114 Days...

So, my first shower is a week from Saturday and I am getting really giddy about it! My mom keeps texting me telling me who all is coming and how excited everyone is and I just can't wait! Yesterday I went to Monograms and More and picked up our cake serving set! It is absolutely beautiful and the monogram is so exciting! The knife says "Mr. and Mrs. Richardson" which makes me smile really big :). I also went to Hallmark and picked up a journal for our gifts to be written in at each shower and I also picked up a guest book so everyone at the showers can write in it! They're both so cute! It's these kinds of things that temporarily wipe away my stress and just make me so excited! I'm trying to take deep breaths and just enjoy my time planning this amazing day instead of stressing out. All the e-mails are no fun, but I love the shopping!!!

116 Days...

If someone tells you that they're going to get married 2 weeks after their college graduation, tell them NO!!! Just kidding, but really it's going to be a crazy semester. I've been looking at my calendar and I will have 1 free weekend...the weekend before graduation. I'm trying to keep that weekend open because I'm not really sure if I'll need to study or move or...actually I have no idea what I'll need to do. We've been trying to schedule everything so that nothing gets left out, but it's been difficult. I have 8 showers...really ridiculous, but since I've lived so many different places, people in those places are offering to throw me showers, and I of course want to accept all of them! Showers are so much fun and I've been trying to spread them out so that I'm not driving myself crazy trying to be at everything. My first two showers are next weekend and I can't wait! I'm really ready for the first one to get here! I think it will be so real once we start all of that stuff. I am currently in the process of finding dresses for everything, which is so much fun but so money-consuming! I'm really glad we're getting married so soon after graduation...I don't want to wait a second longer than I have to, but I'm just working on time management and stress management. I can do this!!! :)

122 Days...

I am back in Milledgeville and have started my last semester at GCSU! Now that I am back in classes and working again I have slowed down a little on the wedding planning. I really can't afford to slow down a whole lot because the wedding is getting here VERY QUICKLY!!! I finished sending all the save-the-dates (finally) today! I had a lot to send out because I just recently got all the addresses over Christmas break and I just now got a chance to finish addressing them. This weekend John Hoyt and I got so much accomplished! We picked out a song for the pre-ceremony (to be sung by Heather Lawson and Randy Holmes) and asked both of them. We also picked out a song to walk back up the aisle which is a HUGE accomplishment because we've been searching for months.
We went and picked out the tuxes for all the guys. I also did a lot of shopping with Jackie. I got 4 dresses for showers that I can't wait to wear! Our first shower is the first weekend in February so they're coming up quickly too. I'm still searching for the perfect going-away dress. I found one that was perfect but it was SUPER expensive and I just couldn't bring myself to pay for it. Maybe if I save up enough money I will swing it, but as of right now, it's not happening. Christa met me at Wal-Mart to help me pick out fabric for the flower girl dresses. She's going to make them and they are going to be adorable! John Hoyt and I also met with the owners of the Braselton-Stover House to set some wedding details and to get some advice about some decisions we have to make. While we were there, Mary told us that there was going to be a bridal show at the house on Sunday and that we should come by for a cake tasting with one of the vendors. We went and while we were there we went by our florist's table to say hi and signed up for a drawing to win $100 off our flowers. I got a call later that night that we won the drawing!!!! We were so excited about that!! While we were shopping for fabric, Christa also told me about an amazing cake baker that she knows and showed me some pictures of her cakes. I loved them and I am currently in the process of talking to the lady to get an estimate.
Jackie and I took Savannah (the flower girl) to Claire's to choose a tiara for the wedding. She loves "princess crowns" and I thought that would be a perfect little present if she walks down the aisle. We spoiled her rotten and had a great time doing it! We bought her the crown and candy and let her ride the carousel at the mall. Then we took her to Zaxby's for lunch (where she chose). It was so much fun because she was so excited to be there! I am still searching for the perfect gift for Ethan (the ring bearer) but we will have to take him when I come up with it and spoil him rotten too ;) It's been very fun and it feels so good getting all this stuff done!