I need to preface this by saying that we kind of failed at our Fitness month in January, so this was kind of a re-try. I'd say we
did pretty good.
Healthy Eating
We went to the farmer's market twice and stocked up on tons and tons of vegetables and fruit. we ate mostly chicken and fish for our meats and we had plenty of fresh veggies and fruit just about every day. There was a whole 3 day weekend where we ended up eating brats, chips, baked beans, and dips due to parties and gaming. That wasn't the healthiest, but all in all, for us, we did really good. I want to continue the healthy eating by continually having veggies and fruit around. I felt so much better health-wise while eating this way.
Exercise
We actually did really great with exercise this time around. We went to the gym every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday where we spent 20 minutes doing cardio and extra 10-15 minutes lifting weights and doing crunches. It felt really great to get into a regular exercise routine. It was something that I would have happily continued, but then I got new job and started working 10-12 hour days which made it really hard to work out. We have only worked out once per week for the last two weeks, however it is July now so we made it through the whole month of June! YAY!
Chris and I spent a lot of time talking about what we wanted for a wedding during this month. It was wonderful, I never thought I would be engaged to be married let alone with Chris. Everything was so surreal. For a while I had trouble believing that it was even real, I would wake up in the morning and check my finger to make sure that the ring was still there.
Choosing a date
We discussed the pros and cons of waiting for a year and pushing for a date this coming fall. We realized after a lot of back and forth that waiting was far better. We would have time to save our money for both the wedding of our dreams and our European honeymoon.
Save the Dates
Almost immediately after we got engaged, I started searching for silly things like cards, invites, and save the dates. I found a design I really liked and started messing with it on Vistaprint. I even ordered a few so that I could see it in person and perfect the design. If you are planning a wedding I strongly suggest Vistaprint as an option. They are reasonable in price. We plan to get married on 9/12/2015 as long as weather and our health permits. I can't wait to marry my best friend. I love him so much!
Wedding Website
I was so excited to start putting the wedding website together. I have almost all of it completely finished and our wedding isn't for a year. I think it is coming along quite nicely!
The Dress
This experience was amazing and unexpected. I made an appointment pretty much right away at David's Bridal. Before going I had very little respect for them, they seemed like the Walmart of the bridal shops. The plan was to do a trial run here so my Aunt, My Mother and my sister accompanied me. On arrival I was very nervous, I had never tried on a dress before and I was worried that nothing would look good on me. We got in and met our consultant Anne. She was amazing from the get go. She asked about our theme and what kinds of dresses I was interested in. After trying on about 7 dresses, I didn't want to take the 7th dress off. It was perfect in every way. I got that crazy feeling that everyone talks about and I knew it was the one. Unfortunately the beautiful dress has to stay in my closet for a year now, but every time I peek at it, I know it's the perfect dress for me and my wedding day. I can't wait to wear it on my wedding day and wow Chris with the magnificence of it.
The Wedding Committee
We have a lot of work to do and a lot of decisions to make. We have been slowly working through some of those decisions, but it is quite overwhelming especially since we are planning on doing a lot of the work ourselves. We put together a committee consisting of my Aunt, Chris's Aunt, My sister Heather (the maid of Honor) and both of our Mothers. We are meeting every month until we get closer to the wedding and they have been a great help so far.
