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Okay, so, first of all, thank you everyone for the well wishes! I am ridiculously totally over-the-moon thrilled about this whole engagement thing. Sometimes I just look at the Mister and say, "We're getting MARRIED!" and go all cheesy. Even just looking down at my ring right now makes my stomach go all gooshy. I guess I know now what people mean by how they just knew that a particular person was right for them. The Mister is the exact right perfect person for me. For real.
Second of all, all I want to do EVER anymore is look at wedding stuff. I've gone down the rabbit hole of Style Me Pretty and I think I have bought every bridal magazine for sale. The funny thing is, I spend most of the time looking at this stuff and thinking, "Nope, don't want that. Nope, don't want that either. Don't wanna get married in a barn, don't want any mason jars or burlap or twine." I want something simple but elegant, classic but interesting. I don't want a cookie cutter wedding, but I don't want something so "unique" or whatever. So far the Mister & I have had a few discussions about what sorts of things we want at our wedding and we are pretty much on the same page. I have had a lot more exposure to the wedding industry than he has, so I have a lot better of idea of what we're getting ourselves into, but he is totally open to being part of all the planning. I like that he's not just going to sit back and make me do all the work. Because it's his day too! Oh my god, I'm getting married.
I blogged about our engagement story here:
http://skygirl-upintheair.blogspot.com/2012/04/very-engaging-update.html
I'm pretty excited about going dress shopping with my mom & sister next month. We have FOUR appointments in one day, three of them at bridal consignment shops. I'm super excited about those because I have stupidly expensive taste, so a lot of the dresses I like are ridiculously out of my price range. But at least at a consignment shop, I have the chance of getting a sweet deal on a great dress.
Since the fire, I have been way less active, way less diligent about my workouts and way more indulgent in my eating. Y'all, I had a bit of a time buttoning my favorite jeans fresh out of the dryer the other day. I need to get things back on track. I want to look amazing for our wedding. I mean, we are going to hire someone to follow us around all day snapping photos. I want to be able to look back on the photos in the coming decades and think, "Damn! I was HOT at my wedding!" Poundage-wise, I'm only looking to lose about 15 pounds, but I'm not super concerned over the number on the scale. Moreso, I'm looking to get trim & toned, especially my arms, back & shoulders. Originally I was going to forego even looking at strapless dresses, but in my perusing, I've realized that would eliminate, like, 80% of all dresses. But if I am going to go strapless, I want all those parts to be banging, like pow! I don't want to have Madonna arms or anything, just some muscle definition and less flabby business. I've heard that it is WAY harder to lose 15 pounds than to lose 50, so we'll see how it goes. Ideally, I'd like to drop at least 5, maaaaaybe 10, by the time of these first dress appointments so I have a better idea of what the dresses might actually look like. I think it is doable if I, you know, actually try. I've been so lazy lately, for real.
So yeah! That's everything that is going on in my life. I had to take my ring in to have it resized because I have tiny baby fingers and they had it all weekend, but I FINALLY got it back yesterday afternoon and I am SO happy to have it back. I just want to look at it all the time. The Mister did SUCH a good job picking it out. He knows my style so well that it's not even funny. I seriously am so stoked I get to spend the rest of my life with this man. So stoked.
Second of all, all I want to do EVER anymore is look at wedding stuff. I've gone down the rabbit hole of Style Me Pretty and I think I have bought every bridal magazine for sale. The funny thing is, I spend most of the time looking at this stuff and thinking, "Nope, don't want that. Nope, don't want that either. Don't wanna get married in a barn, don't want any mason jars or burlap or twine." I want something simple but elegant, classic but interesting. I don't want a cookie cutter wedding, but I don't want something so "unique" or whatever. So far the Mister & I have had a few discussions about what sorts of things we want at our wedding and we are pretty much on the same page. I have had a lot more exposure to the wedding industry than he has, so I have a lot better of idea of what we're getting ourselves into, but he is totally open to being part of all the planning. I like that he's not just going to sit back and make me do all the work. Because it's his day too! Oh my god, I'm getting married.
I blogged about our engagement story here:
http://skygirl-upintheair.blogspot.com/2012/04/very-engaging-update.html
I'm pretty excited about going dress shopping with my mom & sister next month. We have FOUR appointments in one day, three of them at bridal consignment shops. I'm super excited about those because I have stupidly expensive taste, so a lot of the dresses I like are ridiculously out of my price range. But at least at a consignment shop, I have the chance of getting a sweet deal on a great dress.
Since the fire, I have been way less active, way less diligent about my workouts and way more indulgent in my eating. Y'all, I had a bit of a time buttoning my favorite jeans fresh out of the dryer the other day. I need to get things back on track. I want to look amazing for our wedding. I mean, we are going to hire someone to follow us around all day snapping photos. I want to be able to look back on the photos in the coming decades and think, "Damn! I was HOT at my wedding!" Poundage-wise, I'm only looking to lose about 15 pounds, but I'm not super concerned over the number on the scale. Moreso, I'm looking to get trim & toned, especially my arms, back & shoulders. Originally I was going to forego even looking at strapless dresses, but in my perusing, I've realized that would eliminate, like, 80% of all dresses. But if I am going to go strapless, I want all those parts to be banging, like pow! I don't want to have Madonna arms or anything, just some muscle definition and less flabby business. I've heard that it is WAY harder to lose 15 pounds than to lose 50, so we'll see how it goes. Ideally, I'd like to drop at least 5, maaaaaybe 10, by the time of these first dress appointments so I have a better idea of what the dresses might actually look like. I think it is doable if I, you know, actually try. I've been so lazy lately, for real.
So yeah! That's everything that is going on in my life. I had to take my ring in to have it resized because I have tiny baby fingers and they had it all weekend, but I FINALLY got it back yesterday afternoon and I am SO happy to have it back. I just want to look at it all the time. The Mister did SUCH a good job picking it out. He knows my style so well that it's not even funny. I seriously am so stoked I get to spend the rest of my life with this man. So stoked.