Monday, March 21, 2011

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Scuba!


Last night Arthur and I visited East Coast Diving company (conveniently located next door to Mercedes' vet) and signed up for scuba diving lessons.  We also purchased our own set of fins, masks, snorkels, and booties.  We have 2 classes, 5 pool sessions, and 6 open water dives until we are PADI certified open water divers!   I can't say I'm looking forward to diving in the northern Atlantic in May, but it will be so worth it when we can scuba dive in French Polynesia!!

Friday, March 11, 2011

Wedding Bands



Last week I got my wedding band and I absolutely adore it.  I was pretty certain I did not want the band that matches my engagement ring so it took a bit of time to pick out a sparkly ring that went nicely with the beautiful ring Arthur gave me.  I also knew that I wanted a band with a little bit of substance, should I want to wear it without my engagement ring, but I also didn't want something that would overwhelm the delicate band on my e-ring.  The ring arrived last Wednesday and is perfect. 

Arthur has also been looking at wedding bands, and has decided he wants something with a lot of substance that coordinates with mine.  We've checked out quite a few and I think he's picked out the style he wants.  Now we just need to order it!

*Please note-the above rings are not ours.  Just a nice picture :)

Presents!


Yesterday Part 2 of my bridesmaids' presents arrived!  Part 1 arrived way back in October, and now that part 2 is here the presents are complete!  I am so excited about what I found for my girls and I can't wait to give it to them in June.

In addition, part 2 of my gift to Arthur also arrived this week (I am now on a first name basis with the mail delivery man at Deloitte...)   I think he is going to be very happy with the gifts I've found for him (especially when he hears about what great deals I got! hehe)

I've really enjoyed spreading the gift shopping out over so many months.  It has allowed me to find real great items with zero stress about running out of time.  Only a few more presents to find! 

Honeymoon updates

As I am very behind on my blogging, then next few posts will cover events over the last few weeks...

So honeymoon!  Last week we finished booking the first leg of our trip: LA.  We will fly out early Monday morning (direct flight - yay) and arrive in LA around lunch time.  Arthur found us a wonderful hotel right on the water in Marina del Rey, so we will have a nice relaxing break before our Tuesday afternoon flight from LA to Tahiti.  I'm so happy we decided to leave a day early and spend some time in LA.  We both decided early on that we wanted our honeymoon to be very relaxing and I think by taking the extra day in LA we will eliminate any potential stress of possibly missing our flight to Tahiti.  Plus who wouldn't want an extra beach day?

The honeymoon is now completed booked!

Wedding Dress!

After nearly 7 months, my wedding dress has finally arrived!!  I scheduled all three fittings today.  Unfortunately, the first one isn't until April 18, which I'm a little sad about because it means I have to wait another month to see the dress, but it's also 1 more month to get in better shape too :)
Can't wait!!