Ok, now we're really talkin'

With officially fewer than 6 months until the big day, it feels like there are a hundred things left (just like last post!).

That said, today was a very productive day!

Bridesmaids Sam and Jess bought their dresses today, and I picked up Maid of Honor Hala's dress from the store. Starting to get an image of what this day is really going to look like!

After a two week project of collecting names, addresses, etc. for the guest list, Mom and Dad gave me a head count today so I could finally order save the date cards. I'm really excited about them, and they'll be in the mail just as soon as they arrive and Mom addresses them.

Mom's going to drop the wedding announcement and photo off to the local papers this week. Notorious for their awful awful awful (I seriously cannot say this enough) typos, misspellings, and grammatical errors, our two local papers will be given a pre-written announcement written and checked by my mother, the 40 year veteran teacher of grammar, spelling, and all things formal with writing. She does plenty of editing for them with her red pen when the paper shows up at the house, she might as well save them the step so they're not announcing the impending nuptials of Kerry Nodle and Steven Guarinmo. I wouldn't be surprised...!

In other wonderful news, this week marks our eight year anniversary. Eight years ago, Steve and I agreed to finally go out on a "date." This, after he spent a month and a half asking me out, which I rebuffed every time. I agreed to go out with him to shut him up, and here we are, eight years later, happy as clams and about to get married. I have him to thank for this past third of my life being as amazing as it has been. Thanks, Boog!