A good fifth month...

Belatedly presented, I give you the successes of my fifth month of planning our wedding.

We ordered our wedding bands! I waffled so terrifically whilst trying to decide what I wanted and ultimately what got picked is AWESOME. Big fan, big fan...happy to wear it on the daily.

My good friend Vin, aka Meris, spent 9 hours across two weekends with me creating wedding favors and we had TOO much fun. Perhaps it was the fumes from the rubbing alcohol or even the permanent markers but a good time nonetheless. Can't wait for everyone to see them in all their glory!

We finally met our photographers and they are just as great in person as via email! I know I'll get some great shots from them of our big day.

Other sundry funzies were:
--finalizing the plans for the family engagement party
--making ample to do lists and scratching things off slowly
--sealing and felting the first round of wedding favors
--having lots and lots of fun things arrive in the mail for all the lots and lots of fun things to happen at the wedding!
--ordering more small fun things
--Tanner finally planning our cake tasting (SPOILER ALERT: SO TASTY!)

What's up next in the half year mark, you ask?

Well....cake tasting! and a party! all in one day! The first thank you's prepared and sent and more crafts galore! Envision miniature versions of things...it's gonna prove epic.

But could someone please go help out the time machine? It's drunk and needs to go home.

A good fourth month...

Days without donuts: went back to zero. I just can't resist the temptation, it seems. But I forge ahead...

This month I made some good progress on little details, which excited me very much! The big stuff is always the easiest, from an auditor's perspective, and it's always the tail end scraps and odd ends and bits that take the longest time and create the most frustration.

This month I...
...painted my table placards and it was SO much fun creating new shades of various colors

Does it scream peacock? I really want it to.

...sought and found two inexpensive end tables to be used at the reception for various goodies. Subsequently painted them annnnnnnd wasn't a fan. Going to have to rethink these bad boys...

I'm thinking it's the shades of blue and green I dislike. Need to go darker...

...put up my second of two gallery walls of engagement photos...

Three more 5x7's to the left and it'll be complete!

First wall. All 12x18's.

...finished little preparations for the engagement party. Basically just involved telling people we love red wine and Jameson.

...finalized the wedding weekend timeline (it's loose, ultimately, but now all parties are aware of the goings-on).

...second trip as an engaged couple to an old friend's parent's party pad in New Braunfels hill country. It was perf...

...started working on the last invitation for the friends' and cousins' event. NO PARENTS ALLOWED!

...practiced some hair and makeup, trying to determine what I want to do being very difficult presently.

More little sundry fun things in life, like taking Milo to the beach and game nights with friends and family. I also started planning our epic pseudo road trip for July and couldn't be more excited about it! This trip needs to go down because it's supplying three more table names and I'm currently fresh out!

Here's to another fun and productive month. I'm a big fan of little things on the daily...

Somedoggy really loved the beach!

Somedoggy was so tired he fell asleep against the front window on his lookout perch.