Announcement

Matt and I are in today's Sanford Herald! Check it out! We are really pleased with the picture. I plan to try and scan the announcement and post on the blog. I will get that up as soon as possible.

I also ordered my bridal shoes today and had a phone call for our first shower, yay! Thanks Phyllis!

Unbelievable...

This is where Matt and I were supposed to have our wedding reception...


www.sanfordherald.com/index.php?pSetup=sanfordherald

So on to Plan B...

Although this really stinks, at least it shows that I have some awesome family and friends to help me through thick and thin. They have already called 3 places in town that have openings on our date, so here's to starting over...

But its really okay, I know that things are going to work out and something perfect will fall in to place. Matt said this to me on the phone today. "What matters most is we are getting married. Who cares where our reception is at?" He's right. People spend so much time planning their wedding that they get lost in what is really important. It takes things like this to bring that importance out. We will find another place, because really does it really matter where we slice the cake?

RIP: Carolina Trace Country Club, your awesome banquet room will be missed.

Newspaper

Monday I turned in our picture to the Sanford Herald to be printed in the engagement section. Everyone look for our smiling faces this Sunday, February 3rd. Also turned in the engagement announcement to the Fayetteville Observer for Sunday, February 10th. The great thing about the Fayetteville Observer is that they also post the announcement online! So as soon as that come out I will post a link.

Matt and I plan to go Saturday to finish our registry at Target and Linens and Things. We figure that we better do it early before Matt gets overwhelmed with school, but I don't see how it is possible for him to be more busy than he already is.

I am also hoping to find my shoes sometime soon so I can go ahead and schedule a bridal fitting before all the prom people get started. So much to do!

Excitement!

I am very excited! I picked up the wallet sized engagement pictures from Dana today for the paper. I am getting everything ready tonight because right after work tomorrow I am going to Fayetteville to put one in the Fayetteville Observer (mostly for Mom's work) and then on Monday I am turning in the one for the Sanford Herald. I really like the form for the Observer though, it places your announcement online free of charge! Dad said he liked that, "free of charge" part. Haha.

So things are coming along quite well. I have high hopes to find my shoes and the girls shoes SOON. As soon as I find those bad boys I am going to schedule my gown fitting, and then I can schedule my bridal portrait. Whew. So much scheduling! And as soon as Matt can squeeze it in we are off to Target and Linens N Things to scan away!

Photos, Invites, and More

Waiting stinks. I know that everybody has to wait on things but I hate waiting. Wait wait wait... Last week I went to DWA Photography with my mom, dad and Matt's mom, Frankie and we picked out pictures. Actually, I only ordered wallets so that the pictures could get in the paper soon, and that is what I am waiting on... I can't wait to get those pictures back! :) Dana is supposed to email me soon with prices on some albums or a cool little easel thing. I will keep you posted. In fact now that I think of it, no one really placed an order. We all wanted to think about all the wonderful options Dana has. Frankie is looking at a collage, my mom and dad want a little "brag book" and I still don't know what I want. I know I need an 8x10 for the reception and a few 5x7s or 4x6s for family.

Checked out the invitations at the local Hallmark. I am a person that wants to check all my options before making a decision. Matt and I have a style we really like but it was kinda pricey so we are trying to find something very similar for less money.

Stopped by Added Accents today to register and saw my Kindergarten teacher (the very person who inspired me to become a teacher). She works there part time and was so excited that we wanted to register but suggested that I wait 3 weeks until the inventory is stocked up. So we plan to go back in a few weeks and get that taken care of. I see lots of Q monogrammed items on that registry!

We also came up with an awesome idea for favors but we are going to keep it a secret! I can't reveal everything on the blog!

New Look II

Matt vetoed the last background, he said is was too "wedding-y". I asked him what he thought the whole blog was about? Haha! No seriously, I could see what he meant. So we just went for something fun. There is no story behind it except that we both thought it looked neat.

New Look

Okay we have a new look for the blog. Send us a comment to tell us what you think! I have been wanting to spruce it up a bit and I really like this design. Matt and I finished our registry at Belks. We are hoping to get to Target very soon to do that part. We registered for our Fiestaware at Belks and that was pretty much all we decided on there. We want some funky items and well let's face it, Belks is not that funky. I took a few pictures of the Fiestaware that we have (thanks to Christmas and random shopping splurges) so you could see first hand how awesome it is!

Coffee mugs on a cute little mug tree

Our Cabinet Will Look Like A Rainbow... Can't Wait To Get The Plum too

First Gift Off Of The Registry... 5 Piece Fiestaware Serving Set~ Thanks Mom!