Wedding Invitations

Look for these under my dress.

We signed our lease

We signed our lease on Saturday!

We got a 2-bedroom, 2-bath apartment. I can't tell you what an amazing deal we got. I don't want you to get jealous!

Love the location. Jeff timed it for me- 15 minutes to work!

How did you spend your Friday evening?

YEAH!!

I know it is early, but I am working on our Smith family budget. Jeff thinks I am being silly, but I need to know what we are up against and where we need to cut costs.

We are putting our deposit on our new apartment this weekend. I want to make sure we can make the rent, and have money to save. Is that just the accounting nerd in me?

I put all of our income against all of our expenses as of today. I was freaking out because of what we each spend on health insurance, car insurance and cell phones. Jeff kept reminding me that we will be combining all of those payments. I know I looked at him like a deer in headlights.

So, we pulled out his Employee Benefits book. Oh wow!! When we get married and I am on his insurance, we will be saving so much money. I can't wait to consolidate our auto insurance and our cell phones.

I love that Jeff gets such great deals through work. He is my hero!

Photographers

I now have my photographers. If nothing else gets planned I don't care. I have my man, my dress and my photographers.

My friend, Matt is doing our engagements. You can see his work here and here.

He recommended Nicole for my bridals and reception. Check out her cute work here.

I am giddy right now.

This is where I want to live

Jeff and I are apartment hunting. So much fun. Today we checked out San Moritz. They are currently building it. It's going to be so cool. It is where I want to live. I really do. Jeff needs a little more convincing.

I love the open kitchens, the Roman tub in the master bathroom, the mountain views, 24-hour fitness center, the new appliances, it's 5-star energy rated, the fact that no one else has had their grubby feet on my carpet or in my shower, I just love it!

We are going to San Francisco for our honeymoon. Ideas for adventures? We already know we want to go to Alcatraz, Ghiradelli Square, Golden Gate Bridge. Any other ideas?

Dress shopping- Day 2

UGH! I am so tired of trying on dresses and getting depressed. Why are the sample sizes so small? The largest size this place had was a 10. I could barely fit my upper thigh into half the dresses, and I don't consider myself a big girl (maybe I am fooling myself).

This dress was cute- again, only a size ten, so I don't have my hands on my hips because I am mad, I needed to hold the dress closed.

Sarah and I laughed so hard at this dress. So we had to get a picture. I don't know of anyone who would want to add so much room for their hips.

Cute, right? And look at my hands. This one zipped up!

Here is a close up. You see that green paper. I was fanning myself. Why do dressing rooms have to be so hot?

Here is yet another dress. I loved the material, but not the form fitting cups. My girls don't need pre-fab boobs, I have plenty of my own.

Well, the bad news is trying on dresses depressed me. (They tell you not to look at the size, but if you try on 100 dresses and can only zip or lace up 5 of them, it is pretty sad). The good news is, I ordered my dress yesterday.

Which one? Well, you'll just have to wait and see won't you?