Wedding Update

Things are going so well on the wedding planning front!!

Last week we got the DJ and the florist taken care of. Last night we picked out the bridesmaid dresses and I got to pick up my veil. Next week we going to go pick out the Tux's...everything is just falling into place and its incredible!! Table arangments are coming together.

Next big project.....wedding invitiations....trying to avoid that one because I cannot bear to see how much that is going to cost us...if only I had time to save some money and make them myself!!! Maybe I can find good deal somewhere! Also need to go pick out the food for the reception and figure out the floor plan for the tables for the recepetion. But with under 150 days to go...its finally becoming a reality that soon I will be a MRS!!!! Cant wait!!!

Wedding Shoes

Now that all the major things are done for the wedding one of my newest dilemma has been trying to find out what shoes to wear on the big day. Now dont get me wrong Id love to get a pair of Christian Louboutin Pumps or a fabulous pair of Manolo Blahniks. But I obviously cannot spend hundreds of dollars on a pair of shoes even though it is my dream to own a few pairs of these incredible shoes one day.

So Instead I am stuck looking for a more reasonable but equally as fabulous pair of shoes. I know I am going to wear a pair of flats during most of the reception, but I gotta find a great pair of pumps for the ceremony. I want something bright and a little bit out there because you cant really even see them so why not get something fun!!

So here are a few I like. Part of me wants to get purple to go with the bridemaid dresses and then there is a part of me that wants to get fun sparkle ones... so I just dont know, I love shoes so much maybe Ill just buy a bunch and then pick the perfect pair the day of!

I love these Kate Spade slingbacks!!

But I also think it would be fun to wear some cut purple pumps, like these, to go with the girls' dresses!

So many shoes to choose from its so difficult. I guess when it comes down to it nobody really sees them, but despite this I still think it would be great to have a fun, totally fabulous pair of shoes!! Maybe one day Ill just find a pair and know that those are the ones!

Or...maybe Ill just splurge.......

Ahhhh.....LOVE!!!!!!!

New Favorite Food

Ok so this friend of mine from PA school got me hooked on this new veggie, jicama and I absolutely love it. It is really good for you too! It is full of Vitamin C, fiber and even has some protein in it! Since it is similar to a potato you would think that it is really starchy, which it does have some carbs but is not terrible. I just cut it up and eat it raw and its delish!!

Tips on how to pick it: Look in the veggie area of the store and try to find small to medium sized ones that are firm and dont have any mushy spots. Then you just peal the outside off and cute into little sticks and you got yourself a tasty and healthy snack. Not to mention its super easy!

So for those of you that have never tired jicama I would highly recommend it.

Wedding Flowers

Peonies....one of my fav's!!!

So one of the things I have been most excited for during this entire wedding process is picking out wedding flowers. I think that gorgeous flowers can completely transform a room into something magnificent and completely fabulous.

So the last couple of weeks I have been meeting with various florists determining what we were going to do for our wedding. Oh man were the ideas flowing!! It was so fun!! I could just picture it in my mind. Absolutely incredible!! Although I would love to splurge and just go crazy i decided to try and do some things that would decrease the cost (i.e. adding lots of pretty greenery, or hydrangeas which are very full and take up lots of space while still being wonderful, taking the flowers from the ceremony and use them at the reception, etc.). After all of these things I figured, oh flowers cant be that expensive. I even thought that after our meetings we would be so far under our budget that I would be able to add more.

So a few weeks pass and I keep looking at pictures and trying to come up with new ideas, since after all its not going to be that expensive and I will be able to add tons more. Oh no, no, no!!! Was I soooo wrong.....talk about sticker shock!! I got the estimates back yesterday and I have to CUT things out, there will be absolutely no adding! Its just insane to imagine paying so much for something that is just going to die in a few days. So sad, but the wedding will still be wonderful no matter how many flowers we have.

Current Chaos

One of my fav's: The night JC proposed

This week has been an insane one filled with happiness, laughter, sadness and frustration.....

It started off with..... JC and I deciding to put an offer in on a house that we found for a great price and absolutely fell in love with. It had everything we wanted: a fabulous location, big enough for us to grow into, and something that we could work on: updating and making our own. It was a very rushed and scary process (I mean you are basically signing your life away) but in the end we were so excited and could not wait to hear if they would accept our offer. Owning a house has been a dream for both of us our entire life.

After that crazyness I started my 7th out of 8 clinical rotation for Physician Assistant (PA) school. It was really exciting because we had just come off a 4 week vacation and I was ready to get back out there doing what I love....helping people. It was also exciting because I am finally in the home stretch of my clinical rotations.....only 3 months left!!! Graduation id April 17th and I can't wait!!!

On top of those two fun things, I am also trying to plan JC's and my wedding. I just found a DJ and am working on choosing a florist (have it narrowed down to two). I have absolutely loved picking out flowers and working on the design of the reception and ceremony. So fun!!! I am also trying to send out STD's and work on collecting reception decor. Here is a sneak peak at some of the pictures I took my inspiration from:

Ok well maybe not since I cannot figure out how to put pictures on this dang thing. Maybe you will be lucky enough to get a sneak peak in the future ;)

So after that fun start to my week it ended on a very different note....

We heard that they did not accept our offer on the house and actually accepted someone elses. JC and I are both very disappointed as we both loved the house! But we figured if it didnt work out then it was not meant to be and we will find something that is even better than this one.

Then I had a very challenging and frustrating week with my rotation. It is a inpatient internal medicine rotation and the patients are all very sick and had several issues making their diagnosis and treatment very complicated. It made me realize I still have a long way to go in what is going to be a life long learning process. Medicine is something that you learn to perfect through out the years, not something that a text book or a class can teach. Like everything in life it is unfortunately a trial and error process. It was a very humbling week and helps to remind me that I still have a long way to go in my education.

Then after all that frustration, I learned that we are still having issues with my wedding dress. It is a very long story and I wont get into it now, but lets just say it is very very frustrating and annoying and the LAST thing I wanted to have to deal with this week. Especially after we had thought it was over with.

As everything in life, some days are good and others not so much, but its each day that makes us a stronger and better person than we were the day before.

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So I have been reading other peoples blogs for awhile now and I finally I decided that I wanted go ahead and try this out. Now I am hoping that I wont just post one or two things and then never touch it again....but here goes nothing!!!