Bride Wars

I started off this morning not doing very well. I woke up stressed and got annoyed when all of my coworkers kept coming up to me saying, "OMG how excited are you for the wedding?!" "Are you ready? Nervous?" Now, I'm not a very peppy, girly person anyway, so I wouldn't normally respond with an exaggerated, "Yes, OMG I cannot wait!"

But this morning, I was in no mood. Someone should have told me that once you enter the PR world, it ruins your chance to enjoy planning your wedding. You suddenly find yourself yelling at vendors, creating 'run-of-shows' for your entire wedding party (plus parents and children) and getting annoyed when people don't email/call you back within 30 seconds, because hey, this is how we're expected to act to our clients, so shouldn't it be the same? Well no...apparently.

This afternoon, I took a much-needed break and walked to Mildred's to get coffee. On my way back, I stopped into Birdies to get my mind off things. Shopping has always cured all in the past. Why should my wedding be any exception? I turn the corner in this small boutique and come across a beautiful gold necklace with the word Love written in cursive. As cliche as this moment might be, it made me realize that Love is the reason I have thousands of wedding-related post it notes on my desk, and Love is the reason why I'm sure my DJ can't stand me.

Love is the reason for this week, for this weekend, the meaning of my entire life. Love is why I'm marrying my most favorite person in the entire world on Saturday. And Love is the reason why I need to stop stressing, stop bitching and start enjoying myself (and all the small mishaps that are bound to occur).

Oh, and yes I bought the necklace. Duh!

18 DAYS and counting

I can't believe I'm writing this post with 18 days left until the wedding. I thought I'd be more stressed than this. The truth is, every time I think about how I need to go workout or run errands for the wedding, I think about how much MORE I'd rather be spending time with Matthew. Now that he's on a month-long break from school, all I think about is racing home to see him.

We're so very fortunate to have our family and friends coming in town for our celebration. Thank you to everyone who has made this engagement so special.

Hope you've picked out your party outfits-it's going to be a fantastic time!

All the Single Ladies!

I of course had to post some pictures of my amazing shower and bachelorette party this past weekend. My cousins, Laura and Connor and sister and matron of honor, Kara, threw the shower for me at Accursos (my fav Italian restaurant). Later that night with the help of my bridesmaids, my friends all came together again for the bachelorette party. It was a very special night with my friends. Thanks especially to Kimberly for making the long journey from Houston. I was so happy to see you girl! Enjoy the pics!

Love my nieces to pieces!

I had a fun lunch with Kara, Kara's friend Sarah and Evie and Nora. Here are some cute pictures of the girls. Love them to pieces!

April 5th - The Beginning of the Rest of My Life

No, we didn't change the date of our wedding to April 5th. What exactly is the significance of this date? It would be the Royals home opener, which like I said, marks the beginning of the rest of my life. Last night I had to ignore my soon-to-be husband for 2 1/2 hours as he selected the men that would become the most important people in is life for the next 9 months. Together, we experienced our first Fantasy Baseball Draft. I'm still a little shook up, but I heard it gets easier each year.

I'll never understand why we have to watch every baseball game on TV (even when it's not the Royals playing) or why Matthew takes notes in his 2010 Baseball Prospects book or why he knows more about baseball players than perhaps he knows about me. :) What I do know is that this is what marriage is all about. Me partaking in his activities and him buying me cute outfits to accompany him in.

It's all about compromise. I love you babe!

RSVP please

We're proud and relieved to announce that the invites went out this morning! We're so happy with the design of the invitations (thanks Lynn!) and the beautiful calligraphy (thanks Anne!).

So, throughout the wedding-planning process, Matthew has been a great help. Just this week, I asked him to go to the post office to get postcard stamps for the reply cards. I told him the amount to get, but failed to specify how I wanted the stamps to look. Girls know that you want to pick pretty stamps (this is after all, your wedding invitations). I assumed he'd get something with hearts or flowers or wedding rings or something along those lines.

Never assume. Matthew came back with stamps with large POLAR BEARS on them. Gotta love him for trying. :)

Fiancé, Fiancée, Fiansay, Fianseh

I can't wait to get married! So many benefits await me: Tax deductions, cool in-laws (Melina is unaware of this post and did not make me say that), and locking up someone who can pack my suitcase, do my laundry, and tell me how to coordinate my hats. Melina is kind of like Joe Mauer, except with shorter sideburns (haha, just kidding), and I'm kind of like the Minnesota Twins. I'm locking up the future of my life to a long term contract. She will be expensive, but hopefully not $180 million expensive. I need to ditch the baseball analogy before it gets creepy.

Anyways, the real reason I am writing this post is to highlight the number 1 reason why I am so excited to be getting married in just over two months from now. I will never have to write, say, think, or google "fiancee" or "fiance" with any frequency ever again. Over the past 9 or so months of being engaged, I have come to despise the word for its awkwardness. It's awkward to spell. It's awkward to type as I haven't had to type accents since freshman spanish. It's awkward to say. And I am sick of googling it to figure out which spelling I should use for me and which I use for my beautiful bride to-be. I have probably been to the fiance wikipedia page two dozen times since the engagement, and I look forward to never going back.

I think the PC revolution that turned "waitress" into "server" and "stewardess" into "flight attendant" needs to solve this crisis immediately. And from there, I will take suggestions.

*Legal disclaimer: The real number 1 reason I am excited to get married is because I love my future wife (see what I did there?) and can't wait to spend the rest of my life with her.