As of May 23rd Andy will be a mechanical engineer!! He handed in his acceptance letter yesterday morning and they were happy to keep him! I'm so proud of him! I tell him he's my little engineer (he pretends he doesn't like it but his grin tells me otherwise). :)
I got to show my entire family my ring this weekend and they absolutely loved it! Everyone was very excited about our wedding. My aunt wanted to start looking up travel and hotel rates. I think that everyone forgets that its still two years away! My cousin's wife told us how they were recently in Cancun and went to a hotel called Temptations (the name should be an insight to what it was all about). It was a topless resort (surprise!). My family then suggested getting married there. NO THANK YOU! Can you imagine what my wedding dress would be like?! HELLLLOOOOO FAMILY! It does give me a good chuckle thinking about it though.
Our latest dilemma is that Andy wants to wear shorts for the wedding. I understand that it is a beach wedding, but I want to keep some formality to it. He said that if he has to wear pants then I have to wear heels. FINE! If that's what it takes! He should be happy to wear pants though... originally I wanted him to wear suit pants. Eventually the khaki pants grew on me and I'm starting to like them. I HATE the idea of shorts. I even agreed to let the groomsmen wear flip flops (obviously the bridesmaids will be and fair is fair).
On top of that my mom is already worried about what she is going to wear! She was the one that told me not to look at wedding dresses yet because my taste will change by then. Then she asked what my future mother in law is going to wear. My future mother in law got a chuckle out of that. She realizes that it's still two years away and I'm sure it hasn't even crossed her mind yet. See what a bride to be has to deal with! I love every minute of it though. :)
692 days:)
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Gotta Love Saving Money!
Great news!! Andy graduates in May and will have a job as an engineer!!! He got an offer on Wednesday where he is interning! They created a position just for him to stay with their company. I am so proud of him! I tell him he is my little engineer. :) He is excited as well and keeps saying that now he is a provider. He gets some pretty sweet benefits too like 13 paid holidays a year ... must be nice! It is great inspiration to keep working hard in school and finally graduate!
We bought a comforter on Saturday. It's making everything a little more real that we are moving in together soon! The best part is the comforter was originally $300.. with discounts we got it for $96. I love Kohl's! Now we have the store charge card so I'm sure we will be shopping there more (more than I already do!) when the discounts start pouring in! I wanted to open a Target card too but Andy said that I was going a little overboard. Hey I love saving money, what can I say?! I did get a Target gift card for Easter, so that will be well spent buying stuff for our new apartment.
695 days :)
We bought a comforter on Saturday. It's making everything a little more real that we are moving in together soon! The best part is the comforter was originally $300.. with discounts we got it for $96. I love Kohl's! Now we have the store charge card so I'm sure we will be shopping there more (more than I already do!) when the discounts start pouring in! I wanted to open a Target card too but Andy said that I was going a little overboard. Hey I love saving money, what can I say?! I did get a Target gift card for Easter, so that will be well spent buying stuff for our new apartment.
695 days :)
Friday, April 8, 2011
If Looking For an Apartment is Anything Like Creating a Gift Registry...
Over the past week Andy and I have been looking for an apartment to move into. We are trying to find something for July and found out we are way ahead of the ball game. Most realitors almost seem annoyed that we are looking so early but I like being ahead of schedule.
We looked at two apartments, one across the street from the other. The one I liked was very spacious with lots of closet space. The drawback, a tiny kitchen. The apartment he liked again was spacious with a slightly bigger kitchen. The closet space was limited and every closet seemed to have a door on both ends.. unpractical. The wood work looked chipped and the bathtub was scratched. The whole apartment looked like it hadn't been updated since the 70's and to me looked run down. To him on the other hand, since it had a slightly bigger kitchen, it was perfect.
To resolve this problem we threw both applications in the garbage and decided that if we couldn't decide then we weren't going to move into either and keep looking. On Sunday we have another one to look at, hopefully it goes much better.
I do have faith for our gift registry though. We have been able to pick things out together and actually agree on them. The only thing we haven't agreed on was a comforter for the bed. I think I talked him into the one I liked though. :)
711 days :)
We looked at two apartments, one across the street from the other. The one I liked was very spacious with lots of closet space. The drawback, a tiny kitchen. The apartment he liked again was spacious with a slightly bigger kitchen. The closet space was limited and every closet seemed to have a door on both ends.. unpractical. The wood work looked chipped and the bathtub was scratched. The whole apartment looked like it hadn't been updated since the 70's and to me looked run down. To him on the other hand, since it had a slightly bigger kitchen, it was perfect.
To resolve this problem we threw both applications in the garbage and decided that if we couldn't decide then we weren't going to move into either and keep looking. On Sunday we have another one to look at, hopefully it goes much better.
I do have faith for our gift registry though. We have been able to pick things out together and actually agree on them. The only thing we haven't agreed on was a comforter for the bed. I think I talked him into the one I liked though. :)
711 days :)
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