7 months!

That's right, it's just 7 months until the BIG day!

I feel really good about where we are in the planning process, and will feel even better in the next few weeks as more details are hammered down. For those of you interested, here's a run down of the dones and the to dos:

DONE:

• Church booked.
• Minister booked. (My high school youth minister, Martin will be performing the ceremony, so this was separate from the church booking)
• Organist and soloists booked.
• Reception booked.
• Caterer booked.
• Florist booked.

ALMOST DONE:

• Dress. Went shopping this past weekend with my MOHs Kathryn and Andrea and sister-in-law Lindsey. Narrowed the search down to three finalists. Plan to try on at least once more before making the final decision.
• Guest List. Collecting addresses and trying to finalize a list (which is ever so difficult when it's so LONG).
• Invitations. Visiting with my cousins who own a printing company about those this weekend.
• Engagement pictures. Hoping to get a few snapshots taken while in Lufkin this weekend.

TO DO:

• Bridal Party attire
• Photographer
• DJ
• Cake
• Rental Items. Once the other items are nailed down, we will go through the list of must haves and would like to haves based on what we've got to spend.
• All of the little things...

I'm sure these next 7 months are going to FLY BY!

It's a small, small world.

It's either a really small world or I know too many people. Or maybe a combination of the two.

Situation #1: Steven and I went to San Francisco last weekend for my dear friend Lauren's wedding. Such. a. fun. trip! We were touristy and saw the sites of San Fran, hung out with our engagement twinkies (Jerry and Adair got engaged the same day as us), enjoyed a private wine tour of the Russian River Valley and had tons of fun at the wedding. So anyways, our flight was at like 8 am on that Friday morning so we arrived at the airport a little before 6:30. Want to know how many people I knew in the airport security checkpoint line? Three! And two were on our flight! Quite the combo of people, too: one former Capitol staffer, one lobbyist and then a lady from my DAR chapter.

Situation #2: We went to the A&M game this last weekend. Prior to the game I attended a DAR luncheon for Constitution Day. Our speaker was my friend Lynn and she mentioned her daughter Lindsey and husband Brett were attending the game that day, too (they met while at school at A&M). We arrive at the stadium and get to our assigned parking lot and are going to cross the street and guess who we see waiting to cross the street at the same crosswalk? That's right, Lindsey and Brett! After we made a short trip to Northgate for some drinks and tshirts we ran into another DAR friend of mine when walking up to the stadium and not even a minute later saw a lady from Lufkin who I used to babysit for. There was only 80,000 people there. Couldn't make this stuff up if I wanted to.

Still settling into the house. Unpacking is a nightmare when it involves the merging of things. Looking forward to not doing this again for a very long time!

A farewell...

I said goodbye today to my home for the last two years. It was a little sad to walk out of my apartment for one final time. I'm a bit overwhelmed with making the big move into big girl life with the fiance. It's going to be quite an adjustment to be living with a BOY. Not to mention quite the adjustment to be a pseudo-homeowner for the first time in my life. I say psuedo since Steven first bought the house almost two years ago, it's going to take some time to get used to it being "ours".

Life has been hectic. Spent the last few weeks slowly moving everything one trip at a time. Was in Vegas last weekend for Labor Day. Didn't win a thing on my own, but did have some luck on a few football games for the fiance. Heading to San Francisco tomorrow for dear Lulu's wedding this weekend in Santa Rosa. Looking forward to seeing some of my favorite people and enjoying the pleasant temperatures of California. It's been almost 10 years since I was last there! Upon my return I shall get back to our regularly scheduled wedding planning (haven't done a thing for weeks!). I guess if life was to slow down I'd be bored!

One last look at the apartment. Tilt your head because blogger is being stupid.