I turn 28 on Sunday. Which honestly, I don't know if I'm super excited for or super scared for. 27, was a pretty crazy year with some incredible Highs and super terrible lows. The love of my life asking me to *finally* marry him, celebrating our engagement party (this past weekend) with our family and friends, paying off my tax & credit card debt, planning our wedding, making a significant dent in the principle of my student loans (after reading the Total Money Make Over", major birthday ... VIEW POST
28 is really close to 30…
Friendly PSA… Pinterest tells all. the. LIES
So, you get engaged! YAY!! You set a date! DOUBLE YAY! You plan the entire wedding... TRIPLE YAY!! Your Fiancé agrees to do engagement pictures and you finalize your awesome photographer! Check. Mate. I WIN! You do TONS of research on the most reliable source for outfit planning... Pinterest. DUH. You decide where to have the pictures and find the "perfect dress" from LuLu's (which is the greatest site for dresses... seriously, don't let my poor choices affect your great fashion!)... You get ... VIEW POST
The Dating Game of Wedding Planning.
Ok, so you find the guy... you get to know each other, you date for 6.5 years and get engaged... But then the REAL dating begins and you realize, finding the person you want to spend your life with was the easiest part of the whole ordeal! You have to date the venues, the photographer, the DJ, the dresses, the florist, etc... You go on so many dates, just hoping to find the right vendor that makes you tingly in all the right places. You read all the reviews, look at the pictures and go on so ... VIEW POST
#CheersToTheCarters
What a week its been!!! One week ago today my LONG time boyfriend asked me to marry him and share the rest of his life. I freaked out so hard, I made him ask me a second time so I could hear him say it! It was the sweetest proposal, and exactly how I would have wanted it, because it was so perfectly US! I got back from FL Monday night, after a long trip (think...planes, trains and automobiles) Woke up Tuesday as per usual and started my day. I greeted my guy, gave him my valentines day card ... VIEW POST