems that if I want the band to fit against the ring and look like a set I will have to get it custom made, which will cost $400-500. If I don’t do that, I will be wearing two mis-matched rings. What would you do?

    Finally, David and I had dinner at Mama’s Cafe, and it was very good. And when I said goodbye to him (since we were in separate cars) I almost cried because we hardly ever get to see each other, and I have another looooong day of work and errands tomorrow. That would have made about the tenth time I cried today (only slightly exaggerating). See? Emotional wreck.

    It’s not my impending marriage that is doing this to me, though – it’s the combination of hormones (the perfect scapegoat), wedding planning, and above all: MY JOB. Are there any new nurses out there who can empathize with me? I seriously love it and wouldn’t want to be doing anything else, but I just can’t explain how physically and mentally draining it is. I know I’ll get used to it, but I haven’t yet.

    Anyway, if I’m going to be asleep by 8 p.m. I better get going.

  • I Don’t Know What I’d Do Without Him

    David: Kathleen, have you figured out all the flowers and favors for the wedding yet?

    Me: Well, I don’t have every detail together yet, but I’m working on it. There are only so many things I can do at once.

    David: But you do know that we need all that stuff?

    Me: Yes David, I am aware.

    ***

    How cute. He overheard women at his office talking about wedding details the other day, and before that he didn’t realize that we needed things like flowers and favors for a wedding. He thought that maybe I didn’t know either.

  • A Classy Wedding

    After my mom and I got home from a meeting with the wedding planner from House Plantation yesterday, we told my dad that we’ve decided to use their caterer. My dad immediately said, “I would like some input on the menu!”

    “Dad, I already know that you want fajitas.”

    “Well, fajitas would be nice, but I’m holding off judgment until I see what they have to offer. If there’s pizza, I’d go for pizza.”

    He was completely serious.

    (Hi, Dad! I love you!)

  • Decisions…They’re Being Made!

    I guess after months and months of a hiatus on wedding planning, I finally realized that it’s not gonna get done unless I do it! This past weekend was really my first chance to work on stuff, so I took advantage of it. David and I did the bulk of our registering, I bought his wedding band, and we picked out tuxes. The latter was by far the easiest and most fun part of planning so far. Just get my fiance and my brothers together in general, and it’s bound to be a good time. I have also been promised some high quality reception entertainment, and the words “spoken rap” and “cane and gloves” definitely made an appearance. Should be fun!

    The thing that had been weighing most heavily on me was picking out the bridesmaid dresses. I had no idea it would be so hard. I finally found affordable, cute dresses that I liked, only to find that they come in very limited sizes. But after a lot of research, Courtney and I finally chose a dress today. I am so relieved. I have to place the order by Thursday so that they’ll arrive in time for alterations, so I’m really glad we went to see the dress today! I barely made the cutoff.

    So that’s what I did over the weekend, along with some churchy stuff thrown in for good measure. See our wedding website for more information!

  • Wedding Website

    Hey everyone, just want to let you know that we finally launched our wedding website at davidandkathleen.net. (ETA: website is no longer in use.) My brother David designed it, and I think it rocks. It has some things missing in places, but we wanted to get it up and running. So when we add information we’ll let you know in the blog section.

    By the way, I’m feeling better and thanks for your prayers. My test is tomorrow, and I plan to relax tonight after work. I’ve prepared well, and I’ll just do my best.

    Talk to you after it’s done!