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It has been way too long since Ive blogged, but a lot has been going on. Friday will be my last day of work, I can't believe my first year is over! I love my student and all the people I work with. I am sad this year is coming to an end. It was an awesome year and I hope the rest are like this.


In wedding news we finally booked the honeymoon. I can not wait to wake up and be here:That is a picture of our resort. How beautiful! I also can not wait for the shopping =) It will be nice to have the wedding then have this place to relax at. We are only about 100 days out!! We still have a ton to do, but I think I will miss the planning when its all over. Thank goodness I still have single friend that I can help with their weddings =)

A few months ago I joined the site goodreads.com. Now it wasn't until this past fall I really got into reading books. It started with The Notebook, I always heard the book was better than the movie so I wanted to see if it was true which it was =). Anyway once I started my interpreting job at the school I had a lot of down time, like when my student takes tests or has a sub, etc. So I joined that site so I could read reviews of other books. I was updating my gr's page last night and I realized I have read over 20 books! Now to some people that might not seem like that many in a 7 month time span but for someone who never read a book in high school, and used cliff notes in college I am quite proud of this.

I am very excited for Emily Giffin's new book to come out May 13th! I loved her other three books.Oh and 1 month till the best day on earth..aka my birthday
and 5 months till the day I have been most looking forward too, our wedding day!!

And pray for no rain this Friday 4/11..its the day we are getting engagement pics!!

My first IKEA experience..and then some

And boy was it an experience! We went this past Saturday. It was a mad house. I have never seen so many people in one store at one time! The store is huge!! I think I got lost a few times haha. So we spent about 2.5 hours at the store and we didn't even get through the whole top level! I had to work at 4 so we had to cut our trip short. I did end up getting a table, chair, lamp, shelf, picture frame, and bucket all for $100! It will go in my 'craft' room.Thanks to Andy for setting it all up for me=)

Also in other exciting news I have decided on a bridesmaid dress! Finally right! It is the one I originally liked. It just looked great on all the girls. I can't wait till they come in! Here is the dress on one of my bridesmaids Mollie:(it is strapless so ignore the straps) Barri Jay style #522

We also bought the groomsmen's suits as well. It was actually cheaper to buy them than to rent them. Plus a khaki suit will always come in handy. This is the picture from the website. Now we are working on finding some cool ties in brown.They are from JoS. A. Bank $125 each!! org. $300

Since I was on break from work this week I am happy I got some wedding stuff done! Next on the list, making the invites!

Who is that girl??

What much is there to say? With planning the wedding I have come across some wonderful blogs that have helped me though the planning. I also have come across some blogs about decoration the house and ways to save money. That got me thinking, I'm a good shopper, I save lots of money why not share it with other people that can possibly get ideas from me.

A little about myself. I am a sign language interpreter at a school. I also have a part time job at a department store (mostly for the discount and to not be bored!). I am getting married on September 6, 2008 to the most perfect man, Andy. We have a crazy, cute kitten named Carson-after Carson Palmer (think we like the Bengals?! WHO DEY!). I am looking forward to posting all about my savings and my life.