Moving along

This week we got our wedding invitations delivered as well as our wedding Favors. We're getting so much done so early, im going to be at a loss of what to do for the rest of the time. I am not too into having a wedding cake, honestly the only think i want is the topper...Al found one with a groom in a kilt lol. anyway, Mom wants us to have a cake and she has offered to pay for it so i need to find a cake. But im sorry, hundreds of dollars on a cake is just rediculous. At work yesterday talking to Carol, she mentioned that another woman at work makes wedding cakes on the side for reasonable prices. So i sent her an email to see if she still does or if she knows a reasonable baker or has suggestions.

Al's going to see if the guys can play a round of golf on that day as well so Im thinking that we won't get a limo. I don't really see the need for one really. My dad offered to drive us in his new ginormous pick up...it's black..and really nice, im thinking just to use that and save some cash!

today we're off to Al's parents for his and Hailey's birthday dinner. got to go get ready.

it's all about the Chi

I am so happy! I bought a Chi hair straightener online last week and got it in the mail yesterday. I LOVE it! best of all I didn't pay $200 for it! nope! I got it for $60 ! I used it today, it's amazing it heats up in like 15 seconds! I can do in 3 minutes what it takes 20 to do with my old straightener. I also got 3 Crash Bandicoot games that i ordered today, but i need a PS1 memory card cause ours are PS2 so i ordered them off ebay today. Work has been ok, they 're finally getting me back to SCA on a regular basis for backup. Due to the economy they're unofficially putting a "freeze" on any job postings or hirings which totally sucks, i really want to be in SCA and the pay raise would really help with the wedding.

I ended up taking the money that the guy who rear ended me paid me $1500 was what the lowest estimate was..and we put it in our savings for the wedding. We figured, the car is still working as normal, and it's an old car why spend that much money on cosmetics when it's an old car. If it was new...totally different. But this car is 10 years old. So that will help with paying the wedding. My goal is to have the wedding paid in full by that day. After the wedding we start saving for a down payment for a house. Can i just say that HOLY CRAP weddings are not cheap! We have managed to save alot of money through different ways though. We ordered our invitations online and should recieve them next week. That alone saved a few hundred dollars. We are meeting with a minister on Monday to go over the ceramony and give him a deposit.

Now i just have to figure out the flowers and that's all i can do for a few months i guess.

that's all i gots to say...night!

Happy New Year!

It was a good year for me last year. I welcomed 2008 with the love of my life, I got engaged, started planning a wedding, bought a wedding dress. I moved into a new apartment with Al. Work is good, got a raise. Went on a cruise, something i've always wanted to do. All in all i'd say it was a good year.

This year, welcoming in the new year was a quiet night, we stayed home and watched tv, watched the ball drop in bed then crashed. It was nice and peaceful and WARM.

I did a little cleaning then a little shopping online . I bought Al a PS2 for christmas as well as a golden Tee golf game that he wanted. So i borrowed Rachels' Crash games, now i got Al to try it. He's never played any Crash type games before. Good thing too cause i bought 4 games off Ebay yesterday for dirt cheap lol.

Well, this evening we're off to the future inlaws for New Years dinner then back to work tomorrow. I figure i'll start it off right so my first work day of the new year will be with 2 added hours of overtime. Got a wedding to pay for!

Chears and Here's to a great year!