Hello and Happy Monday
This weekend was like a wedding extravaganza for me!! I spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday night on the internet looking at wedding stuff, going over the budget, running things past Dave, etc. We don't agree on everything... but whatever.
We found the wedding band he wants... it's awesome and I'm ordering it next paycheck! I found the headband I want on a site $70 cheaper than the other sites! And I ordered a veil at an unbeatable price on ebay. It's a 2 tier white, fingertip length with rhinestone edges. They were REALLY expensive other places, so I just decided to go with it. I hope it looks good--it was $52.99, but compared to the $175+ I was finding elsewhere, I thought it was a win.
We agreed on an aisle runner logo. Then he came back a couple hours later saying we didn't need an aisle runner for us us

I explained that we did, and that we WOULD have one. He's like, I think I we should do it up on that little hill at the Polynesian then we wouldn't need all that

If we weren't at the grocery store I would have pummeled him to the ground. I tried my best to ignore this, but he just kept at it. Anywho--I've decided on an aisle runner and have made modifications to my dreams to make it at least, cheaper, lol. Basically I took off the ribbon border and it knocked off $200.
I looked at dresses for hours. Almost bought a few cheapies from China, then decided it would ruin my shopping experience. We'll see. I really need to get to my jeweler and order my band too. I'm also not going overboard with the "bride" / "just married" apparel. Maybe 2 tank tops, or a hoodie--no bag, no robe, etc etc etc. We'll have a villa and I can wash whatever I get. He probably won't wear anything, so I'm not wasting $ on it. He really likes his lime green Mickey polo, so I may get more colors when we go in November for him.
One month from now we can book our wedding. I'm pretty pumped to get the ball rolling. We're started a preliminary itinerary. We decided to do a day of Islands of Adventure which I haven't been to since 2000, him since 2007. He wants to do the Wild Africa Jungle Trek while I'm at the spa, and we both want to do Dolphins in Depth and Nature Inspired Design. I would say we'll pick one or the other and do one for an anniversary or something. We don't want to get up early every day. We even made a list of what we'll need from the Garden Grocer, lol. It really was a productive weekend!!
We also had a little talk last night about if we were going to buy into DVC or move to Florida. I just want to know what to save up for, etc, since we've talked about both. I said we could always move south and still buy in. I suggested Atlanta/Surrounding Area, or Charlotte. He said maybe yes Charlotte, but no to Atlanta... only because I have tons of friends there and he wouldn't have anyone. Lame, lol.
Well I think that's it. I want to run thru this month's budget to see how much I can buy now while I found stuff with the right prices

Let's also say a little prayer that he gets Sunset Pointe out of his head, lol!
Have a great week everyone!!