I attempted to not write a blog that was entirely a dear diary for myself, so I have avoided writing about some of the hum drum, black and white days that I have been having. I don't feel like my life is boring by any means, but I do feel like I have been in the midst of finding myself when being pulled in many directions.
As those of you have read before, I am working on a wedding that is just 5 months, 21 days, 7 hours, and 19 minutes away. Haha. That may seem like a long time but in anal bride world, it's the equivalent of...hmmmm...let's see...a week. I started planning early and decided that in my penny-less existence I could not afford a wedding planner. I didn't know just how much you needed to do for a wedding until I typed all of the details big and small into a little nicely packaged spreadsheet. Let me tell you...it is a long and seemingly never-ending list that becomes more difficult without the bank account being stacked.
I started referring to wedding sites that claimed you could plan a wedding on just $1500 or something equally as unrealistic. I read some awesome suggestions as "do not invite too many people" and "do not serve food." I guess those ideals are fantastic if you weren't having an average wedding. My reality? I have 200+ people who are going to be invited...I say plus because my father (being one of the most sociable people IN THE WORLD) continues to verbally invite people to my wedding. Fun times. And, I love a good party, so really inviting less just wasn't going to happen. Now, let me also add that I am a different breed of bride...I LOVE party-planning. I live for throwing parties and planning them. I wanted to become a party planner at some point in my life. I am pretty known for my over-the-top themed birthday extravaganzas each year, so my wedding can't be super "normal" as that would be super unfitting. I can't not serve food. I can't not have dancing. Life is about good food and silly dancing...and so is my wedding.
I know this blog began in the direction of health and weightloss (which by the way, I have lost over twenty pounds so we are doing pretty darn good) but I realized that my life isn't JUST about that. I have a lot of working parts that are operating...running a brand new business, being team captain of a fundraising team, planning a wedding, exercising, and working on my health. Each part of my life adds to the richness of who I am. So, hopefully when addressing different components of my day to day I can somehow connect with some of you in different ways.
And, on that note...I have a meeting with my venue in about a hour and haven't begun getting ready. Until we meet again, stay rich.
